PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Debonair Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramy Obaha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mitchell
vs
Obaha

167 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Debonair Mitchell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ramy Obaha!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitchell avoids the head kick by Obaha.
Mitchell tries to clinch but Obaha moves away
and Obaha counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mitchell is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mitchell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Obaha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mitchell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Obaha gets tackled into the cage by Mitchell. Mitchell maintains the clinch.
Obaha working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Obaha's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Obaha wants to get back to striking at distance but Mitchell won't allow it.
Obaha is looking to break free of the clinch but Mitchell has double underhooks.
Mitchell managing to block the knees to the body from Obaha.
Obaha tries to land knees in the clinch but Mitchell avoids the damage to the body.
Obaha wants to break the clinch but can't.

Mitchell has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Obaha uses from the top position.
Obaha tries to stand but Mitchell is controlling from the bottom.
Mitchell trying to control the position here.
Obaha looking to sit in guard and control but Mitchell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Obaha is working an open guard so Mitchell takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Obaha tries to clinch but Mitchell moves out of range.

Obaha moves into the clinch successfully.
Obaha has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Obaha tries to break the clinch but Mitchell is controlling the position.

Obaha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ramy Obaha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mitchell stuffs the takedown attempt from Obaha. Obaha gets slowly back to his feet.
Obaha shoots for a double leg takedown but Mitchell sprawls well. He's pushed Obaha's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mitchell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Obaha shoots in and drives through. Mitchell sprawls well.
Debonair Mitchell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ramy Obaha.
Obaha swats away the attempt to clinch by Mitchell.
Obaha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Obaha.
Obaha looks gassed!
Mitchell 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.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Obaha. Mitchell shrugs it off though.
Obaha throws a head kick but Mitchell moves out of range.
Mitchell throws a sloppy head kick and Obaha moves out of range easily.
Obaha misses with a head kick.
Mitchell wants to clinch up but Obaha keeps it at a distance.

Obaha gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mitchell is working Obaha over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mitchell working some strikes from top position.
Mitchell controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mitchell stands and steps away. Obaha gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Mitchell decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Mitchell seems content to control.
Mitchell seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Obaha for as long as he can get away with.
Obaha trying to hold on to Mitchell's head to control him but Mitchell postures up.
Still in half guard, Mitchell seems content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

We're going to have a standup here because Debonair Mitchell wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Mitchell closes the distance and pushes Obaha back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Obaha's efforts to push away.

Mitchell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Obaha tries to clinch there but Mitchell circles away.
Obaha pulls out of a head kick attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obaha wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mitchell scores with a hook to the body.

Mitchell pulls Obaha into guard.
Mitchell wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Mitchell kicks Obaha off and gets to his feet.
Mitchell tries to clinch there but Obaha circles away.
A head kick misses from Obaha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Debonair Mitchell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mitchell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mitchell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Obaha fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Obaha. Mitchell shrugs it off though.

Mitchell shoots in and bounces Obaha off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Obaha throws his legs up looking for a submission but Mitchell uses it to pass to side control.

Mitchell decides to stand up, so the ref orders Obaha to his feet.
Obaha fails in his attempt to clinch.
Obaha is breathing heavily.
Obaha misses with a head kick.

Mitchell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obaha is trying to push Mitchell away but Mitchell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mitchell is trying to pull guard but Obaha has him pressed against the cage.
Mitchell stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mitchell drops down looking for an ankle pick but Obaha pulls his leg out and moves away.
Obaha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Obaha throws a sloppy head kick and Mitchell moves out of range easily.
Obaha misses with a body kick.

Mitchell drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mitchell working the body and head with strikes.
Obaha is letting Mitchell control him for a moment.
Debonair Mitchell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obaha tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mitchell is putting a hurting on Obaha here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Obaha is trying to escape the position but Mitchell is controlling the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Obaha wants to control but Mitchell postures up.
A lull in the action here as Mitchell stalls from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Debonair Mitchell has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Mitchell scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Obaha is being controlled here.
Mitchell has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Obaha!

Mitchell stands up from mount. Strange move.
Mitchell closes the distance and clinches up with Obaha, looking for a takedown. Mitchell pushes Obaha against the cage but Obaha circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Debonair Mitchell. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mitchell shoots in and gets a takedown into Obaha's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Obaha has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Mitchell has passed into side control.
Mitchell landing a few strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Obaha will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Obaha looking for a sweep but Mitchell has passed into full mount! Oh no!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mitchell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Debonair Mitchell dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Mitchell will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Obaha tries to clinch but Mitchell moves out of range.
Obaha throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Obaha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Obaha moves in looking to clinch but Mitchell pushes him off.
Obaha throws a head kick but Mitchell moves out of range.

Mitchell scores a takedown into full mount!
Mitchell tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Mitchell is landing with some decent strikes but Obaha is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Obaha takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mitchell with good strikes from the mount here!

Mitchell looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mitchell sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Mitchell with shots to the head and body - Obaha looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Obaha really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mitchell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Obaha can do to turn this around?
Mitchell working the ground and pound effectively.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mitchell cracks Obaha with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Obaha really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mitchell controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obaha has given up his back. Will we see Mitchell going for some submissions?
Mitchell controls the position.
Obaha really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mitchell. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mitchell throwing damaging strikes from the back! Obaha could be in trouble here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell keeps control of the position easily here as Obaha tries to buck him off.
Obaha turns into Mitchell and is now in his guard.

Mitchell is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Obaha has his hands clasped together but Mitchell extends an breaks Obaha's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Mitchell.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Debonair Mitchell!