Complex sentence: The Associated Press wrote that the crowd was satisfied with the decision for Pellone, and that though he was the underdog, he took the aggressive with hard punches to the face and head of his opponent.
Split into simpler sentences: The Associated Press wrote that the crowd was satisfied with the decision for Pellone even though he was the underdog in the bout. Pellone took the aggressive with hard punches to the face and head of his opponent.