PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyreek Ahmed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyreek Ahmed will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Churchill
vs
Ahmed

168 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
29
141 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Churchill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyreek Ahmed!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Ahmed. No joy for Churchill on that attempt.

Ahmed shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Churchill is trying to defend but Ahmed finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Churchill tries to get to full guard but Ahmed has control of the leg.
Churchill knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ahmed on the ground.
Churchill is pressing down on Ahmed's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Churchill looking for a sweep. Not yet Churchill, not yet.
Churchill has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ahmed has passed into side control.
Churchill might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ahmed avoids the strikes from the bottom by Churchill.
The strikes coming from Ahmed are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Ahmed wants to lay and pray for a moment but Churchill keeps working.
Churchill looking for a sweep but Ahmed has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahmed trying to control but Churchill is having none of it.
Ahmed controlling the pace for now.
Churchill is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Churchill working to try and regain half guard.
Churchill is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Churchill throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

Ahmed looking to secure an arm triangle but Churchill defends it well.
Ahmed lands a big shot there that rocks Churchill but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ahmed is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill is trying to escape the mount.
Ahmed trying to control but Churchill is having none of it.
Churchill swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Churchill throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ahmed. What's that going to do exactly?
Churchill throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ahmed. What's that going to do exactly?
Churchill keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Ahmed tries to control but Churchill wriggling away.
Churchill is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Churchill throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Churchill flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Churchill is trying desperately to improve position.
Ahmed working the ground and pound effectively.
Churchill throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ahmed landing strikes from the mount and Churchill is in trouble!
Ahmed takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Churchill looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahmed blocks Churchill's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Churchill swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Ahmed controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Churchill is looking to improve his position but Ahmed isn't that keen on the idea.
Ahmed lands a heavy elbow.
Ahmed can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Churchill is looking to escape.
Churchill swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Churchill tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ahmed is landing with some decent strikes but Churchill is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ahmed blocks Churchill's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tyreek Ahmed will probably get the nod.
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.

Churchill darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Churchill thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ahmed's head.
Churchill thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tyreek Ahmed has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ahmed avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Churchill.
Ahmed regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Churchill.
Churchill in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Churchill lands a couple of digs.
Churchill loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Churchill throws a strike but Ahmed rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Churchill will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ahmed looking to pass the guard.
Churchill has a closed guard, preventing Ahmed from standing up.
Ahmed stays in close to Churchill's body and controls the position.
Churchill looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ahmed is one step ahead there.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Churchill is striking but Ahmed is not phased and passes to half guard.
Churchill misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Churchill flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Churchill is working to get back to half guard.
Churchill is working hard here to advance position.
Ahmed controlling his opponent.
Ahmed cracks Churchill with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Churchill swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Ahmed with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Churchill trying to punch from the bottom. They're landing but they're really not going to hurt Ahmed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill trying to punch from the bottom. They're landing but they're really not going to hurt Ahmed.
Ahmed blocks Churchill's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Churchill swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Ahmed blocks Churchill's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Churchill is looking to get to half guard.
Churchill throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ahmed. What's that going to do exactly?
Ahmed blocks Churchill's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Ahmed controlling his opponent.
Churchill swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Ahmed blocks Churchill's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill working to try and regain half guard.
Churchill throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Churchill swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Churchill on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Churchill tries to get out of the position.
Ahmed tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ahmed blocks Churchill's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Churchill is working to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Ahmed with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Churchill is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Churchill throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ahmed. What's that going to do exactly?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Churchill dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ahmed moves into the clinch.
Churchill managing to block the knees to the body from Ahmed.
Ahmed is trying to drag Churchill to the mat but Churchill just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Churchill drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ahmed gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Churchill is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Churchill is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Churchill. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ahmed tightens his grip and picks Churchill up, before dumping him to the ground. Churchill manages to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ahmed scoring with some ground and pound.
Churchill trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Churchill is striking from the bottom but Ahmed uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Churchill flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Ahmed trying to control the action but Churchill is working from the bottom.
Churchill wants to improve his position but Ahmed is controlling well.
Ahmed blocks the strikes from Churchill.
Churchill flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Churchill misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Churchill throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill wants to improve his position but Ahmed is controlling well.
Ahmed moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Churchill.
Ahmed wants to control but Churchill is keeping him busy.
Ahmed is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahmed lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

Ahmed stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Ahmed tries to clinch up.
Ahmed tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Churchill manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ahmed fails to land with a series of punches.

Churchill closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Churchill lands in his opponent's guard.
Ahmed takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Churchill trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Churchill throws a big elbow that misses.
Churchill is looking to work some ground and pound but Ahmed has wrist control.
Churchill throwing strikes from guard but Ahmed blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahmed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Churchill landing with the ground and pound.
Churchill has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Churchill throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ahmed works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ahmed is trying to control the position but Churchill postures up.

Ahmed pushes a forearm under Churchill's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Churchill is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tyreek Ahmed!