PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between DeShaun Holton Jr (ranked 1953 p4p, 3487 weight class) and Free Waterfall Jr (ranked 277 p4p, 469 weight class). Holton Jr comes to the cage accompanied by D12 - Purple Hills. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Holton Jr
vs
Waterfall Jr

184 cm
20
186
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
185
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DeShaun Holton Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Free Waterfall Jr!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waterfall Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Holton Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Holton Jr misses with a hook.

Waterfall Jr moves into range and clinches up with Holton Jr.
A nice right hand lands inside from Waterfall Jr.
Holton Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Waterfall Jr backwards.
Waterfall Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.

Holton Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Waterfall Jr gets a clinch.
Waterfall Jr lands a shoulder strike.
Holton Jr tries to work over Waterfall Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Holton Jr.
Nice body punch from Waterfall Jr.
Waterfall Jr misses with the head strike.
Waterfall Jr misses with some punches.

Holton Jr breaks from the clinch.
Holton Jr throws a right hand that misses
and Holton Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holton Jr lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holton Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Waterfall Jr manages to avoid it.
Holton Jr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Holton Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Holton Jr misses with a hook
and Waterfall Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Waterfall Jr clinches.

Holton Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Holton Jr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Waterfall Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Waterfall Jr let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Waterfall Jr closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waterfall Jr jumps guard but Holton Jr turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Holton Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Waterfall Jr backwards.
Waterfall Jr digs a right hand underneath Holton Jr's ribcage. Holton Jr let out a lung full of air as it connected.
I was talking to Holton Jr's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Waterfall Jr is leaning against Holton Jr and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holton Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holton Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holton Jr.
Holton Jr blocks a body shot from Waterfall Jr.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holton Jr.
Waterfall Jr is working Holton Jr over against the cage.
Holton Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Holton Jr prevents a body shot from Waterfall Jr.
Holton Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holton Jr blocks a body shot from Waterfall Jr.
A short left from Holton Jr.

Holton Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Holton Jr jabs at Waterfall Jr's body.
Waterfall Jr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Waterfall Jr misses.
Holton Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that DeShaun Holton Jr will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Waterfall Jr has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Waterfall Jr fails to land.
Waterfall Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holton Jr's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Holton Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Holton Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Holton Jr takes a swing at Waterfall Jr's ribcage but misses.
Holton Jr throws a left and a right that both miss
and Waterfall Jr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Waterfall Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Holton Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Free Waterfall Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holton Jr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
DeShaun Holton Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holton Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Waterfall Jr.
An attempted straight right counter from Holton Jr misses the target.
Holton Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holton Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Waterfall Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Holton Jr misses with a right hand
and Waterfall Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Holton Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Holton Jr misses with a hook
and Waterfall Jr counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like DeShaun Holton Jr has been cut.
Holton Jr throws a jab when Waterfall Jr was well out of range.
Waterfall Jr 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.
Waterfall Jr lands with a straight right. Holton Jr didn't see that one coming.
Waterfall Jr tries to clinch up but Holton Jr circles away and keeps his distance.

Holton Jr tries to keep at a distance but Waterfall Jr has taken the fight into the clinch.
Holton Jr lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waterfall Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Holton Jr blocks an uppercut.
Holton Jr misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Holton Jr.

Holton Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Holton Jr works the jab nicely.
Holton Jr throws a left and a right that both miss
and Waterfall Jr counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Waterfall Jr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Waterfall Jr on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Waterfall Jr closes the distance looking to clinch
and Holton Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Waterfall Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Holton Jr is just out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that DeShaun Holton Jr will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on DeShaun Holton Jr's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Waterfall Jr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Holton Jr.
Sloppy strikes from Holton Jr. Those never looked like landing.
Waterfall Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Holton Jr lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Waterfall Jr out cold! Waterfall Jr is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). DeShaun Holton Jr!
A victorious DeShaun Holton Jr thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.