PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Douche Canoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junkyard Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douche Canoe has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Canoe
vs
Dog

197 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Anarchy Clothing

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Douche Canoe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junkyard Dog!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canoe will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Canoe closes the distance and clinches up with Dog, looking for a takedown. Canoe pushes Dog against the cage but Dog circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Douche Canoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Canoe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dog 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.
Dog looks to land a left hand but Canoe moved out of range nicely.
Canoe fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Douche Canoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Dog closes the distance and clinches.
Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Canoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Canoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Canoe swings wildly with an uppercut but Dog uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dog has Canoe pressed against the cage, preventing Canoe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Canoe is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dog is defending well.
Canoe working aggressively here.
Dog lands a left hand.
Dog tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dog scores with an uppercut up the middle.

It looks like Douche Canoe has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canoe can't find room to land a body shot as Dog controls the action.
Dog stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dog tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Canoe has had enough of the clinch but Dog keeps him there for the moment.
Canoe has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dog after a bit of a struggle.
Dog lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Dog.
Dog working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dog pushes Canoe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dog.
Dog lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Canoe backwards.

Canoe is rocked!
Canoe is trying to break free.
Dog throws a punch but it's blocked by Canoe.
Canoe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dog prevents a body shot from Canoe.
Dog lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dog misses with a punch on the inside.
Dog lands a left hand that snaps the head of Canoe backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dog lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dog digs a right hand into Canoe's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Canoe's gas tank.
Canoe is breathing heavily.
Dog throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Dog scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dog lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dog lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Canoe.
Dog lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dog.
A short uppercut from Dog.
Oh Canoe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Canoe.
Canoe seems to have got his legs back now.
A short uppercut from Dog.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dog.
Dog lands a shoulder strike.
Dog lands with a right to the head.
Dog lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dog is leaning against Canoe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dog lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dog.
Dog lands a shoulder strike.
Dog dips a shoulder and cracks Canoe with a mighty uppercut! Canoe falls back against the cage and Dog unloads with a barrage of strikes! Canoe is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Dog screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junkyard Dog!
Junkyard Dog is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Junkyard Dog thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.