PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Butler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bada Bing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Butler's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Krawl. Bing has chosen Metallica - All Nightmare Long as his entrance music. Bada Bing told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Butler
vs
Bing

180 cm
24
145 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

168 cm
31
142 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Butler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bada Bing!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butler digs a good hook to Bing's body.
Bing paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Butler with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bing to score with a decent uppercut.
Bing on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Butler swings for the body but Bing moves out of range.
Bing takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bing throws a hook to the side of Butler's head but Butler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Butler scores with a nice head shot.
Bing slips a jab and a cross from Butler.
Butler lands a nice hook to Bing's body. Bing takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Butler throws a right hand that misses
and Bing counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Butler.
Bing walks into a left hand.
Bing shoots in for a takedown but Butler shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bing looks to land a right hand but Butler moved out of range.
Bing bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Butler's head.
Butler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bing misses with a right hand
and Bing takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bing misses with a lunging right hand
and Butler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bing misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bing missing with a left hand there. Butler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Butler throws a sloppy body shot
and Bing counters with a nice body shot.
Butler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bing throws an overhand right that lands on Butler's shoulder, as Butler tries to avoid the shot.
Bing throws a hook but Butler avoids it easily.
Butler avoids the body shot from Bing.
Bing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bing avoids the body shot from Butler.
Butler really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bing lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bing misses with a looping right.
Butler with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bing steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Butler.
Bing throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Butler is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bing ducks under a wild hook from Butler.
Bing takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bing throws the left hand but Butler avoids the punch easily.
Bing uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Butler.
A big right from Bing misses.
Butler throws a combination that misses
and Bing counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bing throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Butler slips under a jab.
Butler blocks a jab.
Bing throws a lazy right hand but Butler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bing moves out of range of the strikes.
Butler throws a body punch but Bing moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Butler lands a nice shot that snaps Bing's head back.
Bing walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
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 Paul Butler will probably get the nod.
That's time! Butler's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Butler takes a swing at Bing's ribcage but misses.
Butler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bing shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Butler as he avoids it easily.
Butler digs a good hook to Bing's body.
Butler misses with a hook.
Bing looks to land a right hand but Butler moved out of range.
Paul Butler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Butler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Butler throws an overhand right that lands on Bing's shoulder, as Bing tries to avoid the shot.
Butler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bing manages to avoid it.
Butler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butler slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Butler comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bing works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bing avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bing pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bing might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Butler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Butler getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Butler looks to score with a jab to the body but Bing is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Butler defending well as Bing loads up on a big left hand.
Butler throws a jab when Bing was well out of range.
Butler misses with an uppercut
and Bing counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A right-left combo lands from Bing.
Butler misses with an uppercut.
Bing ducks under a wild hook from Butler.
Butler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bing moves away.
Paul Butler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Butler swings for the body but Bing moves out of range.
Paul Butler is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Butler.
Bing thuds his right hand into Butler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bing throws a jab when Butler was well out of range.
Butler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Bing.
Butler stuffs the takedown attempt from Bing. Bing gets slowly back to his feet.
A cross from Bing lands.
Butler throws a body punch but Bing moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bing is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Butler.
Bing throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bing shoots in for a takedown but Butler shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Paul Butler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bada Bing.
The fighters circling - Butler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bing ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Butler moves away.
Bing misses with a series of wild punches.
Bing scores with the left hand. Butler knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bing with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bada Bing will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Bing looks to score with a jab to the body but Butler is just out of range.
Bing avoids the body shot from Butler.
Bing blocks a jab.
Bing uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Butler.
Bing throws a hook to the side of Butler's head but Butler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Butler scores with a one two! Bing had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bing fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Butler manages to avoid it.
Bing stuns Butler with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Butler thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Butler. Bing does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bing on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Butler misses with a hook
and Bing connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bing throws an off balance right hand
enabling Butler to counter with a crisp jab.
Butler throws a big shot that misses.
Bing misses with a body shot
and Butler counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bing thinking.
Bing gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bing jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bing is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Butler throws a shot from downtown. Bing moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butler misses with a hook.
Bing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Butler lands with a cross.
Bing takes a swing at Butler's ribcage but misses.
Butler cracks a nice hook into Bing's ribs.
Bing tries to move into range but Butler moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bing misses with a wild body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Butler. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butler shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bing eats them both and turns towards Butler to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Butler uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bing.
Bing missing with a left hand there. Butler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bing throws an overhand right that lands on Butler's shoulder, as Butler tries to avoid the shot.
Bing staying out of range there.
Butler misses with a body shot.
Butler loads up on a big right hand but Bing slips the punch.
Butler uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Butler scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bing throws a hook but Butler blocks it.
Bing misses with a looping right.
Bing misses with an uppercut
and Butler counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Butler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bing throws out the jab.
Bing throws out a loose jab but Butler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Butler slips a jab and a cross from Bing.
A jab from Bing misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from Butler. Those never looked like landing.
Butler misses the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Butler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Butler has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Paul Butler!
Paul Butler seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.