PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alex Hadley Jr (ranked 5033 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyril Novac (ranked 8421 p4p, 0 weight class). Cyril Novac acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hadley Jr
vs
Novac

178 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

175 cm
24
160 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Hadley Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cyril Novac!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hadley Jr darts in and clinches Novac up against the cage.

Hadley Jr breaks from the clinch.
Novac is looking to clinch.
Novac has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Novac fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hadley Jr appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Novac wants to clinch.

Hadley Jr scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Novac wants to control but Hadley Jr is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Novac is trying to stand.
Novac keeping hold of Hadley Jr's head, controlling as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hadley Jr thows a huge punch but Novac dodges it nicely.
Hadley Jr keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hadley Jr tries to pass to full mount but Novac defends it.
Hadley Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hadley Jr trying to control the pace.
Novac moves into full guard.

That's two 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.
Hadley Jr engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Novac trying to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Hadley Jr shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Novac is trying to defend but Hadley Jr finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Novac wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Novac is trying to maintain the position but Hadley Jr is very close to passing his half guard.

Hadley Jr is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hadley Jr trying to control the pace.
Hadley Jr thows a huge punch but Novac dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Novac is trying to stand.

Novac actively working from the bottom here.
Hadley Jr trying to pass the guard but Novac defending well.
Hadley Jr looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Novac tries to get to full guard but Hadley Jr has control of the leg.

Hadley Jr postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Novac to stand up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Novac tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hadley Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Novac shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hadley Jr defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Hadley Jr dominated that 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.

Novac throws a left and a right that both miss

and Hadley Jr holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Hadley Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hadley Jr clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hadley Jr.

Hadley Jr successfully pulls guard.
Hadley Jr pulls Novac in close to prevent any damage.
Novac wants to control from the top but Hadley Jr keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Novac looking to sit in guard and control but Hadley Jr gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Hadley Jr stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Novac swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hadley Jr landing some decent shots from guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Novac is on top in guard.

Novac trying to control but Hadley Jr is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hadley Jr is pulling down on Novac's head to control his posture.
Novac won't allow Hadley Jr to sweep him here.
Hadley Jr keeping moving, preventing Novac from controlling successfully.

Hadley Jr looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Novac wants to control from the top but Hadley Jr keeps moving.
Novac being controlled here momentarily.

Hadley Jr is looking for a triangle but Novac pushes his legs off easily.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Novac trying to control the position from guard on top but Hadley Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Hadley Jr looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Novac keeping control of the position.
Hadley Jr stops Novac from getting back to his feet.
Novac is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

Hadley Jr stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Cyril Novac 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!

Hadley Jr closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Novac quickly recovers to half guard.
Novac is looking to get back to is feet but Hadley Jr passes into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Hadley Jr dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Novac is looking to clinch but Hadley Jr is avoiding it.
Novac wants to clinch up but Hadley Jr keeps it at a distance.

Hadley Jr clinches up against the cage.

Hadley Jr decides to pull guard.
Novac wants to control from the top but Hadley Jr keeps moving.
Novac might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hadley Jr haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hadley Jr managing to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hadley Jr looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hadley Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Novac can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Novac forces his way into half guard.
Novac is trying to control the action in half guard but Hadley Jr is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hadley Jr tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Novac manages to move to mount!
Novac tries to control but Hadley Jr wriggling away.
Hadley Jr is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hadley Jr is working hard here to advance position.
Hadley Jr is squirming around, avoiding Novac's attempts to control the action.
Hadley Jr slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hadley Jr wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Novac is keen to just control but Hadley Jr is a slippery customer.
Hadley Jr controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Hadley Jr is trying to get back to full guard.
Hadley Jr wants to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Some wild striking there from Novac.
Novac lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Novac tries to close the distance and clinch but Hadley Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hadley Jr appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Alex Hadley Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hadley Jr closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Novac did well to prevent Hadley Jr getting side control.

Hadley Jr stands up from half guard.
Alex Hadley Jr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Novac looks to land a combination but Hadley Jr avoids it well.
Hadley Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Novac.

Hadley Jr has Novac up against the cage in a clinch.
Hadley Jr misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cyril Novac comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hadley Jr has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Hadley Jr!
A victorious Alex Hadley Jr thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.