PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jax Teller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert De Noteboom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying De Noteboom's choice of entrance music: Erika - I Don't Know. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Teller
vs
De Noteboom

183 cm
38
160 lbs
38 - 22 - 0

178 cm
40
182 lbs
39 - 24 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Voodoo 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 38 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jax Teller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 24 - 1, fighting out of New York, Robert De Noteboom!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Teller closes the distance and clinches.
Teller throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Noteboom is working for takedown but Teller is calmly controlling the position for now.
De Noteboom is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Teller pulls him back up using the underhooks.
De Noteboom managing to block the knees to the body from Teller.
De Noteboom drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jax Teller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert De Noteboom.
De Noteboom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Teller backwards.
Teller misses with a punch to the body.
De Noteboom swings wildly with an uppercut but Teller uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Noteboom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Teller backwards.
De Noteboom misses with the head strike.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that De Noteboom has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
De Noteboom is looking for a takedown.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teller stops a takedown attempt from De Noteboom.
De Noteboom blocks the elbow strike.
Teller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Teller lands a damaging elbow.
Teller using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Noteboom has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Teller is defending well against a takedown attempt.
De Noteboom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

De Noteboom lands a takedown into guard.
De Noteboom content to stall in guard here.
Teller looking for a sweep. Not yet Teller, not yet.
De Noteboom connects with a couple of short punches.
De Noteboom throwing strikes from guard but Teller blocks nicely.
Teller wants to hit a switch here but De Noteboom passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Teller there!
De Noteboom with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller tries to hold on but De Noteboom pushes him away.
Teller keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
De Noteboom content just to control the position here.
De Noteboom lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Teller is working to get back to half guard.
De Noteboom looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Noteboom unloads with some shots from mount but Teller bucks and avoids them well.
De Noteboom punishing his opponent with strikes.
De Noteboom prevents Teller from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom controlling his opponent.
De Noteboom sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Teller really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
De Noteboom working the ground and pound effectively.
De Noteboom content just to control the position here.
De Noteboom looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Teller is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom tries to control but Teller wriggling away.
De Noteboom sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Teller is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
De Noteboom throwing strikes here but Teller is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
De Noteboom tries to control but Teller wriggling away.
De Noteboom controlling from the full mount.
De Noteboom tries to control but Teller wriggling away.
Teller is looking to improve his position but De Noteboom isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert De Noteboom dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Teller stuffs the takedown attempt from De Noteboom. De Noteboom gets slowly back to his feet.
Teller moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
De Noteboom tries to clinch
and Teller finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
De Noteboom fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Teller on the side of the head.
Nice shot by De Noteboom.
Oh Teller is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Teller throws a body shot but no joy.
De Noteboom looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Noteboom tries to clinch up
and Teller counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Noteboom takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Teller seems to have got his legs back now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom misses with an uppercut.
Teller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Noteboom.
De Noteboom takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Noteboom tries to close the distance and clinch up but Teller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jax Teller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teller scores with a hook.
Jax Teller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Teller gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Teller lands an elbow just above De Noteboom 's eye.
Teller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Teller is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Teller can't find room to land a body shot as De Noteboom controls the action.
Teller trying to stall but De Noteboom improves his position.
Teller working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De Noteboom goes for a takedown in the clinch but Teller prevents it.
Jax Teller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert De Noteboom.
De Noteboom is looking to take this one to the mat.
De Noteboom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Teller.
Teller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Noteboom's defenses.

It looks like Robert De Noteboom has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Noteboom swings wildly with an uppercut but Teller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teller gets underhooks to prevent De Noteboom's takedown attempt.
Teller is pressed up against the cage. De Noteboom has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Teller down to the mat. Teller avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
De Noteboom getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Teller cracks a nice hook into De Noteboom's ribs.
De Noteboom gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Teller.
De Noteboom takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice uppercut lands for Teller. That snapped De Noteboom's head back.
Teller jabs De Noteboom right on the nose. De Noteboom blinks but takes it well.
De Noteboom shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Teller moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teller scores with a nice head shot.
De Noteboom bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Noteboom is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
De Noteboom on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Noteboom takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

De Noteboom gets tackled into the cage by Teller. Teller maintains the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Teller.
Teller is defending well against a takedown attempt.
De Noteboom is looking to take this one to the mat.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Teller here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Teller connects with a knee to the head.

De Noteboom is rocked!
De Noteboom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Noteboom is still on wobbly legs! Can Teller finish him?
Teller blocking some punches.
Teller prevents a takedown attempt there.
Teller lands a body shot.
De Noteboom seems to have recovered his senses.
De Noteboom is breathing heavily.
Teller lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Teller lands a nice elbow.
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!
De Noteboom takes an elbow to the temple.
Good body shot from Teller.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom prevents a body shot from Teller.
Teller blocks an uppercut.
De Noteboom on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Teller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Teller.
De Noteboom drops down looking for an ankle pick but Teller pulls his leg out and moves away.
Teller scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Teller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Teller looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Noteboom looks to land a left hand but Teller moved out of range nicely.
Teller bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Teller plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Teller closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops De Noteboom! Teller dives in looking to finish! De Noteboom is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jax Teller!
A victorious Jax Teller thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.