PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Squidward Tentacles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Fullton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tentacles comes into the arena with Sweet Victory blaring out of the sound system. Squidward Tentacles has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tentacles
vs
Fullton

176 cm
23
151 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Squidward Tentacles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Travis Fullton!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tentacles leaves Fullton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Tentacles forces Fullton back against the cage and clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tentacles - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Tentacles jumps guard and drags Fullton to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Tentacles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fullton gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fullton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fullton is looking to work some ground and pound but Tentacles has wrist control.
Fullton tries to free his leg and advance position but Tentacles is retaining full guard.
Tentacles working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fullton.

Fullton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tentacles is breathing heavily.
Fullton wants to get up but he can't break Tentacles's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Fullton advances position into side control!
Fullton connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Tentacles some visible discomfort.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fullton has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Fullton darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tentacles is looking to escape.
Fullton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fullton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tentacles pushes Fullton off looking to stand but Fullton dives back in and keeps control.
Fullton stalling.
Fullton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tentacles wants to improve his position but Fullton is controlling well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fullton lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fullton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tentacles with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fullton seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tentacles does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fullton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tentacles with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fullton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tentacles is not content to let Fullton control the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Tentacles taking some punishment here, with Fullton in his half guard.
Fullton wants to pass the guard but Tentacles is defending well.
Tentacles taking some punishment here, with Fullton in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tentacles is staying active underneath Fullton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fullton lands a nice short elbow.
Fullton trying to control the pace.

Fullton is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tentacles has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fullton is nestled in close to Tentacles, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fullton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Tentacles actively working from the bottom here.
Tentacles is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fullton is pressing down on Tentacles's thigh, looking to free his foot. Tentacles is holding on for now.
Tentacles wants to get back to his feet.
Fullton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fullton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tentacles. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fullton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Tentacles actively working from the bottom here.
Fullton trying to control the action but Tentacles is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fullton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fullton perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Fullton dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tentacles fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fullton is out of range.
Fullton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Tentacles enables Fullton to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Tentacles manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Tentacles utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fullton postures up in Tentacles's guard and throws a big left but Tentacles blocks it.
Tentacles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fullton trying to control the position from guard on top but Tentacles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Tentacles pushes Fullton off and scrambles back to his feet.

Fullton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Tentacles looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Fullton decides to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fullton misses with a straight left.
Fullton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big right from Fullton misses.
Fullton throws out a loose jab but Tentacles uses good head movement to avoid it.

Fullton closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Fullton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tentacles with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tentacles trying to control but Fullton postures up.
Tentacles is staying active underneath Fullton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fullton working the head and body with strikes.

Tentacles looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tentacles is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fullton scores with a couple of nice shots.

Fullton escapes and gets back to his feet.

Fullton shoots in and bounces Tentacles off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Fullton decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tentacles, up you get!

Fullton throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tentacles was covering up waiting for the punch and Fullton finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Tentacles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fullton gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tentacles on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tentacles tries to get out of the position.
Tentacles throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fullton tries to free his leg and advance position but Tentacles is retaining full guard.
Fullton sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fullton wants to control from the top but Tentacles keeps moving.
Fullton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tentacles swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Fullton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fullton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fullton is in close to Tentacles's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tentacles is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fullton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tentacles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fullton gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fullton showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fullton trying to control the position from guard on top but Tentacles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fullton tries to free his leg and advance position but Tentacles is retaining full guard.
Fullton with a flurry of punches that miss.

Tentacles pushes Fullton off and gets back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Fullton fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Tentacles to the ground. Fullton is now in Tentacles's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Fullton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Fullton tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tentacles swivels and escapes.
Fullton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tentacles shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fullton as he avoids it easily.

Fullton fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Tentacles sprawls well initially but Fullton persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fullton working Tentacles over with strikes.

Tentacles looking for submissions off his back.
Tentacles is not content to let Fullton control the position.
Fullton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fullton takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Fullton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Fullton.
Travis Fullton has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tentacles looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fullton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tentacles with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fullton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fullton trying to mount his opponent but Tentacles defends it.
Ground and pound from Fullton.
Fullton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fullton tries to stand but can't do so whilst Tentacles controls his leg.
Tentacles taking some punishment here, with Fullton in his half guard.
Fullton lands strikes from half guard.
Fullton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Tentacles is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fullton has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Tentacles defend it? Fullton steps over the head and cranks it - Tentacles is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Fullton!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Travis Fullton!