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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Witcher (ranked 1091 p4p, 143 weight class) and Guillermo Pato (ranked 1490 p4p, 199 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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192 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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190 cm
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195 lbs
11 - 6 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Decent 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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Witcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Guillermo Pato!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pato throws a hook to the side of Witcher's head but Witcher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pato looks to throw the jab but Witcher is out of range.
Witcher takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Witcher defending well as Pato loads up on a big left hand.
Witcher with a nice cross.
Witcher has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Damage Inc. in the buildup to the fight.
Pato looks to throw the jab but Witcher is out of range.
Guillermo Pato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pato will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Witcher throws out a loose jab but Pato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Witcher pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pato back to the cage. Witcher follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Witcher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pato.
Witcher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Witcher looks to land a right hand but Pato moved out of range.
Witcher avoids the body shot from Pato.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Witcher throws a body shot but no joy.
Pato scores with a jab to the head.
Witcher looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pato throws a body shot but no joy.
Witcher scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Witcher throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Witcher connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pato ducks under a wild hook from Witcher.
Witcher takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've been informed that Pato has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Pato drives through and clinches with Witcher against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Witcher.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pato.
Witcher prevents a takedown attempt there.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pato.
Witcher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Witcher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Witcher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pato backwards.
Pato misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pato throws a punch but it's blocked by Witcher.
Pato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pato blocking some punches.
Pato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Witcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Witcher backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pato tries a body shot but Witcher blocks it.
Pato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pato lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Witcher.
Pato has a couple of punches blocked by Witcher.
Pato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Pato.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pato scores with a shoulder strike.
Witcher lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Witcher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pato blocks a body shot from Witcher.
Pato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Witcher prevents a body shot from Pato.
Witcher is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pato.
Witcher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Witcher misses with some punches.
Witcher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Witcher.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Witcher struggles to land a body shot inside as Pato controls his hands.
Pato misses with a punch to the body.
Pato throws a punch but it's blocked by Witcher.
Nice body punch from Witcher.
Pato lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Witcher backwards.
Pato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Witcher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pato missing with a left hand there. Witcher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Witcher takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pato tests Witcher's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pato lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Witcher connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pato. Pato circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Guillermo Pato dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pato looks to score with a jab to the body but Witcher is just out of range.
It looked like Witcher wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Witcher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Witcher fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Witcher misses with a hook. Pato ducked under it nicely.
Witcher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pato throws a hook but Witcher blocks it.
Witcher is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pato throws a looping overhand right but Witcher ducks down to avoid it.
Pato swings for the body but Witcher moves out of range.
Witcher takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Witcher misses with an uppercut. Pato saw that one coming.
Witcher walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Witcher is rocked!
Pato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Witcher.
Oh Witcher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Witcher is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Pato doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Witcher crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Witcher's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Guillermo Pato!
Guillermo Pato spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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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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