PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Deacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flores has chosen The XX - Intro as his entrance music. David Deacon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Deacon
vs
Flores

190 cm
20
208 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
212 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Affordable Quality

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Deacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rafael Flores!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flores rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Deacon counters with a thumping low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Deacon. Those never looked like landing.
Flores ducks under a wild hook from Deacon.
A swing and a miss from Deacon.
Deacon lands a nice looking body shot.
Flores throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Flores misses with a looping right.
Flores connects with a looping right hand.
Flores feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Deacon's calf.
Flores uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Deacon.
Flores wants to land a leg kick but Deacon is out of range.

Flores moves into the clinch.
Deacon controlling the action here for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Deacon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flores misses with the head strike.
Deacon will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Flores up against the cage.
Deacon blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Deacon misses with a punch on the inside.
Deacon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flores scores with a shoulder strike.
Flores blocks an uppercut.
Flores working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Deacon misses with a punch to the body.
Deacon swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Deacon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Flores looks to land a combination. Deacon sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Flores looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flores attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Flores misses with an uppercut.
Deacon moves out of range of the strikes.
Deacon ducks under a wild hook from Flores.
Deacon wants to slow Flores down by chopping away at his legs.
Flores shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Deacon eats them both and turns towards Flores to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Flores slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Flores loads up on a big right hand but Deacon slips the punch.
Flores has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A bone on bone clash there as Deacon blocks the leg kick.
Deacon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Deacon misses with a low kick.
Deacon takes a swing at Flores's ribcage but misses.
Deacon misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flores walks into a stiff left hand from Deacon.
Deacon misses with a straight left.
Deacon misses the shot to the body.
Flores connects with a looping right hand.
Flores throws a looping overhand right but Deacon ducks down to avoid it.
Deacon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Flores.
Deacon slips a jab from Flores.
Deacon looks to score with a jab to the body but Flores is just out of range.
Deacon throws a hook but Flores blocks it.
Flores throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Flores wants to land a leg kick but Deacon is out of range.
Deacon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Deacon. Flores does a little dance to reset his feet.
Deacon throws out a loose jab but Flores uses good head movement to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Flores.
Deacon looks to score with a jab to the body but Flores is just out of range.
Deacon misses with a lunging right hand
and Flores counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Deacon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Deacon cracks a nice hook into Flores's ribs.
Flores connects with a body shot.
Deacon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Flores counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick from Flores misses.
Deacon throws a big shot that misses.
Flores uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Deacon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Flores dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Deacon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flores has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Deacon.
Deacon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flores was well out of range. Poor timing from Deacon.
Deacon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Deacon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flores connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Deacon stuns Flores with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Flores misses with a hook
and Deacon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Flores connects with the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flores cracks Deacon with a right hand to the side of the head.

Deacon moves into the clinch successfully.
Flores being controlled against the cage.

Deacon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deacon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Flores's head backwards.
Deacon avoids the body shot from Flores.
Nice straight punches there by Flores. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Flores.
Deacon defending well as Flores loads up on a big left hand.
Flores moves into range and connects with a jab.
Deacon needs to keep his hands up - Flores had a free shot at his head there.
Flores misses with a body shot.
Flores scores with a spinning back kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flores keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Deacon ducks right into an uppercut from Flores.
Deacon avoids the head kick by Flores.
Flores shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deacon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Deacon throws out a leg kick but Flores moves out of range and Deacon only half commits.
Deacon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Flores closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Deacon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Deacon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Deacon misses with a low kick as Flores jumps back.
Flores doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Deacon is looking to wear down Flores with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Deacon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Flores looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Deacon throws an overhand right that lands on Flores's shoulder, as Flores tries to avoid the shot.
Flores misses with a hook. Deacon ducked under it nicely.
Deacon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Flores throws out the jab.
Deacon misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deacon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Flores missing with a left hand there. Deacon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Deacon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Flores.
Deacon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Flores.
Flores throws a hook to the side of Deacon's head but Deacon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Flores works the jab nicely.
Flores misses with a series of wild punches.
Deacon throws a body punch but Flores moves out of range.
Deacon throws a leg kick but Flores sees it coming and moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Deacon as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Flores lands an impressive looking overhand right. Deacon doesn't seem phased though.
Deacon throws an off balance right hand
and Flores counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flores chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Flores throws a leg kick but Deacon checks it.
Flores takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Deacon staying out of range there.
Deacon throws a shot from downtown. Flores moves away and avoids it.
Deacon blocks a head kick by Flores.
A nice leg kick lands there from Deacon.
Deacon throws out a powerful jab.
Deacon thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flores thows a left - swing and a miss!
Deacon throws a right hand that Flores ducks under and follows up with a left that Flores also avoids with ease.
Flores fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Deacon manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Flores showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Flores lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Flores misses with a straight right.
Flores jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab from Flores.
Deacon scores with a sloppy right hand. Flores should have avoided that one.
Flores checks the leg kick nicely there.

Deacon tries to keep at a distance but Flores has taken the fight into the clinch.
Deacon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Deacon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Flores blocks a body shot from Deacon.
Flores lands with a right to the head.
Deacon is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right handed body shot lands from Flores.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flores pushes Deacon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Deacon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Flores has Deacon up against the cage in a clinch.
Flores can't find room to land a body shot as Deacon controls the action.
Flores lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Flores swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Deacon struggles to land a body shot inside as Flores controls his hands.
Flores throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Deacon can't find room to land a body shot as Flores controls the action.
Flores has a couple of punches blocked by Deacon.
Flores works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Deacon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flores lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flores can't find room to land a body shot as Deacon controls the action.
Deacon misses with some punches.
Deacon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flores throws a punch but it's blocked by Deacon.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flores scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Deacon is trying to force a seperation but Flores has the dominant position.
Deacon digs a right hand into Flores's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Flores's gas tank.
Flores working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Deacon tries to break free but Flores pushes him back against the cage.
Flores pushes Deacon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Flores misses with the head strike.
Deacon stalling in the clinch.
Flores lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Deacon backwards.
Flores lands a hook that snaps the head of Deacon backwards.
Flores blocks a body shot from Deacon.
Nice body punch from Flores.
Flores softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flores lands with a right to the head.

Deacon is rocked!
Flores swings wildly with an uppercut but Deacon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flores tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Deacon's elbow.
Flores working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Deacon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Flores fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Deacon seems to have got his legs back now.
A head punch on the inside from Flores fails to land.
Deacon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rafael Flores is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Flores being controlled against the cage.
Flores lands a right hand that snaps the head of Deacon backwards.

Deacon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Deacon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Flores manages to avoid it.
Flores thows a left - swing and a miss!
Flores throws a wild body kick that Deacon sees coming a mile off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deacon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flores.
Nice body punch from Deacon.
Deacon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flores was well out of range. Poor timing from Deacon.
Flores tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Deacon was well out of range. Poor timing from Flores.
Deacon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Flores throws out the jab.
Deacon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Deacon tries to work over Flores's front leg with a kick but Flores checks it.
Deacon defending well as Flores loads up on a big left hand.
Flores has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Flores has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deacon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Flores backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Flores.
David Deacon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Deacon swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Flores comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Flores 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

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