PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hezekiel Joseph (ranked 4351 p4p, 25151 weight class) and Frank Journeyman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Journeyman has chosen Schizophrenic Phonk as his entrance music. Frank Journeyman has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Joseph
vs
Journeyman

170 cm
25
146
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
20
155
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hezekiel Joseph!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Journeyman!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Joseph pushes Journeyman up against the cage in a clinch.
Joseph lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Joseph.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.
Journeyman tries to circle away but Joseph has him pinned against the cage.
Joseph gets through Journeyman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joseph lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Journeyman looking for a takedown.
Journeyman tries to break the clinch but Joseph is controlling the position.
Joseph digs a right hand underneath Journeyman's ribcage. Journeyman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Journeyman takes a shot to the head.
Joseph lands with a right to the head.
Journeyman is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Joseph gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Joseph lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joseph is pressed up against the cage. Journeyman has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Joseph down to the mat. Joseph avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hezekiel Joseph has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Journeyman.
Joseph scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Journeyman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joseph swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Joseph closes the distance and clinches.
Journeyman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Joseph pushes Journeyman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Journeyman has Joseph pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Joseph manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Journeyman looks winded!
Joseph lands a shoulder strike.
Joseph pushes Journeyman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joseph working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joseph digs a right hand into Journeyman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Journeyman's gas tank.
Joseph lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Joseph - that landed with a thud.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.
Joseph lands an uppercut.
Joseph lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Journeyman.
Joseph gets through Journeyman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A body shot lands from Joseph.
Joseph working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Joseph.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Journeyman takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Joseph.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joseph.
Joseph lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Joseph.
A right hand to the body from Joseph.
Joseph working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joseph lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Joseph.
Joseph works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Joseph lands a hook that snaps the head of Journeyman backwards.
Joseph lands with a right to the head.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Journeyman is rocked!
Joseph tries for a takedown. No joy.
Journeyman is still on wobbly legs! Can Joseph finish him?
Joseph lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Journeyman.
Journeyman seems to have recovered his senses.
Joseph is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Journeyman pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph digs a right hand underneath Journeyman's ribcage. Journeyman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joseph lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Journeyman or not.
Still in the clinch, Joseph scores with a nice short uppercut.
Joseph throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Journeymans head.
Joseph pushes Journeyman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joseph lands a body punch in the clinch.
Joseph digs a right hand underneath Journeyman's ribcage. Journeyman let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Joseph escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Joseph gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Joseph.
Joseph is leaning against Journeyman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Good body shot from Joseph.
A short right from Joseph on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joseph digs a right hand underneath Journeyman's ribcage. Journeyman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joseph lands with a short shot to the head.
Joseph lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Journeyman or not.
A short uppercut from Joseph.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joseph working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joseph pushes Journeyman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joseph throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Journeymans head.
A short right from Joseph on the inside.
Joseph lands a body shot.
Joseph tries for a takedown. No joy.
A short right from Joseph.
Joseph has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Journeyman after a bit of a struggle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Joseph.
Joseph cracks Journeyman with a nice body shot.
A short right from Joseph.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Joseph creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joseph lands a body punch.
A short right from Joseph on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hezekiel Joseph dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Joseph takes the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Joseph.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Joseph.
Joseph lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Joseph.
Joseph throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Journeymans head.
Joseph lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Joseph lands a body punch.
Joseph cracks Journeyman with a nice body shot.
Joseph lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Joseph.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Joseph.
Joseph lands with a right to the head.
Joseph lands with a right to the head.
Journeyman is breathing heavily.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joseph lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Journeyman has had enough of the clinch but Joseph keeps him there for the moment.
Journeyman takes a shot to the head.
Journeyman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Joseph lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hezekiel Joseph has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Joseph lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Joseph.
Joseph lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Journeyman.
Joseph gets through Journeyman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joseph scores with a shoulder strike.
Joseph scores with a shot to the side of Journeyman's head.
Joseph lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Journeyman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Joseph.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph lands a big right hand that drops Journeyman! The killer instinct kicks in and Joseph finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Joseph!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hezekiel Joseph!
In defeat, Frank Journeyman stepped up to the mic, saying 'It is what it is and i will come back stronger,its never over'.