PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cal Paxton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Newmark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Newmark is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Paxton
vs
Newmark

195 cm
23
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

194 cm
25
210 lbs
12 - 6 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cal Paxton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bobby Newmark!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paxton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Newmark. That did some damage!
Paxton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Newmark is looking to chop away at Paxton's legs.
Newmark cracks Paxton with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Newmark with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Newmark loads up on a big right hand but Paxton slips the punch.
Paxton slips a straight right by Newmark.
Newmark throws a lazy right hand but Paxton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paxton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Paxton throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Paxton slips under a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paxton misses with a wild body shot.
Newmark misses with a straight left.
Paxton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Newmark manages to avoid it.
A jab from Newmark finds it's way through Paxton's defenses.
Newmark throws out a loose jab but Paxton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Newmark throws a low kick, looking for Paxton's leg but Paxton calmly moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paxton slips a straight right by Newmark.
Paxton lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Bobby Newmark has been cut.
Bobby Newmark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newmark blocks the body kick.
Newmark scores with a jab to the head.
Paxton lands a really nice looking cross but Newmark seems unphased.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paxton slips under a jab from Newmark.
Paxton avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Newmark misses with a head kick.
Newmark waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Paxton.
Newmark punishes Paxton's body with a nice straight punch.
A swing and a miss from Newmark.
Paxton fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Newmark checks it well.
Paxton just misses with a punch to the body.
Newmark works Paxton's body with a nice hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Newmark.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newmark getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Newmark checks a leg kick.
Newmark misses with a wild combination.
Newmark throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Paxton.
Newmark lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Paxton misses with a body kick.
Newmark catches Paxton with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Newmark misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Paxton.
Newmark swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Newmark throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Paxton lands with a nice combination. Newmark backs away looking to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paxton wants to slow Newmark down by chopping away at his legs.
Paxton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Newmark listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Paxton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Newmark at a distance.
Newmark is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paxton.
Paxton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Paxton there as he acknowledges the shot.
Paxton slips a jab from Newmark.
Paxton lands a lovely overhand right.
Newmark is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Paxton had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Newmark scores with a body shot.
Paxton misses with a hook to the body
and Newmark counters with a head kick. That will keep Paxton thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
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!
Newmark scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Paxton is looking to wear down Newmark with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Paxton throws a body kick that misses
and Newmark counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Paxton is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Paxton.
Paxton takes one to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paxton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Newmark.
Paxton moves out of range of the body kick.
Paxton defending well as Newmark loads up on a big left hand.
Newmark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Newmark bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Newmark throws an overhand right that lands on Paxton's shoulder, as Paxton tries to avoid the shot.
Paxton throws a low kick, looking for Newmark's leg but Newmark calmly moves out of range.
Newmark pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paxton swats away the attempt to clinch by Newmark.
Paxton lands the left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Paxton 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 Newmark has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Newmark and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Paxton on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Newmark. Newmark obviously looking to wear him down.
Newmark fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Paxton is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Newmark dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Newmark's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Newmark misses with a right hand
and Paxton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Paxton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Newmark throws a head kick but Paxton moves out of range.
Paxton throws a head kick that Newmark semi-blocks.
Newmark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paxton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bobby Newmark seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Paxton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Newmark was well out of range. Poor timing from Paxton.
Newmark lands a right hook to the body.
Newmark throws a looping overhand right but Paxton ducks down to avoid it.
Newmark scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Newmark.
Paxton does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Paxton takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A head kick misses from Newmark.
Newmark with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Paxton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Newmark.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paxton scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Newmark works the jab nicely.
Newmark throws a lazy head kick
and Paxton counters with a good, hard body kick but Newmark shrugs it off.
Newmark throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Paxton.
A punch lands to the side of Paxton 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Paxton cracks Newmark with a right hand to the side of the head.
Newmark sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A low kick from Newmark misses
and Paxton counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Newmark dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Newmark takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Newmark misses with a straight right.
Newmark throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newmark throws a hook to the side of Paxton's head but Paxton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paxton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Newmark's sensitive parts.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Newmark pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Paxton lands an uppercut.
Paxton managing to block the knees to the body from Newmark.
Newmark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Paxton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paxton throws a low kick, looking for Newmark's leg but Newmark calmly moves out of range.
A jab from Newmark misses.
Paxton connects with a solid leg kick.
Newmark on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Paxton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Paxton throws a sloppy head kick and Newmark moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newmark avoids a kick to the body.
Paxton slips a jab from Newmark.
A leg kick checked by Paxton.
Crunch! Paxton slams his shin into Newmark's torso.
Newmark with a nice cross.
A jab lands there for Newmark.
Newmark connects with a leg kick. Paxton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Newmark looks to score with a jab to the body but Paxton is just out of range.
Newmark throws a half hearted mid kick.
Paxton thumps Newmark with a low kick.
Newmark throws a wild body kick that Paxton sees coming a mile off.
Newmark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Newmark catches Paxton with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice defenses there by Paxton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paxton ducks under a wild hook from Newmark.
Newmark throws a lazy uppercut
and Paxton counters with a leg kick.
Newmark is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paxton lands a jab-cross combination.
Paxton dips to his left and cracks Newmark with an uppercut!

Newmark is rocked!
Paxton slips under a jab from Newmark.
Newmark is still on wobbly legs! Can Paxton finish him?
Paxton pounces like a tiger and cracks Newmark with a vicious hook! Newmark is down but not out! Paxton follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cal Paxton!
A relieved looking Cal Paxton thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.