PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lollipop Candy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King Cole has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Cole
vs
Candy

205 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, King Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lollipop Candy!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cole rushes Candy and presses him up against the cage.
Cole looking to throw knees to the head but Candy is blocking nicely.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but Candy blocks with his arms.
Cole really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Candy has had enough of the clinch but Cole keeps him there for the moment.
Candy tries to break the clinch but Cole is controlling the position.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cole takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Candy tries to break the clinch but Cole is controlling the position.
Candy wants to get back to striking at distance but Cole won't allow it.
Cole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Candy is trying to break the clinch but Cole is controlling him.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but Candy blocks with his arms.
Candy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Candy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cole has him pressed against the cage.
Cole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cole lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Lollipop Candy has been cut.
Candy is looking to break free of the clinch but Cole has double underhooks.
Candy wants to get back to striking at distance but Cole won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cole taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Candy tries to break free but Cole pushes him back against the cage.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but Candy blocks with his arms.
Candy is trying to break the clinch but Cole is controlling him.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Candy blocks it with crossed arms.
Candy is looking to break free of the clinch but Cole has double underhooks.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cole keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Candy's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Candy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Candy tries to circle away but Cole has him pinned against the cage.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Candy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cole has him pressed against the cage.
Cole misses with a knee strike.
Cole with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Candy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Candy working hard to break the clinch.
Candy is trying to break free.
Candy is trying to break the clinch but Cole has him pressed against the cage.
Cole with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cole connects with a knee to the head.
Cole using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Candy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Candy tries to break free but Cole pushes him back against the cage.
Candy tries to break the clinch but Cole is controlling the position.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Candy blocks it with crossed arms.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Candy wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cole stalling.
Cole keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Candy's efforts to push away.
Cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Candy blocks it with crossed arms.
Cole with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole misses with a knee to the head.
Cole is breathing heavily.
Candy is trying to break free.
Candy can't break the clinch.
Candy wants to break free but Cole has control.
Candy has had enough of the clinch but Cole keeps him there for the moment.
Cole landing knees to the head.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Candy blocks it with crossed arms.
Candy can't break the clinch.
Candy is trying to force a seperation but Cole has the dominant position.
Cole landing knees to the head.
Candy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Candy is trying to push Cole away but Cole has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cole has Candy pressed against the cage, preventing Candy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Cole.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Candy blocks it with crossed arms.
Candy is looking to break free of the clinch but Cole has double underhooks.
Cole with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Candy is trying to break free.
Candy is trying to break free.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but Candy blocks with his arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cole with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Candy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cole misses with a knee to the head.
Candy is looking to break free of the clinch but Cole has double underhooks.
Candy tries to break the clinch but Cole is controlling the position.
Candy is trying to break the clinch but Cole has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cole is looking to control Candy's arms but Candy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cole has his back to the cage.
Candy wants to get back to striking at distance but Cole won't allow it.
Cole controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Cole dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lollipop Candy's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Candy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Cole clinches up with Candy and pushes him back against the cage.
Cole with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Candy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Candy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cole with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cole keeps control of Candy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Candy blocks it with crossed arms.
Cole using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Candy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cole looking to throw knees to the head but Candy is blocking nicely.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Candy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Candy can't break the clinch.
Candy tries to break the clinch but Cole is controlling the position.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Candy blocks it with crossed arms.
Cole is looking to control Candy's arms but Candy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cole has his back to the cage.
Candy tries to break the clinch but Cole is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Candy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cole looking to throw knees to the head but Candy is blocking nicely.
Cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cole lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cole with a knee to the head.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Candy breaks the clinch.
Cole looks to score with a jab to the body but Candy is just out of range.
Candy feints a jab promting Cole to slip. Candy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Cole slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Candy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Candy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Candy throws a series of punches but Cole avoids them all with ease.
Cole fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Candy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Cole fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cole throws a leg kick
and Candy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A slow jab from Candy misses its intended target.
Candy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Candy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Candy throws a body punch but Cole moves out of range.
Cole tries to clinch there but Candy circles away.
Cole takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cole throws a lazy right hand but Candy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole tries to close the distance and clinch up but Candy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cole throws a body punch but Candy moves out of range.
Candy scores with a decent looking hook.
Cole throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cole is looking to clinch but Candy is avoiding it.
Cole tries to clinch but Candy is having none of it.
Candy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Candy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Candy misses with a wild combination.
Cole misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Candy finds it's target.
Cole misses with a straight left.
Candy jabs at Cole's body.
Candy swats away the attempt to clinch by Cole.
A head kick from Cole lands but Candy takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cole wants to clinch.
King Cole is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Candy lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cole tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Candy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cole throws a right hand that misses
and Candy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cole delivers a nice body kick.
Candy works over Cole's head and body with a nice combination.
Candy lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Cole misses.
Cole swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Candy takes a swing at Cole's ribcage but misses.
Cole misses with a right hand
and Candy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cole is looking to clinch.
Candy throws a series of punches but Cole avoids them all with ease.
Candy throws a series of strikes that have Cole backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cole throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Candy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cole moves away.
Candy throws a series of punches but Cole avoids them all with ease.
Cole tries to clinch but Candy is having none of it.
Candy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cole.
Candy looks to score with a jab to the body but Cole is just out of range.
Cole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Candy misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole misses the shot to the body.
Cole is looking to clinch but Candy is avoiding it.
Cole throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Candy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Candy throws a body punch but Cole moves out of range.
Cole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Candy scores with a hook to the body. Cole takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cole blocks a head kick by Candy.
A good leg kick by Cole.
Cole throws a sloppy body shot
and Candy counters with a right hand to the body.
Candy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole thows a body shot but no joy.
Cole takes a swing at Candy's ribcage but misses.
Cole tries to clinch there but Candy circles away.
Cole misses with an uppercut
and Candy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Candy scores with a three punch combo!
Cole avoids the body shot from Candy.
A big left from Cole misses.
Candy misses with a looping left.
Cole misses with a double jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cole.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole lands a head kick. Candy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
King Cole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cole swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cole tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Candy.
Cole thows a body shot but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Candy swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Cole has Candy up against the cage in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cole misses with a knee to the head.
Candy wants to break free but Cole has control.
Candy has had enough of the clinch but Cole keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lollipop Candy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Candy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lollipop Candy!