PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Faolin (ranked 1224 p4p, 1401 weight class) and Jerricho Patterson (ranked 188 p4p, 215 weight class). Faolin comes to the cage accompanied by It Ain’t a Crime by House of Pain. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Faolin
vs
Patterson

185 cm
26
215
11 - 6 - 0

190 cm
32
220
12 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Faolin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerricho Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faolin scores with a hook to the body. Patterson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Faolin digs a good body shot into Patterson's ribs.
Faolin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Patterson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Patterson cracks Faolin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Patterson throws a wild body kick that Faolin sees coming a mile off.
Faolin 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.
A big right from Patterson misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Faolin misses its target.
Faolin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Faolin tries to work over Patterson's front leg with a kick but Patterson checks it.
Patterson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faolin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faolin lands with an overhand left.
Patterson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Faolin defends it nicely.
Faolin tries to counter by clinching up but Patterson breaks away and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson scores with a nice right hand.
Faolin misses with a hook. Patterson ducked under it nicely.
As Faolin backs off Patterson throws a huge counter combo but Faolin manages to avoid it all.
Faolin throws a series of punches but Patterson moves out of range.
Patterson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Patterson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Faolin.
Patterson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Faolin moves into the clinch.

Patterson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faolin throws a body punch but Patterson moves out of range.
Faolin swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faolin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Patterson throws the kick towards the body but Faolin avoids it.
Faolin is looking to counter the offense by Patterson and move into the clinch.
Faolin misses the body punch
and Patterson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Faolin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patterson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Patterson digs a good body shot into Faolin's ribs.
Joey Faolin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!
Faolin lands with a good body shot.
Faolin wants to clinch.
Faolin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Patterson on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Faolin counters with a two punch combo.
Faolin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Faolin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Patterson moves out of range of the strikes.
Faolin misses with a body shot.
Faolin is looking to wear down Patterson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Faolin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patterson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Patterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patterson tries to land a front kick but Faolin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Faolin misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faolin avoids the head kick by Patterson.
Faolin throws a lazy right hand but Patterson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Faolin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Patterson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Faolin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patterson throws a sloppy head kick and Faolin moves out of range easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Patterson, as that shot connected.
Faolin misses with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Faolin.
Faolin throws a jab when Patterson was well out of range.
Patterson throws a chopping leg kick but Faolin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Patterson tries a head kick but it misses.
Faolin is looking for a counter combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Faolin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Patterson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Faolin.
Patterson throws a body kick that misses
and Faolin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Faolin throws a nice looking combination but Patterson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Patterson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Patterson looks to land a body kick but Faolin moved away.
Faolin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Patterson.
Patterson misses the jab.

Faolin moves into range and clinches up with Patterson.

Patterson breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faolin blocks a jab.
Faolin tries to close the distance and clinch but Patterson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Faolin loads up on a big right hand but Patterson slips the punch.
Faolin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Patterson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Patterson looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson takes one to the chin there.
Faolin lands a jab.

It looks like Jerricho Patterson has been cut.
Patterson throws a lazy head kick
and Faolin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Joey Faolin is winning the standup battle so far.
Faolin moves out of range as Patterson strikes.
Faolin lands a nice shot to the body.
Patterson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Faolin closes the distance and clinches.
Faolin lands with a left to the head.
Patterson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Faolin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Patterson wants a takedown but no success here.
Good body shot from Faolin.
A short right from Faolin on the inside.
Patterson is trying to break free.
Faolin misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson gets through Faolin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faolin lands a good knee to the midsection. Patterson won't want to take too many of those.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
Faolin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Faolin landing knees to the body.
Faolin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Patterson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Faolin tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
Faolin scores a nice knee to the body.
Joey Faolin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Faolin lands a body shot.
Faolin digs a right hand underneath Patterson's ribcage. Patterson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Faolin works on Patterson's body with a couple of short punches.
Faolin digs a right hand into Patterson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Patterson's gas tank.
Faolin lands with a left to the head.
Faolin working Patterson over with knees to the body.
Patterson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Patterson is rocked!
Patterson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Patterson is still on wobbly legs! Can Faolin finish him?
Faolin lands a big knee to the head and Patterson goes down! Faolin pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Faolin!
During a confident post fight interview, Joey Faolin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.