Bad Left Hook Live Boxing Results and Commentary: Prizefighter 9

As does £5 of my not so hard earned money. I do think Bami could go well, got to the semis last time then lost a split.

Also I’m picking Cook which, seeing as I know next to nothing about any of the fighters, is because I like the name Cook.

But Barrie Jones replaces Barry Morrison from the names first announced.

I had forgotten how strongly I dislike Sky coverage and commentary. Ah well!

Grant-Cook
Rees-Bami
Lynes-Barnes
Mutley-Jones

Cook shooting with a big right, ducking low and trying to stay away from Grant’s jab. Cook wants to muscle and Grant, and swings him around a bit when he does clinch him up. Body shot from Cook with the right hand. Now Cook just misses the left hook. COOK HIT WITH A RIGHT AND HE’S HURT! They fall down tied up, and Cook will come at him now. Grant could be in a bit of trouble.

This is what you get with this format. A guy like Grant can get in trouble because the other guy isn’t willing to give up ANY minute of the fight trying to figure him out. Cook stinging Grant with good shots in what I think has been a dominant first two minutes. Grant hasn’t gotten anything going.

Cook shooting in with power shots, most not landing, but the aggression is all Jason Cook. Grant cut over his left eye, and that doesn’t look so good at first glance.

Cook 10-9

is pretty easy for Cook. Wait till Grant jabs and then throw a right. A big right.

Cook cut on the forehead near his temple where heads came together. Right hand by Cook opens up Grant’s cut again. Referee is going to look at Grant’s cut. That really isn’t bad enough to stop a normal fight, but…who knows? It’s on the outside of his eye. They fight on.

Cook going to the body with left hooks. Cook’s aggression is perfectly suited for this format. Grant is absolutely not suited for it at all. He lands a jab, goes for a long right, and winds up losing an exchange. Now Grant is starting to throw with purpose. Does he have the power to get anything done?

Grant lands a nice right hand as Cook is throwing wide shots, but it looked like Cook barely felt it at all. This was a good mix-it-up round, but I’ve got Grant needing something big.

Cook 10-9
Cook 20-18

Wildcards are Johnny Rocco and Peter McDonagh

I wonder if Grant has the mentality to go for it? Grant does storm in with wild shots, and basically winds up tackling Cook, who takes a big old Vlade Divac-level flop to the ground. (I don’t know footballers well enough to know who the top floppers in that sport might be.)

Cook coming at Grant again, and now Grant is doing the in-and-out thing. He can’t win this fight if he is in fact down 2-0 as I have him. Referee stops with 46 seconds left and ends the fight on Grant’s cut.

Jason Cook TKO-3

Can’t blame the referee — Grant would have probably had to pull out with the cut anyway, and even though I had Grant winning that round, I had Cook winning the fight.

Grant is in tears.

That cut on Cook’s forehead up by the temple doesn’t look so hot, either, but it’s not in too bad a place.

I presume they do. No contest right?

“I’m happy with the win, but disappointed with the performance.” — Jason Cook

Wasn’t Bami already in Prizefighter before?

Does Bami realise this is a 3 rounder?

The squat little Rees tries to jab his way in, but it’s not working. Rees makes a bunch of noise throwing punches in the corner, but not one of them landed clean. There he charges in and backs Bami down to the same corner, making the same noises. Rees starting to work in combination. If nothing else, he’s easily outworking Bami.

Rees firing left hooks to lead his way in. Again, he’s not landing much clean, but Bami isn’t doing anything so far.

Rees 10-9

are surprisingly fast. Looked quite good there IMO.

Bami looking for long uppercuts. Rees is a big fan of throwing a shot, not landing it, and then clinching up and trying to get some “cheap” shots in. Bami comes in off balance and nearly tips on a little left hand touch he was so off. Bami hadn’t made 140 in a bit, apparently had some trouble making it, and it’s showing. Rees with a couple good body shots in close at the end.

Rees 10-9
Rees 20-18

Here’s what I mean by “excitable” — Adam Smith, bless him, will not stop with Ted Bami’s KNOCKOUT POWER!!! Bami isn’t pillow-fisted, but he’s no slugger either. They did the same with Cook, and he had the same story. You’d think they were talking about Edwin Valero.

Bami looking for one big shot as he did in the second round. At 5’4", Rees is overpowering Bami when they get in close. That shouldn’t happen. Bami works hard near the end, but I have him heading home.

Rees 10-9
Rees 30-27

30-27
30-27
30-27

Gavin Rees by unanimous decision

So Rees-Cook in the next round. Could be a cracker given how both fought in the first round.

Did Ted Bami make a face like he was surprised? Follow-up question if answer is “Yes”: Is he high? Follow-up joke if answer is “Yes”: That explains it.

He’s dripping sweat and has definitely worked harder than Cook. I wonder if stamina will be an issue. Probably not.

I think we’ll go ahead and cover Klitschko-Johnson live next Saturday, before the U.S. airing.

Ah excellent. I just checked the site on the off-chance because I assumed there wouldn’t be coverage of this. Pleased that there is though. I shall chip in the odd incredibly insightful comment.

