PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alister The Demon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Preston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Demon's entrance music is Demon. A fine choice. Preston is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Alister The Demon has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

The Demon
vs
Preston

190 cm
25
218 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

200 cm
22
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alister The Demon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Preston!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Demon is trying hard to land a takedown here. Preston sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Preston feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Demon's calf.
Preston does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The Demon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Preston fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but The Demon avoids it really well and circles away.
The Demon throws a jab but it's blocked by Preston.
The Demon throws a looping overhand right but Preston ducks down to avoid it.
The Demon works the jab nicely.
Preston thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from The Demon misses.
The Demon blocks a low kick nicely.
Preston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Demon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Preston.
Preston throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Preston throws a head kick that misses.
The Demon throws a hook but Preston blocks it.
The Demon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Thomas Preston has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Demon misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Preston.
The Demon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

The Demon scores a takedown into full mount!
Preston is trying to escape the mount.
Preston is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

The Demon goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Preston turns into him and now he's in The Demon's guard.

The Demon is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preston trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The Demon isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Preston stacks The Demon on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Preston!
The Demon is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Demon is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Preston's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The Demon tries to get to full guard but Preston has control of the leg.
The Demon is looking to control Preston's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can The Demon avoid being mounted?
The Demon is looking to improve his position.

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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The Demon dives in and grabs Preston's left leg, looking for a takedown. Preston pushes down on The Demon's head and hops out.
The Demon changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Preston tries to avoid it but The Demon manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Preston to the ground. Preston escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alister The Demon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice defenses there by Preston.
Preston throws out a powerful jab.
Preston avoids the body shot from The Demon.
Preston connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between The Demon's hands.
Preston misses with a low kick.
The Demon throws out a loose jab but Preston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Preston does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Preston throws a big shot that misses.
Preston misses the shot to the body.
Preston throws a quick head kick that skims the top of The Demon's head.
The Demon fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Thomas Preston will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thomas Preston's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Preston listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Preston misses with a low kick as The Demon jumps back.
The Demon blocks the body kick.
Preston tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

The Demon shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The Demon wants to take a breather but Preston is having none of it.
The Demon trying to pass the guard but Preston defending well.
The Demon trying to control the action but Preston is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Demon seems to be looking for submissions.
Preston wants to get back to his feet.
The Demon is trying to control the action in half guard but Preston is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The Demon tries to pass to full mount but Preston defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Preston forces The Demon back against the cage and clinches.
Preston pushes The Demon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Preston stalls.
The Demon blocks a body shot from Preston.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Preston.
Preston stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Preston struggles to land a body shot inside as The Demon controls his hands.

Preston's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Preston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Demon.
Preston tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and The Demon is able to avoid easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as The Demon checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Preston closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Preston tries to throw a body punch but The Demon avoids it by throwing Preston back against the cage.
Preston is trying to maintain a safe position but The Demon gets an underhook and turns Preston into the cage.
The Demon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Preston has him pressed against the cage.
The Demon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Demon blocks a body shot from Preston.
The Demon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Preston working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The Demon is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Preston stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Preston unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Demon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Preston keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Demon's efforts to push away.
The Demon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Preston is keeping busy.
Preston pushes The Demon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Demon can't break the clinch.
The Demon is trying to force a seperation but Preston has the dominant position.
Preston stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The Demon has had enough of the clinch but Preston keeps him there for the moment.
Preston lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Demon backwards.
Preston throws a punch but it's blocked by The Demon.
Preston misses with a hook to the ribs.
Preston scores with a shot to the side of The Demon's head.
Preston tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Demon's elbow.
Preston tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Demon's elbow.
Preston struggles to land a body shot inside as The Demon controls his hands.
A short left from Preston.
The Demon is trying to force a seperation but Preston has the dominant position.
The Demon is looking to break free of the clinch but Preston has double underhooks.
Preston lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Preston doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Preston showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thomas Preston'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. This is the final round!

Preston tries to work over The Demon's front leg with a kick but The Demon checks it.
The Demon blocks a low kick nicely.
The Demon is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The Demon fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Preston avoids it really well and circles away.
A swing and a miss from The Demon.
The Demon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Demon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Preston throws a looping overhand right but The Demon ducks down to avoid it.
Preston throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The Demon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The Demon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Preston.
The Demon misses with an uppercut.
Preston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Demon.
Preston wants to land a leg kick but The Demon is out of range.
The Demon misses with a body punch
and The Demon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Preston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Demon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Demon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Demon swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Preston counters with an outside leg kick.
Preston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Preston staying out of range there.
The Demon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Preston throws a solid leg kick but The Demon takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Preston.
Preston throws a low kick but The Demon avoids it.
Preston throws and low kick but The Demon moves out of range easily.
Preston has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Preston.
Thomas Preston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Demon checks a low kick from Preston.
Preston ducks under a wild hook from The Demon.
Preston takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The Demon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Preston doesn't seem bothered though.
Preston lands the left hand.
Preston staying out of range there.
The Demon throws an overhand right that lands on Preston's shoulder, as Preston tries to avoid the shot.
Alister The Demon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preston is looking to chop away at The Demon's legs.
Preston lands a jab to the nose.
The Demon misses the jab.
The Demon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Preston moves away.
A swing and a miss from The Demon.
Preston thows a body shot but no joy.
A leg kick checked by The Demon.
Preston uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before The Demon has time to react.

Preston closes the distance and clinches.
The Demon tries to score a body lock takedown but Preston shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The Demon prevents a body shot from Preston.
The Demon is trying to break free.
Preston misses with a hook to the ribs.
Preston struggles to land a body shot inside as The Demon controls his hands.
Preston lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preston struggles to land a body shot inside as The Demon controls his hands.
Preston tries to throw a body punch but The Demon avoids it by throwing Preston back against the cage.
The Demon tries to pull guard but Preston won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alister The Demon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Demon blocks a body shot from Preston.
Preston effectively controlling the action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Preston.
Still in the clinch, Preston scores with a nice short uppercut.
Preston misses with a body punch.
Thomas Preston is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Preston is leaning against The Demon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The Demon is looking to break free of the clinch but Preston has double underhooks.
The Demon blocking some punches.
Preston misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Preston throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Demons head.
Preston is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Demon is keeping busy.
The Demon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Preston lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Preston stalling against the cage.
The Demon can't find room to land a body shot as Preston controls the action.
The Demon swings wildly with an uppercut but Preston uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Preston comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Preston 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Preston!