PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joey Fagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Napolitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Napolitano comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Joey Fagan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Fagan
vs
Napolitano

173 cm
27
159 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

181 cm
28
168 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joey Fagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dominick Napolitano!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fagan shoots in and drives through. Napolitano sprawls well.
Fagan fails with the takedown
and Napolitano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fagan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fagan avoids the body shot from Napolitano.
Napolitano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fagan's head.
Fagan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fagan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Napolitano connects with a nice looking jab.
Napolitano slaps away a takedown attempt from Fagan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Fagan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Napolitano connects with the punch.
Napolitano just misses with a punch to the body.
Napolitano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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!
Napolitano stuffs the takedown attempt from Fagan. Fagan gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fagan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Napolitano scores with a hook to the body. Fagan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Napolitano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Fagan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Napolitano did well to prevent Fagan getting side control.

Napolitano is defending against the submission attempts here by Fagan.
Napolitano is trying to control but can't.
Napolitano really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fagan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are battling for position here. Napolitano manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fagan looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano wants to stand up but Fagan is controlling him.
Fagan throws a big right hand that misses.
Napolitano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fagan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Napolitano pulls Fagan in close to prevent any damage.
Napolitano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fagan is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Napolitano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano wants to sweep here but Fagan controlling him for the moment.
Fagan looking to pass the guard.
Faganis looking to pass into half guard but Napolitano pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Napolitano is in guard.
Napolitano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fagan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Fagan working for a triangle but Napolitano defends it easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Napolitano accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Napolitano won't allow Fagan to get back to his feet.
Fagan wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Napolitano postures up and lands a big shot to Fagan's brow.
Napolitano postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Napolitano postures up.

Fagan looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Napolitano passes into side control.
Napolitano is working Fagan over with some ground and pound from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fagan sneaks back into half guard.
Napolitano trying to control the action but Fagan is working from the bottom.
Fagan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Napolitano must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fagan trying to control the position.
Fagan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Napolitano dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Napolitano leaves Fagan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Napolitano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sloppy strikes from Fagan. Those never looked like landing.
Fagan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fagan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Napolitano connects with a nice looking jab.
Fagan moves out of range as Napolitano strikes.
Fagan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Napolitano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fagan scrambles back to his feet.
Napolitano tries for a takedown but Fagan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Napolitano loads up on a big right hand but Fagan slips the punch.
Fagan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fagan misses with a takedown
and Napolitano counters with a nice body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Fagan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fagan is defended easily by Napolitano.
Napolitano lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fagan takes one to the chin there.
Napolitano with a hook.

Fagan shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Napolitano manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fagan wants to pass the guard but Napolitano is keeping the position.
Napolitano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fagan is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fagan wants to control from the top but Napolitano keeps moving.
Fagan passes Napolitano's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fagan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Fagan wants to take a breather but Napolitano is having none of it.
Fagan trying to pass the guard but Napolitano defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fagan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Napolitano is defending against the submission attempts here by Fagan.
Napolitano desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano looks like he's trying to stand up.

Fagan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Napolitano is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dominick Napolitano will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Fagan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Napolitano.
Decent striking displayed by Napolitano there.
Napolitano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fagan was well out of range. Poor timing from Napolitano.
Napolitano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fagan.
Fagan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fagan misses with a takedown attempt
and Napolitano counters with a right hand to the body.
Napolitano keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Napolitano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Napolitano lands a nice shot that snaps Fagan's head back.
Napolitano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fagan.
Napolitano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fagan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Napolitano works the jab nicely.
Napolitano has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Napolitano. Beautiful body shot.
Fagan walks into a straight right hand from Napolitano.
Fagan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fagan moves out of range as Napolitano throws a body kick.

Fagan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Napolitano was covering up waiting for the punch and Fagan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fagan throwing strikes from guard but Napolitano blocks nicely.
Napolitano is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Napolitano keeping full guard, as Fagan tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fagan throwing strikes from guard but Napolitano blocks nicely.
Napolitano keeping moving, preventing Fagan from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fagan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Napolitano is trying to control the position but Fagan postures up.
Fagan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Napolitano is keeping the position for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Napolitano looking for a sweep. Not yet Napolitano, not yet.
Joey Fagan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fagan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Napolitano looking for a sweep. Not yet Napolitano, not yet.
Fagan stays in close to Napolitano's body and controls the position.
Fagan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fagan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dominick Napolitano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Napolitano manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fagan is pressing down on Napolitano's thigh, looking to free his foot. Napolitano is holding on for now.

Fagan has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Napolitano defend it? Fagan steps over the head and cranks it - Napolitano is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Fagan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joey Fagan!
A victorious Joey Fagan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.