PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Beckett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ava Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noel has chosen A Moment as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beckett
vs
Noel

178 cm
26
200 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

188 cm
28
199 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

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World class MT
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Beckett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ava Noel!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Beckett lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Noel has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Noel and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Noel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Noel misses with a lunging right hand

and Beckett counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Beckett.

Noel breaks from the clinch.
Noel tries to bum rush Beckett with a series of wild strikes but Beckett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Noel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Beckett momentarily.
Noel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beckett throws out the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Noel. Those never looked like landing.
Noel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beckett throws out the jab.
Beckett throws a hook but Noel blocks it.
Beckett throws a leg kick that misses.
Noel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Noel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beckett takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Good work by Noel as he checks the leg kick.
Beckett throws an overhand right that lands on Noel's shoulder, as Noel tries to avoid the shot.
Beckett connects with an inside leg kick.
Beckett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Noel.
Noel throws a lazy uppercut

and Beckett moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beckett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beckett misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Beckett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Noel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Noel crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Beckett - the referee stops the clock and Noel gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Beckett. Noel manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Noel tests Beckett's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Noel throws out a loose jab but Beckett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Noel sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Noel's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Noel duly obliges.
Noel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Beckett throws a leg kick
letting Noel counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Noel.
Noel misses with an uppercut.
Beckett takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Beckett takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Noel throws a big shot that misses.
Noel looks to land a left hand but Beckett moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beckett.
Beckett staying out of range there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Beckett, right into the meat.
Beckett lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Noel missing with a left hand there. Beckett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some wild striking there from Beckett.
Beckett doesn't manage to clinch there - Noel circles away.
Beckett lands with a thumping leg kick.
Beckett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Noel takes a kick to the side of the head.
Beckett throws a front kick that sends Noel stumbling back into the cage.
Noel circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've been told by Beckett's head coaches at THC playhouse that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Beckett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice jab there from Beckett.
Noel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Beckett is out of range.
Noel might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beckett.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckett avoids the head kick by Noel.
Noel misses with a looping left.
Noel smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Beckett.
Beckett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice uppercut there from Noel.
Beckett lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Noel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Beckett connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Noel scrambles back to his feet.
Noel cracks Beckett with a good jab.
Beckett fails with an attempt to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Noel, as that shot connected.
Beckett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Noel.
Beckett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Noel.
Noel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Beckett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Noel.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beckett.
Beckett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Noel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beckett dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Noel. That did some damage!
Beckett is looking to slow Noel down with leg kicks.
Noel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A punch combination from Noel misses.
Noel loads up on a big right hand but Beckett slips the punch.
Beckett lands with an uppercut that bounces Noel off the cage and back into range.

Beckett clinches up against the cage.
Beckett missing with knees to the body.
Noel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beckett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noel blocks it with crossed arms.
Beckett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noel.
Beckett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beckett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beckett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Noel is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beckett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Noel can't break the clinch.
Noel blocking some punches.
Beckett misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Beckett dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Noel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Noel connects with an inside leg kick.
Robert Beckett is winning the standup battle so far.
Beckett jabs Noel right on the nose. Noel blinks but takes it well.
Nice defenses there by Beckett.
Noel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Beckett wants to clinch.
Beckett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Beckett throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Noel shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Beckett eats them both and turns towards Noel to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beckett looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Beckett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Noel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Beckett buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Beckett misses with a straight right.
Beckett keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Beckett has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A good leg kick by Beckett.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Noel misses.
Noel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beckett.
Noel misses the jab.
Beckett tries to score with a low kick but Noel moves his leg out of the way.
A solid leg kick lands there for Beckett.
Noel misses with a looping right.
Beckett connects with an inside leg kick.
Beckett scores with a nice body kick.
Noel is breathing heavily.
Beckett moves in looking to clinch but Noel pushes him off.
Noel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Beckett lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body kick there by Beckett.
Beckett lands a leg kick that knocks Noel off balance momentarily.
Beckett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Beckett gets in close and tags Noel with a short punch that almost sends Noel to the mat! Oh Noel is in big trouble! He turns his back on Beckett, trying to create some distance but Beckett rushes him, striking wildly and Noel goes down! The referee tackles Beckett into the cage to end the fight! Beckett is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Beckett!
Our winner, Robert Beckett, 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.