PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Deeney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Noir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deeney's entrance music is When We Ride. A fine choice. Mark Deeney could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vince Noir's chin.

Deeney
vs
Noir

173 cm
21
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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TITAN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Deeney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vince Noir!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deeney swings for the body but Noir moves out of range.
Deeney avoids the head kick by Noir.
Deeney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Noir moves out of range of the body kick from Deeney.
Deeney stuns Noir with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Deeney tries a head kick but it misses.
Noir avoids the body shot from Deeney.
Deeney misses with a wild body shot.
Deeney misses with a shot to the body
and Noir counters with a nice uppercut.
Noir fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Deeney looks to land a left hand but Noir moved out of range nicely.
Deeney lands a body shot.
Deeney misses with a shot to the body
and Noir counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir swats away the attempt to clinch by Deeney.
Noir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Deeney.
Noir pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Noir rushes Deeney and presses him up against the cage.
Deeney misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noir.
Deeney using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Noir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Deeney lands a knee to the head.
Noir is trying to push Deeney away but Deeney has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Noir is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Deeney tries to land knees in the clinch but Noir avoids the damage to the body.
Noir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deeney pressing his opponent against the cage.
Deeney lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Noir avoids the elbow strike from Deeney, against the cage.
Deeney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Noir is trying to force a seperation but Deeney has the dominant position.
Deeney tries to land a knee to the head but Noir blocks with his arms.
Deeney misses with a knee strike.
Deeney with a knee to the head.
Deeney connects with a nasty looking knee right to Noir's face.
Noir taking a breather.
Noir tries to pull guard but Deeney forces him back to his feet, 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!
Deeney using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Noir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Deeney tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir tries to break the clinch but Deeney is controlling the position.
Noir wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Deeney has him pressed against the cage.
Deeney landing knees to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Deeney just misses with a elbow thrown towards Noir's brow.
Noir has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Deeney avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Noir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Deeney misses with a knee to the head.
Deeney is breathing heavily.
Noir wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Deeney has him pressed against the cage.
Deeney lands a shoulder strike.
Noir wants to break free but Deeney has control.
Deeney using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Noir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Noir is trying to push Deeney away but Deeney has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Noir effectively controlling the action here.
Deeney has Noir pressed against the cage, preventing Noir from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deeney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Deeney throws an elbow that misses.
Noir is looking to break free of the clinch but Deeney has double underhooks.
Deeney prevents Noir from breaking the clinch.
Deeney with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Noir tries to work over Deeney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Noir taking a breather.
Deeney lands a knee to the head.

Noir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Deeney gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Noir takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Deeney dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Deeney throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Deeney is looking to wear down Noir with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Noir with a hook.
Deeney takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Noir wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Deeney scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Deeney throws a left and a right that both miss
and Noir makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Deeney lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Noir uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Good exchange - Noir coming out on top.
Deeney scores with a hook to the body. Noir takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Deeney pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Noir back to the cage. Deeney follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir keeps the fight on the outside.
Deeney misses with a jab, cross combination.
Deeney scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Noir doesn't seem bothered though.
Noir scores with a nice right hand.
Noir lands with a right hand.
Noir cracks Deeney with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mark Deeney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Deeney tries to clinch
and Noir counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Deeney tries to clinch but Noir moves out of range.
Deeney fakes the leg kick and cracks Noir in the body.
Deeney throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Deeney looks for the body kick but Noir saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deeney thows a body shot but no joy.
Noir lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Deeney at a distance.
Deeney tests Noir's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Deeney throws a predictable looking body shot
and Noir counters with a series of strikes. Deeney will be more careful next time no doubt.
Noir throws a shot from downtown. Deeney moves away and avoids it.
Deeney looks to score with a jab to the body but Noir is just out of range.
Noir takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Noir lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Noir fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Deeney manages to avoid it.
Noir pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir lands a right hook to the body.
Noir throws a shot to the body.
Deeney misses with the combination.
Deeney throws a right and a left that both miss.
Noir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Deeney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Noir circles away from the clinch attempt
and Noir counters with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noir is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Deeney.
Deeney chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Noir can pounce on him.
Noir misses with a few strikes there.
Noir dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Noir, as that shot connected.
Deeney rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Noir moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Deeney swinging wildly here.
Deeney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Deeney fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mark Deeney will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Noir blocks a jab.
Noir scores with a decent looking hook.
Noir scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Deeney misses with a hook to the body
and Noir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Deeney moves to clinch but Noir breaks away
and Noir counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Deeney takes a swing at Noir's ribcage but misses.
Noir takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Deeney takes a swing at Noir's ribcage but misses.
Deeney misses the shot to the body.
Deeney tries to land a front kick but Noir steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir thuds his right hand into Deeney's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Noir keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Noir thuds a left hand into Deeney's body.
Noir chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Deeney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Noir.
Deeney throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Deeney gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Noir wants to break free but Deeney has control.
Deeney lands an elbow inside.
Deeney connects with a nasty looking knee right to Noir's face.
Deeney looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deeney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noir blocks it with crossed arms.
The referee is keeping an eye on Noir - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Noir is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Deeney is keeping busy.
Deeney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noir blocks it with crossed arms.
Deeney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noir blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Deeney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Noir avoids it.
Deeney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Deeney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Deeney tries a knee to the head but Noir blocks it.

Noir breaks the clinch.
Deeney throws a front kick aimed at Noir's knee but Noir avoids it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid body kick from Noir.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deeney has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Noir finds it's way round the side to connect with Deeney's head.
A shot to the body from Deeney misses
letting Noir counter with a right hand.
Mark Deeney is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Deeney thows a body shot but no joy.
Deeney misses with a few strikes there.
Noir throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Deeney on the side of the head.
Noir uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Noir connects with a looping right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Noir. That snapped Deeney's head back.
Noir slips a jab from Deeney.
Noir swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Deeney.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Noir rushes Deeney and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Noir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Deeney scores a nice knee to the body.
Noir has had enough of the clinch but Deeney keeps him there for the moment.
Deeney using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Noir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Noir tries for a takedown but Deeney manages to get underhooks.
Deeney throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Deeney is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Noir is defending well for now.
Noir tries to break the clinch but Deeney is controlling the position.
Vince Noir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Noir has had enough of the clinch but Deeney keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vince Noir.
I think Deeney has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mark Deeney!
Mark Deeney really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that >>> Blitzkrieg Formula 5000 (159++ Recovery $42) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.