Forget the hype around Rees-Bami, this hers will be the fight of the round I would wager.

we’ve got Haye-Kessler on our hands here

Both starting with a lot of motion, Lynes staying on the outside, Barnes moving at center ring. Body shot by Lynes. Left by the southpaw Barnes. Lynes answers a left with a sweeping left hook of his own. Not much between them in the first round. I don’t score even rounds if I can help it, but this one could easily be scored 10-10 and understandably.

I’ll go with Lynes’ workrate, though.

Lynes 10-9

Barnes pawing with his jab, keeping Lynes stutter-stepping a lot more than he might want to. Both throwing when tied up. Heads come together, or get quite close to anyway. Lynes with a long right that misses. Barnes is having some trouble with what Lynes is giving him. Barnes is waiting, waiting, waiting, and not throwing. Lynes has done less this round than he did in the first, but this one is a clear Lynes round, and that might put him up 2-0.

Lynes 10-9
Lynes 20-18

Lynes: 12/89, 13%
Barnes: 9/86, 10%

Not exactly a thriller.

Left hand by Barnes. Barnes starting this round very fast with another good left hand. Looks like he’s trying to measure Lynes, and it’s Barnes taking the the aggressive stance now. He needs to, so that’s good to see.

Right by Lynes catches Barnes a bit off balance. Barnes has laid off the gas late in the round, which is exactly what he can’t afford to do. Right hand glances for Lynes again. Barnes wants a counter shot and I don’t think he’s going to find it.

He has 10 seconds.

Another tough round to score, and this one I give to Lynes quite closely again. As far as landing clean punches goes, this fight stunk.

Lynes 10-9
Lynes 30-27

Got to say that was very disappointing, had high hopes for that Lynes/Barnes fight, but neither really got in any rhythm, and neither seemed to realise they only had three rounds to impress.

I do think Barnes is a better fighter but he didn’t have the right gameplan to win in this format. I expect Lynes to get the nod.

29-28 Lynes
29-28 Barnes
29-28 Lynes

Colin Lynes by split decision

Some of it is absurdity.

“Could he face this man? Young Mutley! 13 knockouts in 30 fights! Could he inject some KO POWER?!”

Just, you know, a 50% KO rate being treated like young Mike Tyson… what the hell, you know?

I’m sure it’s been there for a long time, but that’s just not something I figured would make the jump. For one thing it’s awful.

“If I’m the underdog I have nothing to lose”

well, except the fight!

Mutley lands some good shots in the first half of the round. In the first half of the round, Jones is tall. Pretty slow round overall. Jones is controlling it to some degree with his jab, but then Mutley stings Jones with a counter shot! Oh man, Jones should have been called knocked down, but was not. Bad job by the referee.

Mutley 10-9

This referee is awful. Just leave the clock running and don’t show any urgency when replacing a mouthpiece.

Jones bleeding from the nose a bit. Another fairly slow round. Mutley is winning the fight because he’s using some strength to his advantage, and Jones really isn’t doing anything besides flicking his jab. For all that “I don’t have anything to lose” talk, Jones sure isn’t fighting like it.

Mutley 10-9
Mutley 20-18

Jones starting to up the pressure a bit toward the latter half of the round. Mutley looking somewhat uncomfortable. Mutley looks like he’s on the run. I think Mutley wins the fight, but not impressively so. Jones dominated the third round.

Jones 10-9
Mutley 29-28

Jones, who when I saw him live last year looked like he had half a clue, just did not turn up on the night.

I actually think Muttley is probably the most impressive of the four to advance – based only on tonight’s performances.

29-28
29-28
30-27

Young Mutley by unanimous decision

Gavin Rees v. Jason Cook
Colin Lynes v. Young Mutley

Is sheer brilliance! It has managed to compeltely erode my Team Fortress 2 play time and that’s no small thing!

As you’d expect, Rees is coming straight forward and trying to get rough inside. Cook with a right that stunts Rees’ advance. Cook’s cut opens up. Cook just misses a left hook. Nice left to the body by Rees. Cook wants to fight with Rees coming straight at him, he’s catching Rees wonderfully on the way inside. Good first round for Cook. The favorite might be falling.

Cook 10-9

is nasty, nasty, nasty. At least it isn’t too easy to exploit.

Why do they bother saying excuse the language at quarter to eleven at night? You can watch two welshmen knock seven bells of sh*t out of each other but can’t handle a few f-bombs?

Rees throwing his hands in close, working at the body. Cook misses a long right. Rees going to the body this round, staying even lower than he naturally is and making Cook miss high. LEFT BY REES, AND COOK GOES DOWN! That’s HUGE in these fights. He takes the eight, and comes back to fight.

Rees going right at him, cornering him and wailing away. Rees firing, Cook trying to get out of the corner! Cook does get out. Cook needs a turnaround in a big way. Rees DIGGING away now. He’s turned into a completely different fighter this round. Cook might well be gassed out.

Left hook by Cook! Rees dares him to do it again. Cook responds with a mixture of amusement and anger. Right hand by Rees at the bell.

Rees 10-9
Rees 19-18

Rees doing a good job staying so busy that Cook can’t find any openings. Cook is swinging from the fences now with just over a minute left. Rees isn’t getting hit with anything, and is potshotting his way to victory and the tournament final.

