PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Carlito Brigante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Holley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holley has chosen Lard - Sizzling as his entrance music. Carlito Brigante has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brigante
vs
Holley

225 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
23
289 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carlito Brigante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ron Holley!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brigante connects with a leg kick. Holley looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Holley throws a body shot but no joy.
Holley tried to score with a low kick but Brigante checks it.

Brigante closes the distance and pushes Holley back into the cage.
Holley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holley swings wildly with an uppercut but Brigante uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holley tries to land knees in the clinch but Brigante avoids the damage to the body.
Holley is stalling here.
Holley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brigante avoids it.
Brigante tries a body shot but Holley blocks it.
Brigante working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Holley.
Holley missing with knees to the body.
Brigante lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brigante doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brigante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brigante really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Brigante keeps control of Holley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante has a couple of punches blocked by Holley.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brigante.
Brigante throws an elbow but it misses.
Brigante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brigante lands a hook that snaps the head of Holley backwards.
Brigante misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brigante misses with some punches.
Brigante working aggressively here.
Brigante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brigante misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Holley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brigantes head.
Brigante lands a shoulder strike.
Brigante avoiding damage as Holley throws knees to the body.
Brigante pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Brigante scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holley misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brigante misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holley blocks a body shot from Brigante.
Holley lands a nice uppercut.
Holley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holley tries to break the clinch but Brigante is controlling the position.
Brigante on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Holley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holley tries a knee to the head but Brigante blocks it.
Holley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brigante tries to work over Holley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brigante takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Carlito Brigante has been cut.
Holley controlling the action here for a moment.
Brigante doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brigante throws a head punch that misses.
Brigante is trying to stall.
A right hand to the body from Holley.
Holley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holley misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brigante throws an elbow but misses.
Holley prevents a body shot from Brigante.
Holley looking to slow down the pace here.
Brigante tries to throw a body punch but Holley avoids it by throwing Brigante back against the cage.
Holley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Brigante fails to land.
Brigante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Brigante fails to land.
Holley is trying to break free.
Brigante tries to work over Holley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Holley trying to control the position but instead, Brigante has worked for underhooks and has pushed Holley into the cage.
Brigante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Holley avoids a wild elbow strike from Brigante.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Brigante.
Holley lands a shoulder strike.
Holley misses with some punches.

Holley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holley. Brigante does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Holley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brigante.
Holley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brigante moves away.
Holley keeps the fight on the outside.
Brigante looks to land a left hand but Holley moved out of range nicely.
Holley misses with a wild body shot.
Holley loads up on a big right hand but Brigante slips the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holley throws a front kick aimed at Brigante's knee but Brigante avoids it well.
Holley scores with a nice strike.
Brigante lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Holley gets tackled into the cage by Brigante. Brigante maintains the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Holley misses with the head strike.
Holley blocks an uppercut.
Brigante working aggressively here.
Holley throws a punch but it's blocked by Brigante.
Brigante working aggressively here.
Holley blocking some punches.

Holley breaks from the clinch.
Brigante cracks Holley with an open hand slap.
Carlito Brigante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brigante staying out of range there.

Brigante has managed to clinch.
Holley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brigante throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Holleys head.
Holley tries to throw a body punch but Brigante avoids it by throwing Holley back against the cage.
Brigante digs a right hand underneath Holley's ribcage. Holley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brigante tries a body shot but Holley blocks it.
Brigante misses with a body punch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Holley taking a breather.
Brigante can't find room to land a body shot as Holley controls the action.
Brigante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Holley avoids a wild elbow strike from Brigante.
Brigante tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holley's elbow.
Holley working hard to break the clinch.
Brigante looking to slow down the pace here.
Brigante throws an elbow that misses.
Holley is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brigante is keeping busy.
Brigante misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Holley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Holley.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brigante keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holley's efforts to push away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Brigante misses with a punch on the inside.
Holley misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Brigante misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brigante as Holley tries to tie him up.
Brigante can't find room to land a body shot as Holley controls the action.
Brigante misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brigante can't find room to land a body shot as Holley controls the action.
Brigante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brigante lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Holley backwards.
Brigante misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Brigante can't find room to land a body shot as Holley controls the action.
Holley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holley tries to break free but Brigante pushes him back against the cage.
Brigante misses with some punches.
Brigante swings wildly with an uppercut but Holley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brigante swings wildly with an uppercut but Holley uses good head movement to avoid it.

Holley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Brigante closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brigante keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holley's efforts to push away.
Brigante tries to throw a body punch but Holley avoids it by throwing Brigante back against the cage.
Brigante swings wildly with an uppercut but Holley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brigante throws a punch but it's blocked by Holley.
Holley is trying to push Brigante away but Brigante has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Holley blocking some punches.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Holley swings wildly with an uppercut but Brigante uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brigante can't find room to land a body shot as Holley controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Brigante fails to land.
Brigante lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holley trying to land knees to the body.
Brigante softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brigante swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Holley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brigante throws a low kick but Holley avoids it.
Holley misses with a hook.
Brigante displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Ron Holley has been cut.
Holley loads up on a big right hand but Brigante slips the punch.
Holley walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Carlito Brigante!