PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hervoton Appi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hervoton Appi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Daniel Judah's chin.

Appi
vs
Judah

184 cm
33
200 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

188 cm
27
195 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hervoton Appi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Judah!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judah just misses with a punch to the body.

Judah gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Judah prevents a body shot from Appi.
Judah misses with a knee strike.
Judah misses with the head strike.
Appi cracks Judah with a nice body shot.
Judah lands a knee to the head.
Appi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Appi misses with some punches.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Appi is blocking nicely.
Appi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Appi blocks an elbow strike from Judah.
I was talking to Appi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Judah tries a knee to the head but Appi blocks it.
Judah lands with a left to the head.
Appi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Appi misses with a knee to the head.
Appi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judah.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah misses with some punches.
Judah creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Appi misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah swings wildly with an uppercut but Appi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Appi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judah's elbow.
Judah lands with a right to the head.
Appi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Appi misses with some punches.
Judah lands a nice uppercut.
Appi gets through Judah's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Judah lands a damaging elbow.
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Appi swings wildly with an uppercut but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Appi trying to land knees to the body.
Appi blocking some punches.
Appi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Appi misses with a body punch.
Judah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Judah blocking some punches.
Appi with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Judah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Hervoton Appi has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judah.
Judah lands a nice elbow.
Appi lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Judah.
Judah lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Judah tries a knee to the head but Appi blocks it.
Judah lands an elbow inside.
Appi has a couple of punches blocked by Judah.
Judah is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Appi is defending well for now.
Judah blocks a body shot from Appi.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Appi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Judah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Appi's defenses.
Judah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Appi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judah's defenses.

It looks like Daniel Judah has been cut.
Judah blocks a body shot from Appi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice body punch from Judah - that landed with a thud.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Appi is blocking nicely.
Judah struggles to land a body shot inside as Appi controls his hands.
Nice elbow from Judah.
Appi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Appi blocks an elbow strike from Judah.
Appi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Appi misses with the head strike.
Judah utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Judah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Appi's face.
Good body shot from Judah.
Nice body punch from Appi.

Appi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Judah looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A leg kick checked by Judah.
Appi throws the left hand but Judah avoids the punch easily.
Judah flicks out a counter leg kick but Appi steps away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Appi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah throws a head kick but Appi moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Appi misses the target.
Appi misses with a few strikes there.
Judah swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Appi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Judah misses with a low kick as Appi jumps back.
Judah throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Appi misses with a hook.
Judah just misses with a punch to the body.
Appi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Appi throws a head kick that misses
and Judah finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Appi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah.
Appi misses with a right hand
and Judah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Appi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Judah dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Appi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Judah looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Judah walks into a left hand.
Judah scores with a spinning back kick!
Judah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Appi 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.
Judah rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Appi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Appi takes a swing at Judah's ribcage but misses.
Appi scores with a jab.
Appi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Judah.
Nice body kick from Judah.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Appi blocks a head kick by Judah.
Judah scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Judah slips a straight right by Appi.
Appi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Judah.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Appi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Appi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Judah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Appi was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
Some wild striking there from Appi.
Appi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Appi throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
Appi throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
Judah needs to keep his hands up - Appi had a free shot at his head there.
Judah fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Appi is out of range.
Judah lands a nice shot to the body.
Appi avoids the head kick by Judah.
Danga de danga de dang - Appi scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws a body kick that misses.
Appi misses with a low kick.
Hervoton Appi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Appi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hervoton Appi is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Judah lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A head kick misses from Judah.
Appi scores with a head kick. Judah tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Appi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Judah throws a jab when Appi was well out of range.
Appi checks a low kick from Judah.
Judah is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Appi.
Judah misses with a low kick.
Judah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Appi connects with a looping right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Judah moves into the clinch successfully.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Appi blocks it with crossed arms.
Judah with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Appi misses with some punches.
Judah throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Appi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Appi lands an uppercut.
Appi looking to stall.
Judah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Appi's elbow.
Judah scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Appi.
Daniel Judah seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Judah scores a nice knee to the body.
Judah landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Appi avoiding damage.
Judah scores with a shot to the side of Appi's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Appi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Appi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Judah.
Appi blocks the elbow strike.
Judah prevents a body shot from Appi.
A shot in the inside from Appi.
Judah scores a nice knee to the body.
Appi lands an uppercut.
Appi is trying to stall.
Judah tries to land knees in the clinch but Appi avoids the damage to the body.
Judah tries to land knees in the clinch but Appi avoids the damage to the body.
Appi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Appi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Appi blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, Appi scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hervoton Appi will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Judah buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Appi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Judah takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Appi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Appi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Appi has managed to clinch.
Judah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Appi's defenses.
Appi misses with a punch to the body.
Judah tries to land knees in the clinch but Appi avoids the damage to the body.
Judah misses with a knee strike.
Judah lands an elbow inside that Appi shrugs off.
Judah misses with a knee to the head.
Judah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Appi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Judah tries a knee to the head but Appi blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah throws an elbow but it misses.
Judah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Appi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
A short left from Appi.

Appi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Appi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Judahs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Judah closes the distance and clinches.
Appi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Judah blocks it with crossed arms.
Appi lands a nice elbow.
Judah using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Appi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Judah.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Appi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Judah.
A left hand lands to the body for Appi.
Appi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Appi on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Appi blocking some punches.
A short left from Appi.
Appi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Appi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Judah tries to throw a body punch but Appi avoids it by throwing Judah back against the cage.
Judah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Appi's elbow.
Appi lands a body shot.
Appi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Appi dodges an elbow strike from Judah.
Judah gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Appi tries to work over Judah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judah tries to land knees in the clinch but Appi avoids the damage to the body.
Judah throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Appi fails to land.
Judah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Judah throws an elbow but it misses.
Appi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Judah misses with a knee to the head.
Appi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Judahs head.
A head punch on the inside from Judah fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Judah.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judah.
Judah blocks an uppercut.
Judah misses with a knee strike.
Appi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judah swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Appi manages to break the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Appi.
Appi misses with a double jab
and Judah counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Judah.
A clash of legs there as Appi blocks the low kick.
A low kick from Judah misses
and Appi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Appi scores with a nice right hand.
Judah throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Appi counters with a nice body kick.
Hervoton Appi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Appi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Judah under the eye.
Judah slips under a jab.
Appi misses with a hook
and Judah counters with a straight right hand.
Appi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Appi throws a shot to the body.
Judah thows a leg kick but Appi checks it
and Appi counters with a stiff right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hervoton Appi.
I think Appi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 as a draw!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Daniel Judah!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight as a draw!

The fight ends as a draw!