PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JT Redman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Redman has chosen Breathe as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Newton
vs
Redman

180 cm
25
197 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

184 cm
27
201 lbs
25 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu
Spartan Nutrition

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Aaron Newton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, JT Redman!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redman moves out of range of the body kick.
Newton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Newton misses with a straight right.
Redman looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Redman throws a shot from downtown. Newton moves away and avoids it.
Newton moves away from the strike by Redman.
Redman walks into a left hand.
Newton with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Newton lands with a hook. Redman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Newton scores with a decent looking hook.
Redman throws a right hand that misses
and Newton counters with a nice uppercut.
Newton works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Newton scores with the left hand. Redman knows he should have avoided that one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Newton.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton throws a poor cross that misses
and Redman counters with a good low kick that Newton was not able to check.
Newton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Newton connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Redman's hands.
Newton misses with an uppercut
and Redman counters with a series of strikes. Newton will be more careful next time no doubt.
Newton slips a straight right by Redman.
Newton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Redman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Newton keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Newton.
Redman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Newton.
Redman throws out a counter right but Newton avoids it with no problem.
Newton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Newton's corner calls for a 1-2. Newton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Redman misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redman scores with a jab to the jaw.
Newton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Newton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Newton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Newton scores with a hook to the body. Redman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Newton misses with a wild body shot.
Newton lands a really nice looking cross but Redman seems unphased.
Newton throws out a loose jab but Redman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Newton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Newton jabs at Redman's body.
Newton throws a hook to the side of Redman's head but Redman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Redman let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Newton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Redman was well out of range. Poor timing from Newton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Newton.
Redman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Newton misses the jab.
Redman is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Jab, jab by Newton - just one landing.
Newton misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Redman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Newton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Redman counters with a low kick, right behind Newton 's knee.
Newton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Redman.
Newton lands with an overhand left.
Newton misses with an uppercut
and Redman counters with a two punch combo.
Newton throws a hook to the side of Redman's head but Redman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Newton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Redman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Redman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Newton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Aaron Newton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Newton lands the left hand.
Redman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Redman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Newton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Redman.
Redman looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Newton jabs Redman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Newton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab from Newton.
Newton throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Redman counters with a crisp one two that drops Newton! Redman thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Newton to his feet! Newton is in big trouble!

Newton is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Newton checks the leg kick nicely there.
Oh Newton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Newton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Newton seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice leg kick lands there from Newton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Newton dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Newton feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Redman's calf.
Newton punishes Redman's body with a nice straight punch.
Newton lands a jab to Redman's midsection.
Newton throws a hook but Redman avoids it easily.
Redman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Newton.
Newton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Redman moves away from the strike by Newton.
Redman takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like JT Redman has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Newton takes a swing at Redman's ribcage but misses.
Newton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Newton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Redman manages to avoid it.
Good work by Newton as he checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redman takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Redman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Newton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Aaron Newton is winning the standup battle so far.
Newton misses with a hook.
Redman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Redman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Newton. Redman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Redman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Redman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Redman blocks a low kick nicely.
Redman lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Redman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Redman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Redman there as he acknowledges the shot.
Newton misses with a hook.
Redman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Redman checks a low kick from Newton.
Newton throws a poor cross that misses
and Redman counters with a nice uppercut.
Newton misses with a low kick as Redman jumps back.
A swing and a miss from Newton.
Redman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Newton misses with a right hand
and Newton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Newton misses with a body shot.
Redman drops his hands momentarily and Newton takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Newton.
Newton's corner calls for a 1-2. Newton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Newton looks to throw the jab but Redman is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Newton. That's going to slow Redman down.
Newton connects with a single shot there.
A good leg kick by Newton.
Newton lands with a hook. Redman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Redman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Redman! But no joy.
Newton misses with a hook to the body
and Redman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Newton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Newton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Newton misses its intended target.
Newton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Newton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Newton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Redman can do to turn this around?
A swing and a miss from Newton.
Redman feints a counter leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Newton. Redman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Redman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Redman moves out of range as Newton strikes.
It seemed like Redman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Redman throws a big shot that misses.
Redman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Newton.
Newton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Redman.
Redman tries to move into range but Newton moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Redman misses with an uppercut. Newton saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Newton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on JT Redman's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Newton looks to land a left hand but Redman moved out of range nicely.
Newton backing away here, and Redman unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Newton loads up on a big right hand but Redman slips the punch.
Newton scoring well with a low kick there.
Newton throws out a loose jab but Redman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Redman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Newton throws out the jab.
Redman throws out a counter right but Newton avoids it with no problem.
Newton throws a lazy uppercut
and Redman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Newton cracks Redman with a good jab.
Redman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Newton throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redman throws a hook but Newton blocks it.
Newton's corner calls for a 1-2. Newton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Newton stuns Redman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Redman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Redman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton lands a nice shot to the body.
Newton lands a jab to Redman's midsection.
Newton connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Redman momentarily.
Newton digs a good hook to Redman's body.
Newton swings for the body but Redman moves out of range.
Newton lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Newton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Redman. That did some damage!
Newton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Redman.
Newton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Redman.
Newton misses with a hook.
Redman takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Redman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Newton misses the jab.
Newton misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Redman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Redman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Redman is rocked!
Newton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Redman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Newton.
Newton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Newton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Redman.
Newton appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Newton misses with a wild body shot.
Newton lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Newton fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Redman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newton blocks a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Redman there.
Newton misses the shot to the body.
Newton throws a body shot but no joy.
Redman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Newton momentarily.
Aaron Newton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Redman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Newton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Newton catches Redman with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Newton scores with the left hand. Redman knows he should have avoided that one.
A big right from Newton misses.
Newton scores with a hook to the body. Redman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Redman misses.
Newton just misses with a punch to the body.
JT Redman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A telegraphed right hand from Newton misses the target.
Newton throws a hook but Redman blocks it.
Redman now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Redman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Newton connects with a body shot that sends Redman's belly button to the back.
Newton tries a head kick but it misses.
Redman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Redman cracks Newton with a right hand to the side of the head.
Newton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Redman.
Redman is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Newton with a body shot.
Newton works Redman's body with a nice hook.
Redman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Redman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Redman there as he acknowledges the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Newton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Newton has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

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