PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Damato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Domenic Maddox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maddox has chosen Frontines by Diabolic ft. Immortal Technique as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Damato
vs
Maddox

190 cm
25
217 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

197 cm
24
211 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

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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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pete Damato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Domenic Maddox!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maddox's sensitive parts.
Maddox wants to clinch but Damato slips to the side
and Damato counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Crunch! Maddox slams his shin into Damato's torso.
Maddox pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Damato looks to land a right hand but Maddox moved out of range.
Damato throws a front kick that sends Maddox stumbling back into the cage.
Damato throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A clash of legs there as Maddox blocks the low kick.
Damato takes one to the side of the head.
Maddox defending well as Damato loads up on a big left hand.
Maddox thows a body shot but no joy.
Damato takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Damato scores with a kick to the body.
Damato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Damato gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Damato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maddox backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato misses with a body punch.
Damato pushes Maddox back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Maddox taking a breather.
Damato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maddox throws a head punch that misses.
Damato stalling in the clinch but Maddox improves position.
A nice left hand lands by Damato.
Maddox misses with the head strike.
Damato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Maddox blocks an uppercut.
Damato blocks a body shot from Maddox.
Damato lands a hook that snaps the head of Maddox backwards.
Maddox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Damato lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Damato.
Damato lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Damato wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maddox has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Maddox fails to land.
Maddox misses with a punch on the inside.
Maddox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maddox lands a body shot in the clinch.
Maddox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Damato working aggressively here.
Damato has a couple of punches blocked by Maddox.
Maddox misses with the head strike.
A hook to the body from Maddox.
Damato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maddox stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Maddox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Damato throws a head punch that misses.
Maddox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maddox takes a shot to the head.
Damato stalling in the clinch but Maddox improves position.
Damato lands a right hand.
Damato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maddox lands with a right to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Maddox prevents a body shot from Damato.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Maddox.
A right handed body shot lands from Maddox.
Maddox throws a punch but it's blocked by Damato.
Maddox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maddox blocks a body shot from Damato.
Damato blocks an uppercut.
Maddox lands a right hand.
Maddox is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maddox swings wildly with an uppercut but Damato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maddox misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maddox blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Damato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Damato tries to land a leg kick but Maddox saw it coming and moves away.
Maddox is looking to land body kicks.
Maddox misses with a head kick.
Damato throws a leg kick but Maddox sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Maddox on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Damato missing with a left hand there. Maddox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pete Damato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damato misses with a two punch combination.
Maddox misses with a straight right.

Maddox clinches up with Damato and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Damato dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Damato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Maddox throws a jab but it's blocked by Damato.
Maddox walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Damato checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Maddox throws a half hearted mid kick.
Damato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Damato fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Damato uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Maddox has time to react.
Maddox slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Damato.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maddox tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Damato connects with a looping right hand.
Damato throws a leg kick but Maddox sees it coming and moves out of range.
Maddox loads up on a big right hand but Damato slips the punch.
Damato throws the left hand but Maddox avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Damato lands a glancing blow to the side of Maddox's head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Damato.
Damato throws a leg kick which misses Maddox's front leg but catches the back leg as Maddox tries to avoid it.
Damato throws a wild body kick that Maddox sees coming a mile off.
Damato lands with a cross.
Damato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Maddox looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Damato misses with an attempted mid kick.
Maddox looks for the body kick but Damato saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Maddox.
Maddox takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Damato.
Damato takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maddox misses with a right hand
and Maddox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Maddox thumps Damato with a low kick.
Maddox misses with a hook

and Damato counters by clinching up.
Maddox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maddox.

Damato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maddox avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A bone on bone clash there as Maddox blocks the leg kick.
Maddox ducks under a wild hook from Damato.
Maddox moves out of range of the leg kick from Damato.
Maddox ducks under a wild hook from Damato.
Maddox ducks under a wild hook from Damato.
Maddox takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maddox goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Maddox lands with a cross.
Maddox connects with an inside leg kick.
Maddox throws a push kick but Damato slaps the foot to one side.
Maddox throws a hook to the side of Damato's head but Damato sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pete Damato is winning the standup battle so far.

Maddox closes the distance and clinches.
Maddox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maddox lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maddox trying to control the position but instead, Damato has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maddox into the cage.
Damato misses with a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Maddox - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Damato working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maddox.
Maddox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Damato backwards.
Damato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maddox backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damato throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Maddox.
Maddox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maddox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Damato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maddox's elbow.
Maddox throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Damato.
Maddox misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damato can't find room to land a body shot as Maddox controls the action.
Damato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Maddox scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Damato dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Damato blocks the body kick.
Damato misses with a left hand
and Maddox counters with a nice leg kick.
Damato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Damato throws a sloppy head kick and Maddox moves out of range easily.
Damato wants to slow Maddox down by chopping away at his legs.
Maddox connects with a leg kick. Damato looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maddox checks a low kick from Damato.
Damato avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Maddox misses with a body kick.
Damato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Damato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Damato misses
and Maddox counters with an outside leg kick.

Damato closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Maddox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Domenic Maddox seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Damato blocks an uppercut.
Maddox trying to control the position but instead, Damato has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maddox into the cage.
Maddox misses with some punches.
Maddox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maddox lands a shoulder strike.
Maddox throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Damatos head.
Damato blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Maddox fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Damato.
Damato blocking some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Maddox lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Damato manages to break the clinch.
Damato throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damato lands a nice shot that snaps Maddox's head back.

Maddox moves into the clinch.
Maddox lands a hook to the side of the head.
Damato pushes Maddox back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Maddox misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Damato fails to land.
Damato misses with a body punch.
Damato misses with a body punch.
Damato stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Damato lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maddox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maddox swings wildly with an uppercut but Damato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damato is trying to maintain a safe position but Maddox gets an underhook and turns Damato into the cage.
Maddox throws a head punch that misses.
Maddox throws a punch but it's blocked by Damato.
Maddox lands with a left to the head.
Damato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Damato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Damato is trying to maintain a safe position but Maddox gets an underhook and turns Damato into the cage.
Damato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maddox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Damato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maddox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maddox misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maddox is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Damato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Damato stalling.
Maddox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maddox looking to slow down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Damato.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maddox throws a punch but it's blocked by Damato.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Damato.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maddox creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damato can't find room to land a body shot as Maddox controls the action.
Damato blocks a body shot from Maddox.
A short left from Maddox.
Damato is struggling to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Domenic Maddox comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Damato has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Pete Damato!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight as a draw!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Pete Damato!

Pete Damato wins by majority decision!
Pete Damato really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hellbent logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.