PBP Commentary

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

Buttle
vs
Edgar

185 cm
18
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Buttle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Edgar!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edgar keeps the fight on the outside.
Buttle throws a leg kick but Edgar moved away.

Edgar closes the distance and clinches.
Edgar misses with a knee to the head.
Edgar misses with a knee to the head.
Edgar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Buttle pushes Edgar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Edgar misses with a knee to the head.
Edgar misses with a knee to the head.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Edgar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buttle blocks it with crossed arms.
Edgar tries a knee to the head but Buttle blocks it.
Buttle can't break the clinch.
Edgar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Buttle's face.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Buttle has had enough of the clinch but Edgar keeps him there for the moment.
Buttle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Buttle trying to stall but Edgar improves his position.
Edgar misses with a knee strike.

Buttle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Edgar throws a right and a left that Buttle avoids nicely.
Edgar looks gassed!
Edgar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Buttle closes the distance and clinches.
Edgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buttle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Buttle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Buttle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Edgar checks the leg kick.
Buttle lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Buttle is looking to slow Edgar down with leg kicks.
Buttle misses with the combination.
Buttle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar tries to clinch but Buttle moves away
and Buttle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Buttle lands an impressive looking overhand right. Edgar doesn't seem phased though.

Edgar is rocked!
Paul Buttle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Buttle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Edgar is still on wobbly legs! Can Buttle finish him?

Buttle drives through and clinches with Edgar against the cage.
Edgar seems to have recovered his senses.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Buttle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Buttle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Buttle circles away from the clinch attempt
and Buttle counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Edgar is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Left hook, right uppercut from Buttle.
A punch combination from Buttle misses.
Edgar shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Buttle pinned against the cage. Buttle gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Edgar is looking to clinch but Buttle is avoiding it.
Edgar misses with a double jab
letting Buttle counter with a right hand.
Buttle swats away the attempt to clinch by Edgar.
Buttle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Buttle lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buttle lands with a nice combination. Edgar backs away looking to recover.
Edgar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Edgar tries to clinch up.
Edgar tries to clinch up.
Buttle keeps the fight on the outside.

Edgar clinches up with Buttle and pushes him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Edgar.
Buttle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Edgar misses with a knee strike.
Buttle tries to break the clinch but Edgar is controlling the position.
Edgar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buttle blocks it with crossed arms.
Edgar misses with a knee to the head.
Edgar tries a knee to the head but Buttle blocks it.
Edgar keeps control of Buttle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar misses with a knee strike.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but Buttle blocks with his arms.
Edgar looking to throw knees to the head but Buttle is blocking nicely.
Buttle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Edgar misses with a knee strike.
Edgar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Edgar misses with a knee strike.
Edgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buttle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but Buttle blocks with his arms.
Edgar misses with a knee strike.
Edgar looking to throw knees to the head but Buttle is blocking nicely.
Edgar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Edgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buttle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Buttle wants to stall.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but Buttle blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buttle wants to break free but Edgar has control.
Edgar looking to throw knees to the head but Buttle is blocking nicely.
Edgar lands a knee to the head.
Edgar misses with a knee strike.
Edgar stalling in the clinch but Buttle improves position.
A knee to the head by Edgar.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar keeps control of Buttle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Edgar looking to throw knees to the head but Buttle is blocking nicely.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Edgar.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buttle lands a body shot in the clinch.
Buttle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Edgar connects with a knee to the head.

Buttle is rocked!
A right hook to the body lands for Buttle.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but Buttle blocks with his arms.
Buttle can't break the clinch.
Edgar tries a knee to the head but Buttle blocks it.
Buttle wants to break free but Edgar has control.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Buttle.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Edgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buttle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Buttle tries to break the clinch but Edgar is controlling the position.
Edgar keeps control of Buttle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Edgar misses with a knee to the head.
Buttle wants to break free but Edgar has control.
Edgar scores with a knee to the head.
Buttle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Edgar backwards.
Edgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buttle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar scores with a knee to the head.
Oh Buttle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar misses with a knee to the head.
Buttle seems to have got his legs back now.
Edgar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buttle blocks it with crossed arms.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but Buttle blocks with his arms.
Edgar prevents Buttle from breaking the clinch.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Buttle wants to break the clinch but can't.

Buttle manages to break the clinch.
Buttle swinging wilding here.
Buttle swats away the attempt to clinch by Edgar.
Buttle misses with a two punch combination.
Edgar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Edgar avoids a punch combination nicely.

