PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between hop sing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tracey St John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St John is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Come Around. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

sing
vs
St John

180 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

182 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, hop sing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tracey St John!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
sing lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tracey St John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
sing misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from sing misses.
St John is looking to land body kicks.
St John is looking to clinch but sing is avoiding it.
sing keeps the fight on the outside.
sing lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as St John backs up against the cage.
St John tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but sing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - St John looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St John wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - St John looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St John wants to clinch up but sing keeps it at a distance.
St John wants to clinch.
sing swats away the attempt to clinch by St John.
St John tries to clinch up but sing circles away and keeps his distance.
St John tries to clinch but sing is having none of it.
St John tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
sing circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two 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.
St John is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A left and a right from sing both land. Nice combination.
St John throws the kick towards the body but sing avoids it.
St John is looking to clinch but sing is avoiding it.
sing circles away from the clinch attempt.
St John tries to clinch up but sing circles away and keeps his distance.
St John tries to clinch but sing is having none of it.
St John moves in looking to clinch but sing pushes him off.
sing scores with a three punch combo!
sing lands with a nice combination. St John backs away looking to recover.
St John moves in looking to clinch but sing pushes him off.
sing throws a right hand that St John ducks under and follows up with a left that St John also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St John tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St John fails with an attempt to clinch.
hop sing is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St John wants to clinch.
St John fails in his attempt to clinch.
sing is working the combinations to good effect here.
St John tries to close the distance and clinch up but sing swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St John is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
sing swats away the attempt to clinch by St John.
St John tries to clinch but sing moves out of range.

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.
St John tries to clinch up.
sing throws a right and a left that both miss.
sing throws a combination but it was largely blocked by St John.
St John tries to clinch up.
St John tries to clinch up but sing circles away and keeps his distance.
St John wants to clinch up but sing keeps it at a distance.
A left and a right from sing both land. Nice combination.
St John wants to clinch up but sing keeps it at a distance.
sing takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
sing throws a right and a left that St John avoids nicely.
St John tries to clinch but sing is having none of it.
St John tries to clinch but sing is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

hop sing dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

sing circles away from the clinch attempt.
St John tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but sing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St John tries to clinch there but sing circles away.
St John fails in his attempt to clinch.
St John tries to close the distance and clinch but sing swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St John doesn't manage to clinch there - sing circles away.
St John is looking to clinch but sing is avoiding it.
sing keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St John tries to clinch there but sing circles away.
St John shoots in and drives through. sing sprawls well.
St John tries to clinch there but sing circles away.
sing scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
sing throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
St John slips a jab and a cross from sing.
St John throws a combination that misses
and sing counters with a two punch combo.
St John is breathing heavily.
St John tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and sing counters with a series of strikes. St John will be more careful next time no doubt.
sing goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
sing scores with a one two! St John had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
sing misses with a wild combination.
sing throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

St John is rocked!
sing tries to bum rush St John with a series of wild strikes but St John uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St John closes the distance looking to clinch
and sing counters with a two punch combo.
St John is still on wobbly legs! Can sing finish him?
St John showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from sing.
St John seems to have recovered his senses.
sing throws a right hand that St John ducks under and follows up with a left that St John also avoids with ease.
hop sing is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
sing throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from St John - that will leave a mark!
St John wants to clinch
and sing counters with a one-two to the body.
sing misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St John wants to clinch
and sing counters with a three punch combo that has St John backing up. St John nods at sing to acknowledge the strikes.
St John tries to clinch up
and sing counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
St John clinches but sing breaks the clinch
and sing counters with a left and a right that stings St John.
St John fails with the takedown
and sing counters with a one-two to the body.
St John looks to clinch
and sing counters with a one-two to the body.
St John looks to clinch
and sing counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St John looks to clinch
and sing counters with a series of strikes that really hurt St John! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). hop sing!