PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Dellaria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

King
vs
Dellaria

171 cm
27
162 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

165 cm
30
158 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Greg Dellaria!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King has managed to clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dellaria.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King lands with a light punch inside.
Dellaria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
King trying to control the position but instead, Dellaria has worked for underhooks and has pushed King into the ropes.
Dellaria utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dellaria misses with a hook to the ribs.
King tries to break the clinch but Dellaria is controlling the position.
Dellaria drops down looking for an ankle pick but King pulls his leg out and moves away.
King misses the shot to the body.

King gets a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dellaria is looking to take this one to the mat.
King tries to break the clinch but Dellaria is controlling the position.

Dellaria drags the fight down to the ground.
Dellaria looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dellaria is trying to control the position but King postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dellaria pushes King off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Dellaria scores with a body shot.

Dellaria closes the distance and pushes King back into the ropes.

Dellaria drags the fight down to the ground.
King throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
King throwing strikes from guard but Dellaria blocks nicely.
Dellaria tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Dellaria throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dellaria avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dellaria keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
Dellaria is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst King is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria pulls King in close to prevent any damage.
Dellaria wants to sweep here but King controlling him for the moment.
King pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dellaria is keeping the position for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Dellaria gets a clinch.

Dellaria decides to pull guard.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Dellaria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
King would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dellaria wriggles free and stands up.
Dellaria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.

King has closed the distance and engaged Dellaria in a clinch.
King wants to break free but Dellaria has control.
Dellaria is working for takedown but King is calmly controlling the position for now.
David King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Dellaria.
Dellaria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King is trying to break the clinch but Dellaria is controlling him.
Dellaria is trying to drag King to the mat but King just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.

Dellaria has picked King up - he's going for a ride! Dellaria dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
King trying to control here.
Dellaria throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dellaria scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dellaria wants to pass the guard but King is defending well.
Dellaria thows a huge punch but King dodges it nicely.

King is defending against the submission attempts here by Dellaria.
Dellaria missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
King knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dellaria on the ground.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
King keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
King is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dellaria thows a huge punch but King dodges it nicely.
Dellaria throwing shots but King is blocking nicely.
Dellaria lands with a punch from half guard.
King keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
King keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dellaria with the ground and pound but King uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Dellaria throwing strikes but missing.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria postures up in King's guard and throws a big left but King blocks it.
King working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dellaria.
Dellaria throwing strikes but missing.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as King holds on and takes a little breather.

Dellaria has gone for a leg lock! King slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dellaria's guard.
King would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria is trying to control the position but King postures up.
King wants to stand but Dellaria is controlling his posture from full guard.
Dellaria is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dellaria slips a nice elbow through King's hands, connecting with King's forehead.
Dellaria looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dellaria missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
King pushes Dellaria off looking to stand but Dellaria dives back in and keeps control.
King avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dellaria.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing King to regain full guard.
Dellaria throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as King works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dellaria working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dellaria accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
King on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if King tries to get out of the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dellaria accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
King utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dellaria slips nicely into half guard.
Dellaria missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dellaria scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
King pushes Dellaria off looking to stand but Dellaria dives back in and keeps control.
Dellaria not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dellaria throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dellaria throwing shots but King is blocking nicely.
King is breathing heavily.
Dellaria landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dellaria throwing shots but King is blocking nicely.
Dellaria thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed King's head.

Dellaria decides to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Dellaria drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Dellaria drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dellaria jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dellaria is pushing down on King's leg trying to pass to half guard. King is fighting to maintain full guard but Dellaria has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Dellaria dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

King swinging wildly here.
Dellaria shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says King as he avoids it easily.

King takes the fight into the clinch.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Dellaria breaks from the clinch.

King rushes Dellaria and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Dellaria has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. King avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dellaria is looking to take this one to the mat.
David King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Dellaria.
Dellaria makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King misses with a punch to the body.
Dellaria has King pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. King manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
King tries to break free but Dellaria pushes him back against the ropes.
Dellaria wants to take the fight to the mat but King manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Dellaria lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Dellaria gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
King wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dellaria thows a huge punch but King dodges it nicely.
King blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dellaria.
King tries to roll over but Dellaria keeps him under control.

Dellaria is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
King keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
King gets full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria prevents King from getting back to his feet.
Dellaria throws a big elbow that misses.
King is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dellaria is looking to work some ground and pound but King has wrist control.
Dellaria postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dellaria throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as King works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dellaria postures up in King's guard and throws a big left but King blocks it.
Dellaria throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as King works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
King wants to stand and escape but Dellaria is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria throws a big elbow that misses.
Dellaria in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Greg Dellaria has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dellaria missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dellaria prevents King from getting back to his feet.
Dellaria stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. King swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dellaria in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dellaria in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dellaria keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of King's head.
Dellaria distracts King with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as King works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dellaria in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
King working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dellaria.
King working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dellaria.
Dellaria lands a couple of digs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dellaria gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dellaria shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with King but King pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dellaria fails with a takedown attempt.

Dellaria fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with King, pushing him back against the ropes.
Dellaria has King pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. King manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Dellaria.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria with a knee to the head.
Dellaria wants a takedown but no success here.

Dellaria drags the fight down to the ground.
King wants to get up but he can't break Dellaria's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
King postures up.
King trying to control but Dellaria is working from the bottom.
Dellaria throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
King trying to control but Dellaria is working from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dellaria looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. David King wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Dellaria rushes King and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Dellaria gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Dellaria wants to pass the guard but King is keeping the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
King wants to get back to his feet but Dellaria is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dellaria loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dellaria lands a couple of elbows.
King working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dellaria.
Dellaria throws an elbow that misses. King uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dellaria's guard. Nice move by King!
Dellaria is controlling King's posture.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
King pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dellaria is keeping the position for now.
Dellaria managing to control the position.
Dellaria looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
King tries to stand but Dellaria is controlling from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Dellaria scrambles and gets back to his feet.
David King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Dellaria shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in King's guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria stops King from standing up.
Dellaria throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dellaria wants to stand but King has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dellaria accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dellaria throwing strikes but missing.
Dellaria throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as King works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
King looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dellaria accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
David King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dellaria content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
King seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dellaria stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. King swivels though and keeps the full guard.
King preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dellaria in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dellaria postures up in King's guard and throws a big left but King blocks it.
Dellaria trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dellaria accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Greg Dellaria comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dellaria has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Greg Dellaria!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Greg Dellaria!
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Greg Dellaria!

Greg Dellaria wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Greg Dellaria thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.