PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Foreman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and javy navaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Foreman
vs
navaro

185 cm
22
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Sam Foreman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, javy navaro!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Foreman clinches.
navaro goes for a takedown attempt but Foreman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Foreman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
navaro tries to pull guard but Foreman won't allow it.

Foreman has hold of one of navaro's legs. navaro is fighting the takedown attempt but Foreman gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Foreman decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on navaro, up you get!
navaro tries to clinch

and Foreman counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
navaro can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Foreman controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Foreman lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Foreman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Foreman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. navaro swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Foreman stops navaro from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
navaro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Foreman controls from within his opponent's guard.
navaro wants to stand but Foreman is controlling the position.
Foreman passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Still in half guard, Foreman seems content to control.
Foreman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. navaro defending well though.

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.
Foreman content to control rather than advance.
navaro wants to get back to full guard but Foreman has passed into side control.
Foreman controlling from mount.
Foreman landing strikes from the mount and navaro is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
navaro takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Foreman looking to control and managing it successfully.
Foreman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
navaro is trying to stand up.
Foreman looking to finish navaro with some ground and pound. This is bad for navaro!
Foreman controlling from the full mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sam Foreman just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Foreman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but navaro pulls him back up using the underhooks.

navaro jumps guard.

Foreman gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Foreman, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Foreman dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Foreman.
Foreman shoots in but navaro avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Foreman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around navaro's waist but navaro gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Foreman off to one side.

Foreman drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Foreman working away.
Foreman misses with the ground and pound.
Check out the look on Foreman's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
navaro is being controlled here.
Foreman misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
navaro being controlled for a moment.
Foreman working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman grinds an elbow into navaro's temple.
Foreman landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
navaro managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Foreman.
Foreman wants to lay and pray for a moment but navaro keeps working.
navaro is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foreman trying to control the position but navaro is working away.
Foreman is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Foreman connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused navaro some visible discomfort.
Foreman 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.

Foreman decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Sam Foreman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by navaro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
navaro closes the distance looking to clinch

and Foreman counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Foreman is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
navaro looks like he's trying to stand up.
navaro is breathing heavily.

Foreman is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Foreman wants to lay and pray for a moment but navaro keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

navaro looking for submissions off his back.
navaro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
navaro tries to kick Foreman off but Foreman keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Foreman working navaro over with strikes.
Foreman working over navaro with some ground and pound. navaro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Foreman passes to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Foreman dominated that second round.
That's time! Foreman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Foreman has managed to clinch.
navaro jumps guard but Foreman stands there with navaro around his waist. navaro gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
navaro changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Foreman fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Foreman feints and as navaro raises his hands in defense, Foreman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Foreman works over navaro with some ground and pound from guard.
Foreman sitting in guard here, content to control.

Foreman stands up from navaro's guard - Foreman perhaps looking for a knockout.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
navaro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Foreman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. navaro sprawls well initially but Foreman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Foreman in particular looking to stall.
navaro blocking the ground and pound attempt from Foreman.

Foreman decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Foreman moves into the clinch successfully.
navaro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
navaro can't get the takedown.
Sam Foreman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of javy navaro.
navaro can't get the takedown.

Foreman lands a takedown into guard.
Foreman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Foreman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foreman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Foreman 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.

navaro is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Foreman is aware though and is defending well.
Foreman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Foreman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman landing some decent shots from guard.
Foreman sitting in guard here, content to control.

navaro working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Foreman has passed into half guard!

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.
Foreman performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Foreman drops an elbow to the side of navaro's head.

Foreman stands up and beckons navaro to join him on the feet.
javy navaro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sam Foreman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Foreman darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Foreman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Foreman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Foreman!