PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Echart Tolle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Napolitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Tolle
vs
Napolitano

180 cm
28
182 lbs
19 - 3 - 0

186 cm
25
175 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hellraiser FightGear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Echart Tolle!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominick Napolitano!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolle tries to move into range but Napolitano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Napolitano gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Napolitano has Tolle pressed against the cage.
Napolitano tries to land a knee to the head but Tolle blocks with his arms.
Napolitano scores with a knee to the head.
Napolitano scores with a knee to the head.
Napolitano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Napolitano content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Napolitano looking to throw knees to the head but Tolle is blocking nicely.
Tolle avoids a wild elbow strike from Napolitano.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tolle tries to pull guard but Napolitano forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tolle is trying to pull guard but Napolitano has him pressed against the cage.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Napolitano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tolle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napolitano tries to land a knee to the head but Tolle blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Napolitano.
Napolitano is struggling to control the position.
Tolle is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Echart Tolle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Napolitano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tolle blocks it with crossed arms.
Napolitano scores with a knee to the head.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Napolitano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tolle is trying to break the clinch but Napolitano has him pressed against the cage.
Tolle jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Napolitano walks away with a smile on his face. Tolle gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Napolitano cracks Tolle with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Napolitano scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Napolitano throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Napolitano has closed the distance and engaged Tolle in a clinch.
Tolle is trying to pull guard but Napolitano has him pressed against the cage.
Napolitano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tolle blocks it with crossed arms.
Napolitano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Napolitano scores with a knee to the head.
Tolle is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Napolitano to keep the fight standing.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Tolle is rocked!
Napolitano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tolle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tolle is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Napolitano to keep the fight standing.
Tolle is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Napolitano landing knees to the head.
Oh Tolle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tolle blocks it with crossed arms.
Tolle seems to have got his legs back now.
Napolitano lands a nice knee to the body.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but Tolle blocks it.
Napolitano slowing the pace effectively.
Napolitano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tolle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tolle is trying to pull guard but Napolitano turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Napolitano content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Napolitano looking to throw knees to the head but Tolle is blocking nicely.
Napolitano tries to land a knee to the head but Tolle blocks with his arms.
Napolitano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Napolitano lands a good knee to the midsection. Tolle won't want to take too many of those.
Tolle is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 landing knees to the head.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Napolitano drops Tolle with a big knee straight up the middle! Tolle is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Napolitano throws a sloppy head kick and Tolle moves out of range easily.

Napolitano closes the distance and clinches.
Napolitano lands a knee to the head.
Napolitano looking to throw knees to the head but Tolle is blocking nicely.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Napolitano misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tolle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tolle is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Napolitano to keep the fight standing.
Tolle goes for a takedown attempt but Napolitano pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Napolitano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Napolitano dominated that 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.

Napolitano scores with a kick to the midsection.
A lazy left from Napolitano finds it's target.
Dominick Napolitano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Napolitano looks to score with a jab to the body but Tolle is just out of range.
Napolitano fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tolle looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Napolitano clinches.
Napolitano misses with a knee strike.
Tolle jumps guard but Napolitano turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Napolitano lands a knee to the head.
Tolle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tolle tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A knee to the head by Napolitano.
Napolitano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tolle blocks it with crossed arms.
Napolitano with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napolitano lands a knee to the head.
Tolle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Echart Tolle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Napolitano landing knees to the body.
Napolitano crunches a lovely knee into Tolle's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Napolitano lands a knee to the body.
Napolitano pushes Tolle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knees to the body from Napolitano.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Napolitano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Napolitano throws an elbow but it misses.
Tolle jumps guard but Napolitano stands there with Tolle around his waist. Tolle gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Napolitano.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The crowd are getting on Napolitano's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano tries a knee to the head but Tolle blocks it.
Napolitano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tolle changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Napolitano fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Napolitano closes the distance and clinches.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tolle looking to slow down the pace here.
Napolitano stalling in the clinch.
Napolitano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolle is trying to pull guard but Napolitano has him pressed against the cage.
Tolle letting Napolitano take a breather here.
Napolitano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Napolitano connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tolle's face.
Tolle tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tolle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tolle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Napolitano with a knee to the head.
Napolitano is looking to land a big knee to finish this one. He's got control of the head and as Tolle tries to break Napolitano's hands from around his neck, Napolitano unloads with that fight ending knee, right up the middle! Oh man, that was nasty! Tolle will need to get back to the training room and learn how to defend against the thai clinch! Oooh, his nose is a mess. Hopefully it's not broken.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Dominick Napolitano!
Dominick Napolitano is the new welterweight champion!
A very excited looking Dominick Napolitano made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.