PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jorma Arm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Swizz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swizz has chosen Make It Go as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Arm
vs
Swizz

176 cm
22
168 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jorma Arm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Swizz!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arm avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arm darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Arm looks for a takedown but Swizz sprawls well.
Swizz tries to clinch there but Arm circles away.
Arm throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arm scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Arm throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Swizz.
Swizz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Arm to score with a decent uppercut.
Left hook, right uppercut from Arm.
Arm misses with the combination.

Arm fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Swizz sprawls well initially but Arm persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arm not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Swizz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Arm. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Swizz is trying to stand back up but Arm is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Arm lands a nice short elbow.
Arm scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Arm frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Arm throws some wild stikes that Swizz manages to avoid easily.
Arm looking to control and managing it successfully.
Arm landing punches.
Arm lands with some strikes.
Swizz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Swizz tries to hold on but Arm postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arm working Swizz over with strikes here.
Arm lands a heavy elbow.
Swizz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Arm landing punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arm prevents Swizz from getting the reversal.
Arm working the ground and pound effectively.
Swizz can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arm with the ground and pound from mount.
Swizz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Arm breaks from Swizz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Arm looking to control but Swizz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Arm 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.
Swizz is looking to improve his position but Arm isn't that keen on the idea.
Swizz looks gassed!
Swizz wants to hold on but Arm pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arm scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Swizz?
Arm lands with some strikes.
Arm lands a heavy elbow.
Arm controlling from mount.
Swizz can't escape the position.
Swizz wants to control but Arm is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arm working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorma Arm dominated that round.
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.

Arm drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Swizz tries to buck Arm off but Arm is having none of it.
Arm throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Arm landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Swizz is not content to let Arm control the position.
Arm cracks Swizz with a big right hand but Swizz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Arm misses with the ground and pound.
Swizz is not content to let Arm control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Arm crashes against the mat.
Arm in side control lands a decent elbow.
Swizz gets back to half guard.
Swizz is looking to escape.
Arm prevents Swizz from improving his position.
Arm content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Arm is trying to control the action in half guard but Swizz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arm trying to control the pace.
Ground and pound from Arm.
Arm throwing shots but Swizz is blocking nicely.
Swizz trying to hold on to Arm's head to control him but Arm postures up.
Arm thows a huge punch but Swizz dodges it nicely.
Arm throwing shots but Swizz is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arm seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Swizz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Arm sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Swizz defending well though.
Arm not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Swizz is looking to clinch but Arm is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swizz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arm throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Swizz.
Swizz tries to clinch up.
Swizz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Arm paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arm rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Swizz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Swizz fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Arm misses with a takedown attempt - Swizz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Arm avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Swizz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Arm paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Swizz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Arm swats away the attempt to clinch by Swizz.
Swizz is looking to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Swizz tries to clinch but Arm is having none of it.
Swizz wants to clinch.

Arm clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorma Arm dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Swizz darts in trying to clinch

and Arm counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Swizz's guard now.
Arm scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Arm thows a big elbow that misses.
Arm wants to pass the guard but Swizz is keeping the position.
Arm sitting in guard here, content to control.
Arm scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Arm looking to sit in guard and control but Swizz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Swizz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arm is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Swizz trying to stand up but can't free himself from Arm's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swizz preventing the sweep.
Arm is trying to keep Swizz in close.
Arm is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Swizz can do to turn this around?
Arm trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Arm circles away from the clinch attempt
and Arm counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Swizz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arm.
Arm throws a series of punches but Swizz avoids them all with ease.
Swizz closes the distance looking to clinch

and Arm counters with a nice double leg into side control. Swizz won't be happy with that.
Swizz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swizz managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Arm.
Jorma Arm is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Swizz is trying to escape the position but Arm is controlling the position.
Arm working away.
Swizz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Arm working the ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Swizz tries to escape but Arm is in control.
Swizz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Arm controlling the position from side mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jorma Arm showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Arm has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorma Arm!