PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Flame (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Obrien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Flame
vs
Obrien

188 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
197 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jonny Flame!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Obrien!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obrien keeps the fight on the outside.
Billy Obrien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obrien throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Flame slaps away a takedown attempt from Obrien, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Flame lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Billy Obrien has been cut.

Obrien shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Obrien was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Flame is trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Obrien landing strikes from the mount.
Flame blocking the ground and pound.
Obrien thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Flame tries to reverse the position but Obrien maintains control.
Obrien thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obrien throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Obrien punching from mount but Flame doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Obrien thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Obrien controlling the pace for now.
Flame tries to buck Obrien off but he can't manage it.
Obrien trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Flame on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Flame tries to get out of the position.
Obrien throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Obrien scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Flame?
Obrien scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Flame?

Obrien with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Obrien postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Flame looks a forlorn figure.
Obrien trying to control but Flame is having none of it.
Flame wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Obrien.
Obrien has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obrien controlling from the full mount.
Flame is looking to get to half guard.
Obrien thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Flame sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's four 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.
Obrien is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Obrien throwing shots but Flame is blocking nicely.
Obrien throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Flame knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Obrien on the ground.
Obrien seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Flame does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Obrien stalling away here and it's allowed Flame to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Obrien looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Obrien dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Obrien's cut.
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.

Flame moves in looking to clinch but Obrien pushes him off.
Obrien misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jonny Flame is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Flame tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Flame, as that shot connected.
Some wild striking there from Flame.
Flame will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Obrien throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Flame steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Obrien. That one must have hurt.
Obrien throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Flame misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Flame misses.
Flame misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flame fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Obrien throws a head kick that misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Obrien is defended easily by Flame.
Flame takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Obrien fails with a takedown attempt.
Obrien lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Flame misses with a two punch combination.
Obrien lands with a thumping leg kick.
Obrien throws a half hearted mid kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Obrien!
Flame steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Obrien. That one must have hurt.
Obrien shoots in but Flame avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jonny Flame has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Obrien.
Obrien tries to land a front kick but Flame steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obrien throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Flame fails to land with a series of punches.
Obrien ducks under a wild hook from Flame.
Obrien shoots in but no luck this time.
Obrien lands a nice looking body kick.
Flame chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Obrien can pounce on him.
Obrien misses with a takedown attempt - Flame sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Obrien.
Flame looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Flame cracks Obrien with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Obrien throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Flame swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flame throws a nice looking combination but Obrien bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Obrien takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Obrien is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flame rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Obrien moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Obrien scores with a push kick.
Flame blocks a head kick by Obrien.
No joy there for Flame, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Obrien tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Flame uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Obrien lands with a kick to the temple. Flame shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Obrien shoots in for a double leg but Flame sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Flame drops Obrien with a beautiful combination! Obrien stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Flame is looking for the KO!

Obrien is rocked!
Flame is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Flame feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Obrien crashing to the mat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jonny Flame!