PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Victor Tellegio (ranked 3878 p4p, 432 weight class) and James Delaney (ranked 2661 p4p, 317 weight class). Delaney has chosen Necessary Evil as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Tellegio
vs
Delaney

180 cm
32
198 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

188 cm
37
193 lbs
23 - 12 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

IniTech Nutrition

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Victor Tellegio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Delaney!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tellegio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tellegio keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Delaney moves out of range of the strikes.
Delaney stuns Tellegio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tellegio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Delaney has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Tellegio is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Delaney scores with a jab. Tellegio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Donk. Delaney catches Tellegio right on the button with a cross.
Nice defenses there by Delaney.
Tellegio lands a two punch combo.
Tellegio throws a nice inside leg kick.

Delaney clinches up against the ropes.
Delaney working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tellegio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tellegio can't break the clinch.
Delaney gets through Tellegio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Delaney lands a damaging elbow.
Delaney avoids the elbow strike from Tellegio, against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Delaney.
Delaney pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Tellegio.
Delaney blocks a body shot from Tellegio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Tellegio.
Tellegio dodges an elbow strike from Delaney.
Delaney lands an elbow just above Tellegio 's eye.
Tellegio takes a shot to the head.
Tellegio lands an elbow just above Delaney 's eye.
Tellegio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tellegio misses with the head strike.
Tellegio stalling the fight.
Tellegio misses with some punches.
Tellegio tries to land a knee to the head but Delaney blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Delaney fails to land.
Tellegio takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tellegio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tellegio.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tellegio.
Delaney scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tellegio misses with a knee strike.
Tellegio misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Delaney.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio throws a head punch that misses.
Tellegio has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tellegio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Tellegio fails to land.
Tellegio tries to throw a body punch but Delaney avoids it by throwing Tellegio back against the ropes.
Tellegio missing with knees to the body.
Delaney misses with a punch on the inside.
Tellegio is looking to break free of the clinch but Delaney has double underhooks.
Delaney blocks an elbow strike.
Tellegio lands a left hand.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Delaney throws an elbow but misses.
Delaney misses with the head strike.
Tellegio misses with a body punch.
Delaney lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tellegio backwards.
Delaney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tellegio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tellegio taking a breather.
Tellegio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tellegio misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Tellegio on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Delaney misses with an elbow strike.
Tellegio wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tellegio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Delaney avoids it.
Tellegio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Delaney blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Delaney.
Still in the clinch, Delaney scores with a nice short uppercut.
Delaney pushes off an throws an elbow but Tellegio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Delaney lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Delaney creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tellegio's defenses.
Tellegio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Delaney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tellegio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Delaney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Delaney throws a head punch that misses.
Tellegio tries to land knees in the clinch but Delaney avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tellegio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tellegio lands a body shot.
Tellegio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Delaneys head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio scores with a shoulder strike.
Tellegio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from Tellegio.
Tellegio has a couple of punches blocked by Delaney.
Tellegio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Delaneys head.
Delaney throws a head punch that misses.
Tellegio blocking some punches.
Tellegio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Delaney.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tellegio.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Delaney misses with some punches.
Tellegio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Delaney backwards.
A shot in the inside from Delaney.
Delaney has a couple of punches blocked by Tellegio.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short uppercut from Delaney.
A short uppercut from Tellegio.
Tellegio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Delaney avoids it.

Tellegio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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 Victor Tellegio will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Delaney throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tellegio slips under a jab from Delaney.
An inside leg kick lands from Delaney.
Victor Tellegio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Delaney with a hook.
Tellegio throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tellegio misses the shot to the body.
Delaney misses with an uppercut.
Tellegio tries to score with a low kick but Delaney moves his leg out of the way.
Delaney missing with a left hand there. Tellegio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Delaney ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Delaney misses with a straight right.
Tellegio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Delaney tries to counter with a clinch but Tellegio shakes him off and moves away.
James Delaney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tellegio looks to throw the jab but Delaney is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Delaney.
Delaney swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tellegio.
Delaney keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Delaney bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Delaney misses with an uppercut. Tellegio saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Delaney takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Delaney. That's going to slow Tellegio down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tellegio.
Delaney lands a front kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Delaney. Tellegio does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Tellegio was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Delaney.
Tellegio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Delaney sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tellegio throws a body punch but Delaney moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Delaney throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tellegio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Delaney moves away.
Tellegio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tellegio throws a low kick, looking for Delaney's leg but Delaney calmly moves out of range.
Delaney tries to counter with a clinch but Tellegio shakes him off and moves away.
Tellegio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A solid leg kick lands there for Delaney.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tellegio with a nice cross.
Delaney dodges the punch combination from Tellegio.
A bone on bone clash there as Tellegio blocks the leg kick.
Tellegio misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Tellegio misses the target.
Tellegio scores with a jab to the body.
Tellegio ducks under a wild hook from Delaney.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tellegio instigates a clinch.
Delaney misses with an elbow strike.
Tellegio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tellegio lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Delaney backwards.
Delaney avoiding damage as Tellegio throws knees to the body.
Delaney lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Delaney misses with an elbow strike.
Tellegio blocking some punches.
Delaney lands with a right to the head.
Tellegio slowing the pace effectively.
Tellegio avoids the elbow strike from Delaney, against the ropes.
Delaney throws a head punch that misses.
Tellegio is trying to maintain a safe position but Delaney gets an underhook and turns Tellegio into the ropes.
Delaney lands an uppercut.
Tellegio throws a punch but it's blocked by Delaney.
Tellegio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tellegio lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Delaney blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Delaney throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delaney blocks a body shot from Tellegio.
Delaney lands a nice uppercut.
Delaney lands with a short shot to the head.
Delaney lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tellegio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tellegio tries to work over Delaney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Delaney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Delaney misses with the head strike.
Delaney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Delaney comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Delaney misses with an elbow strike.
Tellegio tries to throw a body punch but Delaney avoids it by throwing Tellegio back against the ropes.
Delaney throws a punch but it's blocked by Tellegio.
Nice elbow from Delaney.

