PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nacho Cheese (ranked 4866 p4p, 5083 weight class) and James Price (ranked 278 p4p, 287 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cheese
vs
Price

180 cm
18
170
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
18
175
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nacho Cheese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Price!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Cheese. Those never looked like landing.
Cheese is looking to clinch but Price is avoiding it.
Cheese throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cheese misses with a straight left.
Price keeps the fight on the outside.
Cheese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Price was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheese.
A big right from Price misses.
Cheese tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.
Good shot there by Price.
Price swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheese.
Price throws a jab when Cheese was well out of range.
Cheese has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Nacho Cheese has been cut.
Price slips a jab and a cross from Cheese.
Cheese steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Price.
Price lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheese moves in looking to clinch but Price pushes him off.
Price cracks a nice hook into Cheese's ribs.
Cheese tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price misses the shot to the body.
Cheese moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cheese fails in his attempt to clinch.
Price swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
No joy there for Price, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cheese needs to keep his hands up - Price had a free shot at his head there.
Price fails to land with a series of punches.
Price moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Price looks to land a left hand but Cheese moved out of range nicely.
Cheese gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Price connects with a looping right hand.
Cheese on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Price misses the target.
Cheese lands a lovely overhand right.
Cheese throws a sloppy body shot
and Price counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cheese uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Price.
Cheese closes the distance looking to clinch
and Price counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese lunges at Price with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Price's hand.
Cheese blocks a jab.
Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Cheese is just out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cheese looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cheese is looking to clinch but Price is avoiding it.
Cheese throws a big shot that misses.
A little jabbing left from Price on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Price connects with a crisp jab.
Cheese definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Cheese instigates a clinch.
A short left from Cheese.
Still in the clinch, Price scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Price fails to land.
Price throws a head punch that misses.

Cheese pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cheese swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price stuns Cheese with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Price thows a left - swing and a miss!
A quick step to the side and Cheese tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price misses the jab.
Cheese moves in looking to clinch but Price pushes him off.
Cheese scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Price doesn't seem bothered though.
Cheese is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cheese tries to clinch up.
Price might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cheese lands a nice shot to the body.
Price scores with a decent looking hook.
Cheese is looking to wear down Price with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice body punch from Cheese.
Cheese throws a body shot but no joy.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cheese just misses with a punch to the body.
Cheese moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Price loads up on a big right hand but Cheese slips the punch.
Cheese takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cheese wants to clinch up but Price keeps it at a distance.
It seemed like Price was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Price scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Price lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cheese backs up against the cage.
Price stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Price looks to throw the jab but Cheese is out of range.
It looked like Cheese was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Price.
Price throws the left hand but Cheese avoids the punch easily.
Price lands a jab to Cheese's midsection.
Price just misses with a punch to the body.
Cheese tries to clinch up but Price circles away and keeps his distance.
Cheese tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Price counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Price displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cheese lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Price circles away quickly and effectively.
Cheese ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cheese tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Price manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Price dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nacho Cheese's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cheese throws a right hand that Price ducks under and follows up with a left that Price also avoids with ease.
Price throws a shot to the body.
Price rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cheese moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Price throws out a counter right but Cheese avoids it with no problem.
Cheese takes a swing at Price's ribcage but misses.
Price punishes Cheese's body with a nice straight punch.
Cheese doesn't manage to clinch there - Price circles away.
Cheese avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cheese takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cheese slips under a jab.
Price throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cheese sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Price comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cheese wants to clinch.
Price keeps the fight on the outside.
Price avoids the body shot from Cheese.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese wants to clinch.
Price throws a poor cross that misses
and Price takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cheese tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
Price throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cheese looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Price thuds his right hand into Cheese's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cheese takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cheese on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Price has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cheese tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
Cheese tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Price counters with a stiff right hand.
Price connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Price darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice shot lands for Price.
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!
Price throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Cheese is just out of range.
Cheese doesn't manage to clinch there - Price circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cheese. Price does a little dance to reset his feet.
Price takes a swing at Cheese's ribcage but misses.
Cheese was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cheese is looking to clinch but Price is avoiding it.
A jab from Price misses.
Price misses the jab.
Price throws the left hand but Cheese avoids the punch easily.
Price misses with a body shot.
Price looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Price keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cheese lands with a cross.
Price catches Cheese with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Price keeps the fight on the outside.
A shot to the body from Cheese misses
and Price counters with a straight right hand.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Price lands with a shot to the body.
Price throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cheese counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cheeses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cheese is looking to clinch but Price is avoiding it.
Cheese tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
A slow jab from Price misses its intended target.
Price scores with a nice strike.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cheese looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Price cracks Cheese with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cheese darts in trying to clinch
and Price counters with a straight right hand.
Cheese moves away from the strike by Price.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Price! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese moves forwards but Price connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Price throws a jab when Cheese was well out of range.
Cheese tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
Cheese tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Price manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Price swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Price gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Price swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cheese counters with a left to the body.
Cheese digs a good body shot into Price's ribs.
Cheese feints a jab promting Price to slip. Cheese then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Price slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like James Price has been cut.
Price is breathing heavily.
Cheese tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Cheese avoids the body shot from Price.
Price keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cheese looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Price swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Price showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Cheese's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Cheese feints a jab promting Price to slip. Cheese then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Price slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Left hook, right uppercut from Price.
Price cracks Cheese with an open hand slap.
Nice shot lands for Price.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Price takes a jab right on the kisser.
Price scores with a hook.
Price comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
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!
Cheese tries to clinch up but Price circles away and keeps his distance.
Cheese tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.
Cheese misses with a body shot.
Cheese tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Price manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Price now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cheese avoids the body shot from Price.
Price misses the shot to the body.
Cheese is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Price.
Price throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
Cheese tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Price throws a lazy right hand but Cheese sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cheese avoids the body shot from Price.
Price misses with a wild body shot.
Cheese is looking to clinch.
James Price seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cheese misses with a wild body shot.
Price avoids the body shot from Cheese.

Cheese gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cheese.
Price lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Price lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cheese.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cheese.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Price as Cheese tries to tie him up.
Nacho Cheese has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price lands with a short shot to the head.
Price lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cheese blocks an uppercut.
Price is pushing Cheese up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cheese is trying to maintain a safe position but Price gets an underhook and turns Cheese into the cage.
Price makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Cheese breaks from the clinch.
Price scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cheese in his tracks.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Price on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Price misses the target.
Cheese seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cheese throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Price sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Price swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Price swings for the body but Cheese moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Cheese walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheese has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Price finds it's way round the side to connect with Cheese's head.
Price lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cheese doesn't manage to clinch there - Price circles away.
Cheese drops his hands momentarily and Price takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Price throws a lazy right hand but Cheese sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cheese appears to be looking for a big counter.
Price gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Price takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cheese throws a series of punches but Price moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Price uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cheese.
Cheese tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.
Cheese throws out a loose jab but Price uses good head movement to avoid it.
Price swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Price slips a jab and a cross from Cheese.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese moves to clinch but Price breaks away
and Price connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cheese throws a right and a left that Price avoids nicely.
James Price is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Price lands with an uppercut that bounces Cheese off the cage and back into range.
Cheese tries to clinch up.
Cheese tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Price to counter with a crisp jab.
Cheese fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cheese tries to clinch up but Price circles away and keeps his distance.
Cheese jabs at Price's body.
Price avoids the body shot from Cheese.
Price now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Price pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cheese swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cheese takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cheese throws a combination that misses
and Price counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cheese throws a combination that misses
and Price cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Price. Cheese does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Price comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Price has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Price!
Nacho Cheese was interviewed post fight and said 'Cheese me'.