PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Henry Holliday (ranked 1530 p4p, 1646 weight class) and Hao Qiang (ranked 82 p4p, 90 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 Hao Qiang was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Holliday
vs
Qiang

205 cm
25
285
8 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
275
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Stoner's Killer Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Henry Holliday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hao Qiang!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Qiang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holliday.
Holliday throwing a counter right hand but Qiang manages to avoid it.
Qiang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Holliday counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Hao Qiang has been cut.
Qiang slips a jab from Holliday.
Holliday has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Italian Job in the buildup to the fight.
Qiang lands a nice shot to the body.
Holliday is looking to clinch.
Qiang throws out a counter right but Holliday avoids it with no problem.
A lazy body kick from Qiang
and Holliday counters with a nice low kick that buckles Qiang's knee momentarily.
Qiang takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Qiang clobbers Holliday with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Qiang's corner calls for a 1-2. Qiang obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Qiang connects with a good right hand that stumbles Holliday. Holliday circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Holliday closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Qiang throws the left hand but Holliday avoids the punch easily.
Holliday is looking to counter punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday blocks a low kick nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Holliday misses the target.
Holliday ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Qiang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holliday was well out of range. Poor timing from Qiang.
A chopping leg kick lands by Qiang.
Qiang thows a leg kick but Holliday checks it
and Holliday counters with a stiff right hand.

Qiang moves into range and clinches up with Holliday.
Holliday misses with a punch on the inside.
Holliday blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Qiang scores with a nice short uppercut.
Holliday working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Qiang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holliday working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Holliday blocks an uppercut.
Qiang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Qiang blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Holliday.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Qiang lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Holliday.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holliday.
Holliday's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Qiang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Qiang lands a hook that snaps the head of Holliday backwards.
Holliday has a couple of punches blocked by Qiang.
Holliday misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Holliday blocking some punches.
Qiang working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Holliday.
Holliday working aggressively here.
Qiang throws a punch but it's blocked by Holliday.
Qiang scores with a shoulder strike.
Qiang misses with a punch on the inside.
Holliday lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holliday blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holliday.
Holliday lands a body punch in the clinch.
Qiang misses with a punch to the body.
Holliday working aggressively here.
Holliday misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holliday pushes Qiang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Qiang throws a punch but it's blocked by Holliday.
Qiang misses with a body punch.
Holliday swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Qiang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holliday tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Qiang working aggressively here.
Holliday softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Qiang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Qiang misses with a punch on the inside.
Qiang makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Qiang has a couple of punches blocked by Holliday.
Holliday lands with a right to the head.
Qiang misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Holliday.
Qiang lands a hook that snaps the head of Holliday backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Qiang scores with a nice short uppercut.
Qiang digs a right hand into Holliday's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Holliday's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holliday.
Qiang throws a punch but it's blocked by Holliday.
Holliday swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Holliday as the two fighters clinch.
Qiang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Qiang can't find room to land a body shot as Holliday controls the action.
Holliday blocks an uppercut.
Holliday lands an uppercut.

That has opened up Hao Qiang's cut even more.
Qiang working aggressively here.
Holliday lands a shoulder strike.
Holliday pushes Qiang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Qiang.
Qiang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hollidays head.
Qiang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Holliday backwards.
Qiang misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Qiang.
Qiang scores with a shoulder strike.
Holliday lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Qiang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Holliday misses with a hook from the clinch.
Qiang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Holliday.
Qiang misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hao Qiang will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hao Qiang's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Qiang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hao Qiang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Qiang lands a jab to the nose.
Holliday ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Holliday swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Qiang has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Holliday moves forwards but Qiang connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Qiang misses with a lunging right hand
and Holliday cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Qiang throws a big shot that misses.
Holliday avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Qiang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Qiang misses with an uppercut.
Holliday is looking to counter punch.
Qiang shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A swing and a miss from Qiang.
Qiang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holliday moves away.
Holliday looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Qiang.
Holliday bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holliday is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A punch lands to the side of Holliday 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Qiang throws a wild body kick that Holliday sees coming a mile off.
Qiang misses with a looping left.
Holliday tried to counter with a leg kick but Qiang avoided it.
Holliday ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Qiang moves away.
Qiang misses with a left hand
and Holliday counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

The cut above Hao Qiang's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Holliday shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice body kick from Qiang.
Qiang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holliday manages to avoid it.
Qiang moves out of range as Holliday strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holliday loads up on a big right hand but Qiang slips the punch.
Qiang let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Qiang tries to clinch up but Holliday circles away and keeps his distance.
Holliday is looking to counter punch.
Qiang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Holliday closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Qiang misses with a looping left.
Qiang tries to land a leg kick but Holliday saw it coming and moves away.
Qiang scores with a sloppy right hand. Holliday should have avoided that one.
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!
Qiang misses the jab.
Qiang moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Qiang looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Qiang manages to avoid it.
A big right from Qiang misses.
Holliday swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Qiang ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Qiang lands a leg kick that knocks Holliday off balance momentarily.
A jab from Qiang misses.
A slow jab from Qiang misses its intended target.
Qiang scores with a nice strike.
Qiang slips under a jab.
A big right from Qiang misses.
Holliday throws a lazy uppercut
and Qiang counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Qiang misses with a kick to the body
enabling Holliday to counter with a crisp jab.

Hao Qiang's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hao Qiang's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Henry Holliday!
After the fight, John Henry Holliday was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.