PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Neely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Optimus Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neely comes to the cage accompanied by Cracker - Low. Prime has chosen Rich Boy - Boy Looka Here as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Neely
vs
Prime

195 cm
28
273 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

194 cm
30
250 lbs
21 - 4 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Hellbent

Fury Nutrition Inc.
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Neely!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Optimus Prime!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neely misses with a body kick.

Prime gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Neely to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Neely trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Neely landing some decent shots from guard.
Prime is looking to stand up but Neely isn't so interested in that idea.
Neely pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Prime is keeping the position for now.
Neely won't allow Prime to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neely loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Prime told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Neely pushing down on Prime's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Prime blocking the ground and pound attempt from Neely.
Neely wants to take a breather but Prime is having none of it.
Prime keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Neely trying to pass the guard but Prime defending well.
Neely works his foot free and advances to mount.
The referee warns Prime that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neely lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neely misses with a head shot.
Neely looking to ground and pound but Prime is blocking nicely.
Neely unloading with bombs!
Neely unloads with some shots from mount but Prime bucks and avoids them well.
Neely throwing strikes but Prime bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Prime wants to control from the top but Neely keeps moving.
Neely wants to sweep but no luck.
Prime looking to pass the guard.
Prime trying to control but Neely is working from the bottom.
Neely wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neely trying to keep a closed guard but Prime is proving a slippery customer.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Optimus Prime was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Neely shoots in and bounces Prime off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neely wants to pass the guard but Prime is keeping the position.
Neely cracks Prime with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neely trying to control but Prime is working from the bottom.
Neely is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Prime is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Neely pushes down on Prime's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neely seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Prime does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Neely tries to pass to full mount but Prime defends it.
Prime avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Neely.
Prime is looking to escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prime blocking the ground and pound attempt from Neely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neely with the ground and pound but Prime uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Prime working a defensive guard here.
Prime trying to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Neely dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Prime has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Neely finds it's way round the side to connect with Prime's head.

Prime rushes Neely and presses him up against the cage.
Neely tries to throw a body punch but Prime avoids it by throwing Neely back against the cage.
Neely doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Prime tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Neely has picked Prime up - he's going for a ride! Neely dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Prime blocking the ground and pound attempt from Neely.
Prime is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Prime is refusing to be controlled, as Neely sits in half guard.
Neely tries to pass to full mount but Prime defends it.
Neely throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Neely.
Neely is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Prime reverses the position - he's now on top in Neely's guard.
Neely 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.

Prime stands and steps away. Neely gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Prime misses with a low kick.
Neely tries for a takedown but Prime circles away easily
and Prime counters with a two punch combo.
Prime fails in his attempt to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prime throws a right hand that Neely ducks under and follows up with a left that Neely also avoids with ease.
Neely wants to land a leg kick but Prime is out of range.
Neely dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Prime. That did some damage!
Sloppy strikes from Prime. Those never looked like landing.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Neely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neely tries to bum rush Prime with a series of wild strikes but Prime uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Prime connects with the punch.

It looks like Jack Neely has been cut.
Prime throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Neely misses with a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice left hand lands by Prime.
Neely lands with a short shot to the head.
I was talking to Neely's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Neely misses with the head strike.
Prime doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Neely goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Neely prevents a body shot from Prime.
Prime tries to throw a body punch but Neely avoids it by throwing Prime back against the cage.
Neely blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neely lands a left hand.
Prime fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prime blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Neely can't find room to land a body shot as Prime controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neely blocks a body shot from Prime.
Neely lands a body shot.
Neely blocks an uppercut.
Prime throws a head punch that misses.
Prime misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Neely blocking some punches.
Neely doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Prime works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Prime scores with a nice hook to the head.
Neely misses with some punches.
Prime tries a body shot but Neely blocks it.
Neely blocks a body shot from Prime.
Neely working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Prime.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prime struggles to land a body shot inside as Neely controls his hands.
Prime lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Neely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neely lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Prime scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Neely misses with some punches.
Prime on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Prime lands with a short shot to the head.
Prime lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Prime tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Neely's elbow.
Neely lands with a left to the head.
Prime scores with a shot to the side of Neely's head.
Prime tries to throw a body punch but Neely avoids it by throwing Prime back against the cage.
Neely on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Neely lands a shoulder strike.
Prime misses with some punches.
Neely blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prime tries to work over Neely's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Prime goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Prime can't find room to land a body shot as Neely controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Neely.
Prime tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Neely's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Optimus Prime showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jack Neely's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Neely closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Prime's guard.
Neely trying to control the position from guard on top but Prime is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jack Neely overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Neely is looking to work some ground and pound but Prime has wrist control.
Neely throws a big right hand that misses.
Neely throwing strikes but missing.
Neely is pushing down on Prime's leg trying to pass to half guard. Prime is fighting to maintain full guard but Neely has managed to sneak the leg through.
Prime on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Neely.
Neely moves into full mount! Prime won't be happy about that!
Prime tries to lock up and control but Neely gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Neely landing strikes from the mount and Prime is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Neely cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neely with shots to the head and body - Prime looks very uncomfortable down there.
Neely is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Prime can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Neely thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Neely with shots to the head and body - Prime looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime avoids a series of strikes thrown by Neely.
Neely throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Neely postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Prime badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Neely around the waist but Neely pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Neely is the winner by TKO! Neely jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Neely!
Jack Neely retains his heavyweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jack Neely thanked Hell's Balls Recovery (160) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).