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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Makoa Love (ranked 3980 p4p, 4115 weight class) and Stu Pedasso (ranked 406 p4p, 417 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Makoa Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stu Pedasso!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurstr�m and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedasso misses with a wild body shot.
Pedasso lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Love circles away quickly and effectively.
Pedasso scores with a body shot.
Love throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pedasso stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pedasso misses with a series of wild punches.
Pedasso ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love throws a looping overhand right but Pedasso ducks down to avoid it.
Love takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pedasso misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedasso throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pedasso lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Love circles away quickly and effectively.
Pedasso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love cracks Pedasso with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Love missing with a left hand there. Pedasso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pedasso appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pedasso takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like Stu Pedasso has been cut.
Love tried to score with a low kick but Pedasso checks it.
Pedasso jabs Love to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pedasso is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Love rather than just go for the knockout.
Pedasso swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
Love missing with a left hand there. Pedasso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedasso misses with a wild body shot.
Pedasso throws a body shot but no joy.
Pedasso misses with a lunging right hand
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Love looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Love listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pedasso is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pedasso throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Love was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Love fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pedasso, pushing him back against the cage.
Love is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Love doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pedasso's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Love will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pedasso up against the cage.
Love misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love lands a left hand.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Love takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Love lands a hook that snaps the head of Pedasso backwards.
Love throws a head punch that misses.
Love lands a shoulder strike.
Pedasso is still on wobbly legs! Can Love finish him?
Pedasso blocks an uppercut.
Pedasso seems to have recovered his senses.
Love tries to work over Pedasso's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Love takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Still in the clinch, Love scores with a nice short uppercut.
Love makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Love breaks from the clinch.
Pedasso takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pedasso takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Love tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pedasso was well out of range. Poor timing from Love.
A nice side step and Pedasso releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Love throws a body punch but Pedasso moves out of range.
Love takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Love misses with a leg kick
and Pedasso counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Love throws out a loose jab but Pedasso uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pedasso misses with a wild combination.
Love scores with a punch to the head.
Love doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Makoa Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stu Pedasso's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Love throws out a loose jab but Pedasso uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pedasso misses with an uppercut.
Stu Pedasso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pedasso keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Love slips a jab from Pedasso.
Pedasso misses with a jab to the body
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Love throws the left hand but Pedasso avoids the punch easily.
Stu Pedasso seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pedasso looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pedasso lands a nice hook to Love's body. Love takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pedasso darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Love tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pedasso was well out of range. Poor timing from Love.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedasso scores with the left hand. Love knows he should have avoided that one.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pedasso uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
A little jabbing left from Pedasso on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pedasso moves away from the strike by Love.
Pedasso works over Love's head and body with a nice combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Pedasso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pedasso throws out a counter right but Love avoids it with no problem.
Pedasso falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
That has opened up Stu Pedasso's cut even more.
A slow jab from Love misses its intended target.
A shot to the body from Pedasso misses
and Love counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Makoa Love!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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