PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pete Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cletus Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landry has chosen country boy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Cletus Landry has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Butcher
vs
Landry

188 cm
28
169 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

171 cm
22
159 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Diamond Nutrition 160q
TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pete Butcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cletus Landry!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landry is looking to clinch but Butcher is avoiding it.
Butcher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Landry ducks under a wild hook from Butcher.
Butcher tries to land a front kick but Landry steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Butcher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Landry moves out of range as Butcher strikes.
Landry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Landry walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Landry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Butcher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Landry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Butcher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Landry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Butcher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Butcher lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Landry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Butcher throws a big shot that misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Butcher - that will leave a mark!
Butcher throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butcher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Butcher scores with a leg kick.
Butcher misses with a looping left.
Landry thows a body shot but no joy.
Butcher lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Landry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Landry throws a right hand that Butcher ducks under and follows up with a left that Butcher also avoids with ease.
Butcher scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice defenses there by Landry.
Butcher moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Butcher with a hook.
Butcher throws a nice outside leg kick.

Landry clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Butcher.
Landry throws a punch but it's blocked by Butcher.
Butcher working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Butcher avoids the damage to the body.
Butcher blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Butcher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Butcher is trying to stall.
Landry unloads a knee to the mid-section. Butcher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The referee is keeping an eye on Butcher - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Butcher avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Landry misses with a punch to the body.
Landry lands a hook to the side of the head.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Butcher avoids it.
A body shot lands from Landry.
Nice elbow from Landry.
Landry tries to work over Butcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Landry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A body shot lands from Landry.
Landry missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butcher takes an elbow to the temple.

Butcher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Landry throws a right and a left that Butcher avoids nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Butcher.
Butcher throws a jab but it's blocked by Landry.
Landry wants to clinch up but Butcher keeps it at a distance.
Landry blocks a leg kick.
Landry takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Butcher throws a solid leg kick but Landry takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Butcher.
Landry blocks a jab.
Landry throws a lazy right hand but Butcher sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Landry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Butcher lands with a straight right. Landry didn't see that one coming.
Butcher jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Butcher cracks Landry with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Butcher feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Landrys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butcher misses with a double jab.

Landry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Landry lands with a left to the head.

Butcher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Landry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Butcher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Butcher looks to throw the jab but Landry is out of range.
Butcher swats away the attempt to clinch by Landry.
Landry avoids the head kick by Butcher.
Butcher clobbers Landry with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Butcher misses with a body kick.
Butcher tries to land a body kick
and Landry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Landry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Butcher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Landry ducks under a wild hook from Butcher.

Landry clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pete Butcher will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Butcher throws a solid leg kick but Landry takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Butcher.

Landry forces Butcher back against the cage and clinches.
Landry keeps control of Butcher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Landry.
Landry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Landry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Butcher.
Landry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Landry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Landry.
Butcher avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Landry obliges.
Butcher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Butcher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Landry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Butcher.
Butcher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Landry is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Landry lands a body shot.
Landry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Landry lands an elbow just above Butcher 's eye.
Landry crunches a lovely knee into Butcher's ribcage.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Butcher avoids it.
Landry lands a nice knee to the body.
Landry is leaning against Butcher and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Landry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Butcher backwards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Landry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Landry unloads a knee to the mid-section. Butcher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Landry connects with a nasty looking knee right to Butcher's face.
Landry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Landry.
Butcher misses with a body punch.
Landry is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Butcher takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Butcher.
Butcher takes a knee to the side of the body.
Landry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Butcher effectively controlling the action here.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Butcher avoids the damage to the body.
Landry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Landry scores with a nice hook to the head.
Landry throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Landry lands a nice knee to the body.
Butcher scores with a nice hook to the head.
Landry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Butcher.
Butcher avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Butcher blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Landry crunches a lovely knee into Butcher's ribcage.
Butcher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Butcher leaning his opponent against the cage.
Butcher misses with some punches.
Butcher controlling the action here for a moment.
Butcher avoids the elbow strike from Landry, against the cage.
Butcher lands with a short shot to the head.
Landry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Butcher in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Butcher takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Pete Butcher has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Landry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Butcher dodges an elbow strike from Landry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butcher tries to work over Landry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Butcher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Butcher wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Landry has him pressed against the cage.
Butcher trying to stall but Landry improves his position.
Butcher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Landry lands a damaging elbow.
Butcher dodges an elbow strike from Landry.
Landry lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Landry lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Butcher.
With the fighters up against the cage, Landry throws an elbow but misses.
Butcher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Landry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Butcher is rocked!
Landry unloads a knee to the mid-section. Butcher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oh Butcher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Landry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Landry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Landry lands an elbow just above Butcher 's eye.
Landry crunches a lovely knee into Butcher's ribcage.
Landry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Butcher's defenses.
Landry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Landry comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from Landry on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cletus Landry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pete Butcher's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Landry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Butcher throws out a loose jab but Landry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Landry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pete Butcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Landry walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Butcher drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Landry swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Butcher's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cletus Landry!
A relieved looking Cletus Landry thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.