PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Red Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Butler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fox comes to the cage accompanied by Sanford and Son. Butler comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fuck You kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fox
vs
Butler

150 cm
23
140 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
145 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Red Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Butler!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Butler in his tracks.
Nice body punch from Butler.
Fox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fox tries to work over Butler's front leg with a kick but Butler checks it.
Fox moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Butler misses.
Butler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fox throws an off balance right hand
and Butler makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Butler throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fox counters with a nice low kick that buckles Butler's knee momentarily.
The crowd cheers as Butler lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fox doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Butler misses with a wild combination.
Butler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fox looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox motions for Butler to come forward. Fox throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fox scores with a nice right hand.
Fox jabs Butler to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fox tries to land a leg kick but Butler saw it coming and moves away.
Fox tries to bum rush Butler with a series of wild strikes but Butler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Butler misses with a body shot.
Fox throws a combination. Butler tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A looping hook to the body misses from Butler. Fox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Butler misses with a right hand
and Fox counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Butler works over Fox's head and body with a nice combination.
Fox throws a quick inside leg kick.
Butler misses with a lunging right hand
and Fox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Butler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butler on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Butler scores with a jab to the body.
Paul Butler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fox moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Butler rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fox counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fox throws a wild body kick that Butler sees coming a mile off.
Butler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Butler is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Butler misses with a looping left.
Butler digs a good body shot into Fox's ribs.
Fox is looking to wear down Butler with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fox walks into a jab.

Fox rushes Butler and presses him up against the cage.
Butler is pressed up against the cage. Fox has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Butler down to the mat. Butler avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fox.
Butler throws a lazy uppercut
letting Fox counter with a right hand.
Fox thows a body shot but no joy.
Fox moves out of range as Butler strikes.
Fox slips a jab and a cross from Butler.
Butler takes a swing at Fox's ribcage but misses.
Butler throws an off balance right hand
and Fox counters with a good low kick that Butler was not able to check.
Butler misses with a double jab.
Fox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Butler throws a poor cross that misses
and Fox counters with an outside leg kick.
Butler lands a lovely overhand right.
Fox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butler connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fox momentarily.
Butler misses with a right hand
and Fox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fox misses with a right hand
and Butler counters with a nice body shot.
Fox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Butler drops his hands momentarily and Fox takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice cross by Butler.
Fox gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Butler.
Fox connects with a single shot there.
Butler looks to throw the jab but Fox is out of range.
Butler misses with a two punch combination.
Fox blocks a jab.
Fox misses with a low kick.
Butler rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Fox dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Butler misses with a hook. Fox ducked under it nicely.
Butler misses with an uppercut.
Butler misses with a looping right.
Fox wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fox lands a leg kick that knocks Butler off balance momentarily.
Butler looks to throw the jab but Fox is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fox looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fox throws an overhand right that lands on Butler's shoulder, as Butler tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fox manages to avoid it.
Butler throws a lazy uppercut
and Fox counters with a slapping leg kick.
Butler just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Butler misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Butler throws a right hand that misses
and Fox counters with a thumping low kick.
Butler checks a low kick from Fox.
Fox scores with a leg kick.
Butler misses with a right hand
and Fox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Butler misses with the combination.
Fox tries to land a leg kick but Butler saw it coming and moves away.
Fox throws a looping overhand right but Butler ducks down to avoid it.
Butler connects with the punch.
Butler lands with an overhand left.
Butler darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Fox drives through and clinches with Butler against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fox.
Fox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Butler's efforts to push away.
Butler just leaning against Fox, taking a breather.
Fox digs a right hand into Butler's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Butler's gas tank.
Fox can't find room to land a body shot as Butler controls the action.
Fox working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Fox.
Fox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fox.
A short body shot lands from Fox as the two fighters clinch.
Fox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Butler wants to get back to striking at distance but Fox won't allow it.
Fox misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Fox.
Butler prevents a body shot from Fox.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Fox.
Fox misses with some punches.
Fox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Butler's elbow.
Fox digs a right hand underneath Butler's ribcage. Butler let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Butler.
Fox is working Butler over against the cage.
Fox lands a shot to the body.
Butler is breathing heavily.
Butler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Butler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Fox.
Butler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fox lands a nice shot to the body.
Fox cracks Butler with a nice body shot.
Butler prevents a body shot from Fox.
Still in the clinch, Fox scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fox.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox pushes Butler back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short body shot lands from Fox as the two fighters clinch.
Fox misses with a punch on the inside.
Butler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fox misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Fox.
Fox lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fox lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Fox.
Fox lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fox lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Fox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fox misses with the head strike.
A short left from Fox.
Fox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Fox dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Butler misses with a left hand
and Fox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Butler is rocked!
Butler misses with a left hand
and Fox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Butler is still on wobbly legs! Can Fox finish him?
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fox, right into the meat.
Butler walks into a jab.
Fox clobbers Butler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Butler misses with a hook
and Fox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Butler takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Butler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fox manages to avoid it.
Butler wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fox moves away from the strike by Butler.
Butler throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Butler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fox throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Butler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Butler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Butler misses with a hook
and Butler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Butler misses with a double jab

and Fox holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fox is working Butler over against the cage.
Butler seems to have recovered his senses.
Fox pushes Butler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Butler blocks a body shot from Fox.
A hook to the body from Fox.
Fox misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fox cracks Butler with a nice body shot.
Fox works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fox is working Butler over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fox.
Fox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fox.
Fox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fox lands a big right hand that drops Butler! The killer instinct kicks in and Fox finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Fox!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Red Fox!