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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Scarpelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Cunovsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scarpelli comes to the cage accompanied by Use your fist and not your mouth. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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183 cm
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184 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm
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200 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Good in bed |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marco Scarpelli! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Patrick Cunovsky! The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Scarpelli bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Scarpelli misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Cunovsky tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Scarpelli wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Cunovsky dodges the ground and pound from Scarpelli. Cunovsky is looking to regain half guard here but Scarpelli keeps moving and retains side control. Scarpelli creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cunovsky sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike. Scarpelli thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Cunovsky is trying to get back to his feet. Scarpelli wants to control for a moment but Cunovsky uses the opportunity to move back to half guard. Cunovsky trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Scarpelli scoring with strikes to the body and head. Cunovsky trying to control but Scarpelli postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round. Scarpelli not doing much here.
Scarpelli wants to free his trapped foot but Cunovsky is holding on for dear life with his legs. Cunovsky is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Scarpelli is trying to control the action in half guard but Cunovsky is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Ground and pound from Scarpelli. Scarpelli prevents Cunovsky from standing back up.
Scarpelli wants to take a breather but Cunovsky is having none of it. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Scarpelli content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Marco Scarpelli. Cunovsky lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Scarpelli misses with a takedown and Cunovsky decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Scarpelli's guard. Scarpelli keeping moving, preventing Cunovsky from controlling successfully. Scarpelli is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Cunovsky wants to control from the top but Scarpelli keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Scarpelli trying to control the position.
Cunovsky is looking to stand up but Scarpelli won't let him.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Scarpelli shoots and misses and Cunovsky holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Cunovsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Cunovsky scores a takedown into full mount! Cunovsky looks gassed! Scarpelli sneaks a leg under to get to half guard. Scarpelli works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Cunovsky engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. Scarpelli is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Cunovsky wants to control but Scarpelli is keeping busy and won't allow it. Cunovsky is looking to escape. Scarpelli is trying for a kimura here. Cunovsky looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Scarpelli wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marco Scarpelli!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
48% |
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