PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bob pickerins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Spoons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spoons has chosen Dropkick Murphys - "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" as his entrance music. The key to victory for Bob pickerins has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

pickerins
vs
Spoons

174 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob pickerins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, DJ Spoons!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Spoons takes the fight into the clinch.
pickerins wants to break the clinch but can't.
pickerins tries to break the clinch but Spoons is controlling the position.
pickerins wants to break the clinch but can't.
pickerins has had enough of the clinch but Spoons keeps him there for the moment.
Spoons is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Spoons prevents pickerins from breaking the clinch.
Spoons stalling the fight.
pickerins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spoons has him pressed against the ropes.

Spoons escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
pickerins fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
pickerins tries to clinch up

and Spoons counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Spoons.
pickerins tries to work over Spoons's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
pickerins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
pickerins is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
pickerins wants to break free but Spoons has control.

Spoons breaks the clinch.
pickerins scores with a nice body kick.
pickerins tries to clinch up

and Spoons counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Spoons gets to his feet - pickerins follows without any prompting.
pickerins tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Spoons counters with a single leg into guard. pickerins didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spoons wants to get up but he can't break pickerins's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
pickerins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
pickerins is wriggling around but Spoons manages to pass to half guard.
Spoons tries to stand and escape but pickerins is controlling the position.
pickerins tries to kick Spoons off but Spoons keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
pickerins is breathing heavily.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
pickerins slow jab from Spoons misses its intended target.
pickerins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like DJ Spoons has been cut.

Spoons closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
pickerins wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Spoons decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
pickerins throws a right hand that Spoons ducks under and follows up with a left that Spoons also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Spoons.
pickerins is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Spoons wants to stand but pickerins has his arm trapped.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spoons prevents pickerins from escaping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DJ Spoons dominated that round.
The cut man is working on DJ Spoons's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

pickerins connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Spoons tumbling to the canvas! pickerins pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Spoons was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bob pickerins!