PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noel Contemprato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Patton might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Marilyn Manson - Born Villain . Contemprato is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cats. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Patton
vs
Contemprato

175 cm
31
162 lbs
32 - 11 - 0

175 cm
31
165 lbs
24 - 10 - 3

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Patton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 3, fighting out of London, Noel Contemprato!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patton cracks the inside of Contemprato's front leg.
Patton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Patton fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Contemprato has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Contemprato throws a hook but Patton avoids it easily.
Contemprato avoids the body shot from Patton.
Patton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Contemprato misses.
Contemprato jabs Patton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Contemprato misses with a leg kick
and Patton counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Noel Contemprato has been cut.
Patton defending well as Contemprato loads up on a big left hand.
Patton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Contemprato throws a head kick but Patton moves out of range.
Patton will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Contemprato throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Contemprato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Patton counters with a low kick, right behind Contemprato 's knee.
Patton cracks Contemprato with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Contemprato misses with a hook. Patton ducked under it nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Contemprato.
Contemprato misses with an uppercut.
Contemprato is looking to chop away at Patton's legs.
Contemprato scoring well with a low kick there.
Contemprato throws a leg kick
and Patton counters with a stiff right hand.

Contemprato closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Patton struggles to land a body shot inside as Contemprato controls his hands.
Contemprato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Patton throws a head punch that misses.
Patton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Contemprato misses with a punch to the body.
Patton blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Contemprato backwards.
Patton prevents a body shot from Contemprato.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Contemprato.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Contemprato has a couple of punches blocked by Patton.
Contemprato tries to throw a body punch but Patton avoids it by throwing Contemprato back against the cage.
Patton misses with the head strike.
Contemprato lands a shoulder strike.
Contemprato scores with a hook to the body.
Contemprato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Patton fails to land.
Contemprato has a couple of punches blocked by Patton.

