PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ares Constantinides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Constantinides comes to the cage accompanied by I stand alone. Love comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Constantinides
vs
Love

184 cm
39
215 lbs
39 - 26 - 1

187 cm
39
217 lbs
31 - 21 - 0

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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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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 39 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ares Constantinides!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Constantinides throws a head kick that misses.
Constantinides tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Love manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Love has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Constantinides is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Constantinides drives through and clinches with Love against the cage.

Love breaks the clinch.
Constantinides has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ares Constantinides seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Constantinides throws a head kick but Love moves out of range.
Love scores with a hook.
Constantinides tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Love enables Constantinides to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Love manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Love looking for a sweep. Not yet Love, not yet.
Constantinides throws a big elbow that misses.
Constantinides is looking to pass into half guard but Love pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Love is in guard.

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love works over Constantinides with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Love accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantinides looking for a sweep. Not yet Constantinides, not yet.
Constantinides avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Constantinides keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.

Constantinides is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Love is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love with a flurry of punches that miss.
Love won't allow Constantinides to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Constantinides pulls Love in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Love looking to sit in guard and control but Constantinides gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides with a flurry of punches that miss.
Constantinides throws an elbow that misses. Love uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Constantinides's guard. Nice move by Love!

Love landing some decent shots from guard.
Love is looking to work some ground and pound but Constantinides has wrist control.
Constantinides looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Love controlling from the top position.
Love scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Constantinides wants to stand and escape but Love is having none of it.
Love in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Constantinides throws a body kick that misses

and Love counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Love.

Love got a little sloppy there for a moment and Constantinides has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Love has managed to get both his arms back between Constantinides's legs - danger averted.
Love throwing strikes from guard but Constantinides blocks nicely.
Love working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Love wants to control from the top but Constantinides keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Love is controlling him.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Constantinides is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Constantinides wants to sweep but no luck.
Constantinides is working hard here to advance position.
Love prevents Constantinides from getting back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Constantinides wants to clinch but Love slips to the side
and Constantinides takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Love gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Constantinides to score an easy takedown into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Constantinides accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Puppy Love will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Love connects with a body shot.
Ares Constantinides is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Love slips under a jab.
Love misses the jab.
Constantinides tries to clinch but Love is having none of it.
Love fails with a takedown attempt.
Love looks to throw the jab but Constantinides is out of range.
Love ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Constantinides misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Love.
Jab from Love.
Constantinides on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Constantinides.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Love on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Love circles away from the clinch attempt
and Love makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantinides throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Love ducks straight into an uppercut from Constantinides and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Love manages to regain guard straight away.

Love is rocked!

It looks like Puppy Love has been cut.
Love can't keep his opponent in guard - Constantinides advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Love is still in real trouble! Can Constantinides finish him?
Love is looking for a sweep. Constantinides is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Constantinides is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Constantinides working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Love's thigh. Love counters though and makes it back to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Constantinides trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Love seems to have recovered his senses.
Constantinides throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Constantinides trying to stand up but can't free himself from Love's guard.
Constantinides postures up and lands a big shot to Love's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides is looking to work some ground and pound but Love has wrist control.
Love has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Constantinides postures up in Love's guard and throws a big left but Love blocks it.
Love pulls Constantinides in close to prevent any damage.
Love wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Love preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Constantinides is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Love preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Constantinides trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Constantinides swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Constantinides looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A shot to the body from Constantinides misses
and Love counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Constantinides keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Constantinides throws a counter high kick but Love was just alert enough to avoid it.
Love connects with a right hand. Constantinides shakes it off.
Constantinides jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Constantinides lands a head kick that stumbles Love and the fighters go to the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Constantinides trying to control the position from guard on top but Love is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Constantinides with a flurry of punches that miss.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Love holds on and takes a little breather.
Let's hope that Love has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Constantinides is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Love can do to turn this around?
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Love.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ares Constantinides dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Puppy Love's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Constantinides keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Love, as that shot connected.

Constantinides gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Constantinides jumps guard and drags Love to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Love working some strikes from top position.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Constantinides is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Constantinides looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Love makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Constantinides's head.

Constantinides looking for a guillotine here but Love defends easily.
Love wants to control from the top but Constantinides keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love throwing strikes but missing.
Ares Constantinides overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Love stopping the sweep attempt from Constantinides.
Love working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Constantinides is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Constantinides throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Constantinides throws a sloppy head kick
and Love counters with a nice body shot.
A head kick by Constantinides misses

and Love counters with a single leg into guard. Constantinides didn't expect that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Love stands up over Constantinides, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides wants to stand but Love is controlling the position.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Constantinides is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Love distracts Constantinides with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Love content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Love trying to control but Constantinides is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Constantinides closes the distance looking to clinch
and Love cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Love looks to land a right hand but Constantinides moved out of range.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Constantinides misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Constantinides throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love lands with an uppercut that bounces Constantinides off the cage and back into range.
Love takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Love circles away from the clinch attempt.
Constantinides throws a jab when Love was well out of range.

Love shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Love showed some decent athleticism there.
Love seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Constantinides does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides trying to get back to full guard but Love takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Constantinides is in all sorts of trouble here.
Love lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Constantinides hang on?
Constantinides wants to control but Love is having none of it.
Constantinides is in all sorts of trouble here.
Love lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Constantinides is rocked!
Love lands with some strikes.
Oh Constantinides is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Love loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Constantinides scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Love land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Love stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Puppy Love!
Puppy Love decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.