PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derek Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiro Protagonist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waters comes to the cage accompanied by Hip Hop. Protagonist comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Teenage Bottlerocket - Bigger Than Kiss kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Hiro Protagonist has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Waters
vs
Protagonist

189 cm
30
195 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

183 cm
39
195 lbs
36 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Derek Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Hiro Protagonist!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters misses with a low kick.
Waters lands a front kick.
Protagonist throws out a loose jab but Waters uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waters tries to clinch but Protagonist moves out of range.
Waters wants to land a leg kick but Protagonist is out of range.
Protagonist tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Waters blocks the leg kick.
Protagonist bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Waters's head.
Waters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Protagonist stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Waters.
Waters lands with an uppercut that bounces Protagonist off the cage and back into range.
Protagonist gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Waters looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Waters throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Protagonist throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Waters misses with a looping left.
Protagonist pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Protagonist blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Protagonist.
Protagonist has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Protagonist scores with a body shot.
Waters lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Waters lunges at Protagonist with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Protagonist's hand.
Waters throws a jab when Protagonist was well out of range.
Waters misses the jab.
Protagonist tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Protagonist throws a sloppy head kick
and Waters cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Waters lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good shot there by Waters.
Protagonist misses with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Protagonist checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Waters misses with a lunging right hand
and Protagonist counters with a head kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Waters checks a leg kick.
Waters misses with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Protagonist throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Waters moves into the clinch.
Waters fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Waters misses with a short punch on the inside.
Waters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Waters.
A short right from Waters on the inside.
Protagonist stalling in the clinch but Waters improves position.
Waters tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Protagonist's elbow.
Protagonist struggles to land a body shot inside as Waters controls his hands.
Protagonist swings wildly with an uppercut but Waters uses good head movement to avoid it.
Protagonist throws a punch but it's blocked by Waters.
Waters scores with a shoulder strike.
Protagonist tries to throw a body punch but Waters avoids it by throwing Protagonist back against the cage.
Protagonist blocks an uppercut.
Waters makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters looking to throw knees to the head but Protagonist is blocking nicely.
Protagonist misses with a punch on the inside.
Waters lands a hook to the side of the head.
Waters throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Protagonists head.
Protagonist misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Protagonist wants to break the clinch but can't.
Protagonist tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Waters lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Protagonist.
Protagonist misses with a hook to the ribs.
Waters lands a nice uppercut.
Protagonist working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Protagonist is trying to maintain a safe position but Waters gets an underhook and turns Protagonist into the cage.
Protagonist swings wildly with an uppercut but Waters uses good head movement to avoid it.
Protagonist leaning his opponent against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Protagonist.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters lands with a right to the head.
Waters lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Waters misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Protagonist misses with a short punch on the inside.
Waters is working Protagonist over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Waters.
The referee is keeping an eye on Protagonist - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Waters working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Waters lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Waters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Protagonist wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Waters misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Waters dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Waters misses with a hook.
Waters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Waters lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Waters fails with an attempt to clinch.
Waters throws a hook to the side of Protagonist's head but Protagonist sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A chopping leg kick lands by Waters.
Derek Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Waters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Protagonist sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Protagonist jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Protagonist walks into a jab.
Good leg kick by Protagonist there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Protagonist goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Protagonist takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab from Waters.
Protagonist steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Waters.
Waters throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Protagonist blocks a jab.
Waters throws a hook but Protagonist avoids it easily.
Waters misses with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Waters.
Protagonist closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Waters closes the distance and pushes Protagonist back into the cage.
Protagonist pushes Waters back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Protagonist blocking some punches.
Waters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Waters blocks an uppercut.
Protagonist misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Waters struggles to land a body shot inside as Protagonist controls his hands.
Waters throws a head punch that misses.
Protagonist blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Waters blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Waters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Waters.
A short right from Waters.
A short right from Protagonist.
Waters lands a left hand.
Protagonist is pushing Waters up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Waters softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Waters.
Waters throws a head punch that misses.
Waters scores with a shoulder strike.
Protagonist can't find room to land a body shot as Waters controls the action.
Protagonist blocks an uppercut.
Waters misses with an elbow over the top.
Waters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Waters fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Waters fails to land.
Protagonist trying to stall but Waters improves his position.
Waters blocks an uppercut.
Derek Waters has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Waters tries to work over Protagonist's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Waters.
Protagonist doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Protagonist looking to stall.
Waters misses with some punches.
Protagonist lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Waters fails to land.
Waters lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Waters blocks a body shot from Protagonist.
Waters misses with a hook from the clinch.
Waters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Waters working aggressively here.
Protagonist tries to throw a body punch but Waters avoids it by throwing Protagonist back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Protagonist blocks an uppercut.
Waters working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Protagonist lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Waters blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Waters.
Protagonist misses with a punch to the body.

Protagonist's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Protagonist throws a half hearted mid kick.
Waters swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Waters misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Waters is looking to land body kicks.
Protagonist throws an overhand right that lands on Waters's shoulder, as Waters tries to avoid the shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Protagonist!
Protagonist looks to land a right hand but Waters moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Waters 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!

Protagonist is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Protagonist throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Waters swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Protagonist explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Derek Waters is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Waters finds it's way through Protagonist's defenses.
A left lands for Waters.
Protagonist throws a wild body kick that Waters sees coming a mile off.
Protagonist throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Protagonist tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Waters lands a nice leg kick that just misses Protagonist's sensitive parts.
Waters throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Waters moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Waters lands.

Protagonist is rocked!
Waters cracks Protagonist with a right hand to the side of the head.
Protagonist is still on wobbly legs! Can Waters finish him?
Waters connects with a leg kick. Protagonist looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Protagonist seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters connects with a solid leg kick.
Protagonist takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Waters drops Protagonist with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Protagonist looks back up at him and smiles so Waters waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Waters is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Protagonist can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Protagonist connects with a high kick.
Waters avoids a kick to the body.
Protagonist fails in his attempt to clinch.
Protagonist throws a head kick but Waters moves out of range.
Protagonist misses with a kick to the body.
Waters throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Waters waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Protagonist.
A slapping body kick lands there for Waters.

Waters lands a big head kick that sends Protagonist tumbling to the mat! Waters takes a step backwards and waves Protagonist back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Donk. Waters catches Protagonist right on the button with a cross.
Waters throws a leg kick which misses Protagonist's front leg but catches the back leg as Protagonist tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters works Protagonist's body with a nice hook.
Waters throws a looping overhand right but Protagonist ducks down to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Waters. That's going to slow Protagonist down.
Protagonist tries to move into range but Waters moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Waters lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Waters lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Protagonist throws a body kick that misses.
Waters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Protagonist was well out of range. Poor timing from Waters.
Protagonist ducks under a wild hook from Waters.
Waters looks to throw the jab but Protagonist is out of range.
Protagonist stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Waters.
Protagonist scores with a nice strike.
Waters misses with a hook.
Waters looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Waters moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Protagonist throws a chopping leg kick but Waters manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Waters connects with a solid leg kick.

Waters feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Protagonist sprawling to the canvas! Protagonist rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Waters finish him?!
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!
Protagonist gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Waters gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derek Waters!
A relieved looking Derek Waters thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.