PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ice Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dark Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes to the cage accompanied by Go Hard or Go Home. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Man
vs
Coleman

190 cm
28
223 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

176 cm
20
206 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ice Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dark Coleman!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coleman gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Man.
Man cracks Coleman with a right hand to the side of the head.
Man throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Coleman on the side of the head.
Man lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Man scores with a nice right hand.
Man stuffs the takedown attempt from Coleman. Coleman gets slowly back to his feet.
Coleman blocks a low kick nicely.
Coleman has a takedown stuffed.
Man jabs Coleman right on the nose. Coleman blinks but takes it well.
A punch combination from Man misses.

Coleman shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Coleman is looking to work some ground and pound but Man has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman tries to free his leg and advance position but Man is retaining full guard.
Coleman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Coleman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Man on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Man tries to get out of the position.
Coleman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Man's head.
Man keeping moving, preventing Coleman from controlling successfully.
Coleman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Man knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Coleman on the ground.
Coleman connects with a couple of short punches.
Coleman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Coleman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Coleman wants to control from the top but Man keeps moving.
Coleman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Coleman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coleman postures up in Man's guard and throws a big left but Man blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Man keeping moving, preventing Coleman from controlling successfully.
Man preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Coleman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Coleman has gone for a leg lock! Man slips out almost immediately though and dives into Coleman's guard.
Man wanted to stand there but Coleman had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman is trying to keep Man in close.
Coleman throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Coleman wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man wants to stand but Coleman has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coleman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
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 Ice Man will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Horrible takedown by Coleman or perhaps it was just good defense by Man which made him look bad.
Man lands with an overhand left.
Man jabs at Coleman's body.
Man is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Man fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Coleman manages to avoid it.
Nice cross by Man.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ice Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coleman fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Man avoids it really well and circles away.
Man connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man lands with a right hand.
Coleman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Man's waist but Man gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Coleman off to one side.
Ice Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dark Coleman.
Man scores with a jab to the head.
Coleman closes the distance and clinches up with Man, looking for a takedown. Coleman pushes Man against the cage but Man circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Coleman needs to keep his hands up - Man had a free shot at his head there.
Man comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Coleman is defended easily by Man.
Coleman is breathing heavily.
Coleman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Man ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Coleman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Man scores with a four punch combination!
Coleman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Man to score with a decent uppercut.
Coleman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Man as he avoids it easily.
Man lands a jab to Coleman's midsection.
Coleman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Man can pounce on him.
Man scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Man drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Coleman right on the button. Coleman goes down! Man follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Man gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ice Man!
An out of breath and clearly excited Ice Man thanked Steel Penn's Laundry 93% for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).