PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke The General (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Street Cred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke The General had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

The General
vs
Cred

175 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 New York, Luke The General!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Street Cred!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The General throws a series of punches but Cred avoids them all with ease.
The General misses with a jab, cross combination.
The General throws a series of punches but Cred moves out of range.
The General rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cred moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cred dodges the punch combination from The General.
The General throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cred shoots in looking for a takedown. The General tries to sprawl out of it but Cred keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The General manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The General looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The General swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The General misses with a wild combination.
The General looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cred dodges the punch combination from The General.
The General lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cred circles away quickly and effectively.
The General fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cred shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The General defends it nicely.
Luke The General seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The General misses with a wild combination.
The General throws a series of punches but Cred moves out of range.
The General looks to land a combination but Cred avoids it well.
The General misses with a double jab.
The General fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The General keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Luke The General has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Street Cred.
The General misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cred throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The General's waist but The General gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cred off to one side.
No joy there for The General, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The General throws a series of punches but Cred moves out of range.
The General swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cred slips a jab and a cross from The General.

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.
Horrible takedown by Cred or perhaps it was just good defense by The General which made him look bad.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Cred.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The General tries to escape but Cred is in control.
The General tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Cred is landing with strikes from the back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cred just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Street Cred dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cred showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The General.
The General misses with a jab, cross combination.
The General throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from The General does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The General swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The General fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The General misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The General rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cred moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for The General, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The General tries to bum rush Cred with a series of wild strikes but Cred uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cred showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The General.
A punch combination from The General misses.
Luke The General is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for The General, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

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.
The General's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and The General duly obliges.
Cred avoids a punch combination nicely.
The General swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cred slips a jab and a cross from The General.
The General misses with a wild combination.
The General misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from The General does no damage.
The General throws a right and a left that Cred avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from The General.
The General fails to land with a series of punches.
Cred will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The General defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cred.
The General misses with a few strikes there.

That's four 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.

Cred shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cred was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cred tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The General is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cred scoring with strikes but The General is staying in there.
Cred sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cred scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish The General?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Street Cred will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The General gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cred has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cred stands up over The General, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The General being controlled here, momentarily.
Cred stops The General from standing up.
Cred sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The General has momentary wrist control but Cred slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The General wants to get back to his feet but Cred is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cred not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The General has momentary wrist control but Cred slips an elbow through the middle.
Cred won't allow The General to get back to his feet.
Cred is standing up over The General. The General looks to escape but Cred dives into side control.
Cred is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The General knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cred on the ground.

Cred is working to tighten is grip on The General's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. The General has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Cred is really squeezing tight and eventually The General passes out! Cred breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Street Cred!