PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between He Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man's entrance music is He-Man theme song. A fine choice. Price has chosen Heltah Skeltah - Gang's All Here as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Sean Price was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Man
vs
Price

210 cm
25
270 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

187 cm
24
282 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, He Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sean Price!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price throws a left and a right that both miss
and Price takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Price throws a shot from downtown. Man moves away and avoids it.
Price misses with a hook. Man ducked under it nicely.
Price fails with a takedown attempt.
Man lands a right hook to the body.
Price bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Price misses with a takedown attempt

and Man counters with a takedown into side control.
Price is looking to regain half guard here but Man keeps moving and retains side control.
Man working the head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man lands a nice forearm strike.
Price is not content to let Man control the position.
Price takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Man misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Man has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Man postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Man scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Man wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Man landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Man trying to control the action but Price is working from the bottom.
Man grinds an elbow into Price's temple.
Price tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Man wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Man cracks Price with a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Man tries for a kimura but Price is defending well.
Man trying to control the position but Price is working away.
Man advances to mount.
Man lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Price hang on?
Man is landing with some decent strikes but Price is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man lands a big shot there that rocks Price but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Price tries to hold on but Man pushes him away.
Man scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man with shots to the head and body - Price looks very uncomfortable down there.
Price is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Man wants to control the pace but Price is squirming around nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

He Man dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Price throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Price manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Price rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Man moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Man slips a jab from Price.
The fighters circling - Man throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Man uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Price.
Price checks a leg kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Price counters with a nice double leg into side control. Man won't be happy with that.
Price sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Man is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Price working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price working the ground and pound but Man is defending the strikes.
Price tries to score with some ground and pound. Man controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Man is trying to control Price's posture but Price avoids it.
Price in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Price working the strikes but Man uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

Price is trying to work for a kimura but Man is defending well.
Man is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Price scores with a couple of nice shots.

Price is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Man preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Price missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Man won't allow Price to pass to mount.
Price is thwarting Man's attempts to control the position.
Price wants to lay and pray for a moment but Man keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man is pressing down on Price's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Price postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Man is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Price, into his guard.
Man landing with the ground and pound.
Man trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Man will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a big right hand that misses.
Man loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Price working for submissions but it's allowed Man to get to half guard.
Ground and pound from Man.
Man thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Price's head.
Man is just content to waste time from the top position. Price takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Price showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Price misses with a double jab
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Price tries for a takedown but Man circles away easily
and Man counters with a nice uppercut.
Price misses the body punch
and Man counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Sean Price has been cut.
Price shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Man counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Price misses with a left hand
and Man counters with a stiff right hand.
Man is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Price slips the punch.
Man is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Price.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Man rushes Price and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Price is looking to control Man's arms but Man gets an underhook and turns him. Now Price has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Price fails to land.
Man takes a shot to the head.
Price leaning against his opponent.

Man pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Price throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Man counters with a stiff right hand.
Man tries to land a front kick but Price steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Man lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Price at a distance.
Man is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Price can do to turn this around?
Price takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Man scores with a nice body kick.
Price moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
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!
An inside leg kick lands from Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man scores with a jab.
Man jabs Price to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
Donk. Man catches Price right on the button with a cross.
Sean Price is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Price doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Man cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
He Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sean Price.

Man feints and as Price raises his hands in defense, Man changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Man lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Man preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man throwing strikes from guard but Price blocks nicely.
Man throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Man postures up in Price's guard and throws a big left but Price blocks it.
Man postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Man slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Man is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

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.
Man with a flurry of punches that miss.

Price had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Man defends it easily.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Price is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Price is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Man is aware though and is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
He Man showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Man has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... He Man!