PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between One Child (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Doom kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Child
vs
Noel

183 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
24
199 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, One Child!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Danny Noel!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Child throws a looping overhand right but Noel ducks down to avoid it.
Noel stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Noel wants it to stay on the feet.
Child misses with a wild combination.

Child moves into the clinch successfully.
Noel lands an elbow inside.
Child dodges an elbow strike from Noel.
We've been hearing reports that Child has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Noel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Child avoids the elbow strike from Noel, against the cage.
Child avoids the elbow strike from Noel, against the cage.
Child tries for a takedown. No joy.
Child avoids the elbow strike from Noel, against the cage.
Child blocks the elbow strike.
Noel lands an elbow just above Child 's eye.

It looks like One Child has been cut.
Nice elbow from Noel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Noel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Noel misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Noel.
With the fighters up against the cage, Noel throws an elbow but misses.
Child is trying to maintain a safe position but Noel gets an underhook and turns Child into the cage.
Child jumps guard but Noel turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for One Child. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Noel misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Noel.
Nice elbow from Noel.

One Child's cut is getting worse.
Noel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Noel.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Noel.
Noel lands an elbow that stopped Child in his tracks for a moment.

Child is rocked!
Child is breathing heavily.
Noel lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Child is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

One Child's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Noel lands a vicious elbow to the side of Child's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Noel tries to finish him with strikes but Child still seems able to defend himself so Noel steps back and lets Child get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.
Child shoots in for a takedown but Noel shows good takedown defense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Noel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Child seems to have got his legs back now.
Noel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Jeez, One Child's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Child throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noel blocks it with crossed arms.
Noel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Noel lands an elbow inside that Child shrugs off.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at One Child's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Danny Noel!
Our winner, Danny Noel, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.