PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between tombstone terry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and denis opal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). tombstone terry has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

terry
vs
opal

188 cm
24
135 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

156 cm
24
135 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, tombstone terry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, denis opal!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as terry checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
terry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
terry circles away from the clinch attempt
and terry counters with a nice uppercut.

terry takes the fight into the clinch.

terry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

opal closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
opal keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
opal works his foot free and advances to mount.
opal blocks terry's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
opal controlling his opponent.
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.
opal tries to take his opponent's back but terry turns with him and manages to move into guard on the top. Nice work.
terry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
opal manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. terry manages to get himself to full guard.
opal trying to stand up but can't free himself from terry's guard.
terry is looking to stand up but opal isn't so interested in that idea.
opal postures up in terry's guard and throws a big left but terry blocks it.
terry is looking to stand up but opal isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
opal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
opal passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with opal in particular looking to stall.
opal trying to control from half guard but terry is working away.
opal is looking to stall here but terry recovers full guard.

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.
opal advances to half guard.
terry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from opal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
opal passes to side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
opal connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused terry some visible discomfort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

denis opal dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Excellent takedown into side control there by opal.
opal is looking to take a break and control but terry is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
terry takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
opal wants to lay and pray for a moment but terry keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
terry wants to control but opal postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
terry tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
terry is trapped and opal is scoring with shots to the head and body.

opal working for a choke but terry reverses nicely into opal 's guard.
opal working a defensive guard here.

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.
opal wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and terry is now in half guard.

terry decides to stand and escape the position.
A head kick by opal misses

and terry counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
opal trying to hold on to terry's head to control him but terry postures up.
terry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
terry thows a huge punch but opal dodges it nicely.
opal slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
opal is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

opal is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. terry is aware though and is defending well.
opal trying to control the position.

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.
opal trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
opal trying to control the position.
terry showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

terry decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on opal, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

tombstone terry dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

terry shoots and misses

and opal counters with a nice double leg into guard.
opal trying to control but terry is working from the bottom.
terry is trying to keep opal in close.
opal throwing strikes but missing.
opal content to stall in guard here.
opal slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.

opal is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but terry is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
opal wants to control but terry is keeping him busy.
terry striking from the bottom but nothing landed.

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.
opal trying to control the action but terry is working from the bottom.
opal advances to full mount.
opal controlling the position easily from mount.
opal lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
opal wants to control the action but instead terry gets a body lock and reverses into opal's guard! Nice work!
opal looking to control.
opal has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
opal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
terry wants to control from the top but opal keeps moving.
terry will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
opal looking to control but terry passes into half guard.
opal trying to hold on to terry's head to control him but terry postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

opal is defending against the submission attempts here by terry.

And that's the end of the fight!
denis opal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think opal 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... denis opal!