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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Randal Pritchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Siciliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pritchard comes to the cage accompanied by English Blood, Irish Heart - By Morrissey. Randal Pritchard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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17 - 11 - 1 |
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177 cm
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192 lbs
19 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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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
17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Randal Pritchard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fred Siciliano!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siciliano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pritchard just misses with a punch to the body.
Siciliano shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pritchard as he jumps to the side.
Siciliano throws a series of punches but Pritchard avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Pritchard does it's job there.
Pritchard is looking to chop away at Siciliano's legs.
Pritchard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pritchard can't find room to land a body shot as Siciliano controls the action.
Pritchard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pritchard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pritchard lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pritchard throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Siciliano's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pritchard connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pritchard throws a looping overhand right but Siciliano ducks down to avoid it.
Siciliano misses with a wild combination.
Siciliano shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Pritchard keeping moving, preventing Siciliano from controlling successfully.
Siciliano stands up over Pritchard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Siciliano is looking to work some ground and pound but Pritchard has wrist control.
Pritchard has control of Siciliano's left arm, preventing Siciliano from doing any damage.
Pritchard wants to sweep here but Siciliano controlling him for the moment.
Pritchard is working hard here to advance position.
Siciliano trying to control the position from guard on top but Pritchard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Siciliano won't allow Pritchard to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Siciliano accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Siciliano throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pritchard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pritchard 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.
Pritchard seems keen to control Siciliano's posture.
Siciliano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pritchard works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Siciliano with a flurry of punches that miss.
Siciliano throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Siciliano postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Siciliano throws a big right hand that misses.
Pritchard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Siciliano is one step ahead there.
Pritchard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Siciliano on the ground.
Pritchard seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano is working Pritchard over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Siciliano trying to control the position from guard on top but Pritchard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Siciliano throwing strikes from guard but Pritchard blocks nicely.
Siciliano pushing down on Pritchard's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Pritchard avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Siciliano.
Siciliano throwing shots but Pritchard is blocking nicely.
Siciliano is trying to control the action in half guard but Pritchard is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pritchard controlling the position well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard tries to get to full guard but Siciliano has control of the leg.
Siciliano missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Siciliano throws a strike but Pritchard avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Siciliano wants to control from the top but Pritchard keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Siciliano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pritchard works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Siciliano postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fred Siciliano will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pritchard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A combination from Siciliano does no damage.
Siciliano fails to land the takedown.
Pritchard misses with a wild combination.
Fred Siciliano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A clash of legs there as Siciliano blocks the low kick.
Pritchard lands with a shot to the body.
Siciliano will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Siciliano shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pritchard as he jumps to the side.
Randal Pritchard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fred Siciliano.
Pritchard throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pritchard connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pritchard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Siciliano is breathing heavily.
Siciliano stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pritchard.
Siciliano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pritchard connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Pritchard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pritchard feints and then cracks Siciliano's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Siciliano down.
Siciliano throws a lazy uppercut
and Pritchard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Randal Pritchard is winning the standup battle so far.
Pritchard with a jab.
Pritchard scores with a decent looking hook.
Siciliano is rocked!
Pritchard lands a brutal uppercut that launches Siciliano off his feet! Siciliano tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Randal Pritchard!
Randal Pritchard bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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