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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ion Pascu (ranked 5351 p4p, 547 weight class) and David Kelly (ranked 6110 p4p, 580 weight class). Pascu's entrance music is Young Thug - Anybody (ft. Nicki Minaj). A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
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185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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186 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ion Pascu! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Kelly! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pascu drives through and clinches with Kelly against the cage.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly misses with a body punch.
Kelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Pascu controls his hands.
Kelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kelly blocks an uppercut.
Kelly blocking some punches.
Pascu misses with a punch on the inside.
Kelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Pascu. Kelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kelly misses with some punches.
Kelly blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land. Pascu throws a head punch that misses. Kelly misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Pascu blocks an uppercut.
Pascu misses with some punches.
Pascu misses with a punch on the inside.
Pascu working aggressively here.
Pascu misses with a hook from the clinch. Kelly throws a head punch that misses. Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Pascu uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pascu has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Pascu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pascu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pascu throws a punch but it's blocked by Kelly. Kelly lands a right hand. Pascu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. A nice left hand lands by Pascu.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside. Pascu throws a head punch that misses. Pascu prevents a body shot from Kelly. A nice right hand lands inside from Pascu. Kelly can't find room to land a body shot as Pascu controls the action.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside. Pascu working aggressively here.
Kelly takes a shot to the head. Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A head punch on the inside from Pascu fails to land. Pascu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kelly blocking some punches.
Kelly lands a hook that snaps the head of Pascu backwards. Kelly digs a right hand underneath Pascu's ribcage. Pascu let out a lung full of air as it connected. Pascu has a couple of punches blocked by Kelly.
Pascu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Kelly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Pascu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kelly backwards. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pascu. Pascu scores with a shot to the side of Kelly's head. Kelly blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Kelly fails to land. Pascu misses with some punches.
Kelly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pascus head. Pascu misses with a short punch on the inside. Pascu scores with an uppercut up the middle. Pascu blocks a body shot from Kelly. Pascu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kelly backwards. Kelly tries to work over Pascu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Pascu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pascu working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Pascu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pascu misses with a hook from the clinch. Kelly misses with the head strike.
Pascu throws a head punch that misses. Pascu lands with a left to the head. Pascu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Kelly lands with a light punch inside. Pascu takes a shot to the head. I was talking to Pascu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Pascu gets through Kelly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Kelly lands a body shot. Pascu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A head punch on the inside from Pascu fails to land. Pascu misses with a punch on the inside.
Pascu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pascu misses with the head strike.
Pascu misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kelly. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Kelly misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Pascu misses with a short punch on the inside. Kelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pascu's elbow. Kelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Pascu uses good head movement to avoid it. A nice left hand lands by Kelly.
Kelly working aggressively here.
Pascu working aggressively here.
Pascu misses with a short punch on the inside. A quick uppercut on the inside from Pascu. Kelly blocking some punches.
Kelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. A short uppercut from Kelly. Pascu misses with some punches.
Pascu lands a hook to the side of the head. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Pascu misses with the head strike.
Pascu throws a head punch that misses. Pascu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelly backwards. Pascu misses with some punches.
Kelly misses with a short punch on the inside. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ion Pascu dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The fighters circling - Kelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land. A little feinted left hand from Pascu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Kelly fails in his attempt to clinch. Kelly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pascu sees it coming and avoids it easily. Pascu has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ. Kelly walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Kelly tries to keep at a distance but Pascu has taken the fight into the clinch. Pascu blocks an uppercut.
Kelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Pascu.
Kelly is rocked! Pascu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kelly can do to turn this around? Pascu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kelly backwards. Kelly is still on wobbly legs! Can Pascu finish him? Pascu lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Kelly to his knees! Pascu keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ion Pascu! Ion Pascu tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
62% |
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