PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Try Me (ranked 4618 p4p, 4612 weight class) and Kt Project (ranked 584 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Me
vs
Project

185 cm
25
219
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Try Me!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kt Project!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Project shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Me napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Me throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Project fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Project gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Project is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Me is keeping busy.
Project is trying to stall.
Project looking to stall.
Me on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me missing with knees to the body.
Project managing to block the knees to the body from Me.
Project managing to block the knees to the body from Me.
Project avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Project has a couple of punches blocked by Me.
Project managing to block the knees to the body from Me.
A head punch on the inside from Project fails to land.
Me tries to land knees in the clinch but Project avoids the damage to the body.
Project lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Try Me has been cut.
Project swings wildly with an uppercut but Me uses good head movement to avoid it.
Project lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Project misses with a knee to the head.
Me takes a shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Project.
Project tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Project lands a nice uppercut.
Project should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Project trying to control the position but instead, Me has worked for underhooks and has pushed Project into the cage.
Good body shot from Project.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Project tries to stall but Me uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Project avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Project taking a breather.
Project blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Project on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Project avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Project is trying to maintain a safe position but Me gets an underhook and turns Project into the cage.
Project avoiding damage.
Me blocks an uppercut.
Project lands a right hand that snaps the head of Me backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Project wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Project.
Project lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Project.
Project misses with a knee to the head.
Project using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Project landing knees to the head.
Project trying to stall but Me improves his position.
Project landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kt Project dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Try Me's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Project shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Me manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Project misses with a jab, cross combination.

Project shoots in and bounces Me off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Me is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Project taking a breather.
Project is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short left from Project.
Project misses with a short punch on the inside.
Project managing to block the knees to the body from Me.
Me 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.
Me tries to land knees in the clinch but Project avoids the damage to the body.
Project tries to work over Me's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Project lands a nice knee to the body.
Me takes a knee to the side of the body.
Project is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Project has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Project tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Me avoids it.
Project misses with a knee strike.
Project lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Me or not.
Project stalling in the clinch but Me improves position.
Project trying to stall but Me improves his position.
Project is trying to maintain a safe position but Me gets an underhook and turns Project into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me blocks the elbow strike.
Project misses with a punch to the body.
Me is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Project is defending well for now.
Project trying to control the position but instead, Me has worked for underhooks and has pushed Project into the cage.
Project wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kt Project.
Project misses with a double jab.
Me is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Try Me is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Project throws a nice looking combination but Me bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Project pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Me back to the cage. Project follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Me on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Project shoots in and bounces Me off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Me has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Project is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Project is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Me is defending well for now.
Project unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Me takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kt Project showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Try Me's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Project gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Project is trying to stall.
Project avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Come on Project - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Project on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Project avoids it.
Project looking to slow down the pace here.
Project creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me managing to block the knees to the body from Project.
Project throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mes head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Project throws an elbow but misses.
Kt Project seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Project lands with a short shot to the head.
Project landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Me managing to block the knees to the body from Project.
Project tries to land a knee to the head but Me blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Project blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Project misses with a knee strike.
Project taking a breather.
Project is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Project taking a breather.
Project is trying to stall.
Project tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Me's elbow.
Project avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Project avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Project on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Project swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Project looking to slow down the pace here.
Me tries to land knees in the clinch but Project avoids the damage to the body.
Project blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Project is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Project is trying to stall.
Project tries a body shot but Me blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Me missing with knees to the body.
Project avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Me as Project tries to tie him up.
Project is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Me is keeping busy.
Project is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Me has denied him.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kt Project.
Project throws a right and a left that Me avoids nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Me showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Project.
As Project backs away, Me returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kt Project comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Project winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kt Project!