PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Paddock (ranked 7872 p4p, 0 weight class) and Didier Misalooba (ranked 7126 p4p, 0 weight class). Misalooba has chosen Beyond the Black as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Paddock
vs
Misalooba

191 cm
25
194 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Paddock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Didier Misalooba!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paddock takes one on the button.
Paddock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Misalooba.
Paddock lands with a good body shot.
Paddock definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Paddock throws a right hand that misses
and Misalooba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Misalooba throws a good cross that connects.
Paddock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Misalooba swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Paddock darts in and clinches Misalooba up against the cage.
Misalooba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Paddock.
Paddock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Misalooba on the inside.
Paddock can't find room to land a body shot as Misalooba controls the action.
Paddock misses with some punches.
Paddock prevents Misalooba from breaking the clinch.
Paddock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Misalooba is trying to break the clinch but Paddock has him pressed against the cage.
Paddock misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misalooba blocks an uppercut.
Misalooba tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Paddock just stands there and leans against the cage.

Misalooba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Misalooba takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Misalooba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Paddock lands a jab to the nose.

Paddock moves into the clinch.
Misalooba is looking to break free of the clinch but Paddock has double underhooks.
Paddock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paddock misses with the head strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Misalooba takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Paddock misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Paddock as Misalooba tries to tie him up.
Paddock misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Misalooba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circle momentarily. Paddock darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Misalooba misses with an uppercut. Paddock saw that one coming.
Paddock swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Misalooba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Paddock swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Paddock has closed the distance and engaged Misalooba in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Misalooba breaks from the clinch.
Misalooba closes the distance but Paddock moves to the side
and Paddock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Misalooba takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Misalooba!
Paddock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Misalooba takes the fight into the clinch.
The referee calls for Misalooba to work.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misalooba.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misalooba is trying to force a seperation but Paddock has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misalooba.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misalooba.

Misalooba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paddock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Misalooba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Misalooba looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Misalooba pushes Paddock up against the cage in a clinch.
Misalooba jumps guard but Paddock turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paddock.
Misalooba lands a body shot.
Paddock is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Misalooba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paddock throws a punch but it's blocked by Misalooba.
Paddock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Misalooba looking to slow down the pace here.
Paddock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misalooba.
Paddock has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Misalooba is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Paddock throws a head punch that misses.
Paddock swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Misalooba breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paddock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Misalooba let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Paddock scores with a nice right hand.

Misalooba forces Paddock back against the cage and clinches.
Paddock misses with a punch on the inside.
Paddock throws a punch but it's blocked by Misalooba.
The referee is keeping an eye on Misalooba - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Misalooba blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Steve Paddock will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Misalooba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paddock.
Misalooba tests Paddock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Paddock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paddock connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Misalooba momentarily.
A jab from Paddock misses.
Paddock misses the jab.
Paddock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Didier Misalooba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Misalooba throws a jab but it's blocked by Paddock.
Paddock looks to land a left hand but Misalooba moved out of range nicely.
Misalooba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paddock.
Misalooba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paddock lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Paddock closes the distance looking to clinch
and Misalooba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Misalooba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misalooba connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Misalooba lands a big right hand that sends Paddock crashing to the mat! Misalooba stays standing though and waves Paddock back to his feet!

Paddock is rocked!
Misalooba fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Paddock square on the jaw! Damn, Paddock is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Didier Misalooba!
Didier Misalooba thanked the fans post fight for their support.