PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orlando Florida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orlando Florida is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Joe
vs
Florida

187 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
183 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Joe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Orlando Florida!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Florida lands a head kick. Joe smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Florida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joe.
Joe connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Florida's hands.
Joe throws a hook to the side of Florida's head but Florida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Florida takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Joe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Florida jabs Joe right on the nose. Joe blinks but takes it well.
Joe tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Florida counters with a nice low kick that buckles Joe's knee momentarily.
Joe connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Orlando Florida has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joe tries to clinch
and Florida counters with a thumping low kick.
A big left from Joe misses.
Florida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Florida moves away from the strike by Joe.
Florida takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Joe connects with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Florida, right into the meat.
Joe is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Joe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Joe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Florida.
Florida walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Joe tries to clinch but Florida is having none of it.
Joe throws a poor cross that misses
and Florida counters with a head kick.
Joe lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Joe lands a left and a right that send Florida crashing to the mat, dazed. Joe thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Florida is rocked!
Florida should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Florida moves out of range as Joe strikes.
Florida is still on wobbly legs! Can Joe finish him?
Florida doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Florida seems to have recovered his senses.
Florida looks gassed!
The fight stays on the outside here - Joe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joe scores with a jab. Florida acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That has opened up Orlando Florida's cut even more.
Joe takes a swing at Florida's ribcage but misses.
Joe takes a swing at Florida's ribcage but misses.
Joe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Florida takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Florida misses with a head kick.
Joe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joe misses with a lunging right hand
and Florida finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Joe is looking to clinch but Florida is avoiding it.
Joe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Florida swats him away and circles back towards the center.
John Joe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joe misses with a series of wild punches.
Joe wants to clinch
and Florida counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Joe is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe throws a jab when Florida was well out of range.
Joe throws a body punch but Florida moves out of range.
Joe throws a right hand that misses
and Florida counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joe misses with a series of wild punches.
A left lands for Joe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Florida keeps the fight on the outside.
Joe tries to clinch up
and Florida counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Joe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Orlando Florida's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Florida gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Florida keeps the fight on the outside.
John Joe is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Joe does it's job there.
Joe avoids the head kick by Florida.
Joe fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Florida on the side of the head.
Joe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joe misses with a jab to the body
and Florida counters with a nice leg kick.
Joe swings widly with a right hand
and Florida counters with an inside leg kick.
Joe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Florida doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joe dodges the punch combination from Florida.
Joe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Florida manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

The cut above Orlando Florida's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Joe scores with a hook to the body. Florida takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Florida is breathing heavily.
Florida swats away the attempt to clinch by Joe.
Joe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the liver by Joe. Beautiful body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Florida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Florida slips a straight right by Joe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Florida was well out of range. Poor timing from Joe.
Florida takes one on the button.
Florida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Joe tries to bum rush Florida with a series of wild strikes but Florida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Joe throws a series of punches but Florida avoids them all with ease.
Joe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Joe scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Orlando Florida's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Florida takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Joe misses the jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Florida might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Joe has got the better of the exchanges.
Joe moves in looking to clinch but Florida pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Florida's hands.
Joe connects with a body shot that sends Florida's belly button to the back.

Joe moves into the clinch successfully.
Joe digs a right hand into Florida's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Florida's gas tank.
Joe throws a punch but it's blocked by Florida.
Joe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Florida backwards.
Joe lands a hook that snaps the head of Florida backwards.
Joe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Joe tries to stall but Florida uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Joe lands a hook that snaps the head of Florida backwards.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Joe!