PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Cena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Oquinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cena
vs
Oquinn

217 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Cena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Damien Oquinn!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oquinn shoots in and drives through. Cena sprawls well.

Oquinn gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cena accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oquinn doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Cena slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Oquinn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Oquinn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cena defends it easily.
Oquinn looking to control.
Oquinn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cena's guard.
Oquinn preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oquinn stands and throws Cena's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Oquinn is looking to take a break and control but Cena is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cena gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
It looks like Oquinn is going to stand back up.
Oquinn wants to control but Cena is keeping him busy.
Oquinn wants to stand up but Cena is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cena is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Cena really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cena wants to control the action here but instead Oquinn manages to pass to full mount!
Cena tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oquinn looking to control but Cena is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cena is desperately trying to improve his position but Oquinn has a good base and remains in mount.
Cena is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oquinn trying to control but Cena is having none of it.
Cena wants to hold on but Oquinn pushes him away.
Oquinn looking to control but Cena is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cena tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cena knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oquinn on the ground.
Oquinn wants to control the pace but Cena is squirming around nicely.
Cena is looking to get to half guard.
Oquinn can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cena is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cena wants to control but Oquinn is having none of it.
Cena is squirming around, avoiding Oquinn's attempts to control the action.
Cena is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oquinn avoids the attempt from Cena to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Cena will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Oquinn fails with the takedown

and Cena counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cena.

Cena drags the fight down to the ground.
Oquinn is fighting to break Cena's control of his arms but Cena is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
John Cena overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cena will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Oquinn postures up.
Cena has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The ref stands the fighters back up. John Cena wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Oquinn closes the distance but Cena moves to the side
and Cena connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cena tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oquinn dives in for a single leg takedown but Cena sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Cena connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oquinn's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena prevents the takedown attempt.
John Cena has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damien Oquinn.
Oquinn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cena gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Cena pulls guard effortlessly.
Cena seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Oquinn wants to control from the top but Cena keeps moving.
Cena wants to sweep here but Oquinn controlling him for the moment.
Cena keeping moving, preventing Oquinn from controlling successfully.
Cena 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Oquinn wants to control but Cena is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cena stalling.
Oquinn blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cena.
Oquinn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cena wants to take a breather but Oquinn is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cena throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oquinn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oquinn tries to land a leg kick but Cena saw it coming and moves away.

Cena drives through with a takedown into Oquinn's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Cena seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cena trying to control the position from guard on top but Oquinn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oquinn working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oquinn tries to work over Cena's front leg with a kick but Cena checks it.
Oquinn shoots in but Cena avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Oquinn fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cena fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Cena clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oquinn has Cena pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Cena manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Oquinn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cena fights it off and pushes away nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cena dives in and scores a takedown into Oquinn's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Cena dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Cena shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Oquinn manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Cena stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oquinn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cena working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Oquinn wants to stand and escape but Cena is having none of it.
Oquinn has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Cena has passed into side control.
Oquinn 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oquinn is not content to let Cena control the position.
Cena controls the position.
Oquinn is looking for a sweep.
Oquinn is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Cena has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Cena displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cena displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Oquinn.
Oquinn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oquinn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cena was well out of range. Poor timing from Oquinn.

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

Cena decides to pull guard.
Cena is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cena has a closed guard, preventing Oquinn from standing up.
Oquinn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oquinn looking to sit in guard and control but Cena gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Oquinn looking to control.
Cena slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Oquinn is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cena pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Oquinn is keeping the position for now.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Oquinn avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cena controls from within his opponent's guard.

We're going to have a standup here because John Cena wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Cena avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cena changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Oquinn looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Cena tries for a kimura but Oquinn is defending well.
Oquinn gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Cena showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cena 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for John Cena!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for John Cena!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for John Cena!

John Cena wins by unanimous decision!