PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Peter Pan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Kraken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kraken has chosen Stayin' Alive as his entrance music. Peter Pan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Pan
vs
Kraken

170 cm
18
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
24
160 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Softish

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Pan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Samuel Kraken!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pan shoots in for a takedown but Kraken shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Kraken shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kraken showed some decent athleticism there.
Kraken thows a huge punch but Pan dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pan looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kraken controlling the action here.
Kraken stops Pan from getting back to his feet.
Kraken not landing any meaningful shots this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kraken paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kraken tries to bum rush Pan with a series of wild strikes but Pan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraken tries a head kick but it misses.
Kraken scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Pan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Kraken is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kraken working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pan.
Pan throwing strikes but missing.
Pan throws and elbow that misses. Kraken uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pan's guard. Nice move by Kraken!
Kraken trying to control but Pan is working from the bottom.
Pan wants to stand and escape but Kraken is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraken trying to control but Pan is working from the bottom.
Kraken trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kraken turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kraken.
Pan misses with a takedown
and Kraken counters with a nice body kick.

Kraken shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kraken looking to control but Pan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pan is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Pan is breathing heavily.
Pan tries to hold on but Kraken pushes him away.
Kraken has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pan is trying to stand up.
Kraken landing strikes from the mount and Pan is in trouble!
Pan tries to hold on but Kraken pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Kraken.
Pan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pan tries to get out of the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kraken looking to finish Pan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pan!
Kraken is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kraken looking to finish Pan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pan!
Kraken in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pan is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Kraken can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pan is looking to escape.
Kraken unloading with bombs!
Kraken tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kraken fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraken postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pan looks a forlorn figure.
Kraken postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pan looks a forlorn figure.
Kraken avoids the attempt from Pan to control.
Kraken scoring with strikes but Pan is staying in there.
Pan's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Kraken lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pan tries to reverse the position but Kraken maintains control.
Pan wants to control but Kraken is having none of it.
Pan wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Kraken dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kraken throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pan.

Pan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Pan turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Pan manages to end up in side control.
Pan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ground and pound from Pan seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Kraken sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kraken moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pan lands a couple of elbows.
Pan takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Kraken utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kraken has momentary wrist control but Pan slips an elbow through the middle.
Pan throws a strike but Kraken rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraken tries to free his leg and advance position but Pan is retaining full guard.
Pan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pan wants to stand up but Kraken is controlling him.
Pan is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Kraken dives into side control.
Kraken trying to control the action but Pan is working from the bottom.
Kraken tries to advance to mount but Pan denies him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pan doesn't manage to clinch there - Kraken circles away.
Kraken throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Pan with a poor takedown
and Kraken counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kraken tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Kraken closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pan did well to prevent Kraken getting side control.
Pan is trying to stand back up but Kraken is controlling him
Samuel Kraken has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pan is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Kraken jumps into side control!
Pan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kraken on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pan is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
An elbow from Kraken crashes against the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pan prevents Kraken from improving position.
Kraken sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pan is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pan shoots and misses
and Kraken counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pan's knee momentarily.
Pan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kraken counters with a nice body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Pan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kraken.
Kraken lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kraken thumps Pan with a low kick.
Kraken turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Pan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kraken to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kraken prevents Pan from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraken is pushing down on Pan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pan is fighting to maintain full guard but Kraken has managed to sneak the leg through.

Kraken wants to work for an arm triangle but Pan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kraken passes to full mount!
Pan tries to hold on but Kraken postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kraken dominating with strikes here.
Pan looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Pan is squirming around, avoiding Kraken's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Kraken showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A head kick from Kraken lands but Pan takes it in his stride.

Kraken scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kraken missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pan is looking to escape.
Pan is concentrating on defense, preventing Kraken from advancing position.
Kraken seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kraken landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pan wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kraken is nestled in close to Pan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kraken lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pan tries to kick Kraken off but Kraken keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kraken seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kraken not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pan trying to control here.
Kraken prevents Pan from standing back up.
Kraken lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pan is refusing to be controlled, as Kraken sits in half guard.
Ground and pound from Kraken.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pan tries for a takedown but Kraken circles away easily
and Kraken counters with a low kick, right behind Pan 's knee.

That's two 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.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kraken.
Kraken stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kraken wants it to stay on the feet.
Kraken looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kraken thuds a left hand into Pan's body.
Kraken dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pan. That did some damage!
Kraken wants to clinch.

Pan gets the takedown into side control.
Kraken regains half guard, as Pan was trying to land strikes.

Kraken has one foot on Pan's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kraken counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Pan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Pan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kraken wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kraken is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pan wants a takedown but no success here.
Pan prevents Kraken from breaking the clinch.
Kraken tries to score a body lock takedown but Pan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kraken is working for takedown but Pan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Pan lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Pan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Kraken tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pan with a nice head shot there.
Samuel Kraken is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pan throwing strikes from guard but Kraken blocks nicely.
Pan throws and elbow that misses. Kraken uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pan's guard. Nice move by Kraken!
Kraken trying to control but Pan is working from the bottom.
Peter Pan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pan wants to stand and escape but Kraken is having none of it.
Kraken sitting in guard here, content to control.
Pan is looking to stand up but Kraken isn't so interested in that idea.
Kraken is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Kraken comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kraken winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Kraken!