PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shelby Foote (ranked 2282 p4p, 207 weight class) and Phat Ho (ranked 2305 p4p, 209 weight class). Ho comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Foote
vs
Ho

167 cm
27
150 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

175 cm
31
142 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Organic Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shelby Foote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phat Ho!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho thuds a left hand into Foote's body.
Ho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Foote.
A combination from Foote does no damage.
Ho blocks a jab.
Ho digs a good hook to Foote's body.
The crowd cheers as Foote lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ho doesn't seem phased though.
Foote looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Foote misses with a wild combination.
Ho on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Foote throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little jabbing left from Ho on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Shelby Foote seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ho blocks a head kick by Foote.
Ho wants to counter with a clinch but Foote pushes him away.
Foote avoids a kick to the body.

Ho closes the distance and clinches.
Ho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ho managing to block the knees to the body from Foote.
Ho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ho lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foote blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ho misses with a punch to the body.
Foote misses with the head strike.
Ho dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ho working aggressively here.
Ho swings wildly with an uppercut but Foote uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho lands a nice uppercut.
Ho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Ho on the inside.
Ho tries to throw a body punch but Foote avoids it by throwing Ho back against the cage.
Foote lands with a light punch inside.
Ho throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foote blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Come on Ho - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A shot in the inside from Ho.
Ho swings wildly with an uppercut but Foote uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho struggles to land a body shot inside as Foote controls his hands.
Ho stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A nice left hand lands by Ho.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ho has a couple of punches blocked by Foote.
Ho presses Foote against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Foote misses with some punches.
Ho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foote tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ho avoids it.
Foote blocks an uppercut.
Foote working aggressively here.
Foote takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Foote.
Ho lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Foote blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ho.
Ho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Foote's elbow.
Foote's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ho struggles to land a body shot inside as Foote controls his hands.
Ho lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Foote or not.
A short body shot lands from Ho as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foote trying to land knees to the body.
Ho throws a punch but it's blocked by Foote.
Foote throws a head punch that misses.
Ho misses with a body punch.
Ho has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Foote seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ho can turn it around.
Ho misses with some punches.
Ho displaying some good clinch control by pressing Foote up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Foote.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Foote blocking some punches.
Foote is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ho is defending well for now.
Ho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ho misses with a body punch.
Foote misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phat Ho dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Foote fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Foote manages to avoid it.
Ho throws an overhand right that lands on Foote's shoulder, as Foote tries to avoid the shot.
Foote lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ho takes a step back to recover.
Ho lands a jab to Foote's midsection.
Ho is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ho ducks under a wild hook from Foote.
Ho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Foote throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ho connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Foote's hands.
Foote steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ho.
The crowd cheers as Ho lands an impressive looking overhand right. Foote doesn't seem phased though.
A slow jab from Foote misses its intended target.
Foote just misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Foote throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ho is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Foote with a body shot.
Foote throws a sloppy head kick and Ho moves out of range easily.
Ho keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Foote.
Ho buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've been told by Foote's head coaches at DRAGON MMA - 12 Elite & 2 Double Elite Coaches that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ho misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foote lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Foote slips under a jab.
Foote lands a lovely overhand right.
Foote lands a nice looking body shot.
Ho staying out of range there.
Foote misses with a straight left.
Ho was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nice jab there from Ho.
Foote fails to land with a series of punches.
Foote has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ho throws a leg kick but Foote checks it.
Ho misses with an uppercut. Foote saw that one coming.
Ho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Foote.
Foote thinks about countering with a head kick.
Foote walks into a stiff left hand from Ho.
Foote misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ho.
Foote misses the jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Ho there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Foote swings widly with a right hand
and Ho counters with a good low kick that Foote was not able to check.
A head kick from Ho lands but Foote takes it in his stride.
Foote tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho was well out of range. Poor timing from Foote.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foote tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ho ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Foote misses with a hook
and Ho counters with a body kick.
Ho throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ho lands with a straight right. Foote didn't see that one coming.
Foote connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Foote.
A lazy left from Ho finds it's target.
The fighters circling - Foote throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ho lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Foote throws a chopping leg kick but Ho manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Foote looks to land a right hand but Ho moved out of range.
Ho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Foote moves away.
Ho connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Foote throws a series of punches but Ho moves out of range.
Ho throws a jab when Foote was well out of range.
Foote takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters circling a little - Ho finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Foote.
Foote tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ho's corner calls for a 1-2. Ho obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ho staying out of range there.
A good leg kick by Ho.
Foote jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Foote tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Foote tries to keep at a distance but Ho has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Foote misses with the head strike.
Ho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ho avoiding damage as Foote throws knees to the body.
Ho misses with some punches.
Ho working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Foote lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ho content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Ho scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Foote lands a shoulder strike.
Ho misses with some punches.
Ho dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Foote blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Ho on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ho.
Ho scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phat Ho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Ho takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fighters circling - Ho throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ho lands a high kick!
Foote lands a leg kick that knocks Ho off balance momentarily.
Foote takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Foote moves forwards but Ho connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Foote is rocked!
Ho fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Foote out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Phat Ho!
Phat Ho decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.