PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brenton Bryce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Prince (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.

Bryce
vs
Prince

197 cm
25
211 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brenton Bryce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Larry Prince!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prince just misses with a punch to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Bryce breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Larry Prince seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bryce wants to clinch up but Prince keeps it at a distance.
Prince fails to land with a series of punches.
Prince darts in looking for a takedown but Bryce gets double underhooks and turns Prince into the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bryce - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Bryce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bryce wants to clinch up but Prince keeps it at a distance.
Prince swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bryce doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bryce tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prince swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Prince takes the fight into the clinch.
Bryce looking for a takedown.
Prince pushes Bryce back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bryce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bryce tries to keep at a distance but Prince has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bryce is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Prince is defending well.
Prince has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bryce is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Bryce breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bryce is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryce dodges the punch combination from Prince.
Bryce is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prince misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Prince fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bryce is out of range.
Prince shoots in and drives through. Bryce sprawls well.
Brenton Bryce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Larry Prince.
Prince scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Brenton Bryce has been cut.
Bryce tries to clinch up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Prince gets caught flat footed, as Bryce shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Prince wants to sweep here but Bryce controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryce postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bryce throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Prince wants to sweep but no luck.
Prince is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bryce looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Brenton Bryce wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Prince misses with a jab, cross combination.
Prince misses with a hook to the body
and Bryce counters with a leg kick.
Prince looks winded!
A punch combination from Prince misses.
Bryce wants to clinch
and Prince counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Bryce takes the fight into the clinch.
Bryce lands a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bryce tries to land knees in the clinch but Prince avoids the damage to the body.
Bryce effectively controlling the action here.
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 Brenton Bryce will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brenton Bryce's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bryce tries to clinch up.
Prince throws a nice looking combination but Bryce bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Prince. Those never looked like landing.

Bryce pushes Prince up against the cage in a clinch.
Bryce misses with an elbow over the top.
Prince is looking to break free of the clinch but Bryce has double underhooks.
Bryce dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Bryce breaks from the clinch.
Bryce wants to clinch.
Prince works over Bryce's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryce misses with a few strikes there.
Bryce has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Bryce decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Bryce escapes and gets back to his feet.

Prince darts in and clinches Bryce up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bryce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bryce throws a knee to the head but misses.
Prince scores with a hook to the body.
Prince lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bryce or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Prince wants to break the clinch but can't.
Prince tries to break free but Bryce pushes him back against the cage.
Prince tries to break the clinch but Bryce is controlling the position.
Prince takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bryce drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bryce.
Prince is breathing heavily.
Bryce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Prince is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prince.
Bryce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prince.
A short right from Bryce.
Prince is trying to force a seperation but Bryce has the dominant position.
Bryce tries to land knees in the clinch but Prince avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Bryce fails to land.
Bryce lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Prince blocks an uppercut.

Bryce's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prince throws a nice looking combination but Bryce bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Prince drives through and clinches with Bryce against the cage.
Bryce has Prince pressed against the cage, preventing Prince from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bryce misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bryce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Prince is defending well for now.
Bryce prevents Prince from breaking the clinch.
Prince lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bryce is working for takedown but Prince is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bryce tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Prince smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brenton Bryce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prince feints a jab promting Bryce to slip. Prince then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bryce slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Larry Prince will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Brenton Bryce's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Prince looks to land a combination. Bryce sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Prince throws a one two combo.
Prince looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Prince lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Brenton Bryce's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prince keeps the fight on the outside.
Prince throws a sloppy head kick

and Bryce counters by clinching up.
Prince looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bryce has a couple of punches blocked by Prince.
Prince takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bryce tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bryce tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryce wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brenton Bryce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bryce prevents Prince from breaking the clinch.
Prince tries to circle away but Bryce has him pinned against the cage.
Bryce swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Bryce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bryce avoids the head kick by Prince.
Prince throws a series of strikes that have Bryce backpedaling.
Prince takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bryce dodges the punch combination from Prince.
Prince doesn't manage to clinch there - Bryce circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryce tries to clinch but Prince moves out of range.
Prince throws a right and a left that Bryce avoids nicely.
Bryce keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prince sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bryce tries to clinch there but Prince circles away.
Bryce wants to clinch up but Prince keeps it at a distance.
Bryce is looking to clinch.
Prince keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Bryce.
Bryce shoots in for a takedown but Prince shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Prince is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryce fails with a takedown attempt.
Prince scores with a three punch combo!
Prince is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bryce rather than just go for the knockout.
Prince throws a right hand that Bryce ducks under and follows up with a left that Bryce also avoids with ease.
Jab by Prince.
Prince lands with a nice body punch.
Prince thows a body shot but no joy.
Prince is looking to clinch but Bryce is avoiding it.
Prince misses with the combination.
Bryce tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prince swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince misses with a two punch combination.
Bryce tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bryce lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bryce tries to clinch up.
Prince misses with a few strikes there.
Bryce thuds his shin into the meat of Prince's side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prince swats away the attempt to clinch by Bryce.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bryce misses with a head kick.
Bryce defending well as Prince loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Larry Prince comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Prince 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 28:29
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Larry Prince!
The defeated Brenton Bryce had this to say: '... I was outdone tonight, I'm not done though believe you me. Thanks for the opportunity '.