PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Recruit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Recruit
vs
Xavier

185 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Xavier closes the distance and pushes Recruit back into the cage.
Xavier using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Recruit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Recruit tries to pull guard but Xavier won't allow it.
Xavier stops a takedown attempt from Recruit.
Xavier lands a good knee to the midsection. Recruit won't want to take too many of those.
Recruit tries to pull guard but Xavier won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Recruit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Recruit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Xavier tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Xavier lands a knee to the head.
Recruit is working for takedown but Xavier is calmly controlling the position for now.
Xavier tries a knee to the head but Recruit blocks it.
Xavier utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Xavier throws a knee to the head but misses.
Xavier lands a nice elbow.
Xavier throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Recruit blocks it with crossed arms.
Xavier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Recruit tries to circle away but Xavier has him pinned against the cage.
Xavier with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Xavier tries to land a knee to the head but Recruit blocks with his arms.
Xavier lands an elbow that stopped Recruit in his tracks for a moment.
Recruit tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Recruit is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Xavier gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Recruit is breathing heavily.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Xavier scores with a knee to the head.
Recruit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Xavier is keeping busy.
Xavier throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Recruit wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Xavier tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Recruit tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A frustrated look appears on Recruit's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Recruit tries to pull guard but Xavier holds him up against the cage and eventually Recruit drops back down to his feet.
Knees to the body from Xavier.
Recruit tries to pull guard but Xavier holds him up against the cage and eventually Recruit drops back down to his feet.
Recruit tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Xavier smiles and moves away.
Recruit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice cross by Recruit.
Recruit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Recruit tries to clinch but Xavier moves out of range.
Recruit moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Recruit tries to clinch

and Xavier counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Xavier.
Recruit unloads a knee to the mid-section. Xavier lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Xavier stops a takedown attempt from Recruit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xavier throws an elbow but it misses.
Xavier misses with a knee to the head.
Recruit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Recruit tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Recruit tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Xavier blocks a body shot from Recruit.
Recruit tries for a takedown. No joy.
Recruit jumps guard but Xavier stands there with Recruit around his waist. Recruit gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Xavier blocks an elbow strike from Recruit.
Recruit tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Xavier just stands there and leans against the cage.
Recruit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Recruit jumps guard but Xavier stands there with Recruit around his waist. Recruit gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Recruit tries to pull guard but Xavier won't allow it.
Recruit tries to land knees in the clinch but Xavier avoids the damage to the body.
Xavier pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Recruit tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Xavier smiles and moves away.
Recruit wants to clinch.
Charles Xavier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Recruit looks to clinch

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Recruit tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Recruit fails to pull guard.
Recruit fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Xavier misses with a knee strike.
Recruit is looking to control Xavier's arms but Xavier gets an underhook and turns him. Now Recruit has his back to the cage.
Recruit goes for a takedown in the clinch but Xavier prevents it.
Recruit fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Xavier keeps control of Recruit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Recruit is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Xavier gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Recruit jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Xavier walks away with a smile on his face. Recruit gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Xavier swats away the attempt to clinch by Recruit.
Recruit tries to clinch but Xavier moves out of range.
Recruit tries to clinch but Xavier moves out of range.
Recruit tries to clinch but Xavier is having none of it.
Recruit keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Recruit shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Xavier as he jumps to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Recruit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Recruit wants to clinch up but Xavier keeps it at a distance.
Recruit shoots for a takedown but Xavier saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Xavier moves in looking to clinch but Recruit pushes him off.

Recruit drives through with a takedown into guard.
Recruit trying to control the position from guard on top but Xavier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Xavier has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Recruit can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Recruit trying to control the position from guard on top but Xavier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Xavier dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Recruit doesn't manage to clinch there - Xavier circles away.
Recruit is looking to clinch.
Recruit is looking to clinch but Xavier is avoiding it.

Recruit tries to keep at a distance but Xavier has taken the fight into the clinch.
Xavier lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Recruit tries to pull guard but Xavier won't allow it.
Xavier lands a knee to the body.
Recruit tries to pull guard but Xavier holds him up against the cage and eventually Recruit drops back down to his feet.
Xavier gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Recruit.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Recruit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Xavier misses with a knee to the head.
Xavier tries a knee to the head but Recruit blocks it.
Xavier trying to land knees to the body.
Recruit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Xavier has him pressed against the cage.
Recruit trying to control the position but instead, Xavier has worked for underhooks and has pushed Recruit into the cage.
Xavier is breathing heavily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Xavier throws an elbow but misses.

Recruit successfully pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Recruit is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Xavier defends well.
Xavier looking to sit in guard and control but Recruit gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Recruit wants to control from the top but Xavier keeps moving.
Recruit missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Recruit stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Xavier swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two 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.
Xavier wants to improve his position but instead Recruit has moved into half guard.
Recruit not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Recruit moves into full mount! Xavier won't be happy about that!
Xavier avoids a series of strikes thrown by Recruit.
Recruit thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Recruit throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Xavier because Recruit loaded up on that one.
Xavier avoids a series of strikes thrown by Recruit.
Recruit 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.
Recruit tries to control but Xavier wriggling away.
Recruit throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Recruit working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Xavier looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Recruit! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ricky Recruit!