PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jamal The Prodigy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen O Brian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jamal The Prodigy had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

The Prodigy
vs
O Brian

175 cm
25
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
24
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Machine Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamal The Prodigy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Owen O Brian!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from The Prodigy misses.
Despite the aggression on O Brian's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The Prodigy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Prodigy just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from The Prodigy does it's job there.
The Prodigy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Prodigy sets himself, and O Brian steps forward looking for the clinch! The Prodigy avoids it this time.
O Brian moves away from the strike by The Prodigy.
A little jabbing left from O Brian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The Prodigy misses with a two punch combination.
The Prodigy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The Prodigy swings for the body but O Brian moves out of range.
O Brian staying out of range there.
O Brian ducks under a wild hook from The Prodigy.
A little jabbing left from O Brian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The Prodigy misses with an uppercut. O Brian saw that one coming.
The Prodigy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Brian.
A slow jab from The Prodigy misses its intended target.
The Prodigy takes a swing at O Brian's ribcage but misses.
The Prodigy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and The Prodigy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O Brian on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Prodigy looks to throw the jab but O Brian is out of range.
A little jabbing left from O Brian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
O Brian takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Prodigy misses with a series of wild punches.
The Prodigy misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from The Prodigy misses the target.
O Brian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Prodigy connects with a looping right hand.
A combination from The Prodigy does no damage.
A swing and a miss from The Prodigy.
A telegraphed right hand from The Prodigy misses the target.
The Prodigy cracks O Brian with an open hand slap.
The Prodigy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The Prodigy throws a jab but it's blocked by O Brian.
The Prodigy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
O Brian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Prodigy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Brian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from The Prodigy misses.
The Prodigy cracks O Brian with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jamal The Prodigy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Prodigy misses with a wild body shot.
The Prodigy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Prodigy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Brian.
The Prodigy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps O Brian's head backwards.
The Prodigy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Brian throws a counter combo.
The Prodigy connects with a body shot that sends O Brian's belly button to the back.
O Brian looks winded!
The Prodigy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
O Brian throws a counter combo.
O Brian fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Brian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Prodigy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Brian.
O Brian moves out of range of the strikes.
The Prodigy misses the shot to the body.
The Prodigy misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Prodigy looks to land a combination but O Brian avoids it well.
O Brian feints a counter leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Prodigy!
The Prodigy keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice uppercut lands for The Prodigy. That snapped O Brian's head back.
The Prodigy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Brian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Prodigy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
O Brian connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
O Brian on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Prodigy loads up on a big right hand but O Brian slips the punch.
The Prodigy scores with a hook.
The Prodigy throws a body punch but O Brian moves out of range.
The Prodigy misses with a body shot.
No joy there for The Prodigy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As The Prodigy backs off O Brian throws a huge counter combo but The Prodigy manages to avoid it all.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Prodigy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Prodigy jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brian lands a two punch combo.
O Brian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
O Brian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The Prodigy feints a jab promting O Brian to slip. The Prodigy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. O Brian slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The Prodigy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Oooooh!!! The Prodigy has knocked O Brian down with a huge combo! The Prodigy steps away and waves a wobbly O Brian back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

