PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hal Noble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Plotz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry Plotz will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Noble
vs
Plotz

217 cm
18
193 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hal Noble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Plotz!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plotz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Plotz tries to clinch but Noble is having none of it.
Noble half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Plotz there.

Noble throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Plotz tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Noble is in Plotz's guard.
Noble is stalling in the full guard.
Noble has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Noble stands and steps away. Plotz gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Plotz has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Plotz looks winded!
Plotz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Noble circles away quickly and effectively.
Noble shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Plotz defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Noble fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Plotz, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noble tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Plotz obliges.
Plotz working Noble over with knees to the body.
Noble leaning against his opponent.
Plotz landing knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Plotz.

It looks like Hal Noble has been cut.
Plotz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Plotz decides to pull guard.
Plotz trying to strike off his back.
Noble will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Plotz is trying to keep Noble in close.
Plotz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Noble stands up and waves to Plotz to follow him.

Noble rushes Plotz and presses him up against the cage.
Noble taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Noble fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hal Noble. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Noble has Plotz pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Plotz manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Plotz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Plotz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Plotz.
Plotz with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plotz prevents the takedown attempt.
Plotz crunches a lovely knee into Noble's ribcage.
Plotz working hard to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Plotz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Noble's brow.
Plotz taking a breather.
Noble tries to pull guard but Plotz holds him up against the cage and eventually Noble drops back down to his feet.
Noble jumps guard but Plotz stands there with Noble around his waist. Noble gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Plotz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Noble in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Plotz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noble.
Noble wants to take the fight to the mat but Plotz manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plotz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Plotz.
Noble jumps guard but Plotz stands there with Noble around his waist. Noble gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Noble has Plotz pushed against the cage.
Plotz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Noble in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Plotz.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Plotz obliges.
Noble just leaning against Plotz, taking a breather.
Plotz is trying to push Noble away but Noble has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Plotz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noble blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Plotz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hal Noble's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Plotz misses with the body kick

and Noble counters with a single leg into guard. Plotz didn't expect that.
Plotz wants to sweep but no luck.
Noble keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Plotz's head.
Noble is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Noble works over Plotz with some ground and pound from guard.
Plotz trying to control the position.
Noble chips away with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Noble's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Noble gets to his feet. Plotz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Noble shoots in looking for a takedown but Plotz manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Noble's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Noble really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Plotz gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Noble to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Noble throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noble stays in close to Plotz's body and controls the position.
Plotz has a closed guard, preventing Noble from standing up.
Noble throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Plotz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Noble working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Noble controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Noble with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Noble looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Plotz!
Noble scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Plotz to see if he's OK.

Noble thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Noble lands a few punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noble controlling the position.

Noble wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Plotz, who protects the arm well.
Noble in side control, throwing shots but Plotz defends.
Noble in side control lands a decent elbow.

Noble wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Plotz, who protects the arm well.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Noble is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Plotz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Plotz is being controlled here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Plotz can't do much from the bottom here.
Noble landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hal Noble dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hal Noble's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Plotz tries to work over Noble's front leg with a kick but Noble checks it.

Noble looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Noble content to control rather than advance.
Noble landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Noble is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noble content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Plotz trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noble content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Noble working over Plotz with some ground and pound. Plotz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Plotz wants to get back to full guard.
Noble perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Plotz is defending against the submission attempts here by Noble.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Noble not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Noble controlling the action here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Plotz tries to clinch but Noble is having none of it.
Noble closes this distance looking for a takedown but Plotz circles away.
Plotz scores with a sloppy right hand. Noble should have avoided that one.
Plotz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Noble as he avoids it easily.
Plotz scores with a nice body kick.
Plotz connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noble takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Noble.
Noble fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hal Noble. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed right hand from Plotz misses the target.
Plotz shoots for a double leg takedown but Noble sprawls well. He's pushed Plotz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Noble has managed to clinch.
Noble is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Plotz to keep the fight standing.
Plotz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Plotz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noble tries to pull guard but Plotz won't allow it.

Noble gets control of Plotz's arms and successfully pulls guard. Noble will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Noble is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Noble controlling Plotz's posture.
Plotz trying to control the position from guard on top but Noble is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Noble kicks Plotz off and gets to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Plotz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Noble moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Noble checks a leg kick.

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 Hal Noble.
I think Noble 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hal Noble!