PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between heavy weight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and brick wall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). heavy weight has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

weight
vs
wall

205 cm
18
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

150 cm
18
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, heavy weight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, brick wall!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
weight turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

weight looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
weight stops wall from getting back to his feet.

weight is working for a kimura but wall is defending it quite comfortably.
weight wants to free his trapped foot but wall is holding on for dear life with his legs.
weight is breathing heavily.
weight prevents wall from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
weight slows the pace down in half guard.
wall tries to kick weight off but weight keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
wall with a poor takedown

and weight counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for wall!
wall is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

weight wants to finish this one by submission but wall is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from weight.
weight looking to control but wall is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wall is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! weight has taken his back!

weight patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
weight throwing damaging strikes from the back! wall could be in trouble here!

weight has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, wall has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
weight is controlling the position but wall somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

wall makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
weight gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and wall counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for weight!
weight wants to control but wall is having none of it.

wall stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

wall is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in weight's half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
weight moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

wall gets to his feet - weight follows without any prompting.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
wall doesn't succeed with the takedown

and weight counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for wall!
weight lands a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
weight working the ground and pound effectively.
wall has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

weight has his takedown stuffed

and wall counters with a single leg into guard. weight didn't expect that.
wall wants to stand but weight is controlling his posture from full guard.
weight is trying to control the position from the bottom.

wall gets to his feet - weight follows without any prompting.
wall has his takedown stuffed

and weight counters with a nice double leg into side control. wall won't be happy with that.
heavy weight overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
wall is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, weight asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wall tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
wall wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
weight lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
weight controlling the pace for now.
wall is squirming around, avoiding weight's attempts to control the action.
weight unloads with some shots from mount but wall bucks and avoids them well.
wall is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

weight jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but wall manages to avoid the submission attempt.
wall is trying to buck weight off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
wall fails with the takedown
and weight counters with a head kick. That will keep wall thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
heavy weight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
weight misses with a double jab

so wall counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
weight looking to hit a scissor sweep but wall is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
weight thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
wall stopping the sweep attempt from weight.

wall stands up from guard. Let's bang!
weight lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
wall misses with a takedown

and weight moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

brick wall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! weight's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

wall fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
weight keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
wall with a poor takedown

and weight counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by weight.

weight has wall pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. weight pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending wall tumbling to the mat - weight dives into wall's guard.
weight trying to control the position from guard on top but wall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
weight loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
weight looking to sit in guard and control but wall gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

weight working for a triangle but wall defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wall wants to stand but weight is controlling his posture from full guard.
weight bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in wall's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
wall wants to stand but weight is controlling the position.
wall being controlled here, momentarily.
weight won't allow wall to get back to his feet.
weight's corner is telling him to maintain position.
wall is looking to stand up but weight isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
weight trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
weight wants to get up but he can't break wall's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
wall misses with a takedown attempt

and weight decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in wall's guard.
heavy weight has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of brick wall.
wall wants to get back to his feet but weight is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
weight really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

wall is working an open guard so weight takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
wall fails with the takedown
and weight counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. wall is lucky that one didn't land flush.
wall with a poor takedown

and weight counters with a single leg into guard. wall didn't expect that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
weight prevents wall from getting back to his feet.
weight trying to stand up but can't free himself from wall's guard.
weight trying to control but wall is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
heavy weight showed his dominance in that final round.
Well weight 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... heavy weight!