PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Super Jim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Money Floyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Floyd has chosen Better Believe It as his entrance music. Super Jim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jim
vs
Floyd

188 cm
22
188 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
23
190 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp
Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Super Jim!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Money Floyd!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jim misses with a series of wild punches.
Jim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Floyd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Floyd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jim.
Jim looks to land a combination but Floyd avoids it well.
Jim will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jim has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Super Jim has been cut.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Floyd counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Floyd clinches with his opponent.

Floyd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Floyd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Floyd lands a big head kick that sends Jim tumbling to the mat! Floyd takes a step backwards and waves Jim back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Jim is rocked!
Floyd thuds his shin into the meat of Jim's side.
Jim is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Floyd closes the distance and pushes Jim back into the cage.

Floyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Floyd throws a right hand that Jim ducks under and follows up with a left that Jim also avoids with ease.
Floyd throws a body punch but Jim moves out of range.
Jim takes a swing at Floyd's ribcage but misses.

Floyd rushes Jim and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Floyd connects with a knee to the head.
Floyd has Jim pressed against the cage.
Floyd lands an elbow inside that Jim shrugs off.

Floyd breaks the clinch.
Super Jim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
and Floyd counters with a good low kick that Jim was not able to check.

Floyd lands a left and a right that send Jim crashing to the mat, dazed. Floyd thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Super Jim's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Floyd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Floyd closes the distance and pushes Jim back into the cage.
Floyd lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Floyd is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Floyd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Floyd closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Floyd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Floyd tries to clinch but Jim is having none of it.
Floyd throws a right hand that Jim ducks under and follows up with a left that Jim also avoids with ease.
Floyd lands a right hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Floyd.
Floyd throws a nice outside leg kick.
Floyd throws a series of punches but Jim moves out of range.
Floyd lands a head kick!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jim crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Floyd - the referee stops the clock and Jim gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Floyd. Jim manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Floyd. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Floyd.
Jim drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Floyd gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Floyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jim throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Floyd counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Floyd works over Jim's head and body with a nice combination.

Super Jim's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Floyd throws a combination. Jim tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Oh Jim is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Floyd lands a big head kick that sends Jim tumbling to the mat! Floyd takes a step backwards and waves Jim back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Floyd throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jim's head.
Floyd throws a head kick that half lands.

Floyd gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jim seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Floyd manages to break the clinch.
Jim throws a sloppy body shot
and Floyd makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jim throws a combination that misses

and Floyd moves into the clinch.
Jim takes an elbow to the temple.
Floyd prevents Jim from breaking the clinch.

Floyd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Floyd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jim chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Floyd can pounce on him.
Floyd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Floyd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Floyd rushes Jim and presses him up against the cage.

Floyd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Money Floyd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Super Jim's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jim swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jim takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jim misses with a combination
and Floyd counters with a good, hard body kick but Jim shrugs it off.
Money Floyd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
and Floyd counters with a two punch combo.
Jim tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A punch combination from Floyd misses.

Floyd has closed the distance and engaged Jim in a clinch.
Floyd lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Floyd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jim with a hook.
Floyd connects with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Floyd pushes Jim up against the cage in a clinch.
Floyd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd lands a right hand.
Jim takes a knee to the side of the body.

Floyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Floyd takes the fight into the clinch.

Floyd breaks the clinch.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Floyd counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Floyd displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Floyd instigates a clinch.
Floyd lands a right hand.

Floyd breaks from the clinch.
Super Jim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Floyd - that will leave a mark!
Floyd lands a high kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Floyd clinches.

Floyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A solid leg kick lands there for Floyd.

Floyd closes the distance and clinches.
Floyd has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Floyd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Floyd misses with a wild combination.
Jim misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A left lands for Floyd.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Floyd counters with a low kick, right behind Jim 's knee.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Floyd breaks from the clinch.
Jim misses with a combination
and Floyd makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Floyd clinches up against the cage.

Floyd manages to break the clinch.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Floyd counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Floyd counters with a head kick.

Jeez, Super Jim's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Floyd throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jim's head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Floyd in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Jim lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Floyd is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Floyd plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Floyd misses with a few strikes there.
Floyd is looking to clinch but Jim is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jim fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Floyd takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jim moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Floyd closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Floyd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Floyd counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jim is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jim misses with a double jab

and Floyd counters by clinching up.
Floyd stalling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jim tries for a takedown but Floyd manages to get underhooks.

Floyd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Money Floyd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Super Jim's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jim misses with a combination

and Floyd moves into the clinch.
Floyd lands an uppercut.

Floyd breaks from the clinch.
Jim swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Floyd counters with a slapping leg kick.
Floyd chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice shot lands for Jim.
Floyd scores with a leg kick.
Jim misses the shot to the body.
Jim misses with a double jab
and Floyd counters with a low kick, right behind Jim 's knee.
Floyd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jim stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Floyd.

