PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ian Noonan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Secunda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Noonan
vs
Secunda

150 cm
26
210 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

185 cm
26
224 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ian Noonan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Secunda!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noonan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Secunda smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Ian Noonan has been cut.
Noonan fails with a takedown attempt.
Noonan thows a body shot but no joy.
Noonan lands a jab to Secunda's midsection.
Noonan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Noonan looks to score with a jab to the body but Secunda is just out of range.
Noonan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Noonan jabs at Secunda's body.
Noonan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Secunda moves away.
Noonan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Secunda misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab lands there for Secunda.
Noonan connects with a single shot there.
Noonan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Secunda was well out of range. Poor timing from Noonan.
Noonan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Secunda.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan scores with a nice strike.
Noonan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Secunda.
Secunda avoids the body shot from Noonan.
Noonan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A slow jab from Secunda misses its intended target.
Noonan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Noonan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Secunda misses with a double jab.
Noonan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Noonan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Noonan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Secunda.
Secunda just misses with a punch to the body.
Secunda is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Secunda moves away from the strike by Noonan.
Left hook, right uppercut from Noonan.

Secunda is rocked!

It looks like Johnny Secunda has been cut.
Noonan is looking to wear down Secunda with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Secunda drops his hands momentarily and Noonan needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Secunda just on the top of the head. Secunda drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Secunda - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ian Noonan!