PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr T (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and apoc twokayfour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). apoc twokayfour has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

T
vs
twokayfour

188 cm
22
240 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Elite Sydney Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mr T!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, apoc twokayfour!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
T fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

T rushes twokayfour and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
twokayfour changes levels and goes for a takedown here. T fights it off and pushes away nicely.

T gets a clinch.
T slows down the pace here.
twokayfour is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
T keeps control of twokayfour as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
T lands with a short punch from the clinch.
twokayfour is looking to break free of the clinch but T has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, T scores with a nice short uppercut.

T pulls guard.
T has a closed guard, preventing twokayfour from standing up.
T manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
T fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
twokayfour is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
T trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Poor strikes thrown by T there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
T scoring with strikes but twokayfour is staying in there.
twokayfour is trying to stand.
T lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
twokayfour wants to hold on but T pushes him away.
T looking to finish twokayfour with some ground and pound. This is bad for twokayfour!
T thowing shots but they're missing.
twokayfour holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as T tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
T could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

T is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. twokayfour can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
T tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
T in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
T looking to control and managing it successfully.
T trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
twokayfour is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
T trying to control but he's not successful this time.
twokayfour throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
twokayfour tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
T punching from mount but twokayfour doing a good job of avoiding damage.
T trying to control but twokayfour is having none of it.
T lands with some strikes.
twokayfour is in a horrible position here. T smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
T throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

T has hold of twokayfour's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and twokayfour manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
twokayfour is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
T thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
twokayfour gets back to half guard.
T prevents twokayfour from standing back up.
twokayfour is staying active underneath T, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
T is breathing heavily.
twokayfour wants to control but T is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr T dominated that 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.

T closes this distance looking for a takedown but twokayfour circles away.
twokayfour misses with a takedown attempt

and T holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
twokayfour wants to break the clinch but can't.
twokayfour tries to break the clinch but T is controlling the position.
twokayfour can't break the clinch.
T keeps control of twokayfour as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
twokayfour wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
twokayfour misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from T.
twokayfour tries to break the clinch but T is controlling the position.

T breaks from the clinch.
T throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around twokayfour's waist but twokayfour gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing T off to one side.
twokayfour tries for a takedown but T circles away easily

and T counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
T is tying to control. twokayfour wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
T lands strikes from half guard.
T thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed twokayfour's head.
T is trying to control the action in half guard but twokayfour is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
twokayfour trying to get back to full guard but T takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
T has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
T landing strikes from the mount.
twokayfour tries to reverse the position but T maintains control.
T throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for twokayfour because T loaded up on that one.
twokayfour's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
twokayfour tries to hold on but T postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
T can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as twokayfour is looking to escape.
twokayfour is trying to stand.
twokayfour really doesn't want to stay on the ground with T. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
twokayfour tries to reverse the position but T maintains control.
T looking to ground and pound but twokayfour is blocking nicely.
twokayfour is squirming around, avoiding T's attempts to control the action.
twokayfour wants to hold on but T pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
T sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
T trying to control but twokayfour is having none of it.
twokayfour is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
T punishing his opponent with strikes.
twokayfour is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
T looking to control but twokayfour is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
T misses with a head shot.
T trying to control but he's not successful this time.

T looking to secure an arm triangle but twokayfour defends it well.
twokayfour is trying desperately to improve position.
T can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as twokayfour is looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
twokayfour is bucking up trying to escape but T cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr T dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

twokayfour misses with a two punch combination.

It looks like apoc twokayfour has been cut.
twokayfour misses with a takedown

and T decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in twokayfour's guard.
T trying to control but twokayfour is working from the bottom.
T slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

T decides to take the fight back to the feet.
T has a takedown stuffed.
T shoots in but no luck this time.
twokayfour darts in trying to clinch

and T counters with a single leg into guard. twokayfour didn't expect that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
T wants to control from the top but twokayfour keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
T throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as twokayfour works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
T trying to control the position from guard on top but twokayfour is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
T controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
T trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
T trying to control the position from guard on top but twokayfour is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
twokayfour keeping full guard, as T tries to pass.

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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
twokayfour stuffs the takedown attempt from T. T gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mr T. That's going to take a lot out of him.
twokayfour throws a hook but T avoids it easily.
twokayfour pulls out of a head kick attempt.
twokayfour looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
twokayfour tries to clinch up

and T counters by moving into the clinch.
twokayfour throws a punch but it's blocked by T.
twokayfour wants to break the clinch but can't.
T keeps control of twokayfour as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
T tries to score a body lock takedown but twokayfour shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
twokayfour wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
twokayfour wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
T tries for a takedown but twokayfour manages to get underhooks.
twokayfour is trying to break the clinch but T has him pressed against the cage.
twokayfour wants to get back to striking at distance but T won't allow it.
T is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
T tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

T jumps into guard, dragging twokayfour to the mat.

T throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

T pushes twokayfour off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
twokayfour tries to bum rush T with a series of wild strikes but T uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

T has closed the distance and engaged twokayfour in a clinch.
twokayfour misses with the head strike.

T jumps guard.

T is looking for a triangle but twokayfour pushes his legs off easily.
twokayfour postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now T is on top in guard.
Mr T overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

T decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on twokayfour, up you get!
T shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says twokayfour as he avoids it easily.
twokayfour throws a left that rocks T and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! twokayfour dives into side control, looking to finish! Can T regain composure!

T is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
twokayfour misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Oh T is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
twokayfour tries to stand but T is controlling his head.
T is looking for a sweep.
twokayfour tries to stand but T is controlling his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
apoc twokayfour has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
twokayfour lands a huge shot from side control! T is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). apoc twokayfour!