Edgar forces Buttle back against the cage and clinches.
Edgar looking to throw knees to the head but Buttle is blocking nicely.

Buttle manages to break the clinch.
Edgar blocks a head kick by Buttle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buttle lands with a nice combination. Edgar backs away looking to recover.

Buttle closes the distance and clinches.
Buttle wants to break free but Edgar has control.
Edgar misses with a knee strike.
Buttle has had enough of the clinch but Edgar keeps him there for the moment.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Buttle takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Buttle dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Buttle tries to clinch

and Edgar moves into the clinch.
Buttle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Buttle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Edgar should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Edgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buttle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Edgar looking to throw knees to the head but Buttle is blocking nicely.
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buttle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar prevents Buttle from breaking the clinch.

Buttle breaks from the clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Buttle.
Buttle scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Edgar wants to clinch up but Buttle keeps it at a distance.
Edgar tries to clinch up
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Buttle counters with an inside leg kick.
Buttle circles away from the clinch attempt

and Buttle moves into the clinch.
Buttle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Edgar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Buttle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Edgar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Buttle's face.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but Buttle blocks with his arms.
Buttle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buttle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Edgar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buttle blocks it with crossed arms.
Buttle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Edgar scores with a knee to the head.
Edgar tries a knee to the head but Buttle blocks it.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buttle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Buttle looking to stall.
Edgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buttle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Buttle can't break the clinch.
Edgar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Buttle's face.
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buttle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Buttle cracks Edgar with a nice body shot.
Edgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buttle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Buttle tries to stall but Edgar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Buttle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A cross from Edgar lands.

Edgar tries to keep at a distance but Buttle has taken the fight into the clinch.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar tries a knee to the head but Buttle blocks it.
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar prevents Buttle from breaking the clinch.
Edgar prevents Buttle from breaking the clinch.
Buttle has had enough of the clinch but Edgar keeps him there for the moment.
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Buttle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Edgar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Buttle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Buttle misses.
Edgar tries to clinch but Buttle moves out of range.
Edgar dodges the punch combination from Buttle.
Buttle moves out of range as Edgar throws a body kick.
Buttle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Buttle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Edgar moves in looking to clinch but Buttle pushes him off.

Edgar clinches with his opponent.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Edgar misses with a knee to the head.
Edgar tries a knee to the head but Buttle blocks it.

Buttle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Buttle throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Buttle throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Buttle misses.
Buttle misses with a head kick.

Edgar takes the fight into the clinch.
Edgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar prevents Buttle from breaking the clinch.
Edgar keeps control of Buttle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Buttle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Edgar backwards.

Buttle breaks from the clinch.
Buttle scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buttle bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Edgar's head backwards.

Buttle rushes Edgar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Edgar misses with a knee to the head.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Buttle misses with a punch on the inside.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but Buttle blocks with his arms.
Edgar prevents Buttle from breaking the clinch.

Buttle breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Buttle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Buttle displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Buttle walks into a straight right hand from Edgar.
Edgar tries to clinch
and Buttle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Buttle!
Buttle stalks Edgar and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Edgar's face. Edgar staggers backwards, shaken.
Edgar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Buttle counters with a one-two to the body.
Buttle misses with a low kick.
Buttle throws a right and a left that Edgar avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Edgar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Edgar throws a front kick that sends Buttle stumbling back into the cage.
Edgar misses with a double jab
and Buttle counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Buttle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buttle tries a head kick but it misses.

Buttle clinches up with Edgar and pushes him back against the cage.
Edgar keeps control of Buttle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Buttle can't break the clinch.

Buttle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Buttle throws a left and a right that both miss

and Edgar moves into the clinch.

Buttle manages to break the clinch.
Buttle is working the combinations to good effect here.

Buttle has managed to clinch.
Edgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Buttle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Edgar or not.
Edgar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Edgar looking to throw knees to the head but Buttle is blocking nicely.
Edgar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Buttle's face.
Edgar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buttle blocks it with crossed arms.
Buttle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edgar has him pressed against the cage.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Buttle wants to break free but Edgar has control.
Edgar with a knee to the head.
Edgar scores with a knee to the head.
Edgar keeps control of Buttle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Buttle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Buttle lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Buttle throws a series of punches but Edgar avoids them all with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Edgar closes the distance looking to clinch
and Edgar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Buttle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Edgar doesn't seem bothered though.
Buttle lands with a right that hurts Edgar. Edgar looks to clinch but Buttle throws a short knee that drops Edgar. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Paul Buttle!