PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ultimate Damage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Farmery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Damage might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ysdbj-WzvI. Farmery has chosen Pierce the veil ft kellen quinn-King for a day as his entrance music. Philip Farmery acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Damage
vs
Farmery

175 cm
24
185 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

189 cm
24
201 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Just Fight (Everything 7$)

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Ultimate Damage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Philip Farmery!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Damage moves into the clinch.

Damage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Damage with that takedown attempt.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Farmery has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Damage looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Farmery is fending him off so far but Damage persists. Nope, Farmery circles away and we're back to standing.

Damage fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Farmery, pushing him back against the cage.

Damage is fighting off a takedown attempt but Farmery is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Damage to the mat. Damage regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Damage keeping full guard, as Farmery tries to pass.
Damage working a defensive guard here.
Farmery passes Damage's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Damage is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Rift Fighting Academy, so we'll see if he gets out of it.

Farmery is trying to work for a kimura but Damage is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Farmery is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Farmery is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Damage sees it coming and defends easily.
Damage trying to control here.

Farmery is looking for a kimura but Damage is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Farmery to get the leverage.

Farmery is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Damage has managed to free his arm - good work.

Farmery is looking for a kimura but Damage is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Farmery to get the leverage.
Damage trying to control but Farmery postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farmery wants to control but Damage is keeping him busy.
Damage is trying to maintain the position but Farmery is very close to passing his half guard.

Farmery seems to be working for a kimura but Damage defends the submission attempt.
Damage is trying to control but can't.
Farmery wants to free his trapped foot but Damage is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Farmery seems to be looking for submissions.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Farmery is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damage is not content to let Farmery control the position.

Farmery seems to be working for a kimura but Damage defends the submission attempt.

Farmery is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Damage is controlling Farmery's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damage makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Damage.
Damage keeping moving, preventing Farmery from controlling successfully.
Damage trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Farmery looking to pass the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Damage wants to sweep but no luck.
Farmery wants to control from the top but Damage keeps moving.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Philip Farmery wasn't active enough on the ground.
Damage throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Damage shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Farmery's guard.
Damage throws a big right hand that misses.
Damage trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Farmery is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Farmery is trying to work for a kimura but Damage is defending well.
Farmery works his way into side control.

Farmery swings around for an armbar but Damage sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Farmery's guard.
Damage pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Farmery is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damage throws a strike but Farmery rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Farmery 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.
Damage looking to hit a scissor sweep but Farmery is one step ahead there.
Damage might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Farmery sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Damage's guard.
Farmery is pressing down on Damage's thigh, looking to free his foot. Damage is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damage tries to kick Farmery off but Farmery keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Farmery is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Farmery is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Damage defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Damage is defending against the submission attempts here by Farmery.
Damage trying to control here.
Philip Farmery has got the better of the ground game so far.

Farmery is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Damage defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farmery is trying to control the action in half guard but Damage is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Damage is trying to control but can't.

Farmery is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Damage is controlling Farmery's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Farmery tries to pass the half guard into mount. Damage knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Damage wants to control but Farmery is keeping busy.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Farmery uses his free foot to push down on Damage's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Farmery is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Damage is surviving well by controlling Farmery's body position as best he can.

Farmery has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Damage is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Philip Farmery!
A very excited looking Philip Farmery made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.