PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter Bartholomay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Worner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bartholomay
vs
Worner

150 cm
23
135 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

170 cm
26
146 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Bartholomay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Austin Worner!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bartholomay drives through with a takedown into Worner's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Worner is on top in guard.
Worner is pushing down on Bartholomay's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bartholomay is fighting to maintain full guard but Worner has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bartholomay is trying to maintain the position but Worner is very close to passing his half guard.
Worner is trying to control. Bartholomay wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Worner seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Bartholomay wants to get back to full guard.

Bartholomay looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Worner is trying to control. Bartholomay wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Worner working over Bartholomay with some ground and pound. Bartholomay looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bartholomay wants to improve his position but Worner is controlling well.
Bartholomay is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bartholomay manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worner pushing down on Bartholomay's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bartholomay striking from the bottom.
Bartholomay might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Worner trying to mount his opponent but Bartholomay defends it.
Worner landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Worner is trying to control the action in half guard but Bartholomay is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bartholomay trying to hold on to Worner's head to control him but Worner postures up.
Bartholomay is not content to let Worner control the position.
Bartholomay trying to control here.
Worner blocks the strikes from Bartholomay.
Bartholomay wants to improve his position but Worner is controlling well.
Bartholomay missing with punches from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomay punching from the bottom.
Bartholomay is looking to control Worner's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bartholomay avoid being mounted?
Worner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Worner seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bartholomay does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bartholomay wants to get back to full guard.
Bartholomay knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Worner on the ground.
Worner blocks the strikes from Bartholomay.
Bartholomay throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bartholomay trying to hold on to Worner's head to control him but Worner postures up.
Bartholomay misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Worner is trying to control the action in half guard but Bartholomay is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Worner might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Bartholomay haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worner tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Worner wants to control but Bartholomay is keeping him busy.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Austin Worner wasn't active enough on the ground.

Bartholomay rushes Worner and presses him up against the cage.

Bartholomay manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Bartholomay utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Worner wants to control from the top but Bartholomay keeps moving.
Bartholomay is trying to control the position but Worner postures up.
Bartholomay bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Worner's guard.
Bartholomay is looking to work some ground and pound but Worner has wrist control.
Bartholomay distracts Worner with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bartholomay is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Worner escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bartholomay gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
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!
Bartholomay keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Worner's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomay slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bartholomay with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bartholomay trying to control the position from guard on top but Worner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bartholomay has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bartholomay with a nice head shot there.
Bartholomay missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bartholomay content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Worner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bartholomay lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bartholomay lands a couple of digs.
Worner trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Bartholomay 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.

Bartholomay is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Worner's half guard.
Worner wants to get back to his feet.
Bartholomay slows the pace down in half guard.
Bartholomay looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Worner with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bartholomay working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Worner moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bartholomay landing some decent shots from guard.
Bartholomay scoring with some ground and pound.
Bartholomay lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartholomay won't allow Worner to sweep him here.
Bartholomay cracks Worner with a solid left hand.
Worner keeping full guard, as Bartholomay tries to pass.
Bartholomay content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bartholomay content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bartholomay is in close to Worner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bartholomay not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bartholomay lands a couple of elbows.
Worner doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Bartholomay stands up over Worner, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bartholomay working some strikes from top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bartholomay looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomay cracks Worner with a solid left hand.
Worner controls Bartholomay momentarily but Bartholomay frees himself.
Bartholomay looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bartholomay landing some decent shots from guard.
Bartholomay landing with the ground and pound.

Worner looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bartholomay sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bartholomay is one step ahead there.
Bartholomay wants to get up but he can't break Worner's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bartholomay landing some decent shots from guard.
Worner keeping full guard, as Bartholomay tries to pass.
Bartholomay throws a big right hand that misses.
Bartholomay tries to free his leg and advance position but Worner is retaining full guard.
Worner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Worner keeping moving, preventing Bartholomay from controlling successfully.
Bartholomay landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bartholomay accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bartholomay postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bartholomay's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Worner is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bartholomay postures up and lands a big shot to Worner's brow.
Bartholomay with a nice head shot there.
Peter Bartholomay overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bartholomay lands a couple of elbows.

Worner is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bartholomay defends well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bartholomay is in close to Worner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bartholomay wants to control from the top but Worner keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Bartholomay 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bartholomay closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Worner's guard.

Bartholomay has gone for a leg lock! Worner slips out almost immediately though and dives into Bartholomay's guard.

Bartholomay had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Worner defends it easily.
Bartholomay striking off his back but it's not causing Worner any problems.

Bartholomay has his foot on Worner's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Worner works his way back into a safe position though.
Bartholomay throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Worner trying to control but Bartholomay is working from the bottom.
Bartholomay is looking to stand up but Worner isn't so interested in that idea.
Bartholomay tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartholomay doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Bartholomay keeping moving, preventing Worner from controlling successfully.
Worner distracts Bartholomay with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Worner works over Bartholomay with some ground and pound from guard.
Bartholomay keeping moving, preventing Worner from controlling successfully.
Bartholomay has a closed guard, preventing Worner from standing up.
Bartholomay on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bartholomay tries to get out of the position.
Bartholomay looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bartholomay lands a decent punch to the body there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomay keeping moving, preventing Worner from controlling successfully.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Austin Worner wasn't active enough on the ground.
Worner shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bartholomay sprawls well. Bartholomay wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Worner gets slowly back to his feet.
Worner throws a series of punches but Bartholomay moves out of range.
Worner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Bartholomay closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Worner did well to prevent Bartholomay getting side control.
Bartholomay trying to control the pace.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bartholomay stalling away here and it's allowed Worner to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bartholomay accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bartholomay content to stall in guard here.

Bartholomay drops back, looking for a kneebar! Worner looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Worner looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Worner!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worner trying to control the position but Bartholomay is working away.
Worner tries to stand but Bartholomay is controlling his head.

Worner tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Worner has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bartholomay is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartholomay prevents Worner from moving into mount.
Bartholomay misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Bartholomay sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Worner moves nicely into side control.
Worner is looking to take a break and control but Bartholomay is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bartholomay tries to bench press Worner off him but Worner keeps the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worner wants to stand but Bartholomay is controlling his arm.
Bartholomay is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Worner has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Austin Worner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter Bartholomay is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sloppy strikes there by Worner.
Bartholomay tries to get back to half guard but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Peter Bartholomay.
Well Bartholomay has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Bartholomay!