PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pro Ject (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Battle-Born (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Battle-Born has chosen DJ Shadow / Six Days as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Pro Ject could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gabriel Battle-Born's chin.

Ject
vs
Battle-Born

189 cm
27
195 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

180 cm
24
194 lbs
10 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Pro Ject!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Gabriel Battle-Born!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Battle-Born gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Battle-Born.
Ject wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ject blocks an elbow strike.
Battle-Born comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Pro Ject has been cut.
Ject struggles to land a body shot inside as Battle-Born controls his hands.
Battle-Born throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Battle-Born scores with a shoulder strike.
Battle-Born pushes Ject back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Battle-Born lands an elbow inside.
Battle-Born misses with an elbow over the top.
Battle-Born scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Battle-Born tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ject lands an uppercut.
Battle-Born misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ject.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ject blocks an elbow strike from Battle-Born.
Ject wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Battle-Born lands an elbow that stopped Ject in his tracks for a moment.
Battle-Born trying to land knees to the body.
Battle-Born throws a punch but it's blocked by Ject.
Ject tries to break free but Battle-Born pushes him back against the cage.
Battle-Born is working Ject over against the cage.
Battle-Born misses with an elbow strike.
Battle-Born pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Battle-Born lands an elbow inside.

Ject breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Battle-Born throws a nice outside leg kick.
Battle-Born steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ject.
Ject circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ject connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ject uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Battle-Born.
Battle-Born lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ject's sensitive parts.
The fighters circle momentarily. Battle-Born darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Battle-Born misses the jab.
Ject takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ject throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Battle-Born jabs Ject right on the nose. Ject blinks but takes it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ject, right into the meat.
Battle-Born tries to clinch but Ject is having none of it.
Ject bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Battle-Born misses with a straight right.
Battle-Born tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ject misses with a body shot.
Battle-Born scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Battle-Born with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ject throws an overhand right that lands on Battle-Born's shoulder, as Battle-Born tries to avoid the shot.
Ject keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ject moves out of range of the body kick from Battle-Born.
A leg kick checked by Battle-Born.
Ject listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ject smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ject wants to slow Battle-Born down by chopping away at his legs.
Battle-Born misses with a body shot.
Battle-Born thows a body shot but no joy.
Battle-Born thuds his right hand into Ject's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice jab there from Ject.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Battle-Born scores with the left hand. Ject knows he should have avoided that one.
A head kick by Battle-Born misses
and Ject cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Battle-Born throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ject connects with a solid leg kick.
Ject misses with a hook
and Battle-Born counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Battle-Born, right into the meat.
Ject throws a left and a right that both miss
and Battle-Born counters with a left to the body.
Ject misses with a double jab
and Battle-Born counters with a nice body kick.
Ject will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ject uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Battle-Born.
Ject tries a low kick but Battle-Born avoids it.
Battle-Born tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ject swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Battle-Born dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pro Ject's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ject throws a jab but it's blocked by Battle-Born.
Battle-Born lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ject's sensitive parts.

Battle-Born pushes Ject up against the cage in a clinch.

Ject escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ject avoids a kick to the body.
Ject throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ject lands a leg kick that knocks Battle-Born off balance momentarily.
Ject misses with a straight left.
Ject misses with a body shot.
Ject takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Battle-Born throws a leg kick which misses Ject's front leg but catches the back leg as Ject tries to avoid it.
Ject scores with a head kick. Battle-Born tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Battle-Born throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Battle-Born throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battle-Born displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ject throws out the jab.
Gabriel Battle-Born seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ject walks into a stiff left hand from Battle-Born.
Battle-Born on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ject throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Battle-Born ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ject scores with a punch to the head.
Battle-Born lands a nice looking body shot.
Battle-Born tries a low kick but Ject avoids it.
Battle-Born lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice defenses there by Battle-Born.
Ject sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Battle-Born moves in looking to clinch but Ject pushes him off.
Ject stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Battle-Born.

Battle-Born rushes Ject and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ject.
Ject wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Battle-Born misses with an elbow strike.
Ject has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Battle-Born misses with an elbow over the top.
Battle-Born throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Battle-Born presses Ject against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ject stalling in the clinch but Battle-Born improves position.
Battle-Born misses with an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Battle-Born scores with a nice short uppercut.
Battle-Born missing with knees to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Battle-Born in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Ject wants to get back to striking at distance but Battle-Born won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battle-Born doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Battle-Born fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ject is trying to force a seperation but Battle-Born has the dominant position.
Ject has had enough of the clinch but Battle-Born keeps him there for the moment.
Ject tries to break the clinch but Battle-Born is controlling the position.
Ject avoiding damage as Battle-Born throws knees to the body.
Battle-Born misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ject.
Battle-Born blocking some punches.
Ject takes an elbow to the temple.
Ject avoids a wild elbow strike from Battle-Born.
Ject is trying to push Battle-Born away but Battle-Born has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Battle-Born.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Battle-Born just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ject's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ject swings wildly with an uppercut but Battle-Born uses good head movement to avoid it.
Battle-Born trying to land knees to the body.
Battle-Born prevents Ject from breaking the clinch.
Ject blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ject blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Battle-Born throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Battle-Born lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ject slows down the pace here.
Good body shot from Battle-Born.
Gabriel Battle-Born seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ject takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Battle-Born showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pro Ject's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Battle-Born fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ject has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Battle-Born throws a leg kick but Ject sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ject takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Battle-Born moves into the clinch.
Ject is trying to break the clinch but Battle-Born is controlling him.
Ject can't break the clinch.
Ject wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Battle-Born tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ject avoids it.
Battle-Born lands an elbow inside.
Battle-Born tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ject avoids it.
Ject is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good body shot from Ject.
Battle-Born makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ject avoids the elbow strike from Battle-Born, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ject tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Battle-Born avoids it.
Ject is looking to break free of the clinch but Battle-Born has double underhooks.
Battle-Born lands an elbow just above Ject 's eye.
Still in the clinch, Ject scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Battle-Born.
Battle-Born lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Battle-Born lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ject looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Battle-Born gets through Ject's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Battle-Born is leaning against Ject and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Battle-Born comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Battle-Born is working Ject over against the cage.
Ject takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pro Ject has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gabriel Battle-Born is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battle-Born prevents a body shot from Ject.
Ject wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Battle-Born keeps control of Ject as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ject wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Battle-Born tries a body shot but Ject blocks it.
Battle-Born tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ject avoids it.
Ject blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Battle-Born blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ject avoiding damage as Battle-Born throws knees to the body.
Ject has had enough of the clinch but Battle-Born keeps him there for the moment.
Ject tries to break free but Battle-Born pushes him back against the cage.
Ject is trying to break the clinch but Battle-Born is controlling him.

Ject breaks the clinch.
Ject misses with a looping left.
Battle-Born cracks Ject with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Battle-Born uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ject.
A solid leg kick lands there for Battle-Born.
Battle-Born lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ject tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Battle-Born moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ject has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Battle-Born managing to block the knees to the body from Ject.
Ject misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Battle-Born lands an elbow inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ject is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ject misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Battle-Born comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Battle-Born 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Battle-Born!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Gabriel Battle-Born made sure he mentioned Crippler's Corner, along with how happy he was to win his fight.