Floyd closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Floyd - that landed with a thud.
Floyd utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Floyd breaks from the clinch.
Floyd misses with a double jab.
Floyd misses the shot to the body.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
and Floyd counters with a left and a right that stings Jim.
Floyd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jim moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jim stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Floyd.
Floyd thuds a left hand into Jim's body.
Floyd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jim moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floyd lands with a kick to the temple. Jim shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jim swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Floyd counters with a nice body kick.
Floyd fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jim misses with a double jab.
Floyd fails to land with a series of punches.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Floyd counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Floyd cracks the inside of Jim's front leg.
Jim tries to bum rush Floyd with a series of wild strikes but Floyd uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jim misses with the combination.

Floyd gets a clinch.

Floyd breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Floyd lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Floyd.
Floyd scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Floyd counters with a big head kick but Jim shrugs it off.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Floyd counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Floyd.
Floyd pressing his opponent against the cage.

Floyd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jim swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Floyd counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Floyd is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Floyd moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jim swinging wildly here.
Jim looks to land a combination but Floyd avoids it well.

Floyd rushes Jim and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Floyd lands with a left to the head.
Floyd lands a good knee to the midsection. Jim won't want to take too many of those.
Jim working hard to break the clinch.

Floyd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Floyd tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jim takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Floyd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Money Floyd really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Super Jim's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A combination from Floyd does no damage.
Floyd lands a head kick. Jim smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Floyd doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jim misses with a double jab
and Floyd counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Floyd counters with a series of strikes. Jim will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Floyd makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Floyd slips a jab and a cross from Jim.
Floyd scores with a jab. Jim acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jim misses with an uppercut.
Jim misses with a few strikes there.
Floyd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jim moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

Floyd darts in and clinches Jim up against the cage.
Jim is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jim goes for a takedown attempt but Floyd pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Floyd has taken the fight to the clinch.

Floyd breaks the clinch.
Floyd misses with a few strikes there.
Jim rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Floyd moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Floyd lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination

and Floyd counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Floyd.
Floyd is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jim goes for a takedown attempt but Floyd pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Floyd tries to clinch up.

Floyd fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jim, pushing him back against the cage.

Floyd breaks from the clinch.
Floyd tries to clinch there but Jim circles away.
Floyd falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jim counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jim misses with a double jab

and Floyd counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd tries to work over Jim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Floyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Floyd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Floyd connects with a high kick.
Jim misses with a wild combination.
Jim misses with a few strikes there.
Floyd tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Floyd is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jim rather than just go for the knockout.
Floyd misses with a few strikes there.
Jim connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Floyd on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jim misses with a combination
and Floyd counters with a flying knee. Nice.

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.
Jim throws a combination that misses

and Floyd holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Floyd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
and Floyd counters with a big head kick but Jim shrugs it off.
Jim misses with a double jab

and Floyd moves into the clinch.

Floyd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Jim.
Floyd doesn't manage to clinch there - Jim circles away.
A cross from Jim lands.

Floyd instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Money Floyd dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Super Jim's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Floyd counters with a series of strikes. Jim will be more careful next time no doubt.
Floyd gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jim misses with a hook to the body
enabling Floyd to counter with a crisp jab.
Jim swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Floyd counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Floyd throws a series of punches but Jim avoids them all with ease.
Jim takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Floyd closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss

and Floyd counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Floyd.
Floyd manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jim wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jim is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Floyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Floyd wants to clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Floyd. Jim shrugs it off though.
Jim will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Floyd throws a leg kick which misses Jim's front leg but catches the back leg as Jim tries to avoid it.
Floyd throws a hook to the side of Jim's head but Jim sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Both fighters circling a little - Floyd finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jim misses with a few strikes there.
Floyd pushes Jim away with a front kick.

Floyd pushes Jim up against the cage in a clinch.
Jim drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Floyd manages to break the clinch.
Floyd connects with a high kick.
Some wild striking there from Jim.
Jim throws a combination that misses

and Floyd counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Floyd.
Jim looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Floyd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Floyd counters by clinching up.
Floyd has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Floyd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Floyd closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jim with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jim misses with a double jab
and Floyd counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination

and Floyd counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Floyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss

and Floyd moves into the clinch.

Floyd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Floyd throws a quick inside leg kick.
Floyd connects with a high kick.
Jim lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Money Floyd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Floyd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Floyd darts in and clinches Jim up against the cage.

Floyd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Floyd counters with an outside leg kick.
Floyd lands a head kick!
Jim takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jim throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Floyd misses with a combination
and Jim counters with a right hand to the body.
Floyd scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Floyd throws a series of punches but Jim avoids them all with ease.
Floyd scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jim misses with a combination
and Floyd counters with a good, hard body kick but Jim shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Money Floyd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Floyd 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight for Money Floyd!
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Money Floyd!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Money Floyd!

Money Floyd wins by unanimous decision! Money Floyd retains his middleweight title!