PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klein East (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes comes to the cage accompanied by Everybody Knows My Name. East is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cold as Ice- M.O.P.. Klein East has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Holmes
vs
East

184 cm
31
196 lbs
30 - 10 - 0

182 cm
36
205 lbs
41 - 24 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear
The Big Kabosh

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 30 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 24 - 1, fighting out of New York, Klein East!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
East throws out a loose jab but Holmes uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Holmes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holmes gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Mike Holmes has been cut.
Holmes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the body from East misses
and Holmes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've been told by Holmes's head coaches at The Sweat Lodge that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
East throws a poor cross that misses
and Holmes counters with a straight right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from East.
East moves out of range of the body kick.
Holmes takes one to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick from East misses.
East misses with a body shot.
Holmes scores with a one two! East had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Klein East has been cut.
Holmes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Holmes misses with a low kick.
Holmes keeps East at a distance using the push kick.
Holmes lands a two punch combo.
East misses the shot to the body.
East lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Holmes lands with a good body shot.
Holmes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Holmes connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
East misses with a looping right.
East has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
East looks to land a left hand but Holmes moved out of range nicely.
East takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
East throws an overhand right that lands on Holmes's shoulder, as Holmes tries to avoid the shot.
East loads up on a big right hand but Holmes slips the punch.
Holmes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract East.
Holmes tries to clinch up but East circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick by East misses
and Holmes counters with a series of strikes. East will be more careful next time no doubt.
Holmes avoids the body shot from East.
Nice body punch from Holmes.
East looks to throw the jab but Holmes is out of range.
Holmes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holmes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

East is rocked!
East slips a jab from Holmes.
Holmes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Holmes clobbers East with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
East takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
East is still on wobbly legs! Can Holmes finish him?
East throws a leg kick but Holmes sees it coming and moves out of range.
East seems to have recovered his senses.
Klein East seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on East if he has to take too many more of those.
Holmes blocks a jab.
East sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Holmes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent East stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
East moves out of range of the body kick.
Holmes looks to land a left hand but East moved out of range nicely.
East throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Holmes counter with a right hand.

Holmes closes the distance and clinches.
Holmes landing knees to the body.
East looks winded!
Holmes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Holmes lands a knee to the head.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes tries to land knees in the clinch but East avoids the damage to the body.
Holmes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

East pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
East thows a body shot but no joy.
Holmes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. East looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
East thows a body shot but no joy.
East is looking to chop away at Holmes's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes lands with a straight right. East didn't see that one coming.
Holmes throws a quick head kick that skims the top of East's head.
East jabs Holmes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from East. Holmes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donk. Holmes catches East right on the button with a cross.
Holmes misses with a kick to the body.
East throws a right hand that misses

