PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Never Backdown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Backdown's entrance music is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeEgtfm8W2E&feature=related. A fine choice. Never Backdown looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Backdown
vs
Best

225 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

9mm Semtex Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Never Backdown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Best!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Best is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Backdown's half guard.
Backdown looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Best throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Best works his foot free and advances to mount.
Best cracks Backdown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Best lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Backdown is rocked!
Backdown takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Backdown is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice elbow there by Best.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Backdown taking shots to the head.
Best putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Best working the ground and pound effectively.
BOOM! Best connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Best landing shots from mount.
Backdown seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Best is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Backdown can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Backdown is in a horrible position here. Best smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Best lands a heavy elbow.
Backdown in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Backdown is in a horrible position here. Best smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Best looking to finish Backdown with some ground and pound. This is bad for Backdown!
Best scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Best.
Best is landing with some decent strikes but Backdown is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Best has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Backdown's face.
Best lands a nice shot to the head.
Best cracks Backdown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Best cracks Backdown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Best scoring with strikes but Backdown is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Best lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Backdown taking shots to the head.
Best has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Best lands a big shot there that rocks Backdown but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Backdown because Best loaded up on that one.
Backdown knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Best on the ground.
Best is landing with some decent strikes but Backdown is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Backdown tries to hold on but Best postures up.
Best working Backdown over with strikes here.
Best pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Best is landing with some decent strikes but Backdown is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Best is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Best landing strikes from the mount and Backdown is in trouble!
Best cracks Backdown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Backdown is bucking up trying to escape but Best cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Best pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Best cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Best working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Best with shots to the head and body - Backdown looks very uncomfortable down there.
Best landing punches.
Backdown taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Best.
Best landing strikes from the mount and Backdown is in trouble!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Best breaks from Backdown's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Best with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Best dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Best shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Best lands a nice short elbow.
Best passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Backdown!
Best is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Best raining down shots from the mount!
Best landing shots from mount.
Backdown really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Best lands a nice shot to the head.
Best with a couple of short strikes.
Best lands a big elbow.
Best unloading with bombs!
Best lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Backdown takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Best fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Backdown is wriggling around trying to escape.
Best lands a big elbow.
Best landing shots from mount.
Best scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Best has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Backdown's face.
Best working Backdown over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Best.
Best scoring with strikes but Backdown is staying in there.
Best with the ground and pound from mount.
Best working Backdown over with strikes here.
Backdown takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Best landing shots from mount.
Backdown is trying to escape the mount.
Best is landing with some decent strikes but Backdown is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Best in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Best landing shots from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Best cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Best working Backdown over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Best cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Best with shots to the head and body - Backdown looks very uncomfortable down there.
Best scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Backdown?
Best raining down shots from the mount!
Best has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Best is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Best dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Best.
Best with good strikes from the mount here!
Backdown in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Best lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Best putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
BOOM! Best connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Best scoring with strikes but Backdown is staying in there.
Best working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Best showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Backdown throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Best's head.

Best feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Backdown wants to stand and escape but Best is having none of it.
Best passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Backdown wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Best lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Backdown down.
Best lands a nice forearm strike.
Backdown is working to avoid the ground and pound but Best connects with a decent elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Backdown tries to buck Best off but Best is having none of it.
Best looks up at the clock and then as Backdown takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Best smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Backdown managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Best.
Backdown wants to control but Best postures up.
Best lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Best sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Backdown is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Best passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Backdown!
Best unloading with bombs!
Best has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Backdown's face.
Best landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Best cracks Backdown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Best unloading with bombs!
Best lands with some strikes.
Best working Backdown over with strikes here.
Best unloading with bombs!
Best lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Best has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Backdown's face.
Best lands with some strikes.
Backdown takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Backdown is in all sorts of trouble here.
Best scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Backdown?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best lands with some strikes.
Best pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Best with shots to the head and body - Backdown looks very uncomfortable down there.
Best avoids the attempt from Backdown to control.
Best is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Backdown can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Best working Backdown over with strikes here.
Best raining down shots from the mount!
Best lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Backdown hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Backdown takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Best pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Backdown keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Best lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Best lands a big elbow.
Best is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Backdown can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Backdown really wants to buck Best off and get back to his feet.
Backdown is desperately trying to improve his position but Best has a good base and remains in mount.
Best breaks from Backdown's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Never Backdown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danny Best is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Best lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Best comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Best winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 25:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 25:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Best!