PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eva Contonio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Contonio
vs
Patterson

182 cm
23
195 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

188 cm
28
194 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eva Contonio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Contonio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patterson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice uppercut lands for Patterson. That snapped Contonio's head back.
Contonio moves out of range of the strikes.
Patterson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Contonio on the side of the head.
Contonio misses with a straight right.
Patterson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Contonio takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Patterson scores with a jab. Contonio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A jab from Patterson misses.

Contonio closes the distance and pushes Patterson back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contonio has Patterson pressed against the cage, preventing Patterson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Contonio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Contonio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Contonio misses with a punch to the body.
Contonio slows down the pace here.
Contonio lands with a left to the head.
Patterson blocks a body shot from Contonio.
Contonio tries to work over Patterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Our sources have told us that Contonio has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Patterson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Contonio is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Contonio misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Contonio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contonio struggles to land a body shot inside as Patterson controls his hands.
Contonio throws a head punch that misses.
Contonio stalling the fight.
Contonio lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Patterson.
Contonio lands a damaging elbow.
Patterson avoids a wild elbow strike from Contonio.
Contonio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Patterson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Contonio lands a body shot in the clinch.
Contonio has a couple of punches blocked by Patterson.
Contonio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.
Contonio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Contonio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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!
Patterson is looking to break free of the clinch but Contonio has double underhooks.

Patterson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contonio cracks a nice hook into Patterson's ribs.
Nice defenses there by Contonio.
Patterson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Contonio counters with a straight right hand.
Patterson throws out a loose jab but Contonio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Contonio ducks under a wild hook from Patterson.
And Contonio counters with a quick kick to the body but Patterson blocks it.
Patterson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Contonio. Contonio obviously looking to wear him down.
Patterson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Patterson lands a jab-cross combination.
Contonio lands with a kick to the ribs.
Patterson misses with a body shot.
Contonio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Patterson.
Contonio tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Patterson manages to circle out of the way.
Contonio doesn't manage to clinch there - Patterson circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson misses with a hook.
Patterson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Patterson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Contonio.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patterson throws a right hand that misses
and Contonio counters with a body kick.
Contonio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Contonio moves out of range as Patterson strikes.
Patterson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Patterson misses with a straight left.
As Patterson looks to move away, Contonio throws a big counter combo but Patterson just gets out of the way.
James Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patterson misses with an uppercut
and Contonio counters with a stiff right hand.
Patterson throws a lazy uppercut
and Contonio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Contonio tries a head kick but it misses.
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 Eva Contonio will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A cross from Patterson lands.
Contonio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Patterson works Contonio's body with a nice hook.
Contonio blocks a jab.
Contonio defending well as Patterson loads up on a big left hand.
Patterson misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patterson cracks Contonio with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Patterson swings for the body but Contonio moves out of range.
Patterson misses with a left hand
and Contonio counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contonio slips a straight right by Patterson.
Contonio delivers a nice body kick.
Patterson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Contonio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Contonio.
Patterson avoids a wild elbow strike from Contonio.
Contonio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Contonio misses with a punch to the body.
Contonio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Contonio misses with an elbow strike.
Contonio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Contonio throws an elbow but misses.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Patterson has had enough of the clinch but Contonio keeps him there for the moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Contonio.
Contonio misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contonio lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patterson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Contonio has him pressed against the cage.
Contonio has Patterson pressed against the cage.
Contonio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Contonio lands a right hand.
Contonio tries to throw a body punch but Patterson avoids it by throwing Contonio back against the cage.

Patterson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Contonio throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Contonio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Contonio swings wildly with an uppercut but Patterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patterson is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patterson.
Contonio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Patterson blocks the elbow strike.
Eva Contonio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Contonio misses with a punch on the inside.
Contonio is looking to control Patterson's arms but Patterson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Contonio has his back to the cage.
Contonio has Patterson pressed against the cage, preventing Patterson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Contonio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Contonio throws a punch but it's blocked by Patterson.
Patterson blocks an uppercut.
Contonio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Contonio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patterson can do to turn this around?
Contonio throws a punch but it's blocked by Patterson.
Patterson working hard to break the clinch.
Contonio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contonio tries a body shot but Patterson blocks it.
Patterson lands with a short shot to the head.
Patterson is trying to break free.
Contonio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Contonio cracks Patterson with a nice body shot.
Contonio tries to work over Patterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Contonio misses with the head strike.
Patterson is trying to push Contonio away but Contonio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Contonio tries a body shot but Patterson blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Contonio.
Patterson blocks an elbow strike.
Patterson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Patterson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Contonio lands with a short shot 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!
Contonio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eva Contonio dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Patterson clobbers Contonio with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Contonio.
James Patterson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Contonio throws a body shot but no joy.
Contonio defending well as Patterson loads up on a big left hand.
Patterson scores with a nice right hand.
Patterson misses with a leg kick.
Contonio blocks a jab.
Contonio moves out of range of the strikes.
Contonio quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Contonio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Patterson.
Patterson swings widly with a right hand
and Contonio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Contonio throws the left hand but Patterson avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson misses with an uppercut. Contonio saw that one coming.
Patterson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Crunch! Contonio slams his shin into Patterson's torso.
Contonio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Patterson takes one to the chin there.
Patterson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Contonio on the side of the head.
Contonio connects with a looping right hand.
Contonio scoring well with a low kick there.
Contonio throws a shot to the body.
Patterson throws a lazy uppercut
and Contonio counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Contonio throws the left hand but Patterson avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson scores with a jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Contonio!
Patterson misses the shot to the body.
Contonio looks to score with a jab to the body but Patterson is just out of range.
A big left from Patterson misses.
Contonio on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Patterson thuds his right hand into Contonio's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A shot to the liver by Contonio. Beautiful body shot.
Contonio connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patterson's hands.
Contonio has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Contonio there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contonio connects with a right hand. Patterson shakes it off.
Contonio blocks a jab.
Patterson misses with a body shot.
Patterson misses with a looping left.
Patterson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Patterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Contonio takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Patterson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Contonio throws a head kick but Patterson moves out of range.
Contonio connects with a right hand. Patterson shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Contonio checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Contonio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Contonio throws a head kick that misses.
Contonio throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Patterson on the side of the head.
A jab from Patterson misses.
Patterson misses with the combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Contonio misses its target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Contonio.
Contonio ducks under a wild hook from Patterson.
An attempted straight right counter from Contonio misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Eva Contonio did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A punch combination from Patterson misses.
Contonio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Contonio tries to counter by clinching up but Patterson breaks away and moves out of range.
Contonio punishes Patterson's body with a nice straight punch.

