PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davide Dileo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aatish Sunuwar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dileo comes to the cage accompanied by Sole Silenzioso by SUBSONICA. Sunuwar has chosen Peace Sells as his entrance music. Aatish Sunuwar has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Dileo
vs
Sunuwar

192 cm
24
223 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

199 cm
24
223 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Conquer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Davide Dileo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aatish Sunuwar!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dileo misses with a straight right.
Sunuwar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dileo's head.
Dileo moves out of range of the strikes.
Dileo throws a lazy uppercut
and Sunuwar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sunuwar lands with a shot to the body.
Dileo misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sunuwar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dileo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dileo misses the shot to the body.
Good exchange - Sunuwar coming out on top.
Dileo throws a low kick but Sunuwar moves out of range easily.
Dileo looks to score with a jab to the body but Sunuwar is just out of range.
Sunuwar throws out a counter right but Dileo avoids it with no problem.
Dileo checks a leg kick.
Dileo cracks the inside of Sunuwar's front leg.
Dileo scores with a head kick. Sunuwar tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunuwar scores with a jab. Dileo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sunuwar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice defenses there by Dileo.
Dileo misses with an uppercut. Sunuwar saw that one coming.
Sunuwar works Dileo's body with a nice hook.
Dileo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sunuwar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dileo throws a shot from downtown. Sunuwar moves away and avoids it.
Dileo takes a swing at Sunuwar's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Sunuwar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dileo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sunuwar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dileo loads up on a big right hand but Sunuwar slips the punch.
Sunuwar looks to land a right hand but Dileo moved out of range.
Dileo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dileo lands a nice hook to Sunuwar's body. Sunuwar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jab by Sunuwar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dileo connects with a nice looking jab.
Dileo misses with a body shot.
Sunuwar misses the jab.
Sunuwar misses with a hook
and Dileo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sunuwar just misses with a punch to the body.
As Sunuwar tries to get set, Dileo tries to push him back and clinch up but Sunuwar manages to avoid the attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Dileo misses the target.
Dileo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sunuwar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dileo slips under a jab.
Dileo throws a body shot but no joy.
Sunuwar flicks out a counter leg kick but Dileo steps away.
Dileo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sunuwar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunuwar fails to land with a series of punches.
Sunuwar swinging wildly here.
A big right from Dileo misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sunuwar! But no joy.
Dileo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sunuwar back to the cage. Dileo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sunuwar throws a lazy right hand but Dileo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dileo tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sunuwar manages to circle out of the way.
Sunuwar misses with an uppercut. Dileo saw that one coming.
Dileo misses with a left hand
enabling Sunuwar to counter with a crisp jab.
Sunuwar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dileo throws a series of punches but Sunuwar moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Dileo.
Sunuwar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dileo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sunuwar manages to avoid it.
Davide Dileo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Sunuwar misses.
Dileo wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Dileo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sunuwar takes one to the chin there.
Dileo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sunuwar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dileo throws a leg kick which misses Sunuwar's front leg but catches the back leg as Sunuwar tries to avoid it.
Dileo scoring well with a low kick there.
Sunuwar slips a jab and a cross from Dileo.
No joy there for Sunuwar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dileo digs a good hook to Sunuwar's body.
Dileo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dileo digs a good hook to Sunuwar's body.
Dileo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Davide Dileo will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The fighters circling - Sunuwar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dileo slips under a jab.
Dileo tries to land a front kick but Sunuwar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dileo is looking to land body kicks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sunuwar! But no joy.
Dileo works the jab nicely.
Dileo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sunuwar throws out the jab.

Dileo clinches with his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dileo.
Dileo lands an elbow that stopped Sunuwar in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Aatish Sunuwar has been cut.
Dileo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dileo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sunuwar can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dileo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sunuwar is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dileo to keep the fight standing.
Dileo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Sunuwar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sunuwar scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dileo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dileo misses with a combination
and Sunuwar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dileo lands a leg kick that knocks Sunuwar off balance momentarily.
Dileo throws out a powerful jab.
Sunuwar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dileo throws out the jab.
Sunuwar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dileo was well out of range. Poor timing from Sunuwar.
Dileo half committed to a counter leg kick.
Sunuwar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sunuwar misses with a straight right.
Dileo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sunuwar scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dileo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dileo swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Dileo.
A punch lands to the side of Sunuwar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dileo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dileo misses with a straight left.
Dileo avoids the body shot from Sunuwar.
Sunuwar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Sunuwar is rocked!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Dileo knocks Sunuwar out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Davide Dileo!
Davide Dileo retains his light heavyweight title!
Davide Dileo thanked the fans post fight for their support.