PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hollis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James comes to the cage accompanied by It's Amazing by Kanye West. Hollis has chosen UGK - Pocket Full of Stones as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

James
vs
Hollis

180 cm
24
169 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

173 cm
30
165 lbs
19 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Hollis!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hollis throws a leg kick but James checks it.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
James misses with an uppercut. Hollis saw that one coming.
Hollis looks to score with a jab to the body but James is just out of range.
James loads up on a big right hand but Hollis slips the punch.
James swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hollis moves away.
Hollis connects with a body shot.
James takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hollis throws a half hearted mid kick.
James misses with an uppercut. Hollis saw that one coming.
Hollis misses with a body shot.
James misses with an uppercut. Hollis saw that one coming.
Hollis staying out of range there.
Hollis scores with a jab.
Hollis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hollis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hollis swings for the body but James moves out of range.
James looks to score with a jab to the body but Hollis is just out of range.
A big left from James misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James throws a lazy uppercut
and Hollis counters with a left to the body.
Hollis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hollis misses with a wild combination.
Hollis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down James rather than just go for the knockout.
James misses with a straight right.
James throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hollis walks into a jab.
Hollis lands a really nice looking cross but James seems unphased.
Hollis misses with a two punch combination.
James misses with a looping left.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Hollis.
James steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hollis.
Hollis avoids the body shot from James.
The fighters circling - James throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
James misses with a straight left.
James looks to land a right hand but Hollis moved out of range.
James connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollis throws a leg kick but James sees it coming and checks it nicely.
James listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
James throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hollis counters with a nice low kick that buckles James's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hollis.
Hollis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hollis with a nice cross.
Hollis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
James throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for Hollis. That snapped James's head back.
James misses the jab.
Hollis is looking to land body kicks.
James looks to land a right hand but Hollis moved out of range.
Hollis cracks James with a right hand to the side of the head.
James checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
James defending well as Hollis loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from James misses.
James throws out a loose jab but Hollis uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollis throws a leg kick which misses James's front leg but catches the back leg as James tries to avoid it.
Hollis throws a leg kick but James sees it coming and moves out of range.
James misses with a series of wild punches.
James is breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Hollis. Those never looked like landing.
James throws a shot from downtown. Hollis moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Hollis finds it's way through James's defenses.
James avoids the body shot from Hollis.
James catches Hollis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Alexander James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hollis.
James misses with a lunging right hand
and Hollis counters with a good low kick that James was not able to check.
Hollis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hollis throws a low kick but James avoids it.
Hollis connects with a solid leg kick.
Hollis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hollis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hollis jabs James to the body, keeping him at a distance.
James avoids the body shot from Hollis.
James sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hollis scoring well with a low kick there.
James is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hollis stuns James with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hollis. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
James chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hollis can pounce on him.
Hollis scores with a kick to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hollis. That's going to slow James down.
Hollis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping James at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hollis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hollis lands with a good body shot.
Hollis works James's body with a nice hook.
Hollis punishes James's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Hollis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hollis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hollis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
Hollis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hollis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
Hollis defending well as James loads up on a big left hand.
James throws the left hand but Hollis avoids the punch easily.
James misses with a hook.
James throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hollis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James swings widly with a right hand
and Hollis counters with a body kick.
Hollis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hollis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hollis scores with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hollis blocks a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James avoids the head kick by Hollis.
James takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hollis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether James might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
James walks into a straight right hand from Hollis.
Hollis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hollis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hollis.
Hollis throws a leg kick which misses James's front leg but catches the back leg as James tries to avoid it.
Hollis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hollis.
Hollis cracks the inside of James's front leg.
Hollis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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!
Good leg kick by Hollis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hollis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hollis.
James on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jab by Hollis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hollis.
Hollis lands a head kick!
Hollis cracks James with an open hand slap.
James stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hollis.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hollis!
Hollis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hollis.
Hollis connects with a high kick.
Hollis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
James throws a hook to the side of Hollis's head but Hollis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hollis throws a body kick that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hollis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on James. That did some damage!
A combination from James does no damage.
Hollis lands a nice hook to James's body. James takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Hollis.
Hollis ducks under a wild hook from James.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hollis, right into the meat.
James with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hollis to score with a decent uppercut.
Joe Hollis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
James avoids the head kick by Hollis.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hollis.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! James crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hollis - the referee stops the clock and James gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hollis. James manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hollis.
James thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hollis misses the shot to the body.
Hollis lands a lovely overhand right.
James avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hollis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
James has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hollis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws an off balance right hand
and Hollis counters with an inside leg kick.
James takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hollis connects with a single shot there.
Hollis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hollis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of James's head.
Hollis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hollis.
James checks a leg kick nicely.
Hollis's jab looks to have found its range, popping James under the eye.
Hollis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from James.
Hollis throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hollis.
Good leg kick by Hollis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hollis.
James is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hollis throws a series of punches but James avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Hollis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hollis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hollis lands a leg kick that knocks James off balance momentarily.
Hollis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
James slips under a jab from Hollis.
James throws a lazy right hand but Hollis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hollis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
James ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
James throws a big shot that misses.
That kick from Hollis tenderised James's leg. James is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hollis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hollis throws a sloppy head kick and James moves out of range easily.
Hollis defending well as James loads up on a big left hand.
James misses with a wild combination.
Hollis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hollis tries to land a front kick but James steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hollis.
Hollis throws a head kick that James semi-blocks.
Hollis misses with a straight left.
James throws out a loose jab but Hollis uses good head movement to avoid it.
James takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
James misses with an uppercut
and Hollis counters with a low kick, right behind James 's knee.
Hollis is looking to land body kicks.
James uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hollis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from James.
James looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
James pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hollis moves out of range as James strikes.
Hollis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James throws the left hand but Hollis avoids the punch easily.
James ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hollis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hollis throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James throws the left hand but Hollis avoids the punch easily.
James throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hollis counters with a stiff right hand.
Hollis scores with a jab. James acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
James will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hollis clobbers James with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from James. Those never looked like landing.
James misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
James has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hollis.
Hollis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hollis lands a nice looking body shot.
Hollis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hollis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping James at a distance.
Hollis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hollis lands with a nice body kick.
Nice defenses there by Hollis.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hollis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hollis - that will leave a mark!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hollis. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hollis lands with a nice body punch.
Hollis throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
Hollis does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hollis moves out of range of the strikes.
Good leg kick by Hollis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hollis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hollis lands a jab.
James throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hollis counters with a left to the body.
Hollis fails to land with a series of punches.
James dips to his left and cracks Hollis with an uppercut!
Hollis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hollis.
James throws a lazy uppercut
and Hollis counters with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollis lands a nice shot to the body.
James is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hollis.
Hollis ducks right into an uppercut from James.
Hollis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hollis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
James throws a poor cross that misses
and Hollis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hollis moves forwards but James connects with a nice, crisp jab.
James throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hollis counters with a leg kick.
James misses with a hook. Hollis ducked under it nicely.
Hollis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hollis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces James back to the cage. Hollis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
James throws a hook but Hollis blocks it.
Alexander James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hollis throws out the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Hollis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hollis 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Hollis!