PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milan Noble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shelton David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Noble
vs
David

177 cm
18
214 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
207 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Milan Noble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shelton David!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noble fails in his attempt to clinch.
David doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Noble counters with a one-two to the body.
Noble takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

David closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Noble quickly recovers to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice strikes from David there.
Noble is pressing down on David's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Noble looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Noble could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Noble wants to stand but David is controlling the position.
David chips away with some ground and pound.

David avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Noble trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Noble doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
David must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
David is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
David scoring with some ground and pound.
Noble preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Noble throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Noble wants to stand and escape but David is having none of it.
David lands a couple of digs.
David throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
David with a nice head shot there.
Noble tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
David scoring with some ground and pound.
David chips away with some ground and pound.
David content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
David cracks Noble with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells David's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Noble has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
David content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
David with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David with a nice head shot there.
David postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
David loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
David throwing strikes from guard but Noble blocks nicely.

Noble has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but David can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Noble is breathing heavily.
David lands a couple of decent looking shots.
David working some strikes from top position.
Noble is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
David missing with punches from the bottom.
Noble takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
David misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David misses with some strikes from the bottom.
David avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Noble.
David missing with punches from the bottom.
David wants to improve his position but Noble is controlling well.
Noble not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if David can do anything to dispel that myth.
David is looking for a sweep. Noble is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
David throws a strike from the bottom but Noble passes into side control!
David looks to move to half guard but instead Noble has passed into mount! Damn!
Noble with a couple of short strikes.
Noble lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
David is squirming around, avoiding Noble's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Noble raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Noble landing strikes from the mount.
Noble looking to ground and pound but David is blocking nicely.
David flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
David is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
David working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
David throwing hammer fists to the chest of Noble. What's that going to do exactly?
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 Milan Noble will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Noble is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
David lands a nice shot to the body.
David fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from David misses.

David shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Noble napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Noble taking punishment in the form of punches.
Noble is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on David's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
David lands with a punch from half guard.
David is breathing heavily.
Noble is trying to maintain the position but David is very close to passing his half guard.
Noble is trying to defend against the ground and pound but David scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
David slips a nice elbow through Noble's hands, connecting with Noble's forehead.
Noble works his way to full guard. Good work.
Noble looking to control.
David lands a couple of elbows.
David with a flurry of punches that miss.
David throws an elbow that misses. Noble uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in David's guard. Nice move by Noble!
David avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
David is striking from the bottom but Noble uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Noble drops an elbow to the side of David's head.
Noble looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks David with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
David on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Noble working David over with strikes.
David missing with punches from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Noble blocks the strikes from David.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Noble connects with a nice short shot to David's temple.
Noble working over David with some ground and pound. David looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
David strikes from the bottom but Noble passes into mount!
David flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Noble lands a nice shot to the head.
Noble looking to control but David is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
David really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Noble. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
David swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
David is wriggling around trying to escape.
David is squirming around, avoiding Noble's attempts to control the action.
David is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noble wants to control the pace but David is squirming around nicely.
David throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
David is trying to escape the mount.
David swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Noble prevents David from getting the reversal.
Noble putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
David flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Noble landing strikes from the mount and David is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David is bucking up trying to escape but Noble cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Noble landing shots from mount.
David has given up his back here. Will Noble look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Noble is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at David. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
David tries to roll but Noble sticks to his back.
David is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Noble gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Noble lands shots from the back.
Noble scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. David is looking for a way out.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
David tries to escape but Noble has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Noble cracks David with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing David from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Noble keeps control of the position as David tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milan Noble dominated that second round.
That's time! Noble's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Noble tries to clinch up.
David lands with a straight right. Noble didn't see that one coming.
A right-left combo lands from David.
David swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
David throws a shot to the body.
David circles away from the clinch attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from David.
David takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Noble tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. David manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shelton David is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Noble tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David tries for a takedown but Noble sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Noble takes one on the chin but seems OK.
David dives in and grabs Noble's left leg, looking for a takedown. Noble pushes down on David's head and hops out.
Noble is looking to clinch but David is avoiding it.
Noble wants to clinch.
Noble slips a jab from David.
Noble tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David closes this distance looking for a takedown but Noble circles away.
Milan Noble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shelton David.
Noble tries to clinch up.
Noble is looking to clinch but David is avoiding it.
Noble fails with an attempt to clinch.
Noble tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
David scores with a shot to the body.
Noble tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but David paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Noble tries to clinch but David moves out of range.
Noble fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David fails to land the takedown.
Noble is looking to clinch.
Noble tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. David manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
David will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
David shoots in but no luck this time.
Noble tries to clinch there but David circles away.
Noble is looking to clinch but David is avoiding it.

Noble closes the distance and pushes David back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Noble decides to pull guard.
David throws a strike but Noble rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Noble chips away with some ground and pound.
David avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Noble works over David with some ground and pound from guard.
Noble makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Noble is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noble postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
David is striking off his back. Noble thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Noble looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks David with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Milan Noble showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Noble has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Milan Noble!