O Brian is rocked!
O Brian on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Prodigy, as that shot connected.
The Prodigy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Brian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Brian only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A combination from The Prodigy does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Prodigy defending well as O Brian loads up on a big left hand.
O Brian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Prodigy throws out the jab.
O Brian throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal The Prodigy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The Prodigy cracks O Brian with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The Prodigy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Brian.
O Brian throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Prodigy.
A little feinted left hand from The Prodigy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The Prodigy misses with a body punch
and O Brian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Prodigy tries to move into range but O Brian moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sloppy strikes from The Prodigy. Those never looked like landing.
The Prodigy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The Prodigy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that O Brian can do to turn this around?
The Prodigy moves away from the strike by O Brian.
The Prodigy lands with a good body shot.
The Prodigy fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Prodigy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Brian is breathing heavily.
O Brian shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The Prodigy misses with a wild combination.
The Prodigy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Prodigy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Brian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Prodigy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
O Brian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
O Brian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Prodigy connects with a nice looking jab.
Owen O Brian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Prodigy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between O Brian's hands.
No joy there for The Prodigy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from The Prodigy misses the target.
The Prodigy looks to throw the jab but O Brian is out of range.
The Prodigy misses with a wild body shot.
The Prodigy missing with a left hand there. O Brian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Prodigy swinging wildly here.
O Brian throws a counter combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Prodigy throws a series of punches but O Brian avoids them all with ease.
The Prodigy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The Prodigy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Prodigy connects with a crisp jab.
O Brian ducks under a wild hook from The Prodigy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but O Brian might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, The Prodigy has got the better of the exchanges.
The Prodigy fails to land with a series of punches.
O Brian staying out of range there.
The Prodigy throws the left hand but O Brian avoids the punch easily.
The Prodigy 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.
Good shot there by The Prodigy.
A big left from The Prodigy misses.
O Brian looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Brian fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Brian moves away from the strike by The Prodigy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Prodigy drops O Brian with a beautiful combination! O Brian stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - The Prodigy is looking for the KO!
O Brian is still on wobbly legs! Can The Prodigy finish him?
The Prodigy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Prodigy connects with a body shot.
O Brian seems to have recovered his senses.
The Prodigy misses the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from O Brian misses.
The Prodigy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. O Brian doesn't seem bothered though.
O Brian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
O Brian on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Prodigy moves into range and connects with a jab.
O Brian throws an overhand right that lands on The Prodigy's shoulder, as The Prodigy tries to avoid the shot.
The Prodigy missing with a left hand there. O Brian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jamal The Prodigy is winning the standup battle so far.
The Prodigy looks to land a left hand but O Brian moved out of range nicely.
O Brian has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice defenses there by O Brian.
The Prodigy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Brian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Prodigy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from The Prodigy misses the target.
O Brian moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and O Brian releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The Prodigy lands a nice shot that snaps O Brian's head back.
The Prodigy scores with a jab. O Brian acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The Prodigy looks to throw the jab but O Brian is out of range.
O Brian takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The Prodigy scores with a one two! O Brian had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The Prodigy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
O Brian moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Brian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Prodigy throws an off balance right hand
letting O Brian counter with a right hand.
The Prodigy misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal The Prodigy dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

The Prodigy throws a lazy right hand but O Brian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

O Brian has The Prodigy up against the cage in a clinch.
O Brian trying to land knees to the body.
O Brian has The Prodigy pushed against the cage.
O Brian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
O Brian is looking to break free of the clinch but The Prodigy has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Prodigy fails to pull guard.
O Brian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Brian pushes The Prodigy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brian is pressed up against the cage. The Prodigy has hold of a leg and is looking to drag O Brian down to the mat. O Brian avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The Prodigy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Brian misses the shot to the body.
O Brian moves out of range of the strikes.
The Prodigy lands with an uppercut that bounces O Brian off the cage and back into range.
O Brian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Prodigy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Brian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Prodigy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Prodigy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Prodigy misses with an uppercut.
O Brian ducks under a wild hook from The Prodigy.

O Brian instigates a clinch.
O Brian struggles to land a body shot inside as The Prodigy controls his hands.
Jamal The Prodigy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brian has a couple of punches blocked by The Prodigy.
O Brian is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The Prodigy jumps guard but O Brian stands there with The Prodigy around his waist. The Prodigy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamal The Prodigy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O Brian is trying to push The Prodigy away but The Prodigy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Prodigy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. O Brian is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
O Brian throws a punch but it's blocked by The Prodigy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Prodigy avoids it.
O Brian misses with a body punch.
O Brian working hard to break the clinch.
O Brian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Prodigy is defending well for now.
The Prodigy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite O Brian's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, O Brian throws an elbow but misses.
O Brian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Brian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
O Brian trying to land knees to the body.

The Prodigy breaks from the clinch.
The Prodigy connects with a right hand. O Brian shakes it off.
Nice uppercut there from The Prodigy.
The Prodigy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Brian.
The Prodigy moves into range and connects with a jab.
The Prodigy throws a jab but it's blocked by O Brian.
A jab from The Prodigy misses.
As The Prodigy backs off O Brian throws a huge counter combo but The Prodigy manages to avoid it all.
The Prodigy just misses with a punch to the body.
O Brian takes one to the chin there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The Prodigy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but O Brian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice combination there by The Prodigy.
Owen O Brian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Brian gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamal The Prodigy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Prodigy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamal The Prodigy!