PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between bruno Mopar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mopar
vs
Patton

213 cm
27
275 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

225 cm
30
267 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, bruno Mopar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Patton!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Patton has taken the fight to the clinch.
Patton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mopar misses with a punch on the inside.

Patton pulls guard.
Patton throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Patton wants to sweep here but Mopar controlling him for the moment.
Mopar trying to stand up but can't free himself from Patton's guard.
Patton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Patton wants to hit a switch here but Mopar passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Patton there!
Patton tries to improve his position but instead Mopar has taken his back!
Patton is really stuck here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton prevents his opponent from getting back to his feet.
Patton tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mopar is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Patton'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.

Mopar get's back to his feet.
Nice cross by Mopar.
Mopar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Patton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mopar lands a nice shot to the body.
Patton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mopar connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Patton closes the distance and clinches.
Patton lands a shoulder strike.
Mopar is looking to break free of the clinch but Patton has double underhooks.
Patton wants to stall.

Patton breaks from the clinch.
Mopar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Patton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mopar stuns Patton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Patton ducks under a wild hook from Mopar.
Patton throws a sloppy head kick and Mopar moves out of range easily.

Patton dives in and scores a takedown into Mopar's guard.
Patton looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mopar is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Patton gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mopar blocks a head kick by Patton.
Mopar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patton moves away.
A swing and a miss from Mopar.
Mopar lands a jab to the nose.
Patton takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mopar.
Mopar catches Patton with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Patton takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mopar lands a head shot.
Patton cracks a nice hook into Mopar's ribs.
Mopar scores with a nice strike.
bruno Mopar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mopar works Patton's body with a nice hook.
Mopar misses with a wild combination.
Patton closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mopar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mopar scores with a nice right hand.
Mopar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mopar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Patton at a distance.

Mopar tries to keep at a distance but Patton has taken the fight into the clinch.

Patton decides to pull guard.

Patton working for submissions but it's allowed Mopar to get to half guard.
Patton wants to improve his position but Mopar is controlling well.

Patton looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patton is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that bruno Mopar will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Patton ducks right into an uppercut from Mopar.
Patton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mopar tries to avoid it but Patton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mopar to the ground. Mopar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Patton drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Patton in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Patton is trying to ground and pound but Mopar uses the momentary lack of control by Patton to regain half guard.
Mopar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Patton throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Patton stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Mopar to get to his feet.
Patton scores with a head kick.

It looks like bruno Mopar has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mopar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Patton moves away from the strike by Mopar.
Patton connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mopar. Mopar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Patton shoots for a takedown but Mopar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Patton is breathing heavily.
Mopar feints a jab promting Patton to slip. Mopar then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Patton slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mopar's corner calls for a 1-2. Mopar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Patton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mopar misses with a hook. Patton ducked under it nicely.
Patton throws a hook to the side of Mopar's head but Mopar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mopar darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mopar lands a body shot.
Mopar misses with a combination

and Patton counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mopar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Patton.

Patton is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Mopar as he works his way to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mopar wants to stand but Patton is controlling the position.
Patton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Patton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Patton wants to pass the guard but Mopar is keeping the position.
Patton with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mopar has momentary wrist control but Patton slips an elbow through the middle.
Patton throwing strikes from guard but Mopar blocks nicely.
Mopar keeping moving, preventing Patton from controlling successfully.
Patton showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

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.
Patton sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mopar's guard.
Patton not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mopar is looking to escape.
Patton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Patton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Patton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mopar defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mopar wants to get back to his feet.
Mopar keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Patton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on bruno Mopar'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Mopar lands a jab.

Patton closes the distance and pushes Mopar back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mopar.
A body shot lands from Patton.

Patton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Patton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mopar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mopar throws a left and a right that both miss

so Patton counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Patton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Patton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Patton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mopar is keeping the position for now.
Mopar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Patton.
Patton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton throwing strikes but missing.
Patton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mopar's head.
Patton tries to free his leg and advance position but Mopar is retaining full guard.
Patton postures up in Mopar's guard and throws a big left but Mopar blocks it.
Patton throws a big right hand that misses.
Patton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Patton throwing strikes but missing.
Patton works over Mopar with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton tries to free his leg and advance position but Mopar is retaining full guard.
Patton wants to control from the top but Mopar keeps moving.
Patton throwing strikes but missing.
Patton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mopar swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Patton postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Mopar is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Patton, into his guard.

Patton looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Patton has an active guard here but Mopar has managed to pass into half guard.
Patton throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Mopar manages to pass to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton is looking to regain half guard here but Mopar keeps moving and retains side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Patton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Patton 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Patton!