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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bob The Man (ranked 2440 p4p, 218 weight class) and Dan May (ranked 1804 p4p, 174 weight class). Bob The Man could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dan May's chin.
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155 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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186 cm
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150 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob The Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan May!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and May counters with a nice uppercut.
May uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Man.
A nice side step and May releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
May 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.
The Man will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from The Man does no damage.
A nice side step and May releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The Man throws out a powerful jab.
An inside leg kick from The Man misses.
May is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and May counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Man shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches May napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Man is looking to take a break and control but May is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The Man passes to full mount! That's big trouble for May!
That's one minute gone in the round.
May is bucking up trying to escape but The Man cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The Man postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. May looks a forlorn figure.
The Man working May over with strikes here.
The Man has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Man lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Man is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but May is surviving well by controlling The Man's body position as best he can.
May is in a horrible position here. The Man smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The Man lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice elbow there by The Man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
May in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
May is rocked!
May somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
May is still on wobbly legs! Can The Man finish him?
The Man rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but May moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
May let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The Man tests May's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Man has May up against the cage in a clinch.
The Man has dropped down and is working for a takedown. May is trying to keep an underhook but The Man manages to get the takedown into half guard.
May is refusing to be controlled, as The Man sits in half guard.
May seems to have recovered his senses.
The Man is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The Man not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Man seems to be looking for submissions.
The Man trying to control the pace.
The Man throwing shots but May is blocking nicely.
The Man throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The Man thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
May really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Man. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Man wants to take a breather but May is having none of it.
May taking some punishment here, with The Man in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Man trying to control from half guard but May is working away.
The Man thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
May keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The Man is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The Man content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The Man looks to land a strike but May avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob The Man dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
The Man throws a leg kick
and May counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Man thinking.
The Man throws a body shot but no joy.
The Man fakes high and swings low for a body shot but May manages to avoid it.
The Man tried to score with a low kick but May checks it.
May now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The Man swings and misses with a shot to the body
and May counters with a right hand to the body.
May keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Man.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Man. That's going to slow May down.
The Man throws a sloppy body shot
and The Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Man feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to May's calf.
A left lands for The Man.
The Man takes the fight into the clinch.
The Man is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that May can do to turn this around?
The Man struggles to land a body shot inside as May controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
May connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Man's face.
May pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
I was talking to The Man's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The Man taking a breather.
May misses with an elbow strike.
The Man scores with a shot to the side of May's head.
With the fighters up against the cage, May throws an elbow but misses.
May lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Man backwards.
May throws a knee to the head but misses.
May using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Man has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short uppercut from The Man.
With the fighters up against the cage, May throws an elbow but misses.
The Man drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, May just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Man's brow.
May gets through The Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Man lands a shot to the body.
The Man tries a body shot but May blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Man scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body punch from The Man.
A short uppercut from The Man.
Bob The Man has scored more points in the clinch so far.
May missing with knees to the body.
The Man turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and The Man manages to end up in side control.
The Man landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
May takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
May takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The Man working the ground and pound but May is defending the strikes.
The Man connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused May some visible discomfort.
The Man wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by May, who protects the arm well.
The Man in side control, throwing shots but May defends.
Bob The Man overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Man tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The Man in side control, throwing shots but May defends.
The Man landing strikes.
The Man advances to full mount.
BOOM! The Man connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Man scoring with strikes but May is staying in there.
BOOM! The Man connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The Man is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Man lands a big shot to the head and May winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Bob The Man!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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