PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Key (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Schmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Key comes to the cage accompanied by prom queen. Schmo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sound of Madness- Shinedown. Paul Key is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Key
vs
Schmo

168 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

186 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Key!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Schmo!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Schmo catches Key right on the button with a cross.
Key looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Key tries for a takedown but Schmo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Schmo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Key looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Key fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Schmo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Key will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Key. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schmo lands with an overhand left.
Key gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Schmo.
Schmo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Key takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmo fails to land with a series of punches.
Schmo stuffs the takedown.
Schmo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Schmo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Key backs up against the cage.
Schmo scores with a jab to the head.
Schmo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schmo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Schmo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Key had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Key takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Schmo lands a nice looking body shot.
Key has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Key takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Schmo.
A left and a right from Schmo both land. Nice combination.
Schmo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Key looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Key misses with a takedown attempt - Schmo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmo throws a good cross that connects.
Key takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Key shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Schmo but Schmo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Schmo misses with a wild combination.
Schmo lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Key has a takedown stuffed.
Schmo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Key showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Schmo.
Key shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Schmo but Schmo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Schmo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Schmo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Schmo stalks Key and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Key's face. Key staggers backwards, shaken.
Schmo works over Key's head and body with a nice combination.
Key fails with the takedown.
Key shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Schmo but Schmo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Key moves forwards but Schmo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Key misses with a takedown attempt - Schmo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Key. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Key on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Schmo both land. Nice combination.
Key shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Schmo as he avoids it easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Schmo.
Joe Schmo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Key looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Schmo is fending him off so far but Key persists. Nope, Schmo circles away and we're back to standing.
Key fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Schmo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Schmo scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Schmo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Schmo lands a right hook to the body.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Key. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Schmo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Key fails to land the takedown.
Key fails with the takedown.
Horrible takedown by Key or perhaps it was just good defense by Schmo which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Key shoots in but no luck this time.
Schmo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Key fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Key looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Schmo stuffs the takedown attempt from Key. Key gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Key looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Schmo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Key takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Schmo throws a series of strikes that have Key backpedaling.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schmo lands a slapping body shot.
Key looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Schmo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Schmo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Schmo scores with a jab to the head.
Schmo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Key.
Schmo works over Key's head and body with a nice combination.
Key shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Schmo pinned against the cage. Schmo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jab, jab by Schmo - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Key takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Schmo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
No joy there for Schmo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schmo tests Key's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Schmo is working the combinations to good effect here.
Key misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice sprawl there from Schmo as Key shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Key. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schmo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Key's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Key shoots in for a takedown but Schmo shows good takedown defense.
Key avoids a punch combination nicely.
Schmo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Key fails to land the takedown.
Key showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Schmo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Key shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Schmo as he avoids it easily.
Key shoots in but Schmo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Schmo lands a two punch combo.
Schmo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Schmo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Schmo lunges at Key with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Key's hand.
Key shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Schmo but Schmo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Schmo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Key's head.
Key fails to land the takedown.
Schmo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Paul Key has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Key throws a left and a right that both miss
and Schmo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Schmo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Schmo 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Schmo!