PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neil NaLeans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gold's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Neil NaLeans has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Gold
vs
NaLeans

185 cm
32
195 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

177 cm
29
190 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

[CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY
[CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jamie Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neil NaLeans!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
NaLeans misses with a kick to the body.
NaLeans lands a nice shot to the body.
Gold misses with a low kick.
NaLeans looks to land a left hand but Gold moved out of range nicely.
NaLeans misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A head kick from Gold lands but NaLeans takes it in his stride.
Gold thows a leg kick but NaLeans checks it
and NaLeans counters with a good, hard body kick but Gold shrugs it off.
Gold tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but NaLeans was well out of range. Poor timing from Gold.
Nice jab there from Gold.
NaLeans is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gold sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The fighters circling - NaLeans throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
NaLeans fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gold has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gold misses with an attempted mid kick.
NaLeans will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
NaLeans has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gold.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gold tests NaLeans's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold's hands are dropping dangerously low here and NaLeans connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gold scrambles back to his feet.
NaLeans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gold moves away.
Gold scores with a leg kick.
NaLeans turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gold looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gold avoids a punch combination nicely.
NaLeans stuns Gold with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
NaLeans connects with a body shot.
NaLeans tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
NaLeans misses with a body shot.
Gold is looking to score with low kicks.
Gold avoids a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
NaLeans on the wrong end of a nice jab.
NaLeans misses with a straight left.
NaLeans lands a jab to Gold's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gold scores with a body shot.
Gold throws a head kick but NaLeans moves out of range.
NaLeans connects with a leg kick. Gold looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Horrible takedown by NaLeans or perhaps it was just good defense by Gold which made him look bad.
Jamie Gold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neil NaLeans.
Gold is looking to land body kicks.
Gold shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says NaLeans as he avoids it easily.
Gold bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A left lands for NaLeans.
Gold swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
NaLeans tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gold swivels and escapes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
NaLeans pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gold. That's going to slow NaLeans down.
NaLeans takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gold fakes high and swings low for a body shot but NaLeans manages to avoid it.
Neil NaLeans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
NaLeans throws a head kick but Gold moves out of range.
NaLeans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
NaLeans waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gold.
NaLeans throws a leg kick but Gold checks it.
Some wild striking there from Gold.
NaLeans displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
NaLeans throws a series of strikes that have Gold backpedaling.
NaLeans misses with the combination.
A combination from NaLeans does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
NaLeans tries a head kick but it misses.
NaLeans scoring well with a low kick there.
Gold fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gold dodges the punch combination from NaLeans.
NaLeans tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gold swivels and escapes.

Gold scores with a takedown into NaLeans's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as NaLeans holds on and takes a little breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gold missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neil NaLeans dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Good shot there by Gold.
Gold misses with a straight left.
Neil NaLeans seems to be getting the better of the standup.
NaLeans throws out a loose jab but Gold uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Gold misses.
Nice takedown defense from Gold. No joy for NaLeans on that attempt.
Gold thumps NaLeans with a low kick.
Gold checks a leg kick nicely.
NaLeans defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gold.
Gold lands a leg kick that knocks NaLeans off balance momentarily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gold lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and NaLeans has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from NaLeans and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gold throws a low kick, looking for NaLeans's leg but NaLeans calmly moves out of range.
NaLeans checks a leg kick.
Gold connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gold cracks NaLeans with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
NaLeans throws a series of punches but Gold avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold throws the left hand but NaLeans avoids the punch easily.
NaLeans throws a chopping leg kick but Gold manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
NaLeans throws a quick inside leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from NaLeans.
Gold avoids the head kick by NaLeans.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gold.
Gold throws a push kick but NaLeans slaps the foot to one side.
Gold lands a high kick!
NaLeans dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gold. That did some damage!
Gold connects with a body shot.
NaLeans tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gold was well out of range. Poor timing from NaLeans.
Gold throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
NaLeans looks to score with a jab to the body but Gold is just out of range.
NaLeans throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gold counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Gold.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gold slips a straight right by NaLeans.
Gold connects with a good right hand that stumbles NaLeans. NaLeans circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
NaLeans bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice jab there from Gold.
NaLeans misses with a few strikes there.
NaLeans misses with a low kick.
Gold scores with a spinning back kick!
NaLeans will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gold connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
NaLeans throws out a leg kick but Gold moves out of range and NaLeans only half commits.
Neil NaLeans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gold scores with a jab. NaLeans acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gold scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
NaLeans loads up on a big right hand but Gold slips the punch.
Some bone on bone action there as NaLeans checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gold lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
NaLeans tries to work over Gold's front leg with a kick but Gold checks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for NaLeans.
Gold ducks down and throws a hook to the body but NaLeans moves away.
NaLeans loads up on a big right hand but Gold slips the punch.
Gold slips a jab from NaLeans.
NaLeans misses with a low kick.
NaLeans is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
NaLeans shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gold cracks NaLeans with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A telegraphed right hand from Gold misses the target.
NaLeans misses with a body shot.
Gold checks a leg kick.
NaLeans's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
NaLeans throws a body kick the misses
letting Gold counter with a right hand.

NaLeans scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
NaLeans is looking to stall here but Gold recovers full guard.
NaLeans throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gold keeping moving, preventing NaLeans from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gold controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Gold dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gold throws a chopping leg kick but NaLeans manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gold thows a body shot but no joy.
Gold chopping away at his opponent's legs.
NaLeans thows a body shot but no joy.
Gold misses with a looping right.
NaLeans throws an overhand right that lands on Gold's shoulder, as Gold tries to avoid the shot.
Horrible takedown by NaLeans or perhaps it was just good defense by Gold which made him look bad.
NaLeans takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gold buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
NaLeans throws a right hand that misses
and Gold connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gold misses with an uppercut. NaLeans saw that one coming.
NaLeans slips a jab from Gold.
NaLeans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Danga de danga de dang - NaLeans scores with a four punch combination!
NaLeans throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
NaLeans throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
NaLeans throws a head kick but Gold moves out of range.
NaLeans throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gold. NaLeans shrugs it off though.
NaLeans throws a leg kick but Gold sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gold is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from NaLeans.
NaLeans takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
NaLeans closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gold circles away.
NaLeans throws a jab but it's blocked by Gold.
A head kick from NaLeans lands but Gold takes it in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gold. NaLeans does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
NaLeans throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
NaLeans displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
NaLeans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
NaLeans throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Gold to counter with a crisp jab.
Gold throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gold throws a big shot that misses.
Gold with a nice cross.
A jab from Gold does it's job there.
Gold cracks NaLeans with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
NaLeans jabs at Gold's body.
The crowd cheers as Gold lands an impressive looking overhand right. NaLeans doesn't seem phased though.
NaLeans lands a jab to the nose.
Good exchange - Gold coming out on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold looking to land some kicks to the body here.
NaLeans fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gold is out of range.
NaLeans avoids the head kick by Gold.
NaLeans misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
NaLeans tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
NaLeans lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
NaLeans has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gold lands a straight punch to the body, keeping NaLeans at a distance.
NaLeans avoids the body shot from Gold.
NaLeans bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gold misses the shot to the body.

Gold drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Gold tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold throws an elbow but NaLeans slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gold cracks NaLeans with a big elbow.
NaLeans struggling a bit here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gold trying to control the action but NaLeans is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
NaLeans sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jamie Gold.
Well Gold has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Gold!
An out of breath Jamie Gold thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.