PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anomen Delryn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Cena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cena has chosen Booty Work as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Delryn
vs
Cena

189 cm
18
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 Los Angeles, Anomen Delryn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Cena!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cena staying out of range there.
Delryn misses with a kick to the body.

Cena moves into range and clinches up with Delryn.
Cena is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Delryn looking to throw knees to the head but Cena is blocking nicely.
Delryn is trying to maintain a safe position but Cena gets an underhook and turns Delryn into the cage.
Delryn tries a knee to the head but Cena blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Delryn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cena throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Delryn looking to throw knees to the head but Cena is blocking nicely.
Cena is working for takedown but Delryn is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cena tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Delryn just stands there and leans against the cage.
Delryn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cena's efforts to push away.
Delryn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delryn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Delryn looking to stall.
Delryn letting Cena take a breather here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cena has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Delryn avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Anomen Delryn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Cena.
Delryn is struggling to control the position.
Delryn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cena blocks it with crossed arms.
Cena wants to take the fight to the mat but Delryn manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Cena scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cena tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Delryn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cena has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cena tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cena tries to pull guard but Delryn holds him up against the cage and eventually Cena drops back down to his feet.
Cena on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cena lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cena wants a takedown.
Cena working Delryn over with knees to the body.
Cena tries to break free but Delryn pushes him back against the cage.
Delryn misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delryn is pushing Cena up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cena is trying to pull guard but Delryn turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cena tries to break free but Delryn pushes him back against the cage.
Cena looking for a takedown.
A knee to the head by Delryn.
Cena leaning against his opponent.

Cena escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anomen Delryn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cena will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delryn is looking to chop away at Cena's legs.
Delryn tries to close the distance and clinch but Cena swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Delryn scores with a leg kick.

Cena has Delryn up against the cage in a clinch.
Cena wants a takedown but no success here.
Delryn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cena has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cena drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Delryn misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Delryn misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Cena will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Delryn wants to clinch.
Delryn is looking to clinch.
Delryn is looking to clinch.

Cena closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Delryn to the mat! Delryn manages to get full guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Delryn is working an open guard so Cena takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Delryn tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cena counters with a big head kick but Delryn shrugs it off.
Cena fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Delryn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cena paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cena misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delryn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice sprawl there from Delryn as Cena shoots in.
Delryn tries to clinch up.
John Cena seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Delryn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cena manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Delryn doesn't manage to clinch there - Cena circles away.
Delryn tries to clinch up but Cena circles away and keeps his distance.
Delryn throws a leg kick but Cena moved away.
Delryn tries to clinch up but Cena circles away and keeps his distance.
Delryn tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cena counters with a stiff right hand.
Delryn throws a jab but it's blocked by Cena.
Delryn fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cena is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cena avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cena closes the distance and clinches.
Delryn misses with a knee to the head.
Delryn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Delryn scores with a knee to the head.
Delryn with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Cena manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Delryn wants to pass the guard but Cena is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Delryn trying to control the position from guard on top but Cena is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cena is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cena is thwarting Delryn's attempts to control the position.
Cena is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cena passes into side control, despite Delryn's attempt to control the position.
A lull in the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cena in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Cena taking a breather here.
Delryn looking for a sweep but Cena 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.
Delryn is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Cena showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Delryn throws a low kick but Cena avoids it.

Cena has Delryn up against the cage in a clinch.
John Cena seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Delryn trying to control the position but instead, Cena has worked for underhooks and has pushed Delryn into the cage.
Delryn gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cena.
Cena has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Delryn avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cena jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Delryn walks away with a smile on his face. Cena gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Anomen Delryn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Cena.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cena decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cena looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Delryn wants to control but Cena passes into side.
Delryn is looking for a sweep.
Cena happy to just control the position for now.

Cena tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Delryn wants to control but Cena postures up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Delryn tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Cena easily slips into full mount!

Cena is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Cena!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). John Cena!
After winning the bout, John Cena thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.