PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Prepolec (ranked 4666 p4p, 3710 weight class) and Richard Long (ranked 403 p4p, 344 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Prepolec
vs
Long

178 cm
22
155
9 - 4 - 0

178 cm
22
160
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kyle Prepolec!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Long!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prepolec doesn't manage to clinch there - Long circles away.
Long chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Prepolec pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Long throws out a counter right but Prepolec avoids it with no problem.
Long throws a leg kick but Prepolec moved away.

Long rushes Prepolec and presses him up against the cage.
Long with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Kyle Prepolec has been cut.
A bit of stalling here from Long.
Prepolec misses with a hook from the clinch.
Long missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Prepolec's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Prepolec is trying to break free.
Long manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Prepolec's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Long is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Prepolec is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prepolec fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prepolec lands a right hand that snaps the head of Long backwards.
Long putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Prepolec in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Prepolec takes an elbow to the temple.
Long dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Long blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Long.
Prepolec takes a knee right on the jaw!
Prepolec being controlled against the cage.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Prepolec can't find room to land a body shot as Long controls the action.
Long pressing his opponent against the cage.
Long tries a knee to the head but Prepolec blocks it.
Long digs a right hand underneath Prepolec's ribcage. Prepolec let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long is pushing Prepolec up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Prepolec has a couple of punches blocked by Long.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Long is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Prepolec misses with a punch on the inside.
Prepolec swings wildly with an uppercut but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prepolec swings wildly with an uppercut but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
A knee to the head by Long.
Prepolec misses with a hook from the clinch.
Long lands a good knee to the midsection. Prepolec won't want to take too many of those.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Long takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Long trying to land knees to the body.
Long effectively controlling the action here.
Prepolec takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long keeps control of Prepolec as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Long throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Prepolec tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Prepolec misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Long.
Prepolec is breathing heavily.
Long works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Prepolec takes a knee to the side of the body.
Prepolec takes an elbow to the temple.
A body shot lands from Long.
Long landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Long lands a good knee to the midsection. Prepolec won't want to take too many of those.
Long cracks Prepolec with a nice body shot.
Nice elbow from Long.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prepolec throws a head punch that misses.
Prepolec's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Long's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've been informed that Long has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Long using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prepolec takes a knee to the side of the body.
A hook to the body from Long.
Long softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Long is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Prepolec being controlled against the cage.
Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Prepolec's defenses.
Prepolec on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Long.
Long prevents a body shot from Prepolec.
Long is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Long lands with a right to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Long dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Prepolec's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Long closes the distance and clinches.
Long lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Long stalling.
Long tries a knee to the head but Prepolec blocks it.
Long misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prepolec.
Long lands an elbow just above Prepolec 's eye.
Prepolec lands a left hand that snaps the head of Long backwards.
Prepolec working aggressively here.
Prepolec working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Long missing with knees to the body.
Prepolec is trying to break the clinch but Long is controlling him.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Long takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long lands with a light punch inside.
Prepolec misses with some punches.
Long has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Prepolec misses with a hook from the clinch.
Prepolec is trying to break the clinch but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Long working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Long crunches a lovely knee into Prepolec's ribcage.
Long landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Long pressing his opponent against the cage.
Prepolec goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Prepolec tries to break free but Long pushes him back against the cage.
Prepolec misses with a punch on the inside.
Prepolec swings wildly with an uppercut but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Prepolec's defenses.
Prepolec working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long blocking some punches.
Prepolec throws a punch but it's blocked by Long.
Prepolec takes a knee to the side of the body.
Long effectively controlling the action here.
Long stalling in the clinch.
Prepolec letting Long take a breather here.
Come on Long - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Long lands a nice knee to the body.
Prepolec misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Long displaying some good clinch control by pressing Prepolec up against the cage.
Long tries a knee to the head but Prepolec blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prepolec.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Prepolec wants to break the clinch but can't.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Long lands a good knee to the midsection. Prepolec won't want to take too many of those.
Prepolec misses with a punch on the inside.
Long digs a right hand into Prepolec's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Prepolec's gas tank.
Long lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Long lands an elbow inside that Prepolec shrugs off.
Long lands an elbow inside that Prepolec shrugs off.
Stalling in the clinch from Long.
Long with a knee to the head.

Prepolec is rocked!
Knees to the body from Long.
Oh Prepolec is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Long creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Long scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long lands with a light punch inside.
Knees to the body from Long.
Long utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Long lands a big knee to the head and Prepolec goes down! Long pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Long!