PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Man Noi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Sharpie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick Sharpie has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Man Noi's chin.

Noi
vs
Sharpie

179 cm
25
187 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

Backyard Fighting
Pitt Nutrition (3x158 2x159 products)

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Man Noi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rick Sharpie!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharpie leaves Noi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Noi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Sharpie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sharpie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Noi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Noi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Noi struggles to land a body shot inside as Sharpie controls his hands.

Noi has picked Sharpie up - he's going for a ride! Noi dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Noi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Noi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Noi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Noi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Noi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sharpie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Noi.
Noi drops an elbow to the side of Sharpie's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Noi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sharpie wants to get back to his feet.
Noi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noi takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Noi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sharpie keeps working.
Noi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sharpie's head.
Noi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Noi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Noi lands strikes from half guard.
Sharpie on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Noi.
Noi trying to pass the guard but Sharpie defending well.
Noi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sharpie with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Noi there.
Noi thows a huge punch but Sharpie dodges it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharpie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Noi.
Noi winds up and cracks Sharpie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Noi is nestled in close to Sharpie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Noi lands strikes from half guard.
Noi winds up and cracks Sharpie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Sharpie is rocked!
Noi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sharpie is still in real trouble! Can Noi finish him?
Sharpie looks winded!
Noi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Noi lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Sharpie! More strikes land and this one is all over! Noi jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Man Noi!
After the big win, Man Noi made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Pitt Nutrition (3x158 2x159 products) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.