PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Benny Prince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leerose Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prince comes to the cage accompanied by Leaving California. 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.

Prince
vs
Noel

165 cm
19
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

173 cm
23
143 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Benny Prince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leerose Noel!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prince tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Noel rushes Prince and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Prince taking a breather.
Prince is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Noel gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Noel lands a shoulder strike.
Prince jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Noel walks away with a smile on his face. Prince gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Noel closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Prince is breathing heavily.
Noel seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Noel looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Noel keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Noel's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel is pressing down on Prince's thigh, looking to free his foot. Prince is holding on for now.
Noel with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Noel connects with a nice short shot to Prince's temple.
Noel is taking a breather. Prince says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Prince trying to hold on to Noel's head to control him but Noel postures up.
Noel sitting and controlling from the half guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Noel connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Prince to the floor! Noel dives in looking for the finish!

Prince is rocked!

It looks like Benny Prince has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel working Prince over with strikes.

Noel postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Prince to stand up.
Noel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noel will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Prince 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.

Noel moves into the clinch successfully.

Noel is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Prince can't fight it off and eventually Noel manages to take the fight to the floor. Prince looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Noel sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Noel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel is in close to Prince's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Noel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Noel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Noel pushes down on Prince's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Still in half guard, Noel seems content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Noel passes the guard and advances to mount!
Noel controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leerose Noel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benny Prince's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Noel lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Noel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Prince blocks the body kick.
Noel jabs Prince to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Noel pushes Prince up against the cage in a clinch.

Noel breaks from the clinch.
Noel connects with a jab.
Noel takes a swing at Prince's ribcage but misses.

Noel has managed to clinch.
Prince takes an elbow to the temple.
Noel lands a knee to the body.
Noel landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Noel connects with a knee to the head.

Benny Prince's cut is getting worse.
Noel lands an elbow just above Prince 's eye.
Noel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Prince or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel landing knees to the body.
Noel with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Noel as the two fighters clinch.
Noel connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Prince is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Prince drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Noel gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Prince seems to have got his legs back now.
A short right from Noel on the inside.
Noel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Prince backwards.
Noel looking to throw knees to the head but Prince is blocking nicely.
Noel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Prince's face.
Nice elbow from Noel.

Noel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prince misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Leerose Noel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Noel shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Prince as he jumps to the side.
Prince seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel takes a swing at Prince's ribcage but misses.
Noel thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Prince if he has to take too many more of those.
We've been informed that Noel has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Prince has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Prince there as he acknowledges the shot.
Prince gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Noel.

Benny Prince's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Noel lands with a nice body kick.
Noel works Prince's body with a nice hook.
Benny Prince is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Noel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Noel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Noel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Noel explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Noel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel looks to land a body kick but Prince moved away.
Noel takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Noel stuns Prince with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Noel.
Noel lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Prince down.
Prince takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Noel just content to control the position.
A control attempt from Prince but he's now mounted!
Noel with shots to the head and body - Prince looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noel blocks Prince's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Noel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Noel raining down shots from the mount!
Noel lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Noel tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leerose Noel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Benny Prince's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Noel bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Noel controls the position.
Prince takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Noel lands an elbow.
Noel is staying tight to Prince's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Noel working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prince is trying to escape the position but Noel is controlling the position.
Noel working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince being controlled for a moment.
Noel working the head and body with strikes.
Noel is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Prince will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Prince tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Prince being controlled for a moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Noel looks to land a body kick but Prince moved away.
Noel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Prince doesn't seem bothered though.

Noel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Noel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Noel stalls.
Noel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel lands a knee to the head.
A short left from Noel.
Noel lands an elbow that stopped Prince in his tracks for a moment.

Noel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Noel drives through with a takedown into Prince's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Noel is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Noel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Noel is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Noel working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Prince's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince controls Noel momentarily but Noel frees himself.
Noel scoring with some ground and pound.
Noel content to stall in guard here.
Prince wants to stand up but Noel is controlling him.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Noel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leerose Noel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Noel misses with a body shot.
Benny Prince has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good exchange - Noel coming out on top.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leerose Noel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Noel 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 24:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 24:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leerose Noel!
Leerose Noel bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.