PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lemy Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Price kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Black Label Society - Bleed for Me. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Price
vs
Waters

166 cm
26
146 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

169 cm
24
146 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lemy Waters!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Waters.
Price throws a leg kick but Waters moved away.
Lemy Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Waters misses the target.
Price throws a nice head kick!
Nice straight punches there by Waters. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Waters.
Waters chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Price looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Waters moves out of range as Price throws a body kick.
Waters tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheers as Price lands an impressive looking overhand right. Waters doesn't seem phased though.
Waters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab from Price.
Price has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Waters finds it's way round the side to connect with Price's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Waters misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Price.
Waters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Waters throws the left hand but Price avoids the punch easily.
Waters looks to land a body kick but Price moved away.
Waters ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Waters takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Waters throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Waters lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Price throws a body shot but no joy.
Price uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Waters has time to react.
Waters throws a shot to the body.
Price scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Waters doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters misses with a wild body shot.
Dan Price is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Waters looks to throw a body kick
and Price counters with a nice leg kick.
Waters throws out a loose jab but Price uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Price throws an overhand right that lands on Waters's shoulder, as Waters tries to avoid the shot.
Waters throws a leg kick which misses Price's front leg but catches the back leg as Price tries to avoid it.
Waters walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Price checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Price misses with a low kick.
Price throws a right and a left that both miss.
Price throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Price does no damage.
Waters scoring well with a low kick there.
Waters ducks right into an uppercut from Price.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Waters. That did some damage!
Nice shot lands for Price.
A shot to the body from Waters misses
and Price counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab from Waters.
Waters fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Price avoids it really well and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Price.
Waters moves forwards but Price connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Waters is rocked!
Waters looks to throw the jab but Price is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Price sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Price displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Waters throws out the jab.

Price lands a big head kick that sends Waters tumbling to the mat! Price takes a step backwards and waves Waters back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Waters is still on wobbly legs! Can Price finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Price fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Waters manages to avoid it.
Good work by Price as he checks the leg kick.
Price buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Price cracks Waters with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Price ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Waters 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 Price has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Price and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A chopping leg kick lands by Waters.
A bone on bone clash there as Waters blocks the leg kick.
Waters misses the jab.
Price is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Price slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Price dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Waters shoots in and gets a takedown into Price's guard.
Waters seems to have recovered his senses.
Waters with a flurry of punches that miss.
Waters throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Waters stopping the sweep attempt from Price.
Waters working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waters scoring with punches to the head and body.
Price looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Price avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waters is looking to work some ground and pound but Price has wrist control.
Price is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Waters can do to turn this around?
Price controls Waters momentarily but Waters frees himself.
Price preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price throws a hook but Waters avoids it easily.
Waters throws a body punch but Price moves out of range.
Waters lands a nice shot to the body.
Dan Price is winning the standup battle so far.
Price is looking to slow Waters down with leg kicks.
Waters attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Price is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Waters lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Waters on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Price takes one on the button.
Waters thows a leg kick but Price checks it
letting Price counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Waters.
Price ducks under a wild hook from Waters.
Price throws a shot from downtown. Waters moves away and avoids it.
Good exchange - Price coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waters fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Price is out of range.
Waters attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Waters on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Price. Price obviously looking to wear him down.
Waters does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Waters throws a front kick aimed at Price's knee but Price avoids it well.
Price scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters throws a leg kick
and Price counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Price uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waters.
Waters's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Waters misses with a low kick.
Price swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Price misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Waters.
Price throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Price pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Waters tried to score with a low kick but Price checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Waters. Price does a little dance to reset his feet.

Waters shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Waters thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Price's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters is thwarting Price's attempts to control the position.
Waters is just content to waste time from the top position. Price takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Price looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Price is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Price bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Waters's guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dan Price will probably get the nod.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Waters connects with the punch.
Waters throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Price throws a sloppy head kick
and Waters counters with a two punch combo.
Price works Waters's body with a nice hook.
Waters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Price sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Price avoids the body shot from Waters.
Waters misses with a body kick.
Price throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price misses with a looping left.
Waters misses the body punch
and Price counters with a nice uppercut.
Price misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters throws a nice inside leg kick.
Waters thuds a left hand into Price's body.
Waters takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A good leg kick by Waters.
Waters missing with a left hand there. Price was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Waters looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Waters wants to control but Price is keeping him busy.
Price wants to improve his position but Waters is controlling well.
Price regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Waters.
Lemy Waters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Price works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Waters postures up in Price's guard and throws a big left but Price blocks it.
Price pulls Waters in close to his closed guard and prevents Waters from doing any damage or advancing position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Waters looking to sit in guard and control but Price gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Price wants to control from the top but Waters keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Waters looking for a guillotine here but Price defends easily.

Waters working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Price doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Waters is tightening it up a little... Price has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Price reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Price taps out! Nice BJJ there by Waters!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Lemy Waters!
Lemy Waters decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.