PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamel Booth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Onion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Booth
vs
Onion

180 cm
19
214 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

179 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamel Booth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mr Onion!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Onion punishes Booth's body with a nice straight punch.

Onion has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Onion on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Onion.
Onion lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Onion lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Booth.
Nice body punch from Onion.
Onion gets through Booth's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Onion digs a right hand into Booth's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Booth's gas tank.
Onion digs a right hand into Booth's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Booth's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Onion.
Onion lands a left hand that snaps the head of Booth backwards.
Onion lands a right hand that snaps the head of Booth backwards.
Onion pushes Booth back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Onion digs a right hand into Booth's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Booth's gas tank.
Booth jumps guard but Onion turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Onion swings wildly with an uppercut but Booth uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Booth blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Onion.
Onion lands with a left to the head.
Onion scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Onion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Onion lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Onion.
Onion lands a nice shot to the body.
Onion swings wildly with an uppercut but Booth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Onion presses Booth against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Onion.
Onion lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Onion presses Booth against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Onion can't find room to land a body shot as Booth controls the action.
Onion lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Onion lands a body punch.
Onion lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Onion presses Booth against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Onion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Booth backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Onion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Onion lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Booth backwards.
Onion pushes Booth back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Onion lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Booth blocks an uppercut.
Onion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Onion prevents the takedown attempt.
Onion working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Onion has a couple of punches blocked by Booth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Onion scores with a nice hook to the head.
Onion lands a right hand.
Onion lands a left hand that snaps the head of Booth backwards.
A shot in the inside from Onion.
Onion softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Onion misses with a punch to the body.
Booth can't break the clinch.

Booth manages to pull guard.
Onion must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Booth is on top in guard.

We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Onion can do anything to dispel that myth.
Onion tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Booth could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Onion looks winded!
Booth tries to stand but Onion is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booth is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Booth trying to stand up but can't free himself from Onion's guard.
Onion being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Onion dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Onion cracks a nice hook into Booth's ribs.
Onion throws a shot to the body.
Onion tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Booth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Onion takes the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Onion lands a body punch in the clinch.
Onion struggles to land a body shot inside as Booth controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Booth wants the takedown. Onion is fighting it off but Booth persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Onion's guard against the cage.
Onion keeping moving, preventing Booth from controlling successfully.
Booth with a flurry of punches that miss.
Booth lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Booth trying to stand up but can't free himself from Onion's guard.

Booth stands up and waves to Onion to follow him.
Onion tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Booth manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Onion lands a nice hook to Booth's body. Booth takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Onion is breathing heavily.
Onion tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Booth loads up on a big right hand but Onion slips the punch.
Onion tries to close the distance and clinch up but Booth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Onion tries to clinch up.
Onion moves out of range of the body kick from Booth.
The fight stays on the outside here - Onion looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booth throws a right hand that Onion ducks under and follows up with a left that Onion also avoids with ease.
Booth jabs Onion to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Booth is looking to clinch but Onion is avoiding it.
Nice sprawl there from Onion as Booth shoots in.
Onion fails in his attempt to clinch.
Booth takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mr Onion is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Booth throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Onion's waist but Onion gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Booth off to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booth misses the shot to the body.
Booth wants to clinch up but Onion keeps it at a distance.
Booth misses with a double jab.
Onion tries to bum rush Booth with a series of wild strikes but Booth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Booth is looking to land body kicks.
Onion is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Mr Onion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Onion wants to clinch up but Booth keeps it at a distance.
Onion tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Booth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamel Booth dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Booth looks to score with a jab to the body but Onion is just out of range.
Onion steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Booth.
Onion uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Booth.
Onion tries to counter with a clinch but Booth shakes him off and moves away.

Booth gets tackled into the cage by Onion. Onion maintains the clinch.
Booth blocks a body shot from Onion.
Onion lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Onion prevents Booth from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Onion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Booth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Booth.
Booth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Onion scores with a nice hook to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Booth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Onion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Onion gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Booth.
Booth drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Onion gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Booth tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Onion working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Booth.
Stalling in the clinch from Onion.
Onion misses with a punch on the inside.
Onion lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Onion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Onion is leaning against Booth and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Onion takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Onion is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Onion lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Booth backwards.
Booth can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamel Booth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Booth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Booth goes for a takedown in the clinch but Onion prevents it.

Booth pulls guard effortlessly.
Onion won't allow Booth to get back to his feet.
Onion won't allow Booth to sweep him here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Booth holds on and takes a little breather.
Onion prevents Booth from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booth bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Onion's guard.

Booth trying to stand up but can't free himself from Onion's guard.
Onion has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Booth seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Booth accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Onion instigates a clinch.
Onion misses with the head strike.

Booth works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Booth tries to stand but Onion is controlling from the bottom.
Booth throwing strikes from guard but Onion blocks nicely.
Onion preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Onion has a closed guard, preventing Booth from standing up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Onion comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Onion has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Onion!