PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jack Siegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apollo Hades (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Siegel might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bad Company. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Siegel
vs
Hades

170 cm
23
152 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
23
147 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Elite Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Siegel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Apollo Hades!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siegel blocks a head kick by Hades.

Siegel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Siegel.
Hades swings wildly with an uppercut but Siegel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siegel can't find room to land a body shot as Hades controls the action.
Siegel lands with a right to the head.
Hades takes an elbow to the temple.
Siegel is working Hades over against the cage.
Siegel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hades lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Siegel backwards.
Hades tries to stall but Siegel uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Siegel gets through Hades's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Siegel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Siegel avoiding damage.
Siegel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The is referee keeping an eye on Siegel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hades is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Siegel misses with an elbow over the top.
Hades stalling the fight.
Siegel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Siegel misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siegel stalling against the cage.
Siegel tries to throw a body punch but Hades avoids it by throwing Siegel back against the cage.
Siegel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Siegel lands with a right to the head.
Siegel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hades is looking to control Siegel's arms but Siegel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hades has his back to the cage.
Siegel lands with a light punch inside.
Hades lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Siegel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hades takes an elbow to the forehead.
Siegel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Siegel scores with a shot to the side of Hades's head.
A short left from Hades.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Siegel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hades backwards.
Siegel lands a nice knee to the body.
Hades prevents a body shot from Siegel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siegel tries to land knees in the clinch but Hades avoids the damage to the body.
Siegel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Siegel lands a knee to the body.
Siegel has a couple of punches blocked by Hades.
Siegel has Hades pressed against the cage.
Siegel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Siegel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hades backwards.
Siegel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Siegel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Siegel to work.
Hades is looking to control Siegel's arms but Siegel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hades has his back to the cage.
Siegel misses with a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Siegel.
Siegel wants to stall.
Siegel takes a shot to the head.
Hades swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Siegel scores with a shot to the side of Hades's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hades stalling in the clinch.
Siegel stalling in the clinch but Hades improves position.
Siegel can't find room to land a body shot as Hades controls the action.
Siegel has Hades pressed against the cage.
Hades misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Siegel.
Hades avoiding damage as Siegel throws knees to the body.
Hades will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Siegel up against the cage.
Siegel prevents the takedown attempt.
Siegel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Siegel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch on the inside from Siegel fails to land.
Siegel throws a punch but it's blocked by Hades.
Siegel has a couple of punches blocked by Hades.
Siegel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hades.
Siegel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Siegel lands a right hand.
Siegel cracks Hades with a nice body shot.
Siegel stalling in the clinch but Hades improves position.
Hades blocks an uppercut.
Siegel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Siegel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hades is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Siegel is keeping busy.
Hades seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Hades wants to get back to striking at distance but Siegel won't allow it.
Siegel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hades's elbow.
Hades trying to stall but Siegel improves his position.
Siegel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hades is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hades blocking some punches.
Siegel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Hades gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Siegel is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hades scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Siegel dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Siegel throws a series of punches but Hades avoids them all with ease.
Hades cracks Siegel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hades bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Siegel's head backwards.

Siegel is rocked!
Siegel throws a jab when Hades was well out of range.
Oh Siegel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters circling - Hades throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Siegel seems to have got his legs back now.
Siegel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hades.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hades!
Hades fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hades ducks under a wild hook from Siegel.
Hades misses with a head kick.
Hades throws a big shot that misses.
Hades ducks under a wild hook from Siegel.
Siegel has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Siegel throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hades misses with a combination
and Siegel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jack Siegel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hades scores with a nice strike.
Hades with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Siegel to score with a decent uppercut.
Siegel ducks under a wild hook from Hades.
Hades thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hades misses with a hook.
Hades avoids the head kick by Siegel.
A solid leg kick lands there for Siegel.
Hades keeps the fight on the outside.
Siegel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hades avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hades throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hades misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hades walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A big left from Siegel misses.
Siegel lands a glancing blow to the side of Hades's head.
Siegel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Siegel is looking to clinch.
Siegel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Siegel misses with a low kick.
Siegel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hades's sensitive parts.
Siegel throws the left hand but Hades avoids the punch easily.
Siegel throws an overhand right that lands on Hades's shoulder, as Hades tries to avoid the shot.
Siegel slips a jab and a cross from Hades.
Siegel feints and then cracks Hades's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hades down.
Hades rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Siegel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Siegel.
Siegel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Siegel throws a shot from downtown. Hades moves away and avoids it.
A combination from Hades does no damage.
Hades throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Siegel connects with a high kick.
Hades takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hades misses with a two punch combination.
Hades is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Siegel.
Siegel throws the left hand but Hades avoids the punch easily.
Hades pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hades tries for a takedown but Siegel circles away easily
enabling Siegel to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hades misses with a combination
and Siegel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hades misses with a jab to the body
letting Siegel counter with a right hand.
Siegel throws a sloppy body shot
and Siegel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Siegel tries to close the distance and clinch but Hades swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Siegel.
Nice shot lands for Siegel.
Hades throws a left and a right that both miss

and Siegel counters by moving into the clinch.
Siegel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Siegel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hades's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Siegel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jack Siegel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hades looking to stall.
Hades takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Siegel dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Siegel throws out a loose jab but Hades uses good head movement to avoid it.

Siegel clinches.
Siegel misses with the head strike.
Siegel gets through Hades's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hades is trying to stall.
Siegel lands with a light punch inside.
Hades blocks an elbow strike.
Siegel lands a shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Siegel.
Siegel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hades lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Siegel throws a punch but it's blocked by Hades.
Siegel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Siegel misses with a knee to the head.
Siegel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Siegel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Siegel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hades lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hades is trying to maintain a safe position but Siegel gets an underhook and turns Hades into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siegel content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Siegel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Siegel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hades's brow.
Siegel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hades blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Siegel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hades.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hades blocks a body shot from Siegel.
Hades blocking some punches.
Siegel has Hades pushed against the cage.
Siegel tries to land knees in the clinch but Hades avoids the damage to the body.
Siegel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Siegel throws an elbow but it misses.
Siegel digs a right hand into Hades's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hades's gas tank.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Siegel.
Hades looking to slow down the pace here.
Siegel missing with knees to the body.
Siegel prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hades managing to block the knees to the body from Siegel.
Hades avoiding damage.
Siegel tries to throw a body punch but Hades avoids it by throwing Siegel back against the cage.
Siegel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hades is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Siegel is keeping busy.
Siegel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hades misses with the head strike.
Siegel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hades is stalling here.
Siegel gets through Hades's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hades looking to stall.
Siegel prevents a takedown attempt there.
Siegel lands a knee to the body.
Siegel crunches a lovely knee into Hades's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siegel has a couple of punches blocked by Hades.
Siegel lands with a light punch inside.
Siegel throws an elbow that misses.
A right hand to the body from Siegel.
Siegel pushes Hades back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Siegel avoiding damage.
Siegel wants to stall.
Hades avoids the elbow strike from Siegel, against the cage.
Hades taking a breather.
Siegel throws an elbow that misses.
Siegel tries a body shot but Hades blocks it.

Hades manages to break the clinch.
Siegel misses with a body punch
letting Hades counter with a right hand.
Hades misses with a wild combination.
Hades scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siegel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hades connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hades defending well as Siegel loads up on a big left hand.
Siegel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Apollo Hades has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hades avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hades lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hades will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Siegel throws a left and a right that both miss

and Hades counters by clinching up.
Hades stalling in the clinch.
Siegel pushes Hades back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Siegel misses with some punches.
Siegel lands a shot to the body.
Hades wants to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Siegel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Siegel, 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Siegel!