PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikey Joans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Little comes into the arena with Hells bells blaring out of the sound system. Brandon Little has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Little
vs
Joans

201 cm
22
230 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

200 cm
18
269 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brandon Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikey Joans!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little shoots in but no luck this time.
Little avoids a punch combination nicely.
Little gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Joans throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Joans misses with a wild combination.
Little moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch combination from Joans misses.
Joans scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oooh a lovely combination from Joans sends Little down but not out. Joans dives into side control looking to finish.

Little is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Little manages to work his way to half guard, despite Joans's best efforts.
Oh Little is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Little tries to get to full guard but Joans has control of the leg.
Little seems to have got his legs back now.
Little moves into full guard.

Little is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Little escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Joans gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joans wants to stand but Little has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Little has his foot on Joans's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Joans works his way back into a safe position though.

Little has his foot on Joans's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Joans works his way back into a safe position though.
Little is breathing heavily.
Joans stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Little swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Little had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Joans is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Little Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Joans's back instead.
Joans looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Joans defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Little has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Joans has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Joans holding both Little 's hands and preventing any damage.

Little is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Little working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Joans defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Joans is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Joans is trying to stand back up.

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.

Joans is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Little gets his way!

Joans is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Joans breaks Little's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Little looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikey Joans dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Little takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
No joy there for Joans, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brandon Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Little changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Joans looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Joans tries to improve position but can't.

Little thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Joans is looking for a sweep.
Little advances to mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Joans really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Little with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Little is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Joans has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Joans!
Little bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Joans's guard.
Little trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Joans wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Joans is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Joans can do anything to dispel that myth.

Little drops back looking for a leg! Joans is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Joans manages to kick Little off! Little jumps back into Joans's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Little looking to pass the guard.
Joans really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Little. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Little is looking to advance position but Joans has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Joans jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Little manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Little manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Joans's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Joans's back!

Little working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

Little is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Joans has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Little has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Joans taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Little doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brandon Little!