It looks like Victor Tellegio has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tellegio blocking some punches.
Delaney looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tellegio works on Delaney's body with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Delaney throws a head punch that misses.
Tellegio tries to work over Delaney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tellegio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tellegio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Delaney avoids it.
Delaney softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A right handed body shot lands from Tellegio.
Delaney is breathing heavily.
Delaney misses with a punch on the inside.
Tellegio scores a nice knee to the body.
Tellegio scores with a shot to the side of Delaney's head.
Tellegio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
James Delaney seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Delaney on the inside.
Delaney blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Delaney working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Delaney misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Delaney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Victor Tellegio's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Delaney ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A big left from Delaney misses.
Delaney scores with a shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Tellegio blocks the low kick.
Tellegio blocks a low kick nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Tellegio.
A big left from Delaney misses.
Tellegio doesn't manage to clinch there - Delaney circles away.
Tellegio missing with a left hand there. Delaney was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tellegio throws a low kick but Delaney avoids it.
Tellegio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Delaney moves away.
Delaney throws a big shot that misses.
As Delaney backs away, Tellegio returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Delaney throws a low kick but Tellegio moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tellegio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Delaney moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Delaney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Delaney bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jab, jab by Tellegio - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Delaney.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellegio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Delaney throws out the jab.
A big right from Delaney misses.
Tellegio moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tellegio finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tellegio lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Delaney has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Delaney and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Delaney scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tellegio in his tracks.
Tellegio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tellegio lands an overhand right.
Tellegio wants to clinch up but Delaney keeps it at a distance.
Delaney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tellegio manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tellegio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Delaney looks to land a left hand but Tellegio moved out of range nicely.
Delaney lands with an uppercut that bounces Tellegio off the ropes and back into range.
Delaney takes a swing at Tellegio's ribcage but misses.
Tellegio blocks the body kick.
Nice shot lands for Delaney.
Delaney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tellegio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delaney swats away the attempt to clinch by Tellegio.

Tellegio moves into range and clinches up with Delaney.
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!
Tellegio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Delaney misses with some punches.
Tellegio blocks an uppercut.
Tellegio blocking some punches.
Tellegio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Delaney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Delaney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tellegio blocks an elbow strike.
Tellegio is leaning against Delaney and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tellegio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Delaney.
Tellegio tries a body shot but Delaney blocks it.
Delaney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Delaney lands a nice uppercut.
Delaney takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellegio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tellegio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Delaney comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tellegio blocks the elbow strike.
Tellegio throws an elbow but it misses.
Tellegio avoids the elbow strike from Delaney, against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Delaney.
Tellegio is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Delaney has a couple of punches blocked by Tellegio.
Delaney pushes off an throws an elbow but Tellegio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Delaney pushes off an throws an elbow but Tellegio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Delaney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tellegio lands a good knee to the midsection. Delaney won't want to take too many of those.
Delaney avoids a wild elbow strike from Tellegio.
Tellegio lands a hook that snaps the head of Delaney backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Delaney just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tellegio's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delaney has a couple of punches blocked by Tellegio.
Delaney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Delaney swings wildly with an uppercut but Tellegio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Delaney pushes off an throws an elbow but Tellegio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Delaney has a couple of punches blocked by Tellegio.
Tellegio taking a breather.
Tellegio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Delaney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Delaney working some nice short punches in the clinch.
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!
Tellegio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tellegio blocking some punches.
Delaney lands an uppercut.
Tellegio blocks an elbow strike.
Delaney pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Tellegio.
Delaney lands a nice elbow.
Delaney throws an elbow but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Delaney comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Delaney has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Delaney!