PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nautotoot Horne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Horne comes to the cage accompanied by MC Frontalot - Braggadocio (Tekken 2 remix). The crowd seem to be enjoying Page's choice of entrance music: Man of Sorrows. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Horne
vs
Page

193 cm
22
223 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

183 cm
31
210 lbs
16 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

:: Happy Pills ::

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nautotoot Horne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oliver Page!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page throws a hook to the side of Horne's head but Horne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Page fails in his attempt to clinch.

Page takes the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Page.
Page working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Page fails to land.
Horne is trying to break free.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Horne misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Horne.
A short right from Page on the inside.
Page tries to stall but Horne uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Page.
Horne is trying to maintain a safe position but Page gets an underhook and turns Horne into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Horne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Page has a couple of punches blocked by Horne.
Horne looking to slow down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Horne slowing the pace effectively.
A short uppercut from Page.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horne lands a right hand.
Page holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Page has a couple of punches blocked by Horne.
Page scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Horne is looking to control Page's arms but Page gets an underhook and turns him. Now Horne has his back to the cage.
Page lands a left hand that snaps the head of Horne backwards.
Page misses with the head strike.
Horne tries to break free but Page pushes him back against the cage.
Horne looking to stall.
Page blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Page swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Page throws a head punch that misses.
Page scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Horne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Page has him pressed against the cage.
Page throws a punch but it's blocked by Horne.
Page is struggling to control the position.
Nice body punch from Horne - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Horne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Horne with a nice cross.
Page tries to clinch up but Horne circles away and keeps his distance.
Page slips under a jab from Horne.
Page wants to clinch.
Horne defending well as Page loads up on a big left hand.
Horne lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Page slips under a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Horne. Those never looked like landing.
Page slips under a jab from Horne.
Horne lands with a nice combination. Page backs away looking to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Page takes one to the side of the head.
Horne swats away the attempt to clinch by Page.
Page is looking to clinch.
Horne misses with a straight right.

Page moves into the clinch.

Horne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Page throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Horne counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Page cracks Horne with a good jab.
Page tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Horne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Page.
Page avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Horne throws a body punch but Page moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page wants to clinch.
Page on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Page connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horne takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Horne is rocked!
Horne misses with a looping left.
Oh Horne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Page clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Horne.
Page dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Horne seems to have got his legs back now.
Horne blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Page stalling in the clinch but Horne improves position.
Horne looking to stall.
Horne misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Page dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Page has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Page fails to land.
Horne manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Horne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Horne misses with a punch on the inside.
Horne lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Horne.
Stalling in the clinch from Page.
Page lands a body punch in the clinch.
Horne lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oliver Page seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Page slowing the pace effectively.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Page lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Page softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Page.
Page lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Horne to his knees! Page keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oliver Page!
As Oliver Page got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Keep your foot hard on the pedal son never mind them brakes. Let it all hang out cause we got a run to make'.