PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Shadows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jay Noel could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Max Shadows's chin.

Noel
vs
Shadows

177 cm
23
163 lbs
5 - 18 - 0

201 cm
25
174 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Noel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Shadows!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shadows misses with a wild combination.
Shadows throws a jab but it's blocked by Noel.
Noel missing with a left hand there. Shadows was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some wild striking there from Shadows.
Noel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Noel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shadows.

Shadows throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Noel tumbling to the canvas!

Noel is rocked!

It looks like Jay Noel has been cut.
Shadows forces his way into half guard.
Oh Noel is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Shadows wants to work for an arm triangle but Noel is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Noel seems to have got his legs back now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Noel is trying to stand up here but Shadows is controlling him well.
Noel might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Shadows is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel won't allow Shadows to pass to mount.
Shadows throwing shots but Noel is blocking nicely.

Shadows is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Noel has managed to free his arm - good work.
Shadows seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Noel pushes Shadows off looking to stand but Shadows dives back in and keeps control.
Shadows missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shadows is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Noel wants to get back to his feet.

Shadows stands up out of the half guard.
Noel is breathing heavily.
Shadows shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Noel as he avoids it easily.
Shadows connects with a good right hand that stumbles Noel. Noel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shadows swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Noel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shadows scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shadows falls off balance throwing a combination
and Noel counters with a three punch combo that has Shadows backing up. Shadows nods at Noel to acknowledge the strikes.
Shadows misses with a wild body shot.
Shadows is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shadows swinging wildly here.
Max Shadows seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shadows shoots for a double leg takedown but Noel sprawls well. He's pushed Shadows's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Shadows throws a hook but Noel avoids it easily.
Shadows ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Shadows throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Noel.
Shadows rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Noel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shadows throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

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.
Shadows fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice jab there from Noel.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shadows.
Shadows lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shadows throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shadows throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shadows misses with the combination.
Shadows shoots in for a takedown but Noel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jay Noel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Shadows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noel misses with a two punch combination.
Shadows swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Noel counters with a left and a right that stings Shadows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Shadows dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Noel's cut.
That's time! Noel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Shadows swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shadows throws a right and a left that Noel avoids nicely.
Shadows connects with a jab.
Shadows throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shadows is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Shadows lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Noel circles away quickly and effectively.
Shadows throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A combination from Shadows does no damage.
Noel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shadows circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shadows throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Noel to counter with a crisp jab.
Shadows will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Noel tries to bum rush Shadows with a series of wild strikes but Shadows uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shadows swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Noel counter with a right hand.
Shadows has a takedown stuffed.
A combination from Noel does no damage.
Shadows misses with a combination
and Noel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Shadows listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Shadows drives through with a takedown into guard.
Noel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shadows on the ground.
Shadows pushing down on Noel's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Shadows postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Noel to stand up.
Noel tries to bum rush Shadows with a series of wild strikes but Shadows uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shadows misses with a combination
and Noel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Horrible takedown by Shadows or perhaps it was just good defense by Noel which made him look bad.
Jay Noel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Shadows.
A nice combination there by Shadows.
Jay Noel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shadows misses with a hook.
No joy there for Shadows, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Noel lunges at Shadows with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shadows's hand.
Shadows misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shadows fails to land with a series of punches.
Noel misses with a hook. Shadows ducked under it nicely.
A punch combination from Shadows misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shadows avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shadows misses with a double jab
and Noel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Shadows lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Noel circles away quickly and effectively.
Shadows blocks a jab.
Shadows throws a series of punches but Noel moves out of range.
Shadows throws a series of punches but Noel avoids them all with ease.
Shadows fakes the leg kick and cracks Noel in the body.
Shadows throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shadows misses with a two punch combination.
Shadows throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Shadows blocks a jab.
Shadows lands with a nice combination. Noel backs away looking to recover.
Noel lands with a hook. Shadows tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Shadows rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Noel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Noel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Shadows counters with a one-two to the body.
Shadows throws a left and a right that both miss
and Noel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shadows falls off balance throwing a combination
and Shadows takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shadows.
Noel is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Noel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Shadows gets a takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Shadows showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jay Noel's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Noel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shadows shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Noel as he avoids it easily.
Shadows has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Noel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Shadows.
Shadows dodges the punch combination from Noel.
Shadows throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Noel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Shadows swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Noel counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shadows swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Shadows takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Noel stuffs the takedown.
Jay Noel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Shadows.
Shadows looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Shadows looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Noel is fending him off so far but Shadows persists. Nope, Noel circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shadows throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Noel to counter with a crisp jab.
Noel misses with a two punch combination.
Shadows misses with a body punch
and Noel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A combination from Shadows does no damage.
Shadows lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Shadows scores with a hook.
Shadows fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shadows misses with a double jab
and Noel counters with a stiff right hand.
Shadows lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Noel backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Noel scores with a punch to the head.
Shadows misses with a double jab
and Noel counters with a two punch combo.
Shadows slips a jab and a cross from Noel.
Noel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Shadows changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Noel tries to avoid it but Shadows manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Noel to the ground. Noel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Noel swinging wildly here.
Shadows displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Shadows misses with a body shot.
Shadows is trying hard to land a takedown here. Noel sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Shadows fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel misses with a wild combination.
Shadows throws a combination that misses
enabling Noel to counter with a crisp jab.
Noel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shadows misses with a double jab
and Noel counters with a straight right hand.
Shadows misses with a combination
enabling Noel to counter with a crisp jab.
Shadows throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shadows falls off balance throwing a combination
and Noel counters with a series of strikes. Shadows will be more careful next time no doubt.

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.
Noel misses with a few strikes there.
Shadows throws a combination that misses
and Noel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shadows showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Noel.
Shadows with a jab.
Shadows swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Noel counters with a series of strikes. Shadows will be more careful next time no doubt.
Shadows throws a series of punches but Noel avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Shadows, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shadows misses with an uppercut.
Noel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shadows.
Jay Noel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Noel misses with a few strikes there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Noel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shadows has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Shadows!