Rees with some lefts to the body again. Cook is out of energy. Completely. He’s tapped. Everything he’s throwing is slow, Rees has worn him out, and there’s nothing on his shots. Rees pressing to end the fight. Entertaining fight, so far the best of the night.

Rees 10-9
Rees 29-27

Surely 29-27 Rees, but credit to Cook for making the fight what it was. Rees seems to have figured out how to win this tournament – staying busy – and you’d fancy him to do the job over Muttley or Lynes in the final.

29-27
29-27
30-26

Gavin Rees by unanimous decision

Rees is incredibly arrogant given his skill level. He’s talking about the other fighters here like they’re a couple of levels below him. Having said that, if they had him in the studio tomorrow night he’d probably talk about Kjan and Salita in the same manner.

look like they’re trying to escape from his body

Have a specific supplement for MMA but not for boxing yet they are sponsoring this. I am annoyed.

Both feeling out in the first minute. Mutley swings a right that had bad intentions, but it misses. Mutley coming in hard now, and Lynes gets caught. Mutley countering very well in the opening round, and Lynes is just not looking very comfortable. He’s working hard, but he’s getting outboxed. Lynes gains a bit of steam in the final 30-40 seconds, but not enough to take the round.

Mutley 10-9

Lynes is, as they’re saying, trying too hard it seems. He’s so desperate to find a big shot that he’s just coming right into Mutley’s counter work. Nice right by Lynes. Mutley is doing the same thing he did in the third round against Jones now. Mutley may just not like getting hit at all anymore. He’s retreating, not getting the clean shots anymore, and now it’s a fight again. Lynes pressing, and finishes the round well.

Lynes 10-9
19-19

Mutley catches Lynes early, and they get tangled up. Lynes nearly hits the deck, but they get it squared up, and reset the fight at center ring. Mutley throwing hooks, Lynes throwing rights, and we’re getting a fight now. Both seem to believe they need this third round. Lynes with combination work. Mutley with two counter shots. Just over a minute left, fight still winnable for either man.

Lynes backs Mutley down, and Mutley has to hold on! Mutley goes down, and they’re counting it! Mutley is pissed, but I’m not sure what happened there.

That probably does it for Mutley.

Mutley throwing, Lynes throwing, and Lynes ties him up. Right hand by Mutley at the bell, and they hug and congratulate.

Lynes 10-8 (have to count it)
Lynes 29-27

That was a knockdown. They can blame it on balance all they want, and it was Mutley’s balance, but a right hand did land and knock him down. Tough shit, really. No other way to put it.

30-27 Lynes
29-28 Mutley
30-27 Lynes

Colin Lynes by split decision

What is this ‘’good week for Lynes’’ they keep talking about?

Johnny Nelson: “The knockdown was the difference.”

Lynes won EVERY ROUND on the two cards he won. So, in other words, the knockdown made no difference whatsoever.

Bizarre judging.

I feel a bit sorry for YM. I had him winning the first, the second close and he was winning the third until the knockdown. I don’t think it was a particularly good fight, despite what the commentators say, but thought Mutters did the better work. 28-28 would have been fairer in my book.

Crowd looks pretty weak there considering it’s meant to be the best Prizefighter lineup ever

Rees swinging to start, same as he’s done the first two fights. Rees’ gameplan and conditioning has been exactly perfect for this tournament. Lynes throwing back, landing some good shots at distance. Rees just keeps on working. Lynes with a long jab, Rees charges like a bull again. These two are going for it, with Lynes landing some good shots on the advancing Rees. Looks like we’ll get an exciting final.

Rees with some body work. He might seal this round strong — he doesn’t. Pretty close round, but I favor Rees.

Rees 10-9

Rees with a left hook, and then clips him with another. Rees has gotten very confident this round, dropping his hands, begging Lynes to come at him, throwing good combinations. Rees tearing into Lynes, and Rees’ mouthguard comes out so Lynes gets a moment. Lynes is eating that left hook that’s coming from deep down low over and over. Lynes sends Rees back with a good counter shot! Left from Rees! Lynes is wide open out there, and Rees is taking every advantage.

Rees 10-9
Rees 20-18

I think both of these first two rounds could go either way on the cards, especially given how the judges have been so far tonight.

COME ON LYNES!

Well they’re going to war early in the round, and Rees is winning the battle. Lynes, bless him, is going for the gusto. Rees finding success to the body and with the uppercut. Both men winging shots to finish the tournament. Heck of a final round, heck of a final fight.

Rees 10-9
Rees 30-27

29-28
29-28
30-27

Gavin Rees by unanimous decision
Prizefighter 9 Champion

Can’t really complain about Rees winning. His gameplan was right and he has the chin to be able to do it, albeit against not particularly big punchers.

Would liked to have seen him fight Barnes and Muttley in the other half of the draw, rather than Lynes, but its Prizefighter so I’m not overly bothered.

I wonder if Gavin Rees v Kevin Mitchell will get made if the Londoner loses to Breidis Prescott tomorrow.

I’m out, cheers for the coverage.