PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Sixth Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josh Torres told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Sixth Man
vs
Torres

180 cm
19
181 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

176 cm
18
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, The Sixth Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Torres!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Torres feints and as Sixth Man raises his hands in defense, Torres changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sixth Man can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Torres controls the pace.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sixth Man can't keep his opponent in guard - Torres advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Torres content to control rather than advance.
Let's hope that Torres has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Sixth Man is in trouble now - Torres has advanced to mount!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Torres tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like Torres might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Torres throwing strikes here but Sixth Man is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Torres punching from mount but Sixth Man doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Torres controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Torres sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Torres landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torres pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Torres sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Torres content just to control the position here.
Torres lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres controlling the position easily from mount.
Torres's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres working Sixth Man over with strikes here.
Torres controlling from the full mount.
Torres has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Torres dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Torres bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sixth Man avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Torres.
Sixth Man being controlled for a moment.
Sixth Man gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Torres has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Torres landing strikes from the mount.

Torres is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Sixth Man is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Josh Torres!