PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rex Butt (ranked 998 p4p, 158 weight class) and Young Lad (ranked 1272 p4p, 200 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Young Lad was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Butt
vs
Lad

190 cm
27
210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

175 cm
19
220 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

ZZ POPS

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rex Butt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Young Lad!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Butt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Butt misses.
Lad looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Butt slips under a jab.
Butt moves out of range as Lad strikes.
Butt missing with a left hand there. Lad was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Butt scores with a punch to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lad misses with an uppercut. Butt saw that one coming.
Butt throws out a loose jab but Lad uses good head movement to avoid it.

Lad clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lad.
Lad prevents a body shot from Butt.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Butt.
Lad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Butt lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lad backwards.
A short uppercut from Butt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Butt.
Lad misses with a punch on the inside.
Butt can't find room to land a body shot as Lad controls the action.
Lad takes a shot to the head.
Butt throws a head punch that misses.
Butt throws a punch but it's blocked by Lad.
A head punch on the inside from Butt fails to land.
Butt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lad lands with a light punch inside.
Lad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lad prevents a body shot from Butt.
Lad digs a right hand into Butt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Butt's gas tank.
Lad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Butt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Butt can't find room to land a body shot as Lad controls the action.
Lad misses with a body punch.
Butt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Butt misses with a punch on the inside.
Butt misses with some punches.
Butt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lad blocks an uppercut.
Butt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lad works on Butt's body with a couple of short punches.
Butt misses with a punch on the inside.
Lad misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butt misses with some punches.
Butt misses with a punch on the inside.
Butt working aggressively here.
Butt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Butt lands with a short shot to the head.
Butt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Butt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Butt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lad gets through Butt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lad throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lad.
Lad lands a left hand.

It looks like Rex Butt has been cut.
Lad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lad works on Butt's body with a couple of short punches.
Butt struggles to land a body shot inside as Lad controls his hands.
Butt misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lad struggles to land a body shot inside as Butt controls his hands.
Butt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Butt.
Butt blocking some punches.
Butt lands a nice shot to the body.
Butt struggles to land a body shot inside as Lad controls his hands.
Butt can't break the clinch.
Lad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lad presses Butt against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Butt definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Butt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Butt misses with a body punch.
Butt can't find room to land a body shot as Lad controls the action.
Nice body punch from Lad.
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 Rex Butt will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rex Butt's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Butt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lad lands with a straight right. Butt didn't see that one coming.

Lad darts in and clinches Butt up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Lad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Butt scores with a shot to the side of Lad's head.
A head punch on the inside from Butt fails to land.
A short uppercut from Butt.
Butt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lad pushes Butt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Butt is rocked!
Butt blocking some punches.
Oh Butt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short left from Butt.
Butt misses with the head strike.
Lad scores with a shot to the side of Butt's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lad presses Butt against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Butt fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lad gets through Butt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lad pushes Butt against the cage. Lad is working some dirty boxing. Lad pushes off with a quick right hook! Butt goes down! Butt tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Lad moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Young Lad!
Young Lad decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.