PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joan Carillo (ranked 8088 p4p, 658 weight class) and Patriciano Pelosi (ranked 4118 p4p, 451 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Carillo
vs
Pelosi

181 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joan Carillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patriciano Pelosi!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carillo shoots in but Pelosi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Carillo throws a nice looking combination but Pelosi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pelosi doesn't manage to clinch there - Carillo circles away.
Carillo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pelosi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Pelosi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carillo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As Pelosi looks to move away, Carillo throws a big counter combo but Pelosi just gets out of the way.
Pelosi throws a right and a left that both miss.
An attempted straight right counter from Carillo misses the target.
Carillo with a jab.
Pelosi works over Carillo's head and body with a nice combination.
Pelosi fails to land with a series of punches.
Pelosi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pelosi stuffs the takedown.
Pelosi just misses with a punch to the body.

Carillo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Carillo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Pelosi.
A nice leg kick lands there from Carillo.
Pelosi tries to clinch but Carillo moves out of range.
Pelosi throws a right and a left that Carillo avoids nicely.
Carillo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joan Carillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pelosi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Pelosi misses.
Pelosi looks to clinch
and Carillo counters with a left to the body.

Carillo shoots in and bounces Pelosi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Carillo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pelosi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Carillo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Carillo chips away with some ground and pound.

Pelosi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Carillo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pelosi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Pelosi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Carillo throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carillo throwing strikes from guard but Pelosi blocks nicely.
Carillo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Carillo throwing strikes from guard but Pelosi blocks nicely.
Pelosi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Carillo manages to get himself to full guard.

Pelosi stands up from Carillo's guard - Pelosi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Pelosi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Patriciano Pelosi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pelosi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carillo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pelosi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carillo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pelosi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Carillo misses with a double jab.
Pelosi ducks right into an uppercut from Carillo.
Carillo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carillo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Carillo is breathing heavily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pelosi!

It looks like Joan Carillo has been cut.
Carillo looks to land a combination but Pelosi avoids it well.
Good exchange - Pelosi coming out on top.

Carillo is rocked!
Pelosi wants to clinch up but Carillo keeps it at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pelosi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pelosi.
Oh Carillo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pelosi pounces like a tiger and cracks Carillo with a vicious hook! Carillo is down but not out! Pelosi follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Patriciano Pelosi!
After the fight, Patriciano Pelosi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.