PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Noah Cold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe The Plumber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe The Plumber has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cold
vs
The Plumber

185 cm
19
193 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
187 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Noah Cold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe The Plumber!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cold lands with a nice combination. The Plumber backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Joe The Plumber has been cut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cold checks a leg kick.
Cold swinging wildly here.
Cold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cold lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Plumber circles away quickly and effectively.
The Plumber takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Plumber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cold swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cold misses with a wild combination.
The Plumber tries to clinch but Cold is having none of it.
The Plumber avoids a punch combination nicely.

Cold tries to keep at a distance but The Plumber has taken the fight into the clinch.
The Plumber connects with a knee to the head.
Cold tries to break free but The Plumber pushes him back against the cage.
Cold can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Plumber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cold wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cold wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Plumber has him pressed against the cage.
Cold is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Plumber landing knees to the head.
The Plumber throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cold blocks it with crossed arms.
The Plumber with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Noah Cold has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Plumber.
The Plumber just leaning against Cold, taking a breather.
The Plumber looking to throw knees to the head but Cold is blocking nicely.
The Plumber landing knees to the body.

Cold breaks from the clinch.
The Plumber throws a poor cross that misses
and Cold counters with a straight right hand.
Joe The Plumber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cold lands a jab-cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Plumber throws a sloppy head kick and Cold moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Plumber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cold stalks The Plumber and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into The Plumber's face. The Plumber staggers backwards, shaken.
Cold bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of The Plumber's head.
The Plumber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Plumber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Plumber takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cold lands a shoulder strike.
Cold on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cold working aggressively here.
The Plumber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Plumber throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Plumber blocking some punches.
The Plumber misses with a knee strike.
Cold looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Plumber using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cold has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Plumber tries a knee to the head but Cold blocks it.
Cold wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cold has had enough of the clinch but The Plumber keeps him there for the moment.
The Plumber tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Plumber takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The Plumber looking to throw knees to the head but Cold is blocking nicely.
Cold wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Plumber has him pressed against the cage.
The Plumber working Cold over with knees to the body.
The Plumber throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cold blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Plumber tries to land a knee to the head but Cold blocks with his arms.
Cold lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Plumber misses with a knee to the head.
Cold is looking to break free of the clinch but The Plumber has double underhooks.
Cold is trying to force a seperation but The Plumber has the dominant position.
Cold is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cold looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Cold lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cold can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Plumber.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Plumber using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cold has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Plumber throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cold wants to break the clinch but can't.
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 Noah Cold will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

The Plumber fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cold comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cold dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cold misses with a shot to the body
and The Plumber counters with an outside leg kick.

The Plumber drives through and clinches with Cold against the cage.
Cold is trying to break the clinch but The Plumber has him pressed against the cage.
The Plumber landing knees to the head.
Cold lands a right hand.
The Plumber is stalling here.
Cold managing to block the knees to the body from The Plumber.
The Plumber tries to land a knee to the head but Cold blocks with his arms.
The Plumber has Cold pressed against the cage, preventing Cold from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The Plumber throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cold blocks it with crossed arms.
The Plumber with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cold breaks from the clinch.
The Plumber showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cold.
Cold swats away the attempt to clinch by The Plumber.
The Plumber wants to clinch but Cold slips to the side
and Cold counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cold shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. The Plumber eats them both and turns towards Cold to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A punch combination from Cold misses.
The Plumber misses with a double jab.
Cold is looking to wear down The Plumber with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cold lands a straight punch to the body, keeping The Plumber at a distance.
Cold throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Plumber.
Cold fails to land with a series of punches.
The Plumber doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
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!
Cold lands a nice hook to The Plumber's body. The Plumber takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Plumber darts in trying to clinch
and Cold counters with a series of strikes. The Plumber will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cold connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent The Plumber tumbling to the canvas! Cold pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! The Plumber was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Noah Cold!
Noah Cold decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.