PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bell (ranked 2125 p4p, 952 weight class) and Island Boy (ranked 297 p4p, 144 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bell
vs
Boy

192 cm
26
270
4 - 1 - 0

192 cm
26
268
7 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Underpant Gnomes

Highland Clothing
Island Boys Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Island Boy!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell is looking to clinch.
Bell tries to clinch but Boy moves out of range.
Boy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bell ducks under a wild hook from Boy.
Bell with a hook.
Boy lands with a cross.

It looks like John Bell has been cut.
Bell connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Island Boy has been cut.
Bell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boy connects with a body shot that sends Bell's belly button to the back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boy darts in trying to clinch
and Bell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boy.
John Bell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boy throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bell throws a sloppy body shot
letting Boy counter with a right hand.
Boy misses with a right hand
and Bell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boy blocks a jab.
Bell takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Bell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Boy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Boy crunches a lovely knee into Bell's ribcage.
Bell is breathing heavily.
Boy scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Boy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left hand lands to the body for Boy.
Boy tries to land a knee to the head but Bell blocks with his arms.
Boy misses with a knee to the head.
Bell misses with some punches.
Bell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bell.
Bell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boy lands a hook that snaps the head of Bell backwards.
Boy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bell.
Boy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Boy tries a knee to the head but Bell blocks it.
Boy missing with knees to the body.
Boy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bell working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Boy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bell's face.
Bell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boy backwards.
Bell has a couple of punches blocked by Boy.

Bell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell closes the distance looking to clinch
and Boy counters with a left to the body.

Bell clinches.
Boy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bell definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boy's elbow.
Bell is working Boy over against the cage.
Boy connects with a knee to the head.
Boy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Boy connects with a knee to the head.
Bell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boy backwards.
Bell throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Bell.
Bell presses Boy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Boy with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bell.
Boy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bell.
Bell avoiding damage as Boy throws knees to the body.
Bell lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bell cracks Boy with a nice body shot.
Bell lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bell lands with a light punch inside.
Boy missing with knees to the body.
Bell lands an uppercut.
Bell lands with a light punch inside.
Bell lands a body punch.

Bell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boy manages to avoid it.
Boy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bell cracks Boy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bell connects with a body shot.
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 John Bell will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Bell throws a shot to the body.
Boy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bell.
Bell swings for the body but Boy moves out of range.
Boy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bell misses with a body punch
and Boy counters with a straight right hand.
Bell misses the body punch
letting Boy counter with a right hand.
Bell takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bell moves in looking to clinch but Boy pushes him off.
Bell misses the body punch
and Boy counters with a straight right hand.
Boy jabs Bell to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Island Boy seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bell is looking to wear down Boy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Boy.
Bell cracks Boy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bell blocks a jab.
Bell 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.
Nice shot by Boy.
Boy cracks Bell with a good jab.
Bell misses with a jab to the body
letting Boy counter with a right hand.

Bell is rocked!
Bell lands with an overhand left.
Bell lands with a good body shot.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boy moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Boy drives through and clinches with Bell against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bell thuds a left hand into Boy's body.
Boy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bell feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Boys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bell lands the left hand.

That has opened up Island Boy's cut even more.
Bell tries to clinch but Boy moves out of range.

Bell darts in and clinches Boy up against the cage.
Boy lands a knee to the head.
Bell swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bell.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bell.
Boy landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bell scores with a shoulder strike.
Bell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bell's face.
John Bell has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Boy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bell misses with the head strike.
Boy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bell misses with a body punch.
Bell lands with a short shot to the head.
Boy struggles to land a body shot inside as Bell controls his hands.
Boy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bell.
Nice body punch from Bell - that landed with a thud.
Bell lands a hook that snaps the head of Boy backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boy or not.
Bell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell scores with a hook to the body.
Bell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Bell.
Nice body punch from Bell.
A short right from Bell on the inside.
Bell lands a body punch in the clinch.

Bell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bell wants to clinch.
Bell changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Bell dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bell moves into the clinch.
Boy trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Bell scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boy misses with a body punch.

Bell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Bell.
Boy keeps the fight on the outside.
Boy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Bell finds it's way through Boy's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bell missing with a left hand there. Boy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boy looks to score with a jab to the body but Bell is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bell takes a swing at Boy's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Boy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bell closes the distance but Boy moves to the side
and Boy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bell thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bell misses with a wild body shot.
Bell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Boy rushes Bell and presses him up against the cage.
Bell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boy tries a knee to the head but Bell blocks it.
Bell avoiding damage as Boy throws knees to the body.
Boy tries a knee to the head but Bell blocks it.
Bell scores with a shot to the side of Boy's head.
Island Boy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bell scores with an uppercut up the middle.

The cut above Island Boy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bell lands with a short shot to the head.
Boy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bell blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, Bell scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bell misses with a straight right.
Bell looks to score with a jab to the body but Boy is just out of range.

Bell rushes Boy and presses him up against the cage.
Bell wants to get back to striking at distance but Boy won't allow it.
Boy misses with a knee strike.
A shot in the inside from Bell.

Bell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boy takes one to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Bell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boy looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boy moves away.
Boy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bell counters with a right hand to the body.
Bell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boy throws out the jab.
Nice cross by Bell.

Bell takes the fight into the clinch.
Bell managing to block the knees to the body from Boy.
Boy misses with a knee to the head.
Bell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boy trying to land knees to the body.
Bell gets through Boy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Island Boy's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Bell is working Boy over against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boy backwards.
A short left from Bell.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Island Boy's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Bell!
After winning the bout, John Bell thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.