PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dino Ciccarelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Desbatailles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ciccarelli comes to the cage accompanied by Higher Ground. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that John Desbatailles was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Ciccarelli
vs
Desbatailles

179 cm
21
192 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
24
190 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30 (5% Laundry SALE)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dino Ciccarelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Desbatailles !
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciccarelli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Desbatailles was well out of range. Poor timing from Ciccarelli.
Desbatailles on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A punch combination from Ciccarelli misses.
Dino Ciccarelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ciccarelli walks forward, straight into a front kick from Desbatailles .
Ciccarelli lands a nice hook to Desbatailles 's body. Desbatailles takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ciccarelli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ciccarelli throws a lazy right hand but Desbatailles sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Desbatailles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Desbatailles scores with a leg kick.
Desbatailles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ciccarelli.
Desbatailles swats away the attempt to clinch by Ciccarelli.
Desbatailles avoids the head kick by Ciccarelli.

Desbatailles gets a clinch.
Desbatailles tries to stall but Ciccarelli uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Ciccarelli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Desbatailles fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ciccarelli has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Desbatailles slips a straight right by Ciccarelli.
Desbatailles blocks a head kick by Ciccarelli.
Desbatailles scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciccarelli tries a low kick but Desbatailles avoids it.
Ciccarelli missing with a left hand there. Desbatailles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick lands from Desbatailles .
Desbatailles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ciccarelli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Desbatailles connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ciccarelli momentarily.
Ciccarelli throws a body kick that misses.
Ciccarelli throws a lazy head kick
and Desbatailles counters with a low kick, right behind Ciccarelli 's knee.
Ciccarelli misses the shot to the body.
Ciccarelli throws a combination that misses
and Desbatailles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ciccarelli thinking.
Ciccarelli scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ciccarelli is breathing heavily.
Desbatailles lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ciccarelli throws a jab when Desbatailles was well out of range.
Ciccarelli throws a wild body kick that Desbatailles sees coming a mile off.
Ciccarelli misses the jab.
Desbatailles shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ciccarelli eats them both and turns towards Desbatailles to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ciccarelli tries to close the distance and clinch up but Desbatailles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ciccarelli throws a shot to the body.
Ciccarelli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Desbatailles .
Desbatailles tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Ciccarelli, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Desbatailles ducks under a wild hook from Ciccarelli.

Desbatailles drives through and clinches with Ciccarelli against the cage.
A short right from Desbatailles on the inside.
A short right from Desbatailles .
Ciccarelli lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Desbatailles breaks from the clinch.
Ciccarelli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Desbatailles .
Nice shot by Ciccarelli.

Desbatailles rushes Ciccarelli and presses him up against the cage.
Desbatailles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ciccarelli's efforts to push away.
Desbatailles misses with a knee strike.
Desbatailles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ciccarelli takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Dino Ciccarelli has been cut.
Desbatailles throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Desbatailles .

Desbatailles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ciccarelli throws the left hand but Desbatailles avoids the punch easily.
Ciccarelli is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciccarelli is looking to clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Desbatailles finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Desbatailles lands a head shot.
Ciccarelli throws a push kick but Desbatailles slaps the foot to one side.
Ciccarelli misses with the combination.
Ciccarelli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ciccarelli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ciccarelli throws a head kick that misses
and Desbatailles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Desbatailles finds it's way through Ciccarelli's defenses.
Desbatailles lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ciccarelli will feel that in the morning.
A slapping leg kick lands for Desbatailles .
A low kick from Ciccarelli is predictable there
and Desbatailles counters with an inside leg kick.
Ciccarelli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Desbatailles .
Desbatailles slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Desbatailles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Desbatailles .
Desbatailles wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Desbatailles darts in and clinches Ciccarelli up against the cage.
Desbatailles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ciccarelli avoids it.
Desbatailles lands a right hand.
Ciccarelli working hard to break the clinch.

Desbatailles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Desbatailles connects with an inside leg kick.
Desbatailles defending well as Ciccarelli loads up on a big left hand.
Desbatailles blocks a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Desbatailles , right into the meat.
Ciccarelli throws out a loose jab but Desbatailles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ciccarelli takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ciccarelli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ciccarelli misses with a head kick.

Desbatailles closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ciccarelli is looking to control Desbatailles 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ciccarelli avoid being mounted?
Ciccarelli is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Desbatailles dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dino Ciccarelli's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A solid body kick from Desbatailles .
Desbatailles lands a head kick. Ciccarelli smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Desbatailles lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ciccarelli throws a push kick but Desbatailles slaps the foot to one side.
Ciccarelli looks to land a body kick but Desbatailles moved away.
Desbatailles lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ciccarelli's sensitive parts.
Desbatailles lands with a kick to the temple. Ciccarelli shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Ciccarelli is rocked!
Desbatailles throws a powerful right kick. Ciccarelli tried to block low but the kick was high! Ciccarelli was taken right off of his feet! Desbatailles jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). John Desbatailles !
Our winner, John Desbatailles , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.