PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alekos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Cebrone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Papadopoulos
vs
Cebrone

165 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alekos Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Cebrone!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cebrone darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Papadopoulos is looking for a sweep. Cebrone is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Papadopoulos is working hard here to advance position.
Papadopoulos flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Papadopoulos slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Papadopoulos is controlling Cebrone's posture.

Papadopoulos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cebrone slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Papadopoulos throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Papadopoulos tries to strike from the bottom.
Cebrone preventing the sweep.
Cebrone throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Papadopoulos wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Cebrone shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cebrone was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cebrone avoids the attempt from Papadopoulos to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cebrone controlling the pace for now.
Papadopoulos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Papadopoulos wants to hold on but Cebrone pushes him away.
Cebrone takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Papadopoulos is working to get back to half guard.
Cebrone controlling from the full mount.
Cebrone landing strikes from the mount and Papadopoulos is in trouble!
Papadopoulos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Papadopoulos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Papadopoulos tries to get out of the position.
Cebrone connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cebrone is landing with some decent strikes but Papadopoulos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Papadopoulos is breathing heavily.
Papadopoulos is trying desperately to improve position.
Papadopoulos 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cebrone controlling from the full mount.
Cebrone with good strikes from the mount here!
Cebrone fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Papadopoulos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cebrone looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cebrone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Papadopoulos looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cebrone cracks Papadopoulos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Papadopoulos tries to lock up and control but Cebrone gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cebrone controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cebrone lands with some strikes.
Papadopoulos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cebrone controlling the pace for now.
Papadopoulos is trying desperately to improve position.
Cebrone sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cebrone looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Papadopoulos is trying to escape the mount.
Cebrone lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cebrone takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Papadopoulos is looking to improve his position but Cebrone isn't that keen on the idea.
Cebrone tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Papadopoulos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Cebrone.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cebrone working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cebrone landing strikes from the mount and Papadopoulos is in trouble!
Papadopoulos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cebrone controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Cebrone dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cebrone looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Papadopoulos throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Cebrone wants to control from the top but Papadopoulos keeps moving.
Cebrone slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Despite being in the dominant position, Danny Cebrone just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Papadopoulos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Papadopoulos wants to pass the guard but Cebrone is keeping the position.
Papadopoulos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cebrone is pulling down on Papadopoulos's head. It's preventing any offense from Papadopoulos, at least for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos is looking to work some ground and pound but Cebrone has wrist control.
Cebrone throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Cebrone thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Cebrone throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Cebrone working a defensive guard here.
Papadopoulos trying to control but Cebrone is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cebrone fails with the takedown.
Papadopoulos misses with the combination.
Danny Cebrone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cebrone gets a takedown into half guard.
Cebrone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cebrone is trying to control the action in half guard but Papadopoulos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Papadopoulos gets back to full guard.
Papadopoulos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cebrone thows a big elbow that misses.
Cebrone trying to control but Papadopoulos is working from the bottom.
Papadopoulos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cebrone manages to get himself to full guard.
Papadopoulos slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Cebrone struggling a bit here.
Papadopoulos takes a little break here. Cebrone wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Papadopoulos wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cebrone, who protects the arm well.

Papadopoulos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The referee asks Papadopoulos politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Papadopoulos prefers to stall for the moment though.
Cebrone can't do much from the bottom here.

Papadopoulos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Papadopoulos working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Papadopoulos tries to score with some ground and pound. Cebrone controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Papadopoulos working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Papadopoulos misses with a series of wild punches.
Cebrone shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Papadopoulos counters with a takedown into side control.
The strikes coming from Papadopoulos are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Cebrone holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Papadopoulos throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Danny Cebrone has got the better of the ground game so far.
Papadopoulos tries to move to mount but Cebrone blocks the move with his legs.
Papadopoulos working away.
Papadopoulos looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Cebrone is avoiding damage well.
Cebrone struggling a bit here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cebrone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alekos Papadopoulos dominated that second round.
That's time! Papadopoulos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Papadopoulos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cebrone is trying to maintain the position but Papadopoulos is very close to passing his half guard.
Cebrone is staying active underneath Papadopoulos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Papadopoulos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cebrone is trying to maintain the position but Papadopoulos is very close to passing his half guard.
Papadopoulos moves nicely into side control.
Cebrone throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Cebrone wants to control but Papadopoulos postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cebrone misses with a hook.
Papadopoulos throws a body kick that misses.
Cebrone shoots in but no luck this time.

Papadopoulos shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Papadopoulos was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cebrone tries to hold on but Papadopoulos postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos with shots to the head and body - Cebrone looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cebrone tries to hold on but Papadopoulos pushes him away.
Papadopoulos thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Cebrone is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cebrone doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Cebrone tries to hold on but Papadopoulos pushes him away.

Despite being in the dominant position, Danny Cebrone just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Papadopoulos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cebrone can't do much from the bottom here.

Papadopoulos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Papadopoulos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos in the domination position with Cebrone hanging on.
Papadopoulos trying to control the action but Cebrone is working from the bottom.

Papadopoulos tries for a kimura but Cebrone is defending well.
I wouldn't like to be where Cebrone is right now.
You can see the frustration on Cebrone's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Papadopoulos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cebrone keeping control of the position.
Cebrone flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Cebrone trying to control from the bottom.
Papadopoulos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cebrone knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Papadopoulos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cebrone defends it well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cebrone tries for a takedown but Papadopoulos circles away easily

and Papadopoulos counters with a takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cebrone is trying to control Papadopoulos's posture but Papadopoulos avoids it.
Papadopoulos misses with the ground and pound.
Cebrone holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Papadopoulos wants to control but Cebrone is keeping him busy.
Cebrone gets back to half guard.
Papadopoulos is thwarting Cebrone's attempts to control the position.
Cebrone controlling the position well.
Papadopoulos blocks the strikes from Cebrone.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alekos Papadopoulos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Papadopoulos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alekos Papadopoulos!