PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Selfie Lord (ranked 734 p4p, 811 weight class) and Gage Underwood (ranked 97 p4p, 102 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lord
vs
Underwood

171 cm
42
147
38 - 28 - 2

167 cm
27
143
10 - 8 - 0

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World class boxer
KO power

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World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 28 - 2, fighting out of London, Selfie Lord!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Gage Underwood!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Underwood misses the jab.
Nice jab there from Underwood.
Lord throws a body punch but Underwood moves out of range.
Lord connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lord fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Underwood looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Underwood cracks Lord with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lord connects with a looping right hand.
Lord fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Underwood checks it well.
Underwood misses with a body shot.
Lord throws out a loose jab but Underwood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lord tries to clinch up.
Underwood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lord throws out the jab.
Underwood throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Underwood has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Underwood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A slow jab from Lord misses its intended target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Underwood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lord throws a head kick that misses.
Lord misses with a right hand
and Underwood counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Underwood lands a lovely overhand right.
Lord throws a body punch but Underwood moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Underwood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Underwood moves out of range of the strikes.
Underwood throws a head kick that misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Underwood - that will leave a mark!
Underwood lands a head shot.
Underwood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lord's sensitive parts.
Underwood on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gage Underwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Underwood misses.
Underwood loads up on a big right hand but Lord slips the punch.
Underwood throws a hook but Lord blocks it.
Underwood is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Underwood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Underwood ducks right into an uppercut from Lord.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Underwood connects with a solid leg kick.
Underwood looks for the body kick but Lord saw that one coming.
Lord throws a body punch but Underwood moves out of range.
Lord looks to land a left hand but Underwood moved out of range nicely.
Lord waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Underwood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underwood tries to bum rush Lord with a series of wild strikes but Lord uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lord is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Underwood tries to move into range but Lord moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Underwood throws an overhand right that lands on Lord's shoulder, as Lord tries to avoid the shot.
Lord throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Underwood.
Underwood ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Lord bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Underwood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lord manages to avoid it.
Lord moves out of range of the strikes.
Underwood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lord.
Underwood lands with a good body shot.
Underwood just misses with a punch to the body.
Underwood tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Underwood.
Underwood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Underwood looks for the body kick but Lord saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Lord misses the target.
Lord misses with an uppercut.
Lord fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Underwood.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lord fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Underwood looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Underwood pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lord appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lord uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Underwood.
Underwood connects with a crisp jab.
Lord misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Underwood.
Underwood swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lord wants to clinch up but Underwood keeps it at a distance.
Underwood throws a jab when Lord was well out of range.
Lord takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Underwood throws the left hand but Lord avoids the punch easily.
Lord swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Underwood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lord lands a jab to the head.
Underwood scores with a nice right hand.
Lord plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Underwood uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Underwood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lord.
Underwood takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Underwood scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lord avoids the head kick by Underwood.
Lord takes a swing at Underwood's ribcage but misses.
A lazy left from Lord finds it's target.
The fighters circling - Lord throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Underwood misses with an uppercut.
Lord tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Underwood dips to his left and cracks Lord with an uppercut!
Lord punishes Underwood's body with a nice straight punch.
Lord takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Underwood cracks Lord with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lord is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Underwood looks to land a right hand but Lord moved out of range.
Lord misses the jab.
Underwood fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lord checks it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Underwood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lord was well out of range. Poor timing from Underwood.
Underwood scores with a jab to the jaw.
Underwood throws a lazy uppercut
and Lord counters with a solid body kick.
Lord tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Underwood was well out of range. Poor timing from Lord.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gage Underwood will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lord moves in looking to clinch but Underwood pushes him off.
Lord moves away from the strike by Underwood.
Underwood throws an overhand right that lands on Lord's shoulder, as Lord tries to avoid the shot.
Underwood throws a shot from downtown. Lord moves away and avoids it.
Underwood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Underwood lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Underwood misses with a leg kick
and Lord counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Underwood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lord swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Underwood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lord moves away.
Lord lands a nice shot to the body.
Lord fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Underwood manages to avoid it.
Lord misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lord takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lord tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Underwood was well out of range. Poor timing from Lord.
Lord lands a right hook to the body.
Underwood throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lord throws a head kick that Underwood semi-blocks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Underwood throws a big shot that misses.
Lord lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lord throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lord dips to his left and cracks Underwood with an uppercut!
Underwood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Underwood scores with a nice right hand.
Underwood lands with a nice body punch.
Underwood throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lord counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Underwood scores with a jab. Lord acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Underwood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Underwood cracks Lord with an open hand slap.
A head kick by Underwood misses
enabling Lord to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lord throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Underwood misses.
Lord avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Underwood throws the left hand but Lord avoids the punch easily.
Gage Underwood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lord looks to score with a jab to the body but Underwood is just out of range.
Underwood throws out a counter right but Lord avoids it with no problem.
Lord misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underwood with a hook.
