PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Son Islander (ranked 0 p4p, 3216 weight class) and Iv The Legend (ranked 0 p4p, 177 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Islander
vs
The Legend

165 cm
26
145
7 - 4 - 0

165 cm
26
140
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Son Islander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Iv The Legend!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Legend thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Legend throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Islander on the side of the head.

Islander clinches.
Islander stalling.
Islander scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Islander fails to land.
Islander is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right hook to the body lands for Islander.
Islander definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Islander struggles to land a body shot inside as The Legend controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Islander working aggressively here.
The Legend is looking to break free of the clinch but Islander has double underhooks.
The Legend effectively controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Legend blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Islander throws a punch but it's blocked by The Legend.
Islander lands a right hand.
Islander is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Islander swings wildly with an uppercut but The Legend uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Legend.
A left hand lands to the body for The Legend.
Islander misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Legend lands a nice shot to the body.
The Legend is working Islander over against the cage.
The Legend is looking to break free of the clinch but Islander has double underhooks.
Islander is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Legend is keeping busy.
The Legend is trying to push Islander away but Islander has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Islander fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Islander creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Legend makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Legend scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Islander tries to work over The Legend's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A left hand lands to the body for Islander.
The Legend wants to break free but Islander has control.
Islander is working The Legend over against the cage.
The Legend looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Islander being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Islander digs a right hand underneath The Legend's ribcage. The Legend let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The Legend misses with some punches.
The Legend misses with a short punch on the inside.
Islander can't find room to land a body shot as The Legend controls the action.
Islander content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Islander lands with a right to the head.
Islander stalling the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Islander lands a nice shot to the body.

The Legend breaks from the clinch.
The Legend misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Islander.
The Legend pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Islander cracks The Legend with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Islander rushes The Legend and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Legend blocks a body shot from Islander.
Islander blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Islander misses with a punch to the body.
Islander stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Islander.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Legend prevents a body shot from Islander.
Islander content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The Legend pushes Islander back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Islander takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Islander struggles to land a body shot inside as The Legend controls his hands.
The Legend throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Islanders head.
Islander misses with some punches.
The Legend lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Legend tries to throw a body punch but Islander avoids it by throwing The Legend back against the cage.
Islander keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Legend's efforts to push away.
A nice left hand lands by The Legend.
The Legend has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Islander is pushing The Legend up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Islander misses with a hook to the ribs.
Islander lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Legend letting Islander take a breather here.
The Legend misses with the head strike.
The Legend misses with the head strike.
The referee calls for Islander to work.
Islander misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Legend is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Islander stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Islander lands a left hand.
Islander misses with a hook from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Islander.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Islander blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Islander lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Legend wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Islander looking to slow down the pace here.
Islander swings wildly with an uppercut but The Legend uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Son Islander dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The Legend on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Islander listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The Legend feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Islanders jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Islander slips a jab from The Legend.
Iv The Legend seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Islander moves away from the strike by The Legend.
The Legend looks to score with a jab to the body but Islander is just out of range.
Islander tries to counter by clinching up but The Legend breaks away and moves out of range.
Islander is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The Legend rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Islander moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Legend scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Islander dodges the punch combination from The Legend.
Islander lands a body shot.
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!
Islander tries to clinch but The Legend is having none of it.
The Legend takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The Legend rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Islander moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Legend tries to bum rush Islander with a series of wild strikes but Islander uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As The Legend tries to get set, Islander tries to push him back and clinch up but The Legend manages to avoid the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Islander gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Legend is breathing heavily.
Islander is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The Legend working aggressively here.
The Legend blocks an uppercut.
The Legend lands a shoulder strike.
The Legend trying to control the position but instead, Islander has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Legend into the cage.
Islander avoiding damage.
Islander misses with a body punch.
The Legend takes a shot to the head.
Islander blocks a body shot from The Legend.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Legend as Islander tries to tie him up.
Islander doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Islander has The Legend pressed against the cage.
Islander prevents a body shot from The Legend.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Islander lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Legend blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Islander stalling against the cage.
The Legend prevents a body shot from Islander.
The Legend is trying to stall.
Islander lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Legend backwards.
The Legend looking to slow down the pace here.
Islander pushes The Legend back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Islander stalling against the cage.
Islander wants to stall.
Son Islander has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The Legend swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Islander is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Legend can do to turn this around?
Islander lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Legend misses with the head strike.
Islander can't find room to land a body shot as The Legend controls the action.
The Legend lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Islander tries to work over The Legend's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Legend misses with a punch on the inside.
Islander blocking some punches.
Islander lands a left hand.
Islander misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Legend has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Islander tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Legend has a couple of punches blocked by Islander.
Still in the clinch, Islander scores with a nice short uppercut.
Islander blocks a body shot from The Legend.
The Legend is working Islander over against the cage.
Islander lands a body punch.
The Legend prevents a body shot from Islander.
Islander softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Islander is stalling here.
Islander scores with a nice hook to the head.
Islander lands a body punch in the clinch.
Islander scores with a shot to the side of The Legend's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Islander lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Islander takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Islander works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The Legend wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Islander has him pressed against the cage.
Islander works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Islander digs a right hand into The Legend's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on The Legend's gas tank.
Islander misses with a body punch.
Islander lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Islander.
Islander lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Islander taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Islander blocking some punches.
Islander 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.
Islander has The Legend pressed against the cage.
The Legend misses with a punch on the inside.
Islander misses with a hook to the ribs.
Islander is trying to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Son Islander dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Islander misses with a wild body shot.
The Legend punishes Islander's body with a nice straight punch.
The Legend scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The Legend just misses with a punch to the body.

