PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shank Flabbott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flabbott comes into the arena with Wait and Bleed blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Flabbott
vs
Do

186 cm
29
290 lbs
19 - 11 - 1

192 cm
35
255 lbs
23 - 26 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Shank Flabbott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonny Do!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do throws a leg kick but Flabbott sees it coming and moves out of range.
Shank Flabbott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flabbott shoots in but Do avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Do misses with a low kick.
Do attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Flabbott clobbers Do with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big right from Do misses.
Do misses with a few strikes there.
Do lands the left hand.
Do throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Do.
Do cracks Flabbott with an open hand slap.
Do slips a straight right by Flabbott.
Flabbott is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Do.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flabbott throws a jab but it's blocked by Do.
Do keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Flabbott checks a leg kick.
Do misses with a hook.

Flabbott closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do lands a left hand that snaps the head of Flabbott backwards.
Do misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flabbott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flabbott can't get the takedown.
Do lands a body punch.
Flabbott tries to throw a body punch but Do avoids it by throwing Flabbott back against the cage.
Flabbott misses with a body punch.
Do tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flabbott's elbow.
Do misses with a punch to the body.
Flabbott is trying to break the clinch but Do has him pressed against the cage.
Do misses with a body punch.
Flabbott tries to work over Do's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Do scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Flabbott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Do.

Flabbott is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Do can't fight it off and eventually Flabbott manages to take the fight to the floor. Do looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Flabbott trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do trying to control the position here.
Flabbott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Flabbott throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Do wants to get back to his feet but Flabbott is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We've been hearing that Flabbott has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Flabbott postures up and lands a big shot to Do's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flabbott in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Do is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Flabbott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Flabbott trying to control but Do is working from the bottom.
Flabbott postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Flabbott throws a big elbow that misses.
Flabbott trying to control but Do is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do wants to get back to his feet but Flabbott is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Flabbott showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Flabbott throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Flabbott with a flurry of punches that miss.
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 Shank Flabbott will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Do scores with a jab to the head.
A clash of legs there as Flabbott blocks the low kick.
Flabbott throws a right hand that Do ducks under and follows up with a left that Do also avoids with ease.
Flabbott misses the jab.
Flabbott shoots in but no luck this time.
Do throws a leg kick but Flabbott sees it coming and moves out of range.
Flabbott comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Do avoids the body shot from Flabbott.
Flabbott fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Do swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Flabbott shoots in for a takedown but Do shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shank Flabbott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Flabbott lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Flabbott missing with a left hand there. Do was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Do uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flabbott.
Flabbott dives in for a single leg takedown but Do sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Flabbott breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flabbott shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Do sprawls well. Do wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Flabbott gets slowly back to his feet.
Flabbott displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Do throws out the jab.
Flabbott connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Flabbott thows a body shot but no joy.
Flabbott checks the leg kick nicely there.
Flabbott throws a body punch but Do moves out of range.
Flabbott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Do manages to avoid it.
Flabbott fails with the takedown
and Do counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Flabbott throws a jab when Do was well out of range.
Flabbott blocks the body kick.
Flabbott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.
Do ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flabbott moves away.
Do lands a slapping body shot.
Do throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flabbott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flabbott blocks a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Flabbott checks a leg kick.
Do misses with a low kick.
Flabbott keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Do misses with an uppercut.
Do defending well as Flabbott loads up on a big left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Flabbott misses with a straight left.
Flabbott misses the shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Flabbott.
Flabbott misses with a straight left.
Flabbott checks a leg kick.
Flabbott tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Do defends well and Flabbott ends up having to push Do into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Flabbott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Do tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flabbott prevents a body shot from Do.
Do lands a right hand that snaps the head of Flabbott backwards.
Flabbott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Do struggles to land a body shot inside as Flabbott controls his hands.
Flabbott lands a body shot in the clinch.
Flabbott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Do misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Flabbott fails to land.
Do tries to throw a body punch but Flabbott avoids it by throwing Do back against the cage.
Flabbott misses with the head strike.

Flabbott breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Do swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Do. That's going to slow Flabbott down.
Do shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Flabbott connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flabbott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Flabbott.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flabbott looks to land a right hand but Do moved out of range.
Do throws a hook to the side of Flabbott's head but Flabbott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Do tried to score with a low kick but Flabbott checks it.

Do looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Flabbott actively working from the bottom here.
Flabbott lands a couple of sideways elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Do sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Flabbott defending well though.
Do winds up and cracks Flabbott with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Do working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jonny Do will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Flabbott's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Do darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Flabbott trying to control here.
Flabbott regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Do.
Do sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Flabbott's guard.
Flabbott tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Do has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Do putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Do landing strikes from the mount and Flabbott is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flabbott gets back to half guard.
Do is looking to stall here but Flabbott recovers full guard.
Do with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jonny Do has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Do's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Do is in close to Flabbott's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Do throwing strikes from guard but Flabbott blocks nicely.
Do lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Do wants to control from the top but Flabbott keeps moving.
Do pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Flabbott is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Do trying to control the position from guard on top but Flabbott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Do trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Flabbott 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Do accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Do missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Do being controlled here momentarily.
Do throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Flabbott works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do trying to control but Flabbott is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do tries to free his leg and advance position but Flabbott is retaining full guard.
Do throwing strikes from guard but Flabbott blocks nicely.
Do working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Do trying to control the position from guard on top but Flabbott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Do postures up in Flabbott's guard and throws a big left but Flabbott blocks it.
Do throws a big elbow that misses.
Flabbott looking for a sweep. Not yet Flabbott, not yet.
Do throwing strikes from guard but Flabbott blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Do accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flabbott avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Do passes Flabbott's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Do working Flabbott over with strikes.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Do. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Do winds up and cracks Flabbott with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Do working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Flabbott trying to control from the bottom.
Do throwing shots but Flabbott is blocking nicely.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Do connects with a nice short shot to Flabbott's temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Do connects with a nice short shot to Flabbott's temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Do wants to lay and pray for a moment but Flabbott keeps working.
Do thows a huge punch but Flabbott dodges it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny Do comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Do has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonny Do!
Jonny Do was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.