Lord tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Underwood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lord throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Underwood scores with a jab to the body.
Underwood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Underwood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lord thumps Underwood with a low kick.
Lord throws a shot from downtown. Underwood moves away and avoids it.
A shot to the body from Underwood misses
and Lord connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Underwood looks to land a body kick but Lord moved away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Underwood connects with a jab.
Underwood misses with a straight right.
A little feinted left hand from Lord on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Underwood takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Underwood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Underwood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lord in his tracks.
Underwood looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Underwood throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lord connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Underwood uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lord throws a hook but Underwood blocks it.
Underwood appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Underwood lands a jab.
Lord looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Lord on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lord lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lord displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Underwood throws out the jab.
Underwood tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Underwood throws a solid leg kick but Lord takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Underwood.
Lord throws the left hand but Underwood avoids the punch easily.
Underwood now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Underwood scores with a hook.
Lord shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Underwood misses the shot to the body.
Underwood connects with an inside leg kick.
Lord loads up on a big right hand but Underwood slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lord misses with a wild body shot.
Underwood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lord's head backwards.
Underwood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Underwood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lord.
Lord loads up on a big right hand but Underwood slips the punch.
Underwood takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lord uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Underwood.
Underwood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lord sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Underwood darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lord waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Underwood.
Nice defenses there by Underwood.
Lord checks a leg kick.
Lord stalks Underwood and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Underwood's face. Underwood staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Underwood misses with a right hand
and Lord counters with a nice uppercut.
Lord takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lord is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good exchange - Underwood coming out on top.
Lord throws a right and a left that Underwood avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Selfie Lord will probably get the nod.
That's time! Lord's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Underwood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Underwood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lord sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lord takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Underwood has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lord.
Lord avoids the head kick by Underwood.
Lord throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Underwood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Lord throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lord uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Underwood.
An attempted straight right counter from Lord misses the target.
Lord staying out of range there.
Lord takes one to the chin there.
Lord throws a body punch but Underwood moves out of range.
Underwood swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lord throws a hook to the side of Underwood's head but Underwood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lord tries a head kick but it misses.
Lord ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Underwood misses the target.
A jab from Underwood misses.
Underwood stuns Lord with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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!
Nice shot lands for Lord.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Underwood tries to land a front kick but Lord steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lord - that will leave a mark!
Underwood just misses with a punch to the body.
Underwood with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lord to score with a decent uppercut.
Lord connects with a solid leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lord lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Underwood has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Underwood and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Underwood with the inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Lord.
Lord waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Underwood.
Underwood lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Underwood throws a right hand that misses
and Lord counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Underwood misses with an uppercut. Lord saw that one coming.
Lord throws out a loose jab but Underwood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Underwood takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Underwood connects with a body shot that sends Lord's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lord swings for the body but Underwood moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underwood throws a right and a left that Lord avoids nicely.
A swing and a miss from Underwood.
Lord comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Underwood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Underwood throws a hook to the side of Lord's head but Lord sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lord stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Underwood.
Underwood misses with a wild body shot.
Underwood fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lord is out of range.
Underwood lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Underwood throws out a powerful jab.
Lord lands a nice leg kick that just misses Underwood's sensitive parts.

Lord has Underwood up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lord creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lord tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Underwood's elbow.
Lord tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Underwood's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lord can't find room to land a body shot as Underwood controls the action.
Nice body punch from Lord.
Lord swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lord struggles to land a body shot inside as Underwood controls his hands.
Lord lands with a short shot to the head.
Lord lands with a light punch inside.
Lord misses with a short punch on the inside.

Underwood breaks the clinch.
Lord staying out of range there.
Underwood walks into a jab.
Lord fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Underwood manages to avoid it.
Lord swings away with a body shot that misses
and Underwood counters with a stiff right hand.
Underwood bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Underwood slips a jab and a cross from Lord.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lord chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Underwood goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lord looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Underwood uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lord.
Underwood misses with a head kick.
Underwood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lord sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Underwood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Underwood was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Underwood throws a sloppy body shot
and Lord counters with a straight right hand.
Lord throws a body punch but Underwood moves out of range.
Underwood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Underwood chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Underwood is looking to land body kicks.
Underwood takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lord connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lord takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Underwood throws a lazy uppercut
and Lord counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Underwood slips under a jab.
Underwood moves away from the strike by Lord.

And that's the end of the fight!
Selfie Lord showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lord has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gage Underwood!
Gage Underwood decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.