PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Noonan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Noonan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 3DD - Kryptonite. Michael Noonan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Noonan
vs
Price

190 cm
29
260 lbs
12 - 2 - 1

195 cm
30
260 lbs
21 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

5th Round Clothing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Noonan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trevor Price!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price lands with a kick to the ribs.
Noonan 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 throws a lazy right hand but Noonan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Price misses with a wild body shot.
Noonan tries to land a front kick but Price steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Noonan throws a leg kick but Price sees it coming and moves out of range.
Price stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Michael Noonan has been cut.
Price throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Noonan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Price.
A nice inside leg kick there by Noonan. That's going to slow Price down.
Price takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A jab from Price does it's job there.
Price just misses with a punch to the body.
Noonan misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Price. Noonan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Price is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Noonan rather than just go for the knockout.
Nice defenses there by Price.
Noonan throws the kick towards the body but Price avoids it.
Noonan throws a jab but it's blocked by Price.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price misses with a hook. Noonan ducked under it nicely.
Noonan throws a leg kick but Price sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Price jabs at Noonan's body.
Noonan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Price thows a body shot but no joy.
Noonan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Price has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Price misses with a wild body shot.
Trevor Price is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Price tries to bum rush Noonan with a series of wild strikes but Noonan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Noonan moves in looking to clinch but Price pushes him off.
Noonan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Price connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Noonan scrambles back to his feet.
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!
Price misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Noonan.
Noonan digs a good hook to Price's body.
Price thows a body shot but no joy.
Price on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Price's corner calls for a 1-2. Price obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Michael Noonan's cut is getting worse.
Noonan throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noonan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That kick from Noonan tenderised Price's leg. Price is trying to keep his angry face on.
Price tries to bum rush Noonan with a series of wild strikes but Noonan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Noonan tries to land a leg kick but Price saw it coming and moves away.
Price stuffs the takedown.
Noonan lands the left hand.

It looks like Trevor Price has been cut.
Price thows a body shot but no joy.
Noonan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Good exchange - Noonan coming out on top.
Noonan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Price is able to avoid easily.
Price jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Price checks a low kick from Noonan.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Price enables Noonan to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Price manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Noonan wants to control from the top but Price keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Noonan throwing strikes from guard but Price blocks nicely.
Noonan trying to control the position from guard on top but Price is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Noonan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Price is trying to keep Noonan in close.
Noonan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Noonan 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noonan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Noonan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Noonan trying to control but Price is working from the bottom.
Noonan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Noonan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Price finds it's way round the side to connect with Noonan's head.
Price thows a body shot but no joy.
Noonan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Price.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Price lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noonan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Noonan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Price lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Noonan circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Trevor Price will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Noonan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Price checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Noonan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Noonan swinging wildly here.
Price gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Noonan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Noonan tries to score with a low kick but Price moves his leg out of the way.
Price moves out of range of the body kick.
Price misses the shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Noonan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Price connects with a looping right hand.
Price takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Noonan tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Noonan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Decent striking displayed by Price there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan ducks under a wild hook from Price.
Price throws a jab but it's blocked by Noonan.
Noonan tries to land a front kick but Price steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Noonan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Price uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Noonan.

Noonan closes the distance and pushes Price back into the cage.
Noonan digs a right hand into Price's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Price's gas tank.
A left hand lands to the body for Price.
A right hand to the body from Noonan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Noonan lands with a light punch inside.
Price blocks an uppercut.
Price lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Noonan stalling in the clinch but Price improves position.
Noonan struggles to land a body shot inside as Price controls his hands.
Noonan has a couple of punches blocked by Price.
Noonan looking to throw knees to the head but Price is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noonan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Price.

Michael Noonan's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Noonan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Noonan stalling the fight.
Price on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Noonan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Price.

Jeez, Michael Noonan's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Price misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Noonan misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Noonan blocks an uppercut.
Noonan misses with a punch on the inside.
Price swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Price.
A head punch on the inside from Price fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Noonan.

Price breaks from the clinch.
Noonan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Price will feel that in the morning.
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Noonan moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Noonan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Price has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Price and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Trevor Price seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Noonan tries a low kick but Price avoids it.
Noonan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Michael Noonan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Trevor Price!
Trevor Price is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Trevor Price made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.