The Legend tries to keep at a distance but Islander has taken the fight into the clinch.
Islander lands a right hand.
A body shot lands from Islander.
The Legend throws a punch but it's blocked by Islander.
The Legend's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Islander taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Islander tries to throw a body punch but The Legend avoids it by throwing Islander back against the cage.
Islander blocks an uppercut.
Islander just leaning against The Legend, taking a breather.
The Legend has a couple of punches blocked by Islander.
Islander content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Islander lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Islander tries a body shot but The Legend blocks it.
Islander struggles to land a body shot inside as The Legend controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Islander tries to work over The Legend's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Legend tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Islander's elbow.
Islander blocks an uppercut.
The Legend is trying to break the clinch but Islander is controlling him.
Islander misses with a hook to the ribs.
Islander throws a head punch that misses.
Islander lands a hook that snaps the head of The Legend backwards.
Islander lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Islander.
Islander lands a body punch.
The Legend takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Legend wants to break free but Islander has control.
A left hand lands to the body for Islander.
Islander lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Islander blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Islander tries to throw a body punch but The Legend avoids it by throwing Islander back against the cage.
Islander misses with a hook from the clinch.
Islander dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Islander lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Islander lands a hook that snaps the head of The Legend backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Islander.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Islander gets through The Legend's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Islander is stalling here.
Islander works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Islander just leaning against The Legend, taking a breather.
Islander cracks The Legend with a nice body shot.
Islander working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Islander.
Islander scores with a hook to the body.
Islander lands a body shot.
A short body shot lands from Islander as the two fighters clinch.
Islander lands a hook to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Islander misses with a body punch.
Islander lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Islander.
Islander misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Islander.
Islander lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Islander.
Come on Islander - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Islander scores with a nice hook to the head.
Islander lands a body punch in the clinch.
Islander just leaning against The Legend, taking a breather.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Islander.
Islander scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Legend misses with a punch on the inside.
The Legend misses with a punch on the inside.
Islander stalling against the cage.
Islander effectively controlling the action here.
A body shot lands from Islander.
Islander scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Islander - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The Legend wants to get back to striking at distance but Islander won't allow it.
Islander tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Islander lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice body punch from Islander - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Legend is trying to push Islander away but Islander has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Islander lands a body shot.
Islander misses with a body punch.
The Legend wants to break the clinch but can't.
Islander is stalling here.
Islander lands a hook that snaps the head of The Legend backwards.
Iv The Legend has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Islander blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Legend's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Islander is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Son Islander showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Islander, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Son Islander!
Son Islander 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.