PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Geeves Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Pride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armstrong comes to the cage accompanied by Kickstart My Heart. Abel Pride will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Armstrong
vs
Pride

162 cm
26
167 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Tokyo United Fightwear

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Geeves Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abel Pride!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Armstrong.
Pride ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Armstrong moves away.
Armstrong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pride was well out of range. Poor timing from Armstrong.
Armstrong throws a nice outside leg kick.
Armstrong listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pride throws a good cross that connects.
Pride misses with a leg kick.
Pride throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Armstrong misses with a straight right.
Pride is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Armstrong scores with the left hand. Pride knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pride takes a swing at Armstrong's ribcage but misses.
Pride misses with a low kick as Armstrong jumps back.
Pride throws a nice looking combination but Armstrong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pride listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Armstrong scores with a jab to the head.
Armstrong misses the jab.
Pride uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Armstrong.
Armstrong slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A punch combination from Pride misses.
Armstrong lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pride's sensitive parts.
Armstrong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pride sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Armstrong definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Armstrong swings for the body but Pride moves out of range.
Armstrong missing with a left hand there. Pride was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pride digs a good body shot into Armstrong's ribs.

Armstrong takes the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Pride - that landed with a thud.
Armstrong working aggressively here.
Armstrong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pride lands a hook that snaps the head of Armstrong backwards.
Armstrong's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pride lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pride trying to stall but Armstrong improves his position.
Armstrong looking to slow down the pace here.
Armstrong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pride blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Pride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Armstrong can't find room to land a body shot as Pride controls the action.
Pride throws a head punch that misses.
Armstrong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pride goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Armstrong obliges.
Armstrong working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pride effectively controlling the action here.
Pride looking to stall.
Armstrong swings wildly with an uppercut but Pride uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pride swings wildly with an uppercut but Armstrong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Armstrong tries to stall but Pride uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Armstrong lands a good knee to the midsection. Pride won't want to take too many of those.
Armstrong lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pride blocking some punches.
Armstrong lands an elbow just above Pride 's eye.
Armstrong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Armstrong creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pride's defenses.
Armstrong struggles to land a body shot inside as Pride controls his hands.
Pride is trying to stall.
Armstrong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Armstrong looking to stall.
Armstrong has a couple of punches blocked by Pride.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pride.
Pride lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pride blocks an uppercut.
Pride misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pride's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Armstrong.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geeves Armstrong dominated that round.
That's time! Armstrong's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pride throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Armstrong's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pride under the eye.
Pride tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Armstrong was well out of range. Poor timing from Pride.
Armstrong throws a shot from downtown. Pride moves away and avoids it.
Pride thows a body shot but no joy.
Armstrong looks to throw the jab but Pride is out of range.
Armstrong looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pride throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pride with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Armstrong moves into range and connects with a jab.
A low kick from Pride misses
and Armstrong finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Pride lands with a straight right. Armstrong didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Pride. Those never looked like landing.
Pride displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Armstrong throws out the jab.
Pride has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Armstrong.
Pride lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong lands with a kick to the ribs.
Armstrong scores with a leg kick.
Pride is breathing heavily.
Pride scores with a jab. Armstrong acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Armstrong misses with a looping right.
Pride takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pride has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Armstrong wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Armstrong throws out a loose jab but Pride uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel Pride is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pride misses the shot to the body.
Pride swings away with a body shot that misses
and Armstrong counters with an inside leg kick.
Armstrong lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Armstrong explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Armstrong moves out of range as Pride throws a body kick.
Pride has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Armstrong scores with a jab. Pride acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Armstrong feints and then cracks Pride's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pride down.
Pride 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong cracks Pride with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pride uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Armstrong.
Armstrong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Armstrong fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Armstrong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pride manages to avoid it.
Armstrong ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Armstrong scores with a jab to the jaw.

Pride is rocked!
That kick from Armstrong tenderised Pride's leg. Pride is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pride is still on wobbly legs! Can Armstrong finish him?
Armstrong cracks Pride on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Pride falls backwards against the cage. Armstrong follows up with more strikes that drop Pride to his knees. Armstrong keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Pride! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Geeves Armstrong!
An out of breath Geeves Armstrong thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.