PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Doe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and White Halfoat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Doe
vs
Halfoat

175 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Doe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, White Halfoat!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White Halfoat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doe tries to clinch there but Halfoat circles away.
Doe moves in looking to clinch but Halfoat pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halfoat avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Doe tries to clinch up but Halfoat circles away and keeps his distance.
Doe tries to clinch but Halfoat moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Halfoat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Halfoat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Halfoat circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe tries to clinch up but Halfoat circles away and keeps his distance.
John Doe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Halfoat swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Halfoat circles away.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doe is looking to clinch but Halfoat is avoiding it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Halfoat keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That round was too close to call.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Doe is looking to clinch.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Halfoat paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doe tries to clinch up but Halfoat circles away and keeps his distance.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Doe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Halfoat circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Halfoat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Halfoat swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Halfoat swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Halfoat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Halfoat swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Halfoat swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Halfoat paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe wants to clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Halfoat circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A very close round there. Could go either way on the judges scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Halfoat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doe moves in looking to clinch but Halfoat pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doe moves in looking to clinch but Halfoat pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Halfoat keeps the fight on the outside.
Doe tries to clinch but Halfoat is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Doe wants to clinch up but Halfoat keeps it at a distance.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Doe tries to clinch there but Halfoat circles away.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Halfoat circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Halfoat circles away.
Halfoat circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doe tries to clinch there but Halfoat circles away.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Doe tries to clinch but Halfoat is having none of it.
Doe wants to clinch up but Halfoat keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Doe tries to clinch up but Halfoat circles away and keeps his distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
That round was too close to call.
Well Halfoat 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:30

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... White Halfoat!