and Holmes counters with a head kick that drops East to the mat! East scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. East checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
East scores with a body shot.
East lands a really nice looking cross but Holmes seems unphased.
Holmes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Holmes scores with a punch to the head.
East misses with a looping right.
East misses with a body shot.
Holmes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
East avoids a kick to the body.
East shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Holmes as he avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by East.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
East throws a leg kick that is checked
and East takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
East swings widly with a right hand
and Holmes finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
East throws a hook to the side of Holmes's head but Holmes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Holmes scores with a jab to the body.
East walks into a left hand.
Sloppy strikes from Holmes. Those never looked like landing.
East fails with the takedown.
East takes a jab right on the kisser.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holmes. East does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mike Holmes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Holmes pushes East up against the cage in a clinch.
East wants a takedown.
Mike Holmes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klein East.
Holmes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Holmes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes tries to work over East's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
East misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holmes trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Holmes.
East is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Holmes to keep the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Holmes dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Holmes thumps East with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Holmes.
East moves out of range as Holmes throws a body kick.
Holmes scores with a body shot.
East walks into a stiff left hand from Holmes.
Nice body kick there by Holmes.
A slow jab from Holmes misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Holmes.
Holmes takes a kick to the side of the head.
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!
East lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Holmes avoids the body shot from East.
Holmes throws a right hand that East ducks under and follows up with a left that East also avoids with ease.
East misses the shot to the body.
East thows a left - swing and a miss!
Holmes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Holmes scores with a shot to the body.
East is breathing heavily.
Holmes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
East has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Holmes.
East circles away from the clinch attempt.
East connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes thuds his shin into the meat of East's side.
East tries to score with a low kick but Holmes moves his leg out of the way.
East has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
East on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mike Holmes is winning the standup battle so far.
Holmes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Holmes lands with a nice body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Holmes.
Holmes scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holmes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and East has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
East ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
Holmes lands a nice leg kick that just misses East's sensitive parts.
Holmes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
East misses with a hook
and Holmes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Holmes lands with a shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Holmes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Holmes.
East takes one to the chin there.
East has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Holmes finds it's way round the side to connect with East's head.
Holmes connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Holmes.
East looks to land a left hand but Holmes moved out of range nicely.
Holmes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Holmes checks the leg kick nicely there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Holmes checks a leg kick.
East takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Holmes is looking to land body kicks.
East misses with an attempted mid kick.
East throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Holmes.
Holmes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch lands to the side of East 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Holmes delivers a nice body kick.
Holmes throws a leg kick which misses East's front leg but catches the back leg as East tries to avoid it.
Holmes looks to land a body kick but East moved away.
East tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Holmes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries a body shot but East blocks it.
Holmes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Holmes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
East misses with a hook to the ribs.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes blocking some punches.
East misses with a punch to the body.
East is trying to break free.

East manages to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holmes wants to control from the top but East keeps moving.

Holmes got a little sloppy there for a moment and East has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Holmes has managed to get both his arms back between East's legs - danger averted.
Holmes content to stall in guard here.
Holmes pushes down on East's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Holmes prevents East from improving his position.
Holmes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that East can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes not doing much here.
Holmes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Holmes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Holmes not doing much here.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mike Holmes.
East swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck East on the side of the head.
A jab from Holmes misses.
Holmes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A cross from Holmes lands.
The fighters circling - Holmes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Holmes dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Holmes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

The fighters circling - Holmes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
East connects with a jab.
Holmes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. East manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Holmes misses with a two punch combination.
Holmes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Holmes throws a wild body kick that East sees coming a mile off.
Holmes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from East.
East misses with a takedown attempt - Holmes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
East missing with a left hand there. Holmes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Holmes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
East throws a poor cross that misses
and Holmes counters with a three punch combo that has East backing up. East nods at Holmes to acknowledge the strikes.
East avoids the body shot from Holmes.
East scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Holmes.
East throws a leg kick
and Holmes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
East takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Holmes lands a nice looking body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes throws a hook to the side of East's head but East sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circle momentarily. Holmes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
East fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holmes scores with a shot to the body.
Holmes throws a nice outside leg kick.
East throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holmes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Holmes!
Holmes lands a jab.
Holmes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
East's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Holmes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! East scrambles back to his feet.
East misses with an uppercut. Holmes saw that one coming.
Holmes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes scores with a leg kick.
East works over Holmes's head and body with a nice combination.
Holmes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holmes takes a swing at East's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
East thows a body shot but no joy.
East throws a lazy uppercut
and Holmes counters with an inside leg kick.
East throws a leg kick
enabling Holmes to counter with a crisp jab.
Holmes slips a straight right by East.
Klein East has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holmes checks the leg kick.
Holmes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as East throws out the jab.
Holmes thuds his right hand into East's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Holmes with a hook.
East takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
East just misses with a punch to the body.
Holmes's corner calls for a 1-2. Holmes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
East walks straight into a right hand from Holmes - that's dropped him! Holmes jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save East from any more punishment! East complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mike Holmes!
Mike Holmes decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.