Patton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Patton scores with a jab to the body.
Contemprato throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Patton throws a nice inside leg kick.
A left lands for Contemprato.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Decent striking displayed by Contemprato there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Contemprato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Contemprato throws a lazy head kick
and Patton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Patton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Contemprato misses with a low kick as Patton jumps back.
A head kick from Contemprato lands but Patton takes it in his stride.
Patton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Contemprato chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Patton can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Contemprato cracks the inside of Patton's front leg.
Contemprato checks a leg kick.
Patton avoids the body shot from Contemprato.
Patton on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Contemprato throws a low kick but Patton avoids it.
Contemprato avoids a kick to the body.
Contemprato scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Contemprato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Contemprato throws a body punch but Patton moves out of range.
Contemprato takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Patton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Contemprato.
Contemprato blocks a head kick by Patton.
Contemprato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patton moves away.
Contemprato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Patton. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Contemprato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Patton.
Contemprato scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Patton lands a head kick. Contemprato smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Michael Patton will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Noel Contemprato's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Patton tries to land a front kick but Contemprato steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Contemprato is looking to clinch.
Patton throws a hook to the side of Contemprato's head but Contemprato sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Contemprato connects with a single shot there.
Patton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Contemprato instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Patton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Patton tries a body shot but Contemprato blocks it.
Patton pushes Contemprato back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Contemprato has a couple of punches blocked by Patton.
Patton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Contemprato throws a head punch that misses.
Patton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Patton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Contemprato swings for the body but Patton moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Contemprato throws out a powerful jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contemprato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patton manages to avoid it.
Patton lands a jab to Contemprato's midsection.
Michael Patton is winning the standup battle so far.
Contemprato connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patton's hands.
Patton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Patton moves out of range as Contemprato strikes.
Contemprato misses with a low kick.
Patton scores with a one two! Contemprato had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Contemprato forces Patton back against the cage and clinches.
Patton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patton.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Patton.
Patton working aggressively here.
Contemprato tries a body shot but Patton blocks it.
Contemprato misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Patton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Patton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Contemprato was well out of range. Poor timing from Patton.
Patton tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Contemprato throws a leg kick but Patton checks it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Patton. That's going to slow Contemprato down.
Patton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Contemprato's sensitive parts.
Patton throws a low kick but it's checked well by Contemprato.
Patton pivots, looking for a leg kick but Contemprato is out of range and Patton settles back down.
Patton thows a leg kick but Contemprato checks it
and Contemprato counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Patton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Contemprato. That did some damage!
Patton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Contemprato counters with an outside leg kick.
Patton scores with a nice head shot.
Contemprato misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Patton.
Patton wants to slow Contemprato down by chopping away at his legs.
Patton is looking to slow Contemprato down with leg kicks.
Patton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Contemprato throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A jab from Patton misses.
Contemprato misses with a lunging right hand
and Patton counters with a leg kick.
Patton just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Contemprato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Contemprato tried to score with a low kick but Patton checks it.
Contemprato's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Contemprato drives through and clinches with Patton against the cage.
Contemprato misses with a punch on the inside.
Contemprato misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Patton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Contemprato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Contemprato lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Patton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patton blocks an uppercut.
Contemprato tries to work over Patton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Contemprato is working Patton over against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Contemprato throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pattons head.
Contemprato taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Patton blocking some punches.
Noel Contemprato seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patton blocks an uppercut.
Contemprato struggles to land a body shot inside as Patton controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Contemprato as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Contemprato fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Michael Patton will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Noel Contemprato's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Good shot there by Contemprato.
Patton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Contemprato throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Patton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Patton scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Contemprato throws a leg kick but Patton checks it.
Contemprato chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Patton can pounce on him.
Contemprato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Patton.
Noel Contemprato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Contemprato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Patton's jab looks to have found its range, popping Contemprato under the eye.
Contemprato moves out of range of the leg kick from Patton.
Contemprato takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Patton throws a head kick that misses.
Patton's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Contemprato connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Patton scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Contemprato throws a series of punches but Patton avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contemprato tries to clinch
and Patton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That has opened up Noel Contemprato's cut even more.
Contemprato motions for Patton to come forward. Contemprato throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Contemprato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Patton tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Contemprato - that will leave a mark!
An inside leg kick from Patton misses.
Contemprato moves out of range of the body kick.
Contemprato throws a leg kick
and Patton counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Contemprato needs to keep his hands up - Patton had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Contemprato misses with an uppercut.
Contemprato loads up on a big right hand but Patton slips the punch.
Patton checks a leg kick.
Michael Patton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Patton throws a hook to the side of Contemprato's head but Contemprato sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Patton looks to land a combination but Contemprato avoids it well.
Patton checks a low kick from Contemprato.
Patton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Contemprato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Contemprato.
Contemprato smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A head kick by Contemprato misses
and Patton counters with a nice leg kick.
Contemprato thows a leg kick but Patton checks it
and Patton counters with a low kick, right behind Contemprato 's knee.
Contemprato throws a leg kick
and Patton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Contemprato digs a good body shot into Patton's ribs.
Patton connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Patton throws a leg kick
and Contemprato counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Contemprato swinging wildly here.
Contemprato swings for the body but Patton moves out of range.
Patton scores with a jab to the head.
Contemprato takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Noel Contemprato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Patton looks to land a right hand but Contemprato moved out of range.
Contemprato connects with a nice looking jab.
Contemprato is looking to clinch but Patton is avoiding it.
Patton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patton swings for the body but Contemprato moves out of range.
Patton blocks a low kick nicely.
Contemprato swings for the body but Patton moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato tries a low kick but Patton avoids it.
Patton misses with a head kick.
Patton moves out of range of the leg kick from Contemprato.
A jab from Patton does it's job there.
Patton lands a nice looking kick to the body. Contemprato takes a step back to recover.
Patton scores with a kick to the midsection.
An inside leg kick lands from Patton.
Patton turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Contemprato gets a clinch.
Contemprato lands a body punch in the clinch.
Contemprato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Michael Patton.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Patton, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Patton!
A victorious Michael Patton thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.