PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noble Six (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Six
vs
Bell

190 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Noble Six!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Bell!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Six moves into the clinch successfully.
Six is looking to break free of the clinch but Bell has double underhooks.
Six is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bell is keeping busy.

Six has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bell is trying to keep an underhook but Six manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Six is stalling here. Bell is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Six seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Bell has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bell lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Six is looking to reverse the position.

Bell is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Six is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Bell decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Bell closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell stalks Six and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Six's face. Six staggers backwards, shaken.

Six gets caught flat footed, as Bell shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Six is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bell is controlling him.
Six lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bell!
Six looking to finish with strikes here!
Six tries to control but Bell wriggling away.
Six looking to ground and pound but Bell is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Six putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bell is trying to stand up.
Six landing strikes from the mount.
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!
Six dominating with strikes here.
Six lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Six lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Six sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bell tries to reverse the position but Six maintains control.
Six is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Six is trying to control here but Bell has managed to regain half guard.
Bell is staying active underneath Six, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Six 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Six wants to stand but Bell has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Six missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Six throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Six missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Six is trying to control the action in half guard but Bell is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Six looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Six is stalling here. Bell is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Six seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Bell has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Bell looks winded!
Six throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Six dodges the ground and pound from Bell.
Six is trying to control Bell's posture but Bell avoids it.
Six sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bell is thwarting Six's attempts to control the position.
Nice strikes from Bell there.

Bell is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Six avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bell.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Six is trying to stand up here but Bell is controlling him well.
Six is looking to control Bell's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Six avoid being mounted?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Six is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Noble Six will probably get the nod.
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.

Bell misses with a head kick.

Bell throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Six was covering up waiting for the punch and Bell finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bell trying to control the position from guard on top but Six is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Six wants to stand but Bell is controlling the position.
Bell works over Six with some ground and pound from guard.

Six is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Bell lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Bell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bell!
Jack Bell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Six throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Bell tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Six is in Bell's guard.
Six trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Bell has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Six off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bell is breathing heavily.

Six decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bell has hold of Six's hands but Six slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Six lands a nice short elbow.
Noble Six overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Six landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Six with the ground and pound but Bell uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Six is looking to stand up but Bell won't let him.
Six trying to control but Bell is working from the bottom.
Six is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bell is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Six pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bell is keeping the position for now.
Bell keeping moving, preventing Six from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Six is looking to pass into half guard but Bell pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bell is in guard.
Six trying to control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Noble Six wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Bell throws a head kick that misses.
Bell misses with a two punch combination.

Six shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bell napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Six wants to control but Bell is keeping him busy.
Bell on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Six working the head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Six tries to score with some ground and pound. Bell controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Six throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Six scores with punches from side control.
Six scoring with punches from side control.
Six throws a strike aimed at the side of Bell's head but Bell avoids it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Six in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Six scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Bell to see if he's OK.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Six trying to control the position but Bell is working away.
Six in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noble Six dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Six darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bell is trying to stand up here but Six is controlling him well.
Six tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bell knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Six is working hard here to advance position.
Six lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Six there.
Bell regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Six.
Six slips nicely into half guard.
Bell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Six wants to take a breather but Bell is having none of it.
Six working over Bell with some ground and pound. Bell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell is trying to maintain the position but Six is very close to passing his half guard.
Six wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bell keeps working.
Six missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nice strikes from Six there.
Six misses with a head shot. Bell uses the momentum to regain guard.
Six in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Six throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Six tries to free his leg and advance position but Bell is retaining full guard.
Six with a flurry of punches that miss.
Six trying to control the position from guard on top but Bell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Six tries to free his leg and advance position but Bell is retaining full guard.
Bell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Six tries to free his leg and advance position but Bell is retaining full guard.
Six scoring with punches to the head and body.
Six postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Six landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Six gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Noble Six is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Six avoids the head kick by Bell.

Bell gets caught napping as Six dives in and scores a takedown. Bell manages to retain guard.
Bell keeping moving, preventing Six from controlling successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Six throwing strikes from guard but Bell blocks nicely.
Bell keeping moving, preventing Six from controlling successfully.
Jack Bell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Six throws a big right hand that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Noble Six showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Six, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noble Six!