PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Angel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Queen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Angel
vs
Queen

185 cm
33
195 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

180 cm
29
155 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Angel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oliver Queen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Queen tries to clinch but Angel is having none of it.
Angel misses with a combination

and Queen moves into the clinch.
Queen lands a damaging elbow.
Queen digs a right hand underneath Angel's ribcage. Angel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Queen tries to land a knee to the head but Angel blocks with his arms.
Queen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Angel is defending well for now.
Angel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Queen landing knees to the body.
Queen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Angel's defenses.
Queen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Angel has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Queen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Angel takes a knee to the side of the body.
Queen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Angel's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Queen throws an elbow but it misses.
Queen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Angel has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Queen after a bit of a struggle.
Angel avoids a wild elbow strike from Queen.
Queen digs a right hand into Angel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Angel's gas tank.

Angel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Angel gets tackled into the cage by Queen. Queen maintains the clinch.
Queen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Angel is defending well for now.
Queen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Angel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Queen has him pressed against the cage.
Queen unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queen tries a knee to the head but Angel blocks it.
Angel looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Angel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Angel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Queen lands an elbow inside.
Queen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Queen is working Angel over against the cage.
Queen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Angel backwards.
Queen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Angel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Angel is breathing heavily.
Queen lands with a short shot to the head.
Queen lands a left hand.
Queen looking to throw knees to the head but Angel is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Queen obliges.
Queen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Queen.
Knees in the clinch landing for Queen.
Queen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Queen lands an elbow inside.
Queen lands a damaging elbow.
Queen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Queen swings wildly with an uppercut but Angel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Queen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Angel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Queen prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Queen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Angel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Angel takes a knee to the side of the body.
Queen has Angel pressed against the cage, preventing Angel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Queen obliges.
Angel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Angel avoids the elbow strike from Queen, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Queen.
Queen lands a nice shot to the body.
Queen scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Queen.
Angel takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Queen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Angel avoids it.
Angel blocks the elbow strike.
Queen throws an elbow but it misses.
Angel blocks the elbow strike.

Angel turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Angel manages to end up in side control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Angel working away.
Queen is looking to regain half guard here but Angel keeps moving and retains side control.
Angel looking to control but instead Queen has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Queen wants to control but Angel is keeping busy.
Queen has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at 11th Planet Fitness ($100/wk). Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Angel stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Queen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Angel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Angel takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Angel dives in and grabs Queen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Queen pushes down on Angel's head and hops out.
Queen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Queen lands an overhand right.
Queen lands a body shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Queen lands a jab to the head.
A jab lands there for Angel.
Angel shoots for a takedown but Queen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Queen throws a jab when Angel was well out of range.
Queen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Angel manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Queen on his heels. He'll look to pass Queen's guard now, I'm sure.
Queen looking to control.
Queen wants to get back to his feet but Angel is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Angel postures up and lands a big shot to Queen's brow.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Angel cracks Queen with a solid left hand.
Queen is adopting a defensive guard.
Angel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Angel throws a big elbow that misses.
Angel stopping the sweep attempt from Queen.
Queen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Angel is controlling him.
Angel 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.

Angel decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Queen, up you get!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Queen misses with a wild body shot.
Angel shoots in but Queen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Queen tries to clinch but Angel moves out of range.
Angel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Queen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Queen stops a takedown attempt from Angel.
Angel jumps guard but Queen turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Queen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Queen throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Queen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oliver Queen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Queen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 9:10
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 9:10
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oliver Queen!
Oliver Queen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.