PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seamus Farrelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Gage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Farrelly
vs
Gage

185 cm
29
262 lbs
20 - 4 - 0

185 cm
29
251 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Seamus Farrelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Gage!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Gage.
Farrelly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A good leg kick by Gage.
Farrelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gage scores with a kick to the body.
Farrelly takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gage connects with a solid leg kick.
Farrelly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gage jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Farrelly feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gages jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Both fighters circling a little - Gage finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gage turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Farrelly misses with a body kick.
Gage connects with a right hand. Farrelly shakes it off.
Gage lands a nice looking kick to the body. Farrelly takes a step back to recover.
Gage misses with a jab, cross combination.
Farrelly throws a sloppy head kick and Gage moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Farrelly. Gage does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Farrelly misses the target.
Gage lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Farrelly at a distance.
Gage lunges at Farrelly with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Farrelly's hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Farrelly. That snapped Gage's head back.
Gage scores with a decent looking hook.
Farrelly paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A shot to the liver by Gage. Beautiful body shot.
Farrelly is breathing heavily.
Gage tries to bum rush Farrelly with a series of wild strikes but Farrelly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Farrelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gage will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Farrelly throws a leg kick but Gage sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Farrelly ducks right into an uppercut from Gage.
Gage moves in looking to clinch but Farrelly pushes him off.
Farrelly on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gage jabs Farrelly right on the nose. Farrelly blinks but takes it well.
Gage fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Farrelly connects with a crisp jab.
Farrelly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Farrelly lands a slapping body shot.
A solid body kick from Gage.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gage.

Gage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gage lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Gage scores with a nice short uppercut.
Farrelly tries a body shot but Gage blocks it.
Farrelly has a couple of punches blocked by Gage.
Farrelly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gage misses with the head strike.
Gage manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gage is trying to break the clinch but Farrelly has him pressed against the cage.
Gage swings wildly with an uppercut but Farrelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farrelly blocking some punches.
Farrelly blocking some punches.
Farrelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Gage uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gage.
Gage tries a body shot but Farrelly blocks it.
Farrelly misses with the head strike.
Gage blocks the elbow strike.
Gage has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Farrelly seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gage can turn it around.
Gage tries a body shot but Farrelly blocks it.
Farrelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gage backwards.
Gage misses with a punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Farrelly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gage's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gage swings wildly with an uppercut but Farrelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farrelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Farrelly fails to land.
Farrelly prevents a body shot from Gage.
Gage throws a head punch that misses.
Farrelly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gage creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Farrelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gage tries to break the clinch but Farrelly is controlling the position.
Gage tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gage working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrelly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gage's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gage tries to throw a body punch but Farrelly avoids it by throwing Gage back against the cage.
Gage lands a nice shot to the body.
Farrelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Gage dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gage lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Farrelly.
Farrelly scores with a nice right hand.
Gage lunges at Farrelly with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Farrelly's hand.
Gage moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Farrelly is rocked!
Gage ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Farrelly out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joe Gage!
Joe Gage spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.