PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Taglerino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Ringwald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronald Ringwald will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Taglerino
vs
Ringwald

179 cm
25
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Cyclone Nutrition Company

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Taglerino!
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, Ronald Ringwald!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taglerino thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ronald Ringwald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taglerino ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Ringwald gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ringwald works on Taglerino's body with a couple of short punches.
Ringwald misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ringwald goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taglerino tries to work over Ringwald's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taglerino pushes off an throws an elbow but Ringwald leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ringwald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Taglerino lands a hook that snaps the head of Ringwald backwards.
Taglerino lands with a left to the head.
Ringwald scores with a shot to the side of Taglerino's head.
Ringwald tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ringwald is trying to break free.
A body shot lands from Taglerino.
Taglerino throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ringwald blocks an elbow strike.
Taglerino lands a shot to the body.
Ringwald looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ringwald is trying to break the clinch but Taglerino is controlling him.
Taglerino is working Ringwald over against the cage.
Taglerino lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taglerino misses with an elbow strike.
Ringwald managing to block the knees to the body from Taglerino.
Taglerino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ringwald.
Ringwald is looking to break free of the clinch but Taglerino has double underhooks.
Ringwald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taglerino keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ringwald's efforts to push away.
Ringwald throws a head punch that misses.
Ringwald blocks the elbow strike.
Taglerino lands with a right to the head.
Taglerino lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Ronald Ringwald has been cut.
Ringwald struggles to land a body shot inside as Taglerino controls his hands.
Taglerino pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Taglerino as the two fighters clinch.
Ringwald tries to throw a body punch but Taglerino avoids it by throwing Ringwald back against the cage.
Ringwald working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Ringwald fails to land.
Taglerino stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Taglerino lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Taglerino tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Taglerino drops Ringwald onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Ringwald is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Ringwald is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ringwald misses with the head strike.
Ringwald is still on wobbly legs! Can Taglerino finish him?
Taglerino lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ringwald seems to have recovered his senses.
Taglerino makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taglerino lands a shoulder strike.
Taglerino misses with a body punch.
Taglerino can't find room to land a body shot as Ringwald controls the action.
Taglerino throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Taglerino throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ringwalds head.
Taglerino lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Taglerino blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ringwald.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Taglerino just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ringwald's brow.
Taglerino lands a nice elbow.
Ringwald tries to pull guard but Taglerino forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Taglerino - that landed with a thud.
Taglerino unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Ringwald! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Taglerino is unloading with more strikes now! Ringwald drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Taglerino!