PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stringer Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Napolitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominick Napolitano has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Stringer Bell's chin.

Bell
vs
Napolitano

184 cm
26
175 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

186 cm
24
175 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stringer Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dominick Napolitano!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Napolitano tries to clinch up.
Bell steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Napolitano. That one must have hurt.
Bell shoots in looking for a takedown but Napolitano manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bell's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Napolitano staying out of range there.
Bell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Napolitano, right into the meat.
Napolitano moves out of range as Bell strikes.
Bell throws a wild body kick that Napolitano sees coming a mile off.
Napolitano avoids the body shot from Bell.
Bell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bell throws a right hand that misses
and Napolitano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bell throws a sloppy head kick and Napolitano moves out of range easily.
Bell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napolitano avoids the head kick by Bell.
Napolitano throws a nice outside leg kick.

Napolitano has Bell up against the cage in a clinch.
Napolitano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Napolitano misses with a knee strike.
Napolitano is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bell managing to block the knees to the body from Napolitano.
Bell is trying to force a seperation but Napolitano has the dominant position.
Napolitano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bell.
Napolitano scores a nice knee to the body.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Napolitano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bell blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano goes for a takedown attempt but Bell pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bell tried to score with a low kick but Napolitano checks it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Napolitano.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bell checks a leg kick.
Bell throws a series of punches but Napolitano moves out of range.
Napolitano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bell manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Napolitano. That snapped Bell's head back.
Bell misses with a combination
and Napolitano counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Napolitano gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Napolitano looking for a takedown.
Stringer Bell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dominick Napolitano.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano looking to throw knees to the head but Bell is blocking nicely.
Bell avoiding damage as Napolitano throws knees to the body.
Napolitano looking to throw knees to the head but Bell is blocking nicely.
Napolitano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bell working hard to break the clinch.
Bell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Napolitano lands a good knee to the midsection. Bell won't want to take too many of those.
Napolitano misses with a knee strike.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bell can't break the clinch.

Bell manages to break the clinch.
Napolitano works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Napolitano does it's job there.
Bell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bell fails with a takedown attempt.
Bell takes a swing at Napolitano's ribcage but misses.
Bell misses the shot to the body.
Napolitano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bell blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Napolitano tries to clinch up but Bell circles away and keeps his distance.
Napolitano scores with a nice body kick.
Napolitano slips a jab and a cross from Bell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Napolitano dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bell misses with a takedown attempt - Napolitano sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bell throws a right hand that Napolitano ducks under and follows up with a left that Napolitano also avoids with ease.
Nice body punch from Napolitano.
Bell misses with a jab to the body
and Napolitano counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bell throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Napolitano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Napolitano doesn't manage to clinch there - Bell circles away.
Bell misses the shot to the body.

Napolitano closes the distance and pushes Bell back into the cage.
Napolitano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bell avoiding damage as Napolitano throws knees to the body.
Bell is trying to break the clinch but Napolitano has him pressed against the cage.
Bell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napolitano misses with a knee to the head.

Bell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Napolitano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Napolitano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Napolitano throws a lazy right hand but Bell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bell's jab looks to have found its range, popping Napolitano under the eye.
Bell throws an off balance right hand
letting Napolitano counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Bell.
Stringer Bell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bell drops his hands momentarily and Napolitano takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bell misses with a wild body shot.
Napolitano misses with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Napolitano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bell there as he acknowledges the shot.

Napolitano gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bell throwing strikes but missing.
Napolitano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bell trying to control but Napolitano is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Napolitano is keeping the position for now.
Bell throws a big elbow that misses.
Bell trying to control but Napolitano is working from the bottom.
Bell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Stringer Bell just wasn't active enough.
Napolitano stuffs the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Napolitano.
Napolitano ducks under a wild hook from Bell.
Napolitano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the body from Bell misses
and Napolitano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Napolitano scores with a jab. Bell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Bell is rocked!
Napolitano tries to clinch but Bell moves out of range.
Oh Bell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bell fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Napolitano avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stringer Bell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bell looks for a takedown but Napolitano sprawls well.
Bell seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Napolitano throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Napolitano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Napolitano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Napolitano clinches with his opponent.
Napolitano misses with a knee to the head.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but Bell blocks it.

Bell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bell misses with a looping right.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Napolitano moves away.
Bell moves forwards but Napolitano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bell's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Napolitano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bell scrambles back to his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bell!
Napolitano misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Napolitano misses the shot to the body.
Napolitano throws the kick towards the body but Bell avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell misses with a body shot
and Napolitano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Napolitano connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Napolitano avoids the body shot from Bell.
Bell lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Napolitano throws the left hand but Bell avoids the punch easily.
Bell shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Napolitano as he jumps to the side.
A combination from Bell does no damage.
Bell cracks Napolitano with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Napolitano is looking to slow Bell down with leg kicks.
Stringer Bell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Napolitano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Napolitano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano tries to clinch up.
Bell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Napolitano throws a jab when Bell was well out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body kick from Napolitano.
Bell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Napolitano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bell moves out of range as Napolitano strikes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bell is defended easily by Napolitano.
Bell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano blocks a low kick nicely.
Bell checks a low kick from Napolitano.
A telegraphed right hand from Bell misses the target.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Napolitano moves away.
Napolitano swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Bell counters with a shoot takedown. Napolitano fights it but they end up in guard.
Napolitano keeping full guard, as Bell tries to pass.
Napolitano wants to sweep but no luck.
Napolitano wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell trying to control but Napolitano is working from the bottom.

Stringer Bell has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Napolitano moves out of range of the leg kick from Bell.
Bell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Napolitano as he connects with a hook.

Bell bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bell working away.

Bell is trying to get an arm triangle but Napolitano is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dominick Napolitano.
I've got Napolitano winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominick Napolitano!
During a confident post fight interview, Dominick Napolitano thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.