PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shitty Bill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goodnight Irene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bill
vs
Irene

225 cm
39
300 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

187 cm
30
283 lbs
36 - 16 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shitty Bill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Goodnight Irene!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bill jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

It looks like Goodnight Irene has been cut.
Irene throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bill lands an overhand right.
Bill fails to land with a series of punches.
Bill fails to land with a series of punches.
Bill connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bill throws a hook but Irene avoids it easily.
As Bill backs off Irene throws a huge counter combo but Bill manages to avoid it all.
Bill will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Irene lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bill turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bill scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bill misses with an uppercut

and Irene counters by clinching up.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Irene.
Irene's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That has opened up Goodnight Irene's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irene throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bill.
Bill throws a head punch that misses.
Irene with a knee to the head.

It looks like Shitty Bill has been cut.
I was talking to Bill's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Irene gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bill lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Irene working aggressively here.
Bill working aggressively here.
Bill is trying to break free.
Bill working aggressively here.
Irene misses with a knee to the head.
Bill working hard to break the clinch.
Irene lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bill backwards.
Irene makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bill works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bill throws a punch but it's blocked by Irene.
Irene throws a knee to the head but misses.
Irene blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bill tries to throw a body punch but Irene avoids it by throwing Bill back against the cage.
Irene swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irene throws an elbow that misses.
Bill blocking some punches.
Bill throws a knee to the head but misses.

Bill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Irene takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bill connects with a crisp jab.

The cut above Goodnight Irene's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Irene checks a leg kick.

Irene fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bill, pushing him back against the cage.
Bill takes a shot to the head.
Bill blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Irene.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Irene.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Irene.
Bill misses with the head strike.
Bill swings wildly with an uppercut but Irene uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Irene.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Irene.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bill.
Irene throws a punch but it's blocked by Bill.

Bill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bill throws a nice looking combination but Irene bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bill tries to bum rush Irene with a series of wild strikes but Irene uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Irene wants to counter the offense by Bill and move into the clinch position.
Bill throws a left and a right that both miss
and Irene counters with a two punch combo.
A combination from Bill does no damage.
Irene is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bill is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Irene throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bill throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bill misses with an uppercut.
Bill throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Irene unleashes a big counter combination but Bill bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bill misses with a hook. Irene ducked under it nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Irene ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Irene wants to counter the offense by Bill and move into the clinch position.
Bill tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bill looks to land a combination but Irene avoids it well.
Bill is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Irene takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bill swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Irene.
Bill jabs Irene right on the nose. Irene blinks but takes it well.

Goodnight Irene's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Bill throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Irene steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bill.
Irene slips a straight right by Bill.
No joy there for Bill, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Irene tries to counter with a clinch but Bill shakes him off and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shitty Bill dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bill throws a leg kick

and Irene counters by moving into the clinch.
Irene swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bill tries to land a knee to the head but Irene blocks with his arms.
Irene works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Irene tries a body shot but Bill blocks it.
Irene lands a left hand.
Irene content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bill scores with a shot to the side of Irene's head.
Irene misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bill is trying to break the clinch but Irene has him pressed against the cage.
Irene wants to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Irene fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Irene swings wildly with an uppercut but Bill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bill has a couple of punches blocked by Irene.
Irene tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Irene fails to land.
Bill prevents a body shot from Irene.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Bill.
A head punch on the inside from Bill fails to land.
Irene tries to land a knee to the head but Bill blocks with his arms.
Bill working hard to break the clinch.
Bill wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Irene crunches a lovely knee into Bill's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Irene with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bill takes a knee to the side of the body.
Irene lands a shoulder strike.
Irene working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Irene lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Irene creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Irene on the inside.
Irene lands with a light punch inside.

Bill is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irene lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Bill to his knees! Irene keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Goodnight Irene!
Goodnight Irene was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.