PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ava Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Rokicki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noel comes to the cage accompanied by A Moment. Rokicki is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Survivor - Eye of the Tiger. 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.

Noel
vs
Rokicki

188 cm
36
199 lbs
23 - 20 - 0

183 cm
26
196 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ava Noel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Piotr Rokicki!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noel looks to land a combination. Rokicki sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Piotr Rokicki has been cut.
Rokicki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Noel takes a swing at Rokicki's ribcage but misses.
Noel walks into a jab.
Noel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Noel misses with a double jab.
Noel goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Noel stuns Rokicki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Noel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Noel keeps the fight on the outside.
Noel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A swing and a miss from Noel.
Rokicki scores with a nice head shot.
Rokicki has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rokicki steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Noel. That one must have hurt.
Rokicki wants to land a leg kick but Noel is out of range.
Rokicki's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Noel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rokicki scrambles back to his feet.
Noel with a nice cross.

Rokicki is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Noel moves into the clinch successfully.
Rokicki is still on wobbly legs! Can Noel finish him?
Rokicki misses with the head strike.
Rokicki seems to have recovered his senses.

Noel breaks from the clinch.
Noel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rokicki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rokicki. That's going to slow Noel down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noel. Rokicki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Noel listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That has opened up Piotr Rokicki's cut even more.
Noel throws a lazy right hand but Rokicki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rokicki slips a straight right by Noel.
Rokicki throws a jab when Noel was well out of range.
A combination from Rokicki does no damage.
Ava Noel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Noel throws a nice looking combination but Rokicki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Noel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rokicki throws a right hand that misses
and Noel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noel tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Noel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rokicki staying out of range there.
Noel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rokicki tries a quick counter leg kick but Noel is wise to it.
A right-left combo lands from Noel.

Rokicki gets tackled into the cage by Noel. Noel maintains the clinch.

Noel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Noel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rokicki moves away.
Noel throws a series of punches but Rokicki moves out of range.
Rokicki misses with a straight right.
Rokicki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Noel swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Rokicki misses.
Noel throws a hook to the side of Rokicki's head but Rokicki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Rokicki clinches with his opponent.

Noel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Noel scores with a nice right hand.
Noel swings for the body but Rokicki moves out of range.
Noel swings widly with a right hand
letting Rokicki counter with a right hand.
Jab from Rokicki.
Nice defenses there by Rokicki.
Noel throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rokicki counters with a good low kick that Noel was not able to check.
Noel misses with a right hand
and Rokicki counters with a straight right hand.
Noel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rokicki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Noel misses with a jab to the body
enabling Rokicki to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Noel scores with a decent looking hook.
Noel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

The cut above Piotr Rokicki's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Some wild striking there from Rokicki.
Noel is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rokicki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Noel misses with a straight left.
Rokicki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Noel.
Noel scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rokicki tries to clinch there but Noel circles away.
Noel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rokicki manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ava Noel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Piotr Rokicki's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Good work by Noel as he checks the leg kick.
Noel misses with a body shot.
Noel misses with a combination
enabling Rokicki to counter with a crisp jab.
Ava Noel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rokicki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Noel to score with a decent uppercut.
An inside leg kick lands from Rokicki.
Noel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Noel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rokicki manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rokicki dodges the punch combination from Noel.
Noel looks to score with a jab to the body but Rokicki is just out of range.
Rokicki lands with a cross.
Noel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Noel clinches with his opponent.

Rokicki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Noel slips a straight right by Rokicki.
Rokicki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Noel slips a straight right by Rokicki.
Noel tries to clinch up.
Rokicki tries a quick counter leg kick but Noel is wise to it.
Noel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rokicki! But no joy.
Noel lands the left hand.
Noel scores with a shot to the body.
Noel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Noel instigates a clinch.
Noel can't break the clinch.
Noel lands a nice uppercut.
Rokicki lands an elbow inside that Noel shrugs off.

It looks like Ava Noel has been cut.
Noel wants to get back to striking at distance but Rokicki won't allow it.

Noel breaks the clinch.
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!
Noel lands a jab to Rokicki's midsection.
Noel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Noel closes the distance and clinches.
Noel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Noel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Noel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Noel misses with a looping right.
Noel throws the kick towards the body but Rokicki avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Noel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel lands with a nice combination. Rokicki backs away looking to recover.
Noel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Noel throws a jab when Rokicki was well out of range.
Noel throws a right and a left that Rokicki avoids nicely.

Noel has Rokicki up against the cage in a clinch.
Rokicki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Noel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Noel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rokicki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rokicki lands a jab to the head.
Noel throws a head kick but Rokicki moves out of range.

Rokicki lands a left and a right that send Noel crashing to the mat, dazed. Rokicki thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
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!
Noel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Noel is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rokicki counters with a big right hand! Oh Noel is in trouble here! Rokicki follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piotr Rokicki! Piotr Rokicki retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Piotr Rokicki thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.