PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samir King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by When I Die - Genocide(Jusuf Dzilic). Noel has chosen Street Gang as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

King
vs
Noel

187 cm
27
184 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

186 cm
26
199 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Determined

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Samir King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Danny Noel!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Noel as King shoots in.
King has a takedown stuffed.
Noel tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from King.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samir King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Noel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Noel has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Horrible takedown attempt by King or perhaps it was just good defense by Noel, which made it look bad.
King fails with a takedown attempt.
Noel wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

King tries to keep at a distance but Noel has taken the fight into the clinch.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
King wants a takedown.
King blocks an elbow strike from Noel.
Noel gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from King.
King is looking to take this one to the mat.
King wants a takedown.
Noel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Samir King has been cut.
King tries for a takedown but Noel manages to get underhooks.
Noel lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
King wants to take the fight to the mat but Noel manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
King is breathing heavily.
Noel lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
Noel prevents the takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Noel lands a nice elbow.
Noel lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King drops down looking for an ankle pick but Noel pulls his leg out and moves away.
Noel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Noel tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Noel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
King shoots in but no luck this time.
Noel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Noel moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.

Noel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Noel lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.

Samir King's cut is getting worse.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
Noel lands a nice elbow.
King takes an elbow to the temple.
Noel lands a nice elbow.

Samir King's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Noel lands a damaging elbow.
Noel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

King is rocked!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Noel just misses with a elbow thrown towards King's brow.
Noel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Samir King's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Noel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Noel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Samir King's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Danny Noel!
A very excited looking Danny Noel rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.