Contonio clinches.
Patterson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Contonio has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patterson.
Contonio misses with some punches.
Patterson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Contonio has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Contonio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Contonio misses with a body punch.
Patterson trying to land knees to the body.
Contonio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Contonio holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson prevents a body shot from Contonio.
Contonio misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Contonio as the two fighters clinch.
Contonio scores with a shot to the side of Patterson's head.
Contonio lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like James Patterson has been cut.
Contonio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patterson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patterson wants to break free but Contonio has control.
Contonio digs a right hand underneath Patterson's ribcage. Patterson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Patterson is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A nice left hand lands by Contonio.
Contonio lands a nice uppercut.
Contonio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Contonio tries to throw a body punch but Patterson avoids it by throwing Contonio back against the cage.
Contonio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Contonio - that landed with a thud.
Contonio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Contonio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Patterson tries to break free but Contonio pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Contonio.
Contonio lands a shot to the body.
Contonio lands a shot to the body.
Contonio lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Patterson.
Contonio misses with a punch to the body.
Contonio misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Contonio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Contonio stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Contonio lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contonio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Contonio cracks Patterson with a nice body shot.
Contonio lands an uppercut.
Contonio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Patterson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Contonio lands a damaging elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Contonio - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patterson tries to throw a body punch but Contonio avoids it by throwing Patterson back against the cage.
Contonio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patterson's elbow.
Contonio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Contonio lands an uppercut.
Contonio works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Contonio is leaning against Patterson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Contonio works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Patterson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Contonio lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Contonio.
Contonio scores a nice knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Contonio.
Contonio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Patterson is looking to break free of the clinch but Contonio has double underhooks.
Contonio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Contonio controlling the action here for a moment.
Patterson managing to block the knees to the body from Contonio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eva Contonio had his way with James Patterson in that round.
The cut man is working on James Patterson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Patterson swings widly with a right hand
and Contonio counters with a nice uppercut.
Contonio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Patterson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Contonio blocks a jab.
Patterson connects with the punch.
Patterson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Contonio on the side of the head.
Patterson throws a series of punches but Contonio avoids them all with ease.
As Patterson tries to get set, Contonio tries to push him back and clinch up but Patterson manages to avoid the attempt.
Patterson throws out a leg kick but Contonio moves out of range and Patterson only half commits.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patterson throws a combination that misses

and Contonio counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Contonio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pattersons head.
Contonio is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short body shot lands from Contonio as the two fighters clinch.
Patterson is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Contonio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Patterson prevents a body shot from Contonio.
Contonio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Contonio lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Patterson.
Contonio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Contonio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Contonio lands an elbow inside that Patterson shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patterson.
Contonio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Contonio lands a body shot in the clinch.
Contonio lands an elbow that stopped Patterson in his tracks for a moment.
Contonio lands an elbow inside that Patterson shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contonio lands an elbow inside that Patterson shrugs off.
Contonio tries to work over Patterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Contonio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice body punch from Contonio - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Contonio pushes Patterson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Contonio lands a right hand.
Contonio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Contonio lands a knee to the body.
Contonio scores with a hook to the body.
Contonio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Contonio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Contonio stalling.
Contonio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Patterson's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Contonio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Contonio - that landed with a thud.
Contonio struggles to land a body shot inside as Patterson controls his hands.
Contonio cracks Patterson with a nice body shot.
Contonio lands with a short shot to the head.
Patterson can't break the clinch.
Contonio lands a body punch in the clinch.
Contonio missing with knees to the body.
Contonio pushes off an throws an elbow but Patterson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Patterson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Contonio's elbow.
Patterson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Patterson prevents a body shot from Contonio.
Contonio lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
James Patterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Contonio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Contonio lands a right hand.
Contonio lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Patterson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eva Contonio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Patterson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Contonio counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Contonio connects with a looping right hand.
Contonio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patterson throws a poor cross that misses
and Contonio counters with a nice body shot.
Contonio throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Patterson throws a right hand that misses
and Contonio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Contonio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eva Contonio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Contonio, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 50:44
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 50:44
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eva Contonio!
Eva Contonio is the new middleweight champion!