PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Terry Cheese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tombstone Terry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terry has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cheese
vs
Terry

150 cm
26
124 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

188 cm
28
135 lbs
16 - 21 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Cheese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Tombstone Terry!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terry plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Cheese feints and as Terry raises his hands in defense, Cheese changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cheese stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Terry swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Terry working a defensive guard here.
Cheese might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cheese is looking to stand up but Terry won't let him.
Terry will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Cheese sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Terry avoids a kick to the body.
Tombstone Terry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cheese fails with the takedown.
Terry throws a sloppy head kick and Cheese moves out of range easily.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but Terry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheese stuffs the takedown attempt from Terry. Terry gets slowly back to his feet.
Terry looks gassed!

Cheese throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Terry tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Cheese is in Terry's guard.
Cheese with a flurry of punches that miss.
Terry is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Cheese stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Terry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cheese.
Terry fails with the takedown
and Cheese counters with a left and a right that stings Terry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terry stuffs the takedown.
Terry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Terry takes the fight into the clinch.
Terry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Terry trying to land knees to the body.
Terry stalling against the cage.
Terry tries to throw a body punch but Cheese avoids it by throwing Terry back against the cage.
Cheese wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Cheese. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Terry manages to break the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Cheese.
Terry misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese scores with a nice head shot.
Terry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cheese swinging wildly here.

Cheese drives through with a takedown into guard.

Cheese stands up and waves to Terry to follow him.
Cheese lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Terry circles away quickly and effectively.
Terry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cheese swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheese tries to clinch up but Terry circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terry on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cheese. Cheese obviously looking to wear him down.
Cheese keeps Terry at a distance using the push kick.
Cheese tries to land a front kick but Terry steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cheese fails to land the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Cheese as Terry shoots in.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Cheese gets a double leg takedown into Terry's guard.
Cheese lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cheese looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cheese's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Cheese dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cheese clinches up with Terry and pushes him back against the cage.
Terry has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Cheese after a bit of a struggle.
Terry tries to land knees in the clinch but Cheese avoids the damage to the body.
Cheese prevents the takedown attempt.
Cheese is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cheese is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cheese wants a takedown.
Cheese jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Terry walks away with a smile on his face. Cheese gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cheese listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Terry is breathing heavily.
Terry tries for a takedown but Cheese sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Terry Cheese has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tombstone Terry.
Cheese fails with a takedown attempt.
Cheese tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cheese.

Cheese closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Terry to the mat! Terry manages to get full guard.
Cheese throws a big elbow that misses.
Cheese is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cheese scoring with some ground and pound.
Cheese is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Terry keeping moving, preventing Cheese from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cheese gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Terry defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cheese.

Cheese drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheese is stalling in the full guard.
Terry looking to control.
Cheese has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cheese would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cheese stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Terry shoots in for a double leg but Cheese sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Terry slips under a jab from Cheese.
Terry shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cheese defends it nicely.

Cheese moves into the clinch successfully.
Terry prevents a takedown attempt there.

Cheese manages to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese has Terry pulled in close to control his posture.
Cheese keeping full guard, as Terry tries to pass.
Terry stopping the sweep attempt from Cheese.
Cheese is working hard here to advance position.
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.

Terry Cheese dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Cheese misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Terry wants to clinch

and Cheese counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Terry working a defensive guard here.
Cheese throwing strikes but missing.
Cheese trying to control the position from guard on top but Terry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cheese is stalling in the full guard.
Terry takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry pulls Cheese in close to prevent any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Terry Cheese wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Cheese misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Terry wants to clinch.
Cheese does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two 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.
Cheese fails to land the takedown.
Cheese fails to land the takedown.
Terry misses with a takedown attempt - Cheese sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Terry looking to score a takedown here. Cheese is defending well but Terry drives through and ends up in Cheese's guard.
Cheese pulls Terry in to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Terry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cheese 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.
Terry throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry postures up.
Terry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cheese is trying to control the position but Terry postures up.

We're going to have a standup here because Terry Cheese wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Cheese shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Cheese. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Terry is looking to clinch.
Terry tries to clinch there but Cheese circles away.
Cheese tries to clinch but Terry moves out of range.
Cheese lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Terry at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cheese looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Terry!
Terry is arching his back trying to strike from the bottom but Cheese turns him over and now has his back.

Cheese has his arm under Terry's chin here. Game over son! Cheese squeezes tightly and Terry is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Terry Cheese!