PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duilio Carico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laslo Prajcek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Duilio Carico has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Carico
vs
Prajcek

193 cm
18
240 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

205 cm
25
269 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Duilio Carico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Laslo Prajcek!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Carico.
Carico tries to land a front kick but Prajcek steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Carico thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Prajcek if he has to take too many more of those.
Carico throws a quick inside leg kick.
Prajcek has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Carico feints and then cracks Prajcek's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Prajcek down.
Carico lands with a thumping leg kick.
Prajcek avoids the head kick by Carico.
Carico displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Prajcek.
As Prajcek backs away, Carico returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A head kick misses from Carico.
Prajcek steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Carico. That one must have hurt.
Carico throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Prajcek.
Carico lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carico throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Carico connects with a solid leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Carico.
A head kick from Carico lands but Prajcek takes it in his stride.

It looks like Laslo Prajcek has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carico bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Prajcek looks winded!
Prajcek steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Carico. That one must have hurt.
Duilio Carico is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carico pushes Prajcek away with a front kick.
A head kick misses from Carico.
Carico buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Carico.
Prajcek takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Prajcek steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Carico. That one must have hurt.
Carico fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Prajcek has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Carico, right into the meat.
Carico lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
A slapping body kick lands there for Carico.
Carico scores with a spinning back kick!
Carico fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prajcek takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Carico throws a head kick that half lands.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Carico. Prajcek shrugs it off though.
Carico scores with a leg kick.
Carico thows a body kick. Prajcek tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Prajcek has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Carico.
A good leg kick by Carico.
Carico lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Carico throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Carico scores with a push kick.
Prajcek sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Prajcek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Carico.
Carico throws a head kick that misses.
Carico feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Prajcek's calf.
Carico lets loose with a powerful body kick. Prajcek will feel that in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carico throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Prajcek.
Carico lands a leg kick that knocks Prajcek off balance momentarily.
You can see that Prajcek has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Carico thumps Prajcek with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Carico.
Prajcek takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Carico moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Prajcek takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Prajcek sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Carico fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Carico lands a leg kick that knocks Prajcek off balance momentarily.
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!
Carico throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Carico lands with a kick to the ribs.
Carico lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Prajcek takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Duilio Carico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carico fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Carico fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Prajcek's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Carico feints and then cracks Prajcek's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Prajcek down.
Nice body kick there by Carico.
Prajcek avoids the head kick by Carico.
Prajcek feints the counter takedown.
Carico throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Carico!
Carico throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Carico fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Prajcek has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Prajcek crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Carico - the referee stops the clock and Prajcek gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Carico. Prajcek manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carico lands with a thumping leg kick.
Carico misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Prajcek is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Carico.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duilio Carico dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Laslo Prajcek's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Prajcek has a takedown stuffed.
Prajcek has a takedown stuffed.
Carico throws a nice outside leg kick.
Carico lets loose with a powerful body kick. Prajcek will feel that in the morning.
Prajcek stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Carico.
Good leg kick by Carico there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Carico throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carico thumps Prajcek with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Carico - that will leave a mark!
Carico throws a nice inside leg kick.
Prajcek takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Prajcek is breathing heavily.
Carico dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Prajcek. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carico looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Prajcek takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Prajcek might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Carico has got the better of the exchanges.
Carico looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Prajcek on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Carico. Carico obviously looking to wear him down.
Prajcek dives in for a single leg takedown but Carico sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Carico thinks about countering with a head kick.
Duilio Carico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Laslo Prajcek.
Carico lands a front kick.
Duilio Carico is winning the standup battle so far.
Carico misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carico turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Carico lands with a thumping leg kick.
Carico scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Carico lands a leg kick that knocks Prajcek off balance momentarily.
Carico lands a nice looking body kick.
Carico lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carico thumps Prajcek with a low kick.
Prajcek on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Carico. Carico obviously looking to wear him down.
Carico dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Prajcek. That did some damage!
Carico lands a nice looking kick to the body. Prajcek takes a step back to recover.
Carico throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Carico throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Prajcek's head.
Carico stuffs the takedown attempt from Prajcek. Prajcek gets slowly back to his feet.
Prajcek takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Carico connects with an inside leg kick.
Carico throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Carico scores with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prajcek takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Prajcek on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Prajcek looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Carico is fending him off so far but Prajcek persists. Nope, Carico circles away and we're back to standing.
A thudding body kick lands there by Carico!
Carico is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prajcek can do to turn this around?
Carico throws a sloppy head kick and Prajcek moves out of range easily.
Carico throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Carico.
Carico lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Carico lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Carico.
Carico throws a head kick that half lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Carico.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Carico here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Carico - that will leave a mark!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carico looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Carico lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Carico turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Carico lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Prajcek on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Carico lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Carico is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Carico throws a quick inside leg kick.
Carico is looking to slow Prajcek down with leg kicks.
Prajcek steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Carico. That one must have hurt.
Carico fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Prajcek.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carico thumps Prajcek with a low kick.
Carico goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Carico thumps Prajcek with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duilio Carico dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Laslo Prajcek's cut.
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. This is the final round!

A nice inside leg kick there by Carico. That's going to slow Prajcek down.
Laslo Prajcek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Carico as Prajcek shoots in.
Carico cracks the inside of Prajcek's front leg.
Carico keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Prajcek has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Carico.
Carico connects with a solid leg kick.
Prajcek on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carico connects with a high kick.
Carico scores with a leg kick.
Prajcek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Carico connects with a solid leg kick.
Carico throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
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!
Prajcek on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carico lands a brutal head kick. Prajcek looks out on his feet and Carico throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Duilio Carico!