PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewy Pick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Capone comes to the cage accompanied by SomeNights. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Capone
vs
Pick

187 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Al Capone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lewy Pick!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pick closes this distance looking for a takedown but Capone circles away.
Pick stuffs the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Capone as Pick shoots in.
Pick is looking to clinch.
Pick connects with a leg kick. Capone looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Capone shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pick defends it nicely.

Capone throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Pick tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Capone is in Pick's guard.
Capone throws an elbow that misses. Pick uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Capone's guard. Nice move by Pick!
Pick would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Capone can't keep his opponent in guard - Pick advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Capone is trying to stand up here but Pick is controlling him well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pick wants to lay and pray for a moment but Capone keeps working.
Pick prevents Capone from standing back up.
Pick passes to side control.
Capone is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Pick is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Capone is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Capone wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Capone explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

Capone shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Pick napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pick takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Capone is putting a hurting on Pick here, landing some big shots from side control.
Capone is looking to take a break and control but Pick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pick is looking for a sweep.
Capone cracks Pick with a big elbow.
Capone scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone cracks Pick with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Capone is looking to take a break and control but Pick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pick is working to avoid the ground and pound but Capone connects with a decent elbow.
Pick takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pick takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Capone cracks Pick with a big elbow.
Pick on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pick looks gassed!
Capone landing a few strikes.
Capone working the ground and pound from side control.
Capone landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Pick is trying to get back to half guard.
Capone lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone lands an elbow.
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!
Capone landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Capone cracks Pick with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Pick on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pick tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Capone lands some shots froms side control.
Capone scoring with punches from side control.
Capone cracks Pick with a big right hand but Pick just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pick takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Capone landing a few strikes.
Pick takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone lands an elbow.
Capone is putting a hurting on Pick here, landing some big shots from side control.
Capone working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Capone dominated that round.
That's time! Capone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Capone looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Capone throwing shots but Pick is blocking nicely.
Capone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pick keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Capone sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pick defending well though.
Al Capone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Capone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pick looks like he's trying to stand up.
Capone working Pick over with strikes.
Capone controlling the action here.
Capone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pick with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pick is staying active underneath Capone, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone drops an elbow to the side of Pick's head.
Capone wants to take a breather but Pick is having none of it.
Capone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pick is breathing heavily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Capone lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Capone there.
Ground and pound from Capone.
Pick is looking for a sweep. Capone is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Capone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pick with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pick is looking to control Capone's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pick avoid being mounted?
Capone lands strikes from half guard.
Capone drops an elbow to the side of Pick's head.
Capone working over Pick with some ground and pound. Pick looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Capone winds up and cracks Pick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Capone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Capone is just content to waste time from the top position. Pick takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Capone is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Capone working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pick's head.
Capone lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Capone's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Capone chips away with some ground and pound.
Capone lands a couple of elbows.
Capone postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Capone is pushing down on Pick's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pick is fighting to maintain full guard but Capone has managed to sneak the leg through.
Capone winds up and cracks Pick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Capone lands a nice short elbow.
Capone working over Pick with some ground and pound. Pick looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Capone controlling the pace.
Capone drops an elbow to the side of Pick's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pick with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Capone slips a nice elbow through Pick's hands, connecting with Pick's forehead.
Capone lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pick misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Capone lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Capone scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Capone is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Capone connects with a nice short shot to Pick's temple.
Capone is trying to control. Pick wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Capone looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Capone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pick with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Capone lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Capone is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Capone slips a nice elbow through Pick's hands, connecting with Pick's forehead.
Capone winds up and cracks Pick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Capone is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Capone lands a nice short elbow.
Pick is trying to stand.
Capone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pick taking some punishment here, with Capone in his half guard.
Capone is keen to just control but Pick is a slippery customer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Capone connects with a nice short shot to Pick's temple.
Capone lands with a punch from half guard.
Capone looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Capone dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Pick keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Capone shoots in looking for a takedown but Pick manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Capone's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Capone keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Capone shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pick defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al Capone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pick has a takedown stuffed.
Capone is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pick sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pick fails with the takedown.
Pick scores with a one two! Capone had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pick takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Capone shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Capone drops an elbow to the side of Pick's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone prevents Pick from improving his position.
Capone drops an elbow to the side of Pick's head.
Capone working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Capone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pick on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Capone working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Capone seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pick taking some punishment here, with Capone in his half guard.
Capone lands strikes from half guard.
Capone wants to control but Pick is keeping him busy.
Capone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capone scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pick on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pick is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Capone scores with a couple of nice shots.
Capone looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Capone winds up and cracks Pick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Capone.
Capone lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Capone working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Capone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Capone working over Pick with some ground and pound. Pick looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pick is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Capone scores with a couple of nice shots.
Capone takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pick is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Capone scores with a couple of nice shots.
Capone working over Pick with some ground and pound. Pick looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Capone.
Capone scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pick on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Capone moves into full mount! Pick won't be happy about that!
Capone working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Capone raining down hammerfists from mount.
Capone scoring with strikes but Pick is staying in there.
Capone looking to finish Pick with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pick!
Capone landing shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pick takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Capone landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Capone has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pick's face.
Capone putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Capone tries to control but Pick wriggling away.
Capone landing strikes, looking to finish!
Capone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pick can do to turn this around?
Capone landing shots from mount.
Capone landing strikes from the mount.
Capone landing strikes from the mount and Pick is in trouble!
Capone working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone breaks from Pick's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Capone scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lewy Pick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee warns Pick that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Al Capone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Capone, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight for Al Capone!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Al Capone!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Al Capone!

Al Capone wins by unanimous decision!
Post fight, Al Capone took to the microphone: 'You know I'm entering the Semis now and its filled with guys who are already proven to be here. I will win you better believe it. Semi-finals...here i come!'.