PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Napoleon (ranked 265 p4p, 9 weight class) and Archie Trew (ranked 468 p4p, 14 weight class). Trew is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fuck You - Lily Allen. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Napoleon
vs
Trew

195 cm
34
265 lbs
29 - 13 - 1

195 cm
34
300 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Buster Napoleon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Archie Trew!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Napoleon throws a lazy head kick
and Trew counters with an inside leg kick.
Trew tries to clinch up.
Trew throws a nice outside leg kick.
Trew takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Napoleon throws a jab but it's blocked by Trew.
The fighters circle momentarily. Napoleon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Archie Trew has been cut.
Napoleon misses with a hook to the body
and Trew counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Napoleon missing with a left hand there. Trew was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trew is looking to clinch.
Napoleon throws a body punch but Trew moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trew throws the left hand but Napoleon avoids the punch easily.
Napoleon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Trew clinches with his opponent.
Trew landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Trew blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Napoleon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Trew.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trew tries a knee to the head but Napoleon blocks it.
Napoleon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Napoleon is looking to control Trew's arms but Trew gets an underhook and turns him. Now Napoleon has his back to the cage.
Napoleon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Trew landing knees to the head.

It looks like Buster Napoleon has been cut.
Trew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Napoleon can't find room to land a body shot as Trew controls the action.
Trew using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Napoleon is breathing heavily.
Trew throws a punch but it's blocked by Napoleon.
Napoleon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trew lands a nice knee to the body.
Napoleon lands a nice uppercut.
Napoleon throws a head punch that misses.
Trew lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Napoleon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trew lands a hook that snaps the head of Napoleon backwards.
Trew scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trew scores with a hook to the body.
Trew lands an elbow inside that Napoleon shrugs off.
Napoleon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trew misses with a knee to the head.
Napoleon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Trew lands with a left to the head.
Trew stalling.
Knees to the body from Trew.
Trew lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Buster Napoleon's cut is getting worse.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Napoleon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Napoleon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Trew's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trew lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trew misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Napoleon.
Trew using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trew lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trew lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Napoleon backwards.
Trew using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Napoleon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Napoleon lands a shoulder strike.
Trew throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Trew tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Napoleon avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Napoleon.
Trew pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Napoleon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trew backwards.
Trew throws a knee to the head but misses.
Napoleon blocking some punches.
A short left from Trew.
Napoleon works on Trew's body with a couple of short punches.
Napoleon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trew landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Trew comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trew misses with an elbow over the top.

Napoleon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napoleon throws a sloppy body shot
and Trew counters with a nice low kick that buckles Napoleon's knee momentarily.

Trew closes the distance and clinches.
Trew blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Napoleon throws a head punch that misses.
Trew utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Napoleon avoids a wild elbow strike from Trew.
Trew lands with a left to the head.
Trew lands a body punch in the clinch.
Trew looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Napoleon is trying to stall.
Trew lands a left hand.

Buster Napoleon's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trew unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Trew lands a knee to the head.
Trew lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Trew breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Archie Trew dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The fighters circle momentarily. Trew darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Napoleon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trew momentarily.
Trew connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Napoleon momentarily.
Trew misses with a wild body shot.
Trew wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Napoleon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little jabbing left from Trew on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Trew is looking to clinch.
Trew has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Napoleon missing with a left hand there. Trew was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Napoleon misses with a hook to the body
and Trew counters with a good low kick that Napoleon was not able to check.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Napoleon.
Trew looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Trew clinches up with Napoleon and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Trew breaks from the clinch.
Napoleon misses with a looping right.
Trew flicks out a counter leg kick but Napoleon steps away.
Trew tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Napoleon paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Napoleon looks for a takedown but Trew sprawls well.
Trew tries to clinch up.
Napoleon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Napoleon throws an overhand right that lands on Trew's shoulder, as Trew tries to avoid the shot.
Napoleon lands a head shot.
Trew wants to clinch up but Napoleon keeps it at a distance.
As Trew backs away, Napoleon returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Napoleon swats away the attempt to clinch by Trew.
Trew throws a nice inside leg kick.
Napoleon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Napoleon tries to keep at a distance but Trew has taken the fight into the clinch.
Trew can't find room to land a body shot as Napoleon controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trew tries to land a knee to the head but Napoleon blocks with his arms.
Trew is pushing Napoleon up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Napoleon scores with a shoulder strike.
Napoleon dodges an elbow strike from Trew.
Napoleon swings wildly with an uppercut but Trew uses good head movement to avoid it.
Archie Trew seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Trew lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Napoleon.
Napoleon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trew has Napoleon pressed against the cage.
Trew tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Napoleon has a couple of punches blocked by Trew.
Trew missing with knees to the body.
Napoleon takes a knee right on the jaw!

Jeez, Buster Napoleon's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Napoleon working hard to break the clinch.
Trew lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napoleon takes a shot to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Buster Napoleon's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Archie Trew!
Archie Trew managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Bullet Proof System, into his post fight interview.
Buster Napoleon was interviewed post fight and said 'Holy shit you hit hard. I will go do some neck exercises and come back to MACAW YOU!'.