PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ron Jeremy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sammy Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jeremy
vs
Sosa

170 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ron Jeremy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sammy Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sosa closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jeremy is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sosa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jeremy defending well though.
Jeremy manages to get to full guard.

Sosa drops back looking for a leg! Jeremy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jeremy manages to kick Sosa off! Sosa jumps back into Jeremy's guard.

Jeremy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sosa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jeremy is keeping the position for now.

Jeremy has his foot on Sosa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sosa works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeremy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jeremy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sosa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Jeremy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sosa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sosa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jeremy looking to control.

Jeremy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jeremy is breathing heavily.

Sosa stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Sosa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy taking a breather.

Sosa manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Jeremy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Sosa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jeremy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sosa wants to sweep but no luck.
Jeremy wants to control from the top but Sosa keeps moving.
Sosa is trying to control the position but Jeremy postures up.
Sosa lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jeremy!
Jeremy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jeremy is working hard here to advance position.
Sosa wants to stand but Jeremy is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Jeremy slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Jeremy is looking to control Sosa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jeremy avoid being mounted?
Jeremy is looking for a sweep. Sosa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sosa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jeremy is trying to maintain the position but Sosa is very close to passing his half guard.
Sosa winds up and cracks Jeremy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sosa takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sosa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jeremy's waist but Jeremy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sosa off to one side.
Jeremy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jeremy lands a jab-cross combination.

Sosa shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jeremy's guard.
Jeremy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Sosa seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sammy Sosa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A head kick misses from Jeremy.
Sosa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jeremy circles away.
Jeremy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jeremy throws a series of punches but Sosa avoids them all with ease.
Sosa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jeremy circles away.
Sosa misses with a series of wild punches.
Sosa shoots in and drives through. Jeremy sprawls well.
Ron Jeremy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sammy Sosa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeremy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jeremy throws a sloppy head kick and Sosa moves out of range easily.
Jeremy misses with a combination

and Sosa counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeremy misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sosa jumps into guard, dragging Jeremy to the mat.
Jeremy is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Jeremy slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sosa trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Sosa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jeremy is controlling him.

Sosa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sosa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jeremy landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jeremy trying to control but Sosa is working from the bottom.
Jeremy preventing the sweep.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jeremy lands with a kick to the temple. Sosa shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jeremy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ron Jeremy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Sosa rushes Jeremy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jeremy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sosa is keeping busy.

Sosa jumps into guard, dragging Jeremy to the mat.
Jeremy trying to control the position from guard on top but Sosa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jeremy wants to stand but Sosa has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Jeremy has passed into side control.
Sosa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jeremy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sosa gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Sosa is trying desperately to improve position.
Sosa tries to hold on but Jeremy pushes him away.
Sosa is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Jeremy looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sosa tries to hold on but Jeremy postures up.
Jeremy unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jeremy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jeremy controlling from the full mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jeremy trying to control but Sosa is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Jeremy dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sosa looks to land a combination. Jeremy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jeremy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jeremy throws a combination that misses

and Sosa counters by moving into the clinch.
Jeremy misses with a knee strike.
Jeremy looking to throw knees to the head but Sosa is blocking nicely.
Sosa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jeremy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeremy misses with a knee to the head.
Sosa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jeremy looking to throw knees to the head but Sosa is blocking nicely.

Sosa jumps guard and drags Jeremy to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa wants to sweep but no luck.
Sosa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jeremy's guard.

Jeremy working for submissions but it's allowed Sosa to get to half guard.
Jeremy is refusing to be controlled, as Sosa sits in half guard.
Sosa is looking to advance position but Jeremy won't allow it.
Sosa seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Sosa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jeremy gets full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sosa.
Jeremy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jeremy controls Sosa momentarily but Sosa frees himself.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jeremy throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ron Jeremy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sosa moves out of range of the body kick from Jeremy.

Sosa fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jeremy sprawls well initially but Sosa persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jeremy wants to control but Sosa is keeping busy.
Jeremy slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jeremy trying to control but Sosa is having none of it.
Jeremy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sosa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jeremy controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jeremy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sammy Sosa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sosa holds of for dear life.
Jeremy tries to control but Sosa wriggling away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sammy Sosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sosa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sammy Sosa!