PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Napolitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Shadow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominick Napolitano could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bill Shadow's chin.

Napolitano
vs
Shadow

186 cm
25
175 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

175 cm
23
170 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominick Napolitano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bill Shadow!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Napolitano avoids the body shot from Shadow.
Shadow takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Napolitano closes the distance and clinches.

Shadow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Napolitano throws a leg kick that misses.
Shadow lands with a cross.
Napolitano tries to close the distance and clinch but Shadow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Napolitano avoids the body shot from Shadow.
Napolitano takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Napolitano tries to keep at a distance but Shadow has taken the fight into the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Shadow has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Shadow misses with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shadow misses with a body punch.
Napolitano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shadow tries to stall but Napolitano uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Shadow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Napolitano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shadow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but Shadow blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shadow avoiding damage as Napolitano throws knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Shadow.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shadow leaning against his opponent.
Napolitano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Napolitano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shadow blocks it with crossed arms.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Napolitano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shadow misses with a body punch.
Napolitano misses with a knee strike.
Napolitano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Napolitano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Napolitano misses with a knee to the head.
Shadow managing to block the knees to the body from Napolitano.
Shadow wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Napolitano misses with a knee to the head.
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!
Shadow taking a breather.
Shadow fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Shadow is looking to control Napolitano's arms but Napolitano gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shadow has his back to the cage.
Napolitano lands a nice knee to the body.
Shadow tries to work over Napolitano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Napolitano misses with a knee to the head.
Shadow content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Shadow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Napolitano misses with a knee strike.
Napolitano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Napolitano with a knee to the head.
Shadow struggles to land a body shot inside as Napolitano controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Napolitano tries to land a knee to the head but Shadow blocks with his arms.
Shadow looking to stall.
Shadow avoiding damage as Napolitano throws knees to the body.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but Shadow blocks it.
Shadow tries to break the clinch but Napolitano is controlling the position.
Napolitano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Napolitano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Shadow can't find room to land a body shot as Napolitano controls the action.
Napolitano is struggling to control the position.
Napolitano landing knees to the head.
Napolitano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shadow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shadow stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Shadow.
Napolitano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shadow's face.
Shadow wants to stall.
Napolitano trying to land knees to the body.
Napolitano missing with knees to the body.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Napolitano looking to slow down the pace here.
Napolitano throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Napolitano.
Napolitano misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Napolitano.
Shadow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shadow is looking to control Napolitano's arms but Napolitano gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shadow has his back to the cage.
Napolitano is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
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 Dominick Napolitano will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Napolitano scores with a sloppy right hand. Shadow should have avoided that one.
Nice shot by Napolitano.
Shadow misses the jab.
Shadow throws out a loose jab but Napolitano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shadow walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Napolitano wants to clinch up but Shadow keeps it at a distance.
Napolitano gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Shadow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Napolitano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shadow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Shadow gets a clinch.
Napolitano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shadow tries to throw a body punch but Napolitano avoids it by throwing Shadow back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Shadow trying to control the position but instead, Napolitano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shadow into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napolitano misses with a knee to the head.
Napolitano landing knees to the body.
Shadow tries to throw a body punch but Napolitano avoids it by throwing Shadow back against the cage.
Napolitano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shadow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shadow lands an uppercut.
Shadow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Napolitano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Napolitano throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shadow tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shadow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shadow taking a breather.
Napolitano misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shadow has Napolitano pressed against the cage.
Shadow avoiding damage as Napolitano throws knees to the body.
Shadow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Napolitano looking to throw knees to the head but Shadow is blocking nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Napolitano obliges.
Napolitano looking to throw knees to the head but Shadow is blocking nicely.
Shadow lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shadow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Napolitano tries to land a knee to the head but Shadow blocks with his arms.

Shadow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shadow throws a jab but it's blocked by Napolitano.
Good standup being displayed there by Napolitano as he connects with a hook.
Napolitano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shadow misses with a double jab.

Napolitano gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shadow tries a body shot but Napolitano blocks it.
Shadow is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Napolitano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Napolitano lands a shoulder strike.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but Shadow blocks it.
Shadow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shadow lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shadow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Napolitano lands with a left to the head.
Napolitano wants to stall.
Napolitano jerks Shadow's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Shadow drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Napolitano goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Napolitano because Shadow was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Dominick Napolitano!
Dominick Napolitano retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Dominick Napolitano thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.