PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jhon Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Demoss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes comes to the cage accompanied by Bodies, by Drowning Pool. Demoss is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Here Comes The Boom. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Holmes
vs
Demoss

190 cm
18
250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
265 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Deadly Clothing
JOKER FIGHTGEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jhon Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Demoss!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demoss looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Demoss clinches with his opponent.
Holmes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Mike Demoss has been cut.
Demoss tries to work over Holmes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Demoss missing with knees to the body.
Demoss lands a right hand.
Holmes blocks an uppercut.

Demoss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holmes looks to clinch

and Demoss counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Holmes takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Jhon Holmes has been cut.
Demoss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Demoss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Demoss can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
Demoss using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes blocks an elbow strike.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Demoss lands a shot to the body.
Holmes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Demoss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Demoss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Demoss - that landed with a thud.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes keeps control of Demoss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Demoss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Demoss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holmes's elbow.
Demoss is trying to break the clinch but Holmes has him pressed against the cage.
Demoss tries to land a knee to the head but Holmes blocks with his arms.
Holmes misses with a knee to the head.
Demoss tries to work over Holmes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Demoss keeps control of Holmes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Demoss tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Demoss misses with some punches.
Demoss wants to break free but Holmes has control.
Holmes managing to block the knees to the body from Demoss.
Holmes keeps control of Demoss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A knee to the head by Holmes.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Demoss blocks with his arms.

Holmes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Demoss tries to clinch up but Holmes circles away and keeps his distance.
Demoss tries to close the distance and clinch but Holmes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Demoss. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Demoss.
Demoss looks gassed!
Holmes tries to clinch but Demoss moves away

and Demoss counters by moving into the clinch.
Demoss throws a punch but it's blocked by Holmes.
Demoss wants to get back to striking at distance but Holmes won't allow it.
Holmes avoiding damage as Demoss throws knees to the body.
Demoss tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Demoss trying to land knees to the body.
Holmes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Demoss up against the cage.
Holmes with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demoss lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Demoss lands a knee to the head.
Holmes looking to throw knees to the head but Demoss is blocking nicely.
Holmes connects with a knee to the head.
Demoss misses with a knee to the head.
Holmes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Demoss blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Demoss blocks with his arms.
Demoss has had enough of the clinch but Holmes keeps him there for the moment.
Demoss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Demoss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Demoss wants to break the clinch but can't.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Demoss tries a knee to the head but Holmes blocks it.
Holmes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Demoss's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries to land knees in the clinch but Demoss avoids the damage to the body.
Holmes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Demoss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes is working for takedown but Demoss is calmly controlling the position for now.
Demoss being controlled against the cage.
Holmes can't get the takedown.
Holmes slows down the pace here.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Holmes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Demoss.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demoss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Demoss dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Demoss misses with a head kick.
Demoss tries to clinch up.

Holmes drives through and clinches with Demoss against the cage.
Demoss wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holmes has him pressed against the cage.
Demoss wants to get back to striking at distance but Holmes won't allow it.
Demoss wants to break the clinch but can't.
Demoss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Holmes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Demoss lands an elbow that stopped Holmes in his tracks for a moment.
Demoss looking to throw knees to the head but Holmes is blocking nicely.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Demoss blocks with his arms.

Holmes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jhon Holmes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holmes tries to clinch up

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Demoss counters by moving into the clinch.
Demoss is breathing heavily.
Holmes blocks an elbow strike from Demoss.
Holmes lands a nice knee to the body.
Holmes wants a takedown but no success here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demoss tries to throw a body punch but Holmes avoids it by throwing Demoss back against the cage.
Demoss working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Demoss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holmes.
Demoss throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Demoss blocks it.
Demoss prevents a takedown attempt there.
Demoss is looking to break free of the clinch but Holmes has double underhooks.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.

Demoss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Holmes throws a nice looking combination but Demoss bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Holmes fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jhon Holmes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holmes keeps the fight on the outside.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Holmes misses with a body kick.

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.
Holmes looks for a takedown but Demoss sprawls well.
Demoss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demoss goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Demoss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Holmes looks to clinch

and Demoss counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Holmes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Holmes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Holmes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Demoss tries a knee to the head but Holmes blocks it.
Demoss tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Demoss misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Demoss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Demoss with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Holmes managing to block the knees to the body from Demoss.

Holmes manages to break the clinch.
Demoss circles away from the clinch attempt

and Demoss counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Demoss wants to get back to striking at distance but Holmes won't allow it.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demoss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Demoss blocks it.
Holmes misses with a knee to the head.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Demoss lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Holmes prevents a body shot from Demoss.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demoss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Demoss tries to land a knee to the head but Holmes blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Demoss misses with a punch on the inside.
Holmes stalls.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Holmes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Demoss's brow.
Holmes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Demoss blocks it with crossed arms.
Demoss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holmes.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demoss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Demoss blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Demoss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Demoss is trying to break free.

Holmes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Demoss tries to clinch but Holmes is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Demoss showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Holmes takes the fight into the clinch.

Holmes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Demoss swats away the attempt to clinch by Holmes.
Holmes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Demoss but Demoss pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Demoss clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Demoss.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Demoss has a couple of punches blocked by Holmes.
Demoss using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Demoss throws a knee to the head but misses.
Demoss takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Holmes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Demoss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Demoss tries to land knees in the clinch but Holmes avoids the damage to the body.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demoss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demoss wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Demoss misses with the head strike.
Demoss unloads a knee to the mid-section. Holmes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demoss with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Demoss wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holmes landing knees to the head.
Demoss wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Demoss misses with a punch to the body.
Holmes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Demoss's face.
Demoss tries a knee to the head but Holmes blocks it.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Demoss blocks with his arms.
Holmes misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demoss wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mike Demoss seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Demoss blocks it.
Holmes misses with a knee to the head.
Holmes with a knee to the head.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Holmes with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Mike Demoss's cut even more.
Demoss has had enough of the clinch but Holmes keeps him there for the moment.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demoss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes is trying to drag Demoss to the mat but Demoss just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Demoss throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Holmes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Holmes managing to block the knees to the body from Demoss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demoss misses with a knee to the head.
Holmes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holmes connects with a knee to the head.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Demoss wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holmes connects with a knee to the head.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Demoss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Demoss using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Holmes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Holmes looking to throw knees to the head but Demoss is blocking nicely.
Demoss missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Demoss blocks it.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Demoss blocks it.
Holmes lands a knee to the head.
Demoss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holmes's elbow.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes prevents a body shot from Demoss.
Demoss can't break the clinch.
Holmes blocks the elbow strike.
Holmes misses with a knee to the head.
Jhon Holmes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Holmes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Mike Demoss's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Holmes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Demoss tries a knee to the head but Holmes blocks it.
Knees to the body from Holmes.
Mike Demoss is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Holmes misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Demoss comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Demoss has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Demoss!