PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Meng Huo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and nick dick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Huo
vs
dick

191 cm
24
265 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

200 cm
21
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Meng Huo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, nick dick!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huo throws a series of strikes that have dick backpedaling.
Huo misses with a wild combination.

dick drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huo is looking to reverse the position.
Huo parries the strikes from dick easily there. dick is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Huo to escape.
dick wants to control for a moment but Huo uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Huo is not content to let dick control the position.
dick missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
dick is trying to control the action in half guard but Huo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

dick is working for a kimura but Huo is defending it quite comfortably.
dick tries to pass to full mount but Huo defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
dick looks for a takedown but Huo sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dick fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Huo misses with a series of wild punches.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Huo thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but nick dick will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Huo throws a hook but dick blocks it.
A big left from Huo misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
dick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Huo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huo just misses with a punch to the body.
dick changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Huo tries to avoid it but dick manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Huo to the ground. Huo escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
dick will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
dick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Huo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Huo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
dick fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Meng Huo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of nick dick.
Huo misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Huo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Huo misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Meng Huo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Huo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huo misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

dick drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
dick preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
dick is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as dick accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
dick trying to control but Huo is working from the bottom.
Huo could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
dick passes into half guard.
dick is keen to just control but Huo is a slippery customer.
dick working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

It looks like Meng Huo has been cut.
dick wants to control but Huo is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dick is looking to advance position but Huo won't allow it.
Huo wants to control but dick is keeping busy.
dick not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Huo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of dick's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take dick's back!
dick looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

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.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

dick manages to stand up with Huo still on his back. Eventually Huo drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.

And that's the end of the fight!
nick dick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think dick has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... nick dick!