PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Faolin (ranked 1310 p4p, 1315 weight class) and Pete Prescott (ranked 197 p4p, 200 weight class). Faolin comes to the cage accompanied by It Ain’t a Crime by House of Pain. Prescott has chosen Negative Creep - Nirvana as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Faolin
vs
Prescott

185 cm
23
215
7 - 3 - 0

191 cm
23
205
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Faolin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pete Prescott!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Prescott.
Faolin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Prescott at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Faolin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Faolin thuds his right hand into Prescott's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Prescott misses with a hook. Faolin ducked under it nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Prescott 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 Faolin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Faolin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
As Prescott tries to get set, Faolin tries to push him back and clinch up but Prescott manages to avoid the attempt.
Prescott pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Prescott works Faolin's body with a nice hook.
Prescott throws a hook but Faolin blocks it.
Prescott tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Faolin was well out of range. Poor timing from Prescott.
Prescott throws the left hand but Faolin avoids the punch easily.
Prescott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Faolin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faolin slips a jab from Prescott.
Prescott misses the shot to the body.
Faolin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faolin swinging wildly here.
Prescott throws out a counter right but Faolin avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prescott looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Prescott closes the distance and pushes Faolin back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prescott.
Prescott lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Faolin.
Faolin lands a nice knee to the body.
Faolin misses with a knee to the head.
Prescott prevents a body shot from Faolin.
Prescott misses with a punch to the body.
Prescott lands a body punch.
Prescott pushes Faolin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Prescott's coach down at Average Judas Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Prescott's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Faolin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prescott stalling in the clinch but Faolin improves position.
Prescott tries a body shot but Faolin blocks it.
Prescott lands a body punch in the clinch.
Prescott lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prescott scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faolin scores a nice knee to the body.
Faolin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Prescott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Faolin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Prescott pushes Faolin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Prescott tries a body shot but Faolin blocks it.
Prescott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Faolin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Prescott in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Faolin avoids the elbow strike from Prescott, against the cage.
Faolin swings wildly with an uppercut but Prescott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faolin swings wildly with an uppercut but Prescott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faolin misses with some punches.
Faolin tries to land a knee to the head but Prescott blocks with his arms.
Faolin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Prescott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Faolin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A bit of stalling here from Prescott.
Prescott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prescott struggles to land a body shot inside as Faolin controls his hands.
Faolin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Faolin lands a shoulder strike.
Faolin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Faolin has a couple of punches blocked by Prescott.
Faolin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Faolin looking to throw knees to the head but Prescott is blocking nicely.
Faolin lands with a short shot to the head.
Prescott misses with a body punch.
A short right from Prescott.
Faolin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Prescott.
Faolin lands a nice knee to the body.
Faolin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prescott.
Prescott swings wildly with an uppercut but Faolin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Faolin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prescott leaning against his opponent.
Prescott misses with some punches.
Prescott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Faolin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Prescott misses with a punch on the inside.
Faolin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Prescott backwards.
Prescott misses with a punch to the body.
Prescott misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Faolin fails to land.
Faolin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Prescott struggles to land a body shot inside as Faolin controls his hands.
Prescott lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Prescott throws a head punch that misses.
Faolin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Faolin lands a hook that snaps the head of Prescott backwards.
Prescott swings wildly with an uppercut but Faolin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Prescott.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Joey Faolin will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Faolin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Prescott.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Prescott in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Faolin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prescott appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Faolin misses with a double jab
and Prescott counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Prescott moves out of range of the strikes.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Faolin closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prescott.
Prescott is looking to control Faolin's arms but Faolin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Prescott has his back to the cage.
Prescott swings wildly with an uppercut but Faolin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faolin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Prescott tries to work over Faolin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prescott is looking to control Faolin's arms but Faolin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Prescott has his back to the cage.
Prescott lands an elbow just above Faolin 's eye.
Faolin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Faolin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Prescott throws a head punch that misses.
Joey Faolin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Faolin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faolin lands an uppercut.
Prescott lands a nice uppercut.
Prescott is working Faolin over against the cage.
Faolin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Prescott has a couple of punches blocked by Faolin.
Faolin misses with a body punch.
A short left from Prescott.
Faolin throws a punch but it's blocked by Prescott.
A shot in the inside from Faolin.
Prescott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Prescott slows down the pace here.
Prescott lands a left hand that snaps the head of Faolin backwards.
Prescott pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Faolin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prescott throws an elbow but it misses.
Faolin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prescott pushes Faolin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prescott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prescott digs a right hand into Faolin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Faolin's gas tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prescott.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prescott.
Prescott has a couple of punches blocked by Faolin.
Faolin gets through Prescott's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Faolin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Faolin.
Prescott is breathing heavily.
Faolin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Faolin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prescott misses with the head strike.
A knee to the head by Faolin.
Faolin scores a nice knee to the body.
Prescott takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faolin lands an uppercut.
Faolin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Prescott's face.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Faolin.
Faolin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Prescott backwards.

Faolin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pete Prescott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Faolin checks the leg kick.
Faolin lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Prescott can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Faolin and Prescott drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Faolin.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Faolin!
A very excited looking Joey Faolin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.