PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dynamite Glove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph has chosen TEARS FOR FEARS - SHOUT as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Glove
vs
Joseph

185 cm
25
177 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

175 cm
30
176 lbs
20 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Mango Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dynamite Glove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, William Joseph!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph with a hook.
Joseph throws a nice inside leg kick.
Joseph throws a shot from downtown. Glove moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Glove.
Joseph throws a lazy right hand but Glove sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Glove finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
William Joseph seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joseph changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Glove tries to avoid it but Joseph manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Glove to the ground. Glove escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Glove slips under a jab.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Glove scores with a nice right hand.
Joseph misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Glove to counter with a crisp jab.
Glove displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joseph throws out the jab.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Glove is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Joseph misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph throws a right and a left that both miss.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Glove.
Glove takes one to the chin there.
Glove jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joseph misses with a hook. Glove ducked under it nicely.
Joseph avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Glove takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Joseph's jab looks to have found its range, popping Glove under the eye.
Glove scores with a nice head shot.
Dynamite Glove is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Glove slips under a jab.
Joseph misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throws a hook but Glove avoids it easily.
Jab by Joseph.
Joseph uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Glove.
Glove tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Joseph throws the left hand but Glove avoids the punch easily.
Glove connects with a looping right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glove misses with a wild body shot.
Joseph slips under a jab from Glove.
A head kick by Joseph misses
letting Glove counter with a right hand.
Joseph tries to clinch up but Glove circles away and keeps his distance.
Glove is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Joseph fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Glove scores with a jab. Joseph acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph misses with a right hand
and Glove counters with a nice uppercut.
A low kick from Joseph misses

and Glove counters with a head kick that drops Joseph to the mat! Joseph scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph scores with a sloppy right hand. Glove should have avoided that one.
Glove keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Glove getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Glove moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A big left from Glove misses.
Joseph lands a nice looking body shot.
Joseph looks to throw the jab but Glove is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glove on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Glove as he connects with a hook.
Joseph throws a hook to the side of Glove's head but Glove sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Glove lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Joseph on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Glove. Glove obviously looking to wear him down.
Glove displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joseph throws out the jab.
A clash of legs there as Glove blocks the low kick.
Glove is looking to clinch but Joseph is avoiding it.
Glove connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joseph misses with a looping right.
A jab lands there for Glove.
Donk. Joseph catches Glove right on the button with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dynamite Glove dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Joseph lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Glove backs up against the cage.
Joseph tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Glove was well out of range. Poor timing from Joseph.
Joseph with a nice cross.
Joseph fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Glove moves out of range of the leg kick from Joseph.
Joseph does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joseph. Glove does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glove lands a really nice looking cross but Joseph seems unphased.
Glove throws a hook but Joseph avoids it easily.
Joseph throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glove throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Glove moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glove scores with a hook.
Dynamite Glove is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Joseph misses.
Glove lands with a shot to the body.
Joseph throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joseph scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Joseph takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Glove looks to throw the jab but Joseph is out of range.
Glove throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Joseph.
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!
Glove avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Glove lands a nice shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Joseph.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joseph fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Joseph missing with a left hand there. Glove was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joseph throws a sloppy body shot
and Glove counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Joseph looks to score with a jab to the body but Glove is just out of range.
Glove takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Joseph closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Glove ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
Glove on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Joseph. Joseph obviously looking to wear him down.
Glove ducks under a wild hook from Joseph.
Glove fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Joseph is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Glove. That snapped Joseph's head back.
Glove lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Joseph swings for the body but Glove moves out of range.
Glove moves away from the strike by Joseph.
Joseph connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Glove lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Joseph avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Joseph takes a swing at Glove's ribcage but misses.
Joseph pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Glove scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joseph finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glove scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Joseph doesn't seem bothered though.
Joseph is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Joseph takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Glove misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joseph.
Glove lands a jab to the head.

Joseph is rocked!
Glove tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joseph paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joseph on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A punch lands to the side of Joseph 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Glove looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Glove misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dynamite Glove 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!

Glove lands a nice hook to Joseph's body. Joseph takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Glove thuds a left hand into Joseph's body.
Glove tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Joseph swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Glove just misses with a punch to the body.
Glove scores with a leg kick.
Joseph misses with an uppercut. Glove saw that one coming.
Glove tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Joseph is able to avoid easily.
A jab from Joseph misses.
Joseph has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Joseph throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Glove tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Joseph is in Glove's guard.
Joseph with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph is looking to work some ground and pound but Glove has wrist control.
Glove controlling Joseph's posture.

Glove pushes Joseph off and gets back to his feet.
Joseph on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Joseph takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Joseph misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Joseph moves forwards but Glove connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph misses with an uppercut.
Glove misses with a head kick.
Glove ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Glove uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joseph.
Joseph misses with a looping right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Glove.
A jab from Joseph finds it's way through Glove's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glove dodges the punch combination from Joseph.
Glove walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
William Joseph has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Glove clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Joseph's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Joseph pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Joseph blocks a body shot from Glove.
Glove tries a body shot but Joseph blocks it.
Joseph drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Glove gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Still in the clinch, Glove scores with a nice short uppercut.
Joseph tries to circle away but Glove has him pinned against the cage.
Joseph tries to circle away but Glove has him pinned against the cage.
Glove lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Joseph.
Joseph blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Glove working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dynamite Glove is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Joseph breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Glove will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Joseph throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Glove lands a nice shot that snaps Joseph's head back.
Joseph misses with a straight right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joseph throws a hook to the side of Glove's head but Glove sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Joseph misses with a hook to the body
and Glove counters with an outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joseph jabbing away but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dynamite Glove.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Glove, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dynamite Glove!
Our winner, Dynamite Glove, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.