PBP Commentary

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

terry
vs
cheese

188 cm
21
135 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

150 cm
19
135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, tombstone terry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, terry cheese!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

cheese gets a takedown into half guard.
terry gets back to full guard.
cheese pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. terry is keeping the position for now.
cheese tries to stand but terry is controlling from the bottom.

terry uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

cheese rushes terry and presses him up against the cage.
terry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through cheese's defenses.

terry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

terry rushes cheese and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. terry obliges.
terry lands a body punch.
Come on terry - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
cheese tries to pull guard but terry holds him up against the cage and eventually cheese drops back down to his feet.
terry throws a knee to the head but misses.
terry drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

cheese breaks from the clinch.
terry tries to close the distance and clinch up but cheese swats him away and circles back towards the center.

terry has cheese up against the cage in a clinch.
cheese is trying to stall.
cheese fails to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
terry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for cheese.

cheese is fighting off a takedown attempt but terry is just too persistent for him and manages to trip cheese to the mat. cheese regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

terry stands up and waves to cheese to follow him.
terry wants to clinch but cheese slips to the side

so cheese counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
cheese trying to control but terry is working from the bottom.
cheese is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
terry keeping moving, preventing cheese from controlling successfully.
terry working a defensive guard but cheese manages to pass into side control anyway.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
terry is trying to escape the position but cheese is controlling the position.
cheese sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but terry is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
cheese trying to control the position but terry is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
An elbow from cheese crashes against the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

cheese decides to take the fight back to the feet.

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.
The fight stays on the outside here - cheese looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
terry clinches but cheese breaks the clinch

and cheese counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
terry trying to hold on to cheese's head to control him but cheese postures up.
terry wants to get back to his feet.
terry gets back to full guard.

terry is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and cheese defends well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
terry avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

terry cheese dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

cheese has a takedown stuffed.
cheese pulls out of a head kick attempt.
terry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
cheese throws a sloppy head kick and terry moves out of range easily.

terry looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for cheese!
cheese in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
cheese is looking to get to half guard.
terry scores with a couple of good head shots there.
cheese tries to hold on but terry postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cheese keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
terry postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. cheese looks a forlorn figure.
cheese manages to regain half guard. Good work.
terry throwing shots but cheese is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
cheese is trying to control but can't.
cheese makes his way to full guard. A much better position for cheese.

terry stands up from guard. Let's bang!
cheese throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around terry's waist but terry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing cheese off to one side.

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

terry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

terry darts in and clinches cheese up against the cage.
cheese is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but terry is keeping busy.
cheese working hard to break the clinch.

terry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

terry gets in close and instigates a clinch.
terry looking to throw knees to the head but cheese is blocking nicely.
terry really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
terry is pressed up against the cage. cheese has hold of a leg and is looking to drag terry down to the mat. terry avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
tombstone terry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of terry cheese.

terry has managed to clinch.
terry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite cheese's efforts to push away.
terry with a knee to the head.
cheese is trying to break the clinch but terry has him pressed against the cage.
cheese is trying to maintain a safe position but terry gets an underhook and turns cheese into the cage.
cheese takes a knee right on the jaw!
terry with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, terry scores with a nice short uppercut.
terry misses with an elbow over the top.
cheese tries for a takedown. No joy.
cheese is breathing heavily.
cheese has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. terry avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
cheese prevents a takedown attempt there.
terry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but cheese blocks it with crossed arms.
cheese tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A frustrated look appears on cheese's face as he tries to break the clinch.

terry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
terry tries to clinch up

so cheese counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
cheese prevents terry from getting back to his feet.

cheese decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on terry, up you get!

terry closes the distance and clinches.
terry drops to a knee looking for a takedown but cheese gets the underhooks and prevents it.
cheese wants to break the clinch but can't.
terry tries for a takedown but cheese manages to get underhooks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
cheese takes a knee right on the jaw!
cheese wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
cheese is trying to break the clinch but terry has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, terry just misses with a elbow thrown towards cheese's brow.
cheese tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. terry smiles and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

tombstone terry dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

terry has closed the distance and engaged cheese in a clinch.
terry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
terry tries a knee to the head but cheese blocks it.
cheese fails to pull guard.

terry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

terry has taken the fight to the clinch.
terry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
terry tries to land a knee to the head but cheese blocks with his arms.
terry throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
terry stalling against the cage.
terry can't get the takedown.
terry trying to land knees to the body.
terry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
terry tries to score a body lock takedown but cheese shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
terry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but cheese has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

terry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
terry avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cheese shoots in but no luck this time.

cheese darts in and clinches terry up against the cage.

terry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
terry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
cheese shoots in but no luck this time.
tombstone terry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of terry cheese.
terry shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with cheese but cheese pushes him off and we're back to square one.
cheese keeps the fight on the outside.

cheese moves into the clinch successfully.
terry unloads a knee to the mid-section.

terry manages to break the clinch.
terry displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from cheese.

cheese shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. cheese showed some decent athleticism there.
terry keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
terry taking some punishment here, with cheese in his half guard.
terry wants to get back to his feet.
cheese is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
terry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from cheese.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
terry is looking for a sweep. cheese is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
terry cheese has got the better of the ground game so far.
cheese wants to take a breather but terry is having none of it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
terry looks to clinch

and cheese holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
cheese taking a breather.
A knee to the head by terry.

terry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from cheese.
terry tries to close the distance and clinch but cheese swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
terry closes the distance looking to clinch

and cheese counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
cheese tries to pass to full mount but terry defends it.
cheese sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. terry defending well though.

terry kicks cheese off and gets back to his feet.
cheese throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
cheese with a poor takedown

and terry holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for terry.
cheese is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but terry is keeping busy.
terry crunches a lovely knee into cheese's ribcage.

And that's the end of the fight!
terry cheese comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think cheese 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... terry cheese!