PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mohandas Ghandi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Ryan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Ghandi
vs
Ryan

177 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mohandas Ghandi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Ryan!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghandi looks for the body kick but Ryan saw that one coming.
Nice body kick from Ghandi.
Ryan looks gassed!

Ghandi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ryan!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ghandi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ryan is squirming around, avoiding Ghandi's attempts to control the action.

Ghandi working for a submission but Ryan is keeping him at bay.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghandi unloading with bombs!
Ghandi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ghandi seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Ryan is holding on tight.
Ghandi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ryan?
Ryan tries to hold on but Ghandi pushes him away.
Ryan is trying to stand.
Ghandi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ryan looks a forlorn figure.

Ghandi jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ryan manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ryan struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ghandi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ryan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Ghandi decides to stand back up. Ghandi steps back and let's Ryan get back to his feet.
Ryan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Ghandi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ryan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ryan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ghandi lands a knee to the body.
Ghandi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Ghandi.
Ghandi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ghandi wants a takedown but no success here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan tries to pull guard but Ghandi won't allow it.
Mohandas Ghandi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Ryan.
Ghandi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ryan wants to get back to striking at distance but Ghandi won't allow it.

Ghandi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ghandi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ryan.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ghandi.
Ghandi working the ground and pound from side control.
Ryan parries the strikes from Ghandi easily there. Ghandi is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ryan to escape.
Ryan is not content to let Ghandi control the position.
Ryan struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghandi slows the pace down.
You can see the frustration on Ryan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Ghandi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ghandi prevents Ryan from escaping the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ghandi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ghandi thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohandas Ghandi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ryan with a poor takedown

and Ghandi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ryan tries to strike from the bottom.
Ghandi controlling from the top position.

Ghandi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Ghandi drops back looking for a leg! Ryan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ryan manages to kick Ghandi off! Ghandi jumps back into Ryan's guard.
Ryan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghandi trying to control here.
Ghandi is trying to stand.
Ryan tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Ghandi.
Ghandi has a hand on Ryan's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Ryan takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
A nice elbow there by Ryan.

Ryan jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ghandi manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ghandi is trying to control Ryan's posture but Ryan avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ryan tries to stand but Ghandi is controlling his head.

Ryan stands up and beckons Ghandi to his feet.
Ghandi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mohandas Ghandi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Ghandi misses.
Some wild striking there from Ryan.
Ghandi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ryan shoots and misses
and Ghandi counters with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan dodges the punch combination from Ghandi.

Ghandi clinches with his opponent.
Ryan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Ghandi breaks the clinch.

Ryan has closed the distance and engaged Ghandi in a clinch.

Ghandi jumps guard and drags Ryan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ghandi is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Ghandi throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Ryan escapes and throws Ghandi's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Ghandi is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ryan off and has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ghandi working for a choke but Ryan is defending well.
A lull in the action here.

Ghandi working for the choke.

Ghandi goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Ryan escapes and is now in half guard on top.
Ryan prevents Ghandi from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohandas Ghandi dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ryan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Ghandi has closed the distance and engaged Ryan in a clinch.
Ryan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Ghandi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ghandi tries a head kick but it misses.
Ghandi misses with a series of wild punches.
Ghandi stuffs the takedown.
Mohandas Ghandi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Ryan.
Ghandi throws a right hand that Ryan ducks under and follows up with a left that Ryan also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghandi misses with a wild combination.
Ghandi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ryan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Ghandi clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ghandi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ghandi.
Mohandas Ghandi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ghandi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Ghandi clinches up with Ryan and pushes him back against the cage.
Ghandi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ryan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ghandi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ryan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ghandi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ghandi misses with an attempted mid kick.

Ryan gets caught flat footed, as Ghandi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ghandi wants to pass the guard but Ryan is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghandi wants to control from the top but Ryan keeps moving.
Ghandi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ryan is trying to keep Ghandi in close.
Ghandi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ghandi looking to pass the guard.
Ghandi won't allow Ryan to get back to his feet.
Ghandi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ryan is keeping the position for now.
Ghandi controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Ryan clinches with his opponent.

Ghandi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Ryan uses from the top position.
Ghandi controlling Ryan's posture.

Ghandi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ryan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ryan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ryan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ghandi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mohandas Ghandi!