PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes has chosen F.A.M.E as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Gold
vs
Holmes

188 cm
28
223 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

189 cm
29
221 lbs
21 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Conviction

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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodney Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
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 Holmes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Holmes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Holmes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A chopping leg kick lands by Holmes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gold.
Holmes connects with a leg kick. Gold looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Holmes throws a low kick but Gold avoids it.
Holmes misses with an uppercut
and Gold counters with a straight right hand.
Holmes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gold moves away.
Holmes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gold blocks a head kick by Holmes.
A head kick misses from Holmes.
A slow jab from Holmes misses its intended target.
Gold shoots for a takedown but Holmes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gold blocks a low kick nicely.
Gold throws a leg kick but Holmes checks it.
Holmes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gold counters with a nice low kick that buckles Holmes's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Holmes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A shot to the liver by Holmes. Beautiful body shot.
Holmes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holmes throws out a leg kick but Gold moves out of range and Holmes only half commits.
Gold throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Holmes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gold throws out the jab.
Gold fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Holmes.
Gold ducks under a wild hook from Holmes.
A leg kick checked by Gold.
Holmes misses with a hook. Gold ducked under it nicely.
Holmes misses with a wild combination.
Holmes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Holmes, right into the meat.
Holmes misses with a hook to the body
enabling Gold to counter with a crisp jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gold.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gold blocks a head kick by Holmes.
Holmes misses with an uppercut.
Holmes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gold.
Holmes tries a head kick but it misses.
A big right from Gold misses.
Holmes is looking to clinch.
Holmes slips a jab and a cross from Gold.
A slow jab from Gold misses its intended target.
Gold takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gold uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holmes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes scores with a body shot.
Holmes moves out of range of the strikes.
Holmes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Holmes fails to land with a series of punches.
Holmes's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gold under the eye.
The fighters circling - Holmes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Holmes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sloppy strikes from Holmes. Those never looked like landing.
A left and a right from Holmes both land. Nice combination.
Holmes scores with a hook.
Gold lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice body punch from Holmes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gold closes the distance and clinches up with Holmes, looking for a takedown. Gold pushes Holmes against the cage but Holmes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch but Gold swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gold staying out of range there.
Good work by Gold as he checks the leg kick.
Gold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rodney Holmes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holmes throws a head kick but Gold moves out of range.
Gold misses with a two punch combination.
Gold moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Holmes thows a body shot but no joy.
Holmes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gold. That did some damage!
A head kick misses from Holmes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good leg kick by Gold there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gold misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Holmes dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Holmes.
Gold lands a nice shot that snaps Holmes's head back.
Holmes scores with a hook.
Gold throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holmes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gold looks to land a right hand but Holmes moved out of range.
Holmes avoids the head kick by Gold.
Gold takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rodney Holmes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gold fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Holmes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gold takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Holmes scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holmes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Holmes throws a shot from downtown. Gold moves away and avoids it.
Rodney Holmes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Gold.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Holmes!
Holmes throws a head kick but Gold moves out of range.
Holmes throws a nice head kick!
Holmes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Holmes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Holmes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gold's head backwards.
A slow jab from Holmes misses its intended target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gold throws a low kick but Holmes moves out of range easily.
Gold blocks a jab.
Holmes throws a lazy right hand but Gold sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries a low kick but Gold avoids it.
Holmes throws a hook to the side of Gold's head but Gold sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gold takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gold checks the leg kick.
Holmes stuns Gold with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A head kick misses from Holmes.

Gold shoots in and bounces Holmes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gold looking to sit in guard and control but Holmes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Gold looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Holmes passes into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold tries to buck Holmes off but Holmes is having none of it.
Holmes is working Gold over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gold trying to remain calm as Holmes controls from the top position.

Holmes decides to stand up, so the ref orders Gold to his feet.
Holmes throws a wild body kick that Gold sees coming a mile off.
Gold moves out of range as Holmes throws a body kick.
Holmes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gold.
Gold tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gold throws out a leg kick but Holmes moves out of range and Gold only half commits.
Holmes takes one to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Holmes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Holmes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gold.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gold scores with a punch to the head.
Holmes scores with a jab to the body.
Holmes moves away from the strike by Gold.
Holmes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gold throws a jab when Holmes was well out of range.
Gold moves out of range as Holmes strikes.
Gold avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gold misses with a low kick.
Gold avoids the head kick by Holmes.
Gold throws a hook but Holmes avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Holmes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Holmes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Holmes.
Gold has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Holmes finds it's way round the side to connect with Gold's head.
Holmes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Holmes rushes Gold and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Holmes scores with a shot to the side of Gold's head.
Holmes lands a nice knee to the body.
Holmes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gold's elbow.

Gold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gold is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gold throws out a loose jab but Holmes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gold tries a low kick but Holmes avoids it.
Gold misses the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holmes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Some wild striking there from Holmes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Holmes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Holmes connects with the punch.
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 Holmes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Holmes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Holmes blocks the body kick.
Holmes digs a good hook to Gold's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holmes sizes up Gold with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Holmes fails to land with a series of punches.
Holmes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gold at a distance.
Gold chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Holmes can pounce on him.
Gold has a takedown stuffed.
Gold takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Holmes goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gold pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Holmes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gold darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A leg kick checked by Gold.
Gold tries to land a body kick
and Holmes counters with a nice body shot.
Holmes misses with a body kick.
Holmes cracks a nice hook into Gold's ribs.
Gold scores with a jab to the body.
Holmes tries to clinch up but Gold circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold looks to land a right hand but Holmes moved out of range.
Holmes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gold momentarily.
Holmes lands a body shot.
Holmes misses with a straight right.
Gold throws a solid leg kick but Holmes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gold.
Gold takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gold moves forwards but Holmes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Holmes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gold.
Gold on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Holmes. Holmes obviously looking to wear him down.
Gold throws a jab but it's blocked by Holmes.
Holmes swinging wildly here.
Mr Gold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holmes scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold cracks a nice hook into Holmes's ribs.
Gold misses with a two punch combination.
Gold fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gold misses with a looping left.
Gold throws a lazy right hand but Holmes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gold fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Holmes on the side of the head.

Holmes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes digs a right hand into Gold's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gold's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Holmes.
Holmes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gold misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodney Holmes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Holmes 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodney Holmes!
Rodney Holmes bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.