PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Secada Toughguy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Little
vs
Toughguy

185 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
19
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Rastafarii Clothing
Elite Sydney Nutrition

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Secada Toughguy!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little fails with the takedown.

Little closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Toughguy to the mat! Toughguy manages to get full guard.
Little preventing the sweep.
Toughguy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Little is controlling him.

Little drops back looking for a leg! Toughguy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Toughguy manages to kick Little off! Little jumps back into Toughguy's guard.
Little sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Toughguy's guard.
Toughguy flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Little is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Toughguy is looking to improve his position.
Toughguy pushes Little off looking to stand but Little dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little tries to pass the half guard into mount. Toughguy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Little is trying to work for a kimura but Toughguy is defending well.
Little is breathing heavily.
Toughguy gets back to full guard.
Toughguy wants to stand and escape but Little is having none of it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Little drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Toughguy dives on top into guard.
Toughguy wants to control from the top but Little keeps moving.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Toughguy has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Little is proving hard to escape from.
Toughguy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Toughguy gets to his feet. Little looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Toughguy moves into the clinch successfully.

Toughguy gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
It looks like Toughguy is going to stand back up.
Little regains full guard. Nicely done.

Little is looking for a triangle but Toughguy pushes his legs off easily.
Toughguy wants to stand but Little is controlling his posture from full guard.
Toughguyis looking to pass into half guard but Little pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Little is in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Toughguy pushes Little off and scrambles back to his feet.
Toughguy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Little blocks a head kick by Toughguy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toughguy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Secada Toughguy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Little shoots for a takedown but Toughguy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
James Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Little looks for a takedown but Toughguy sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Little. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toughguy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Toughguy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Toughguy fails to land with a series of punches.
Little throws a solid leg kick but Toughguy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Little.
Little looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Toughguy is fending him off so far but Little persists. Nope, Toughguy circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Toughguy closes the distance and clinches.

Toughguy manages to break the clinch.
Little closes the distance and clinches up with Toughguy, looking for a takedown. Little pushes Toughguy against the cage but Toughguy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Toughguy as Little shoots in.
Toughguy throws a series of punches but Little avoids them all with ease.
Toughguy lands with a nice combination. Little backs away looking to recover.
Toughguy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Toughguy has closed the distance and engaged Little in a clinch.

Toughguy manages to break the clinch.
Little tries for a takedown but Toughguy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Little drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Toughguy working for a triangle but Little defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Little pushing down on Toughguy's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
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 James Little will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Little fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Toughguy moves into range and clinches up with Little.

Toughguy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Toughguy drives through and clinches with Little against the cage.
Little fails to pull guard.
Little tries to pull guard but Toughguy holds him up against the cage and eventually Little drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Little. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toughguy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Little.
Little tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Toughguy smiles and moves away.
No luck for Little with that takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toughguy misses with a few strikes there.
Little showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Toughguy.
A good leg kick by Toughguy.
Decent striking displayed by Toughguy there.
Toughguy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Toughguy punishes Little's body with a nice straight punch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Toughguy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Little takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Little throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Toughguy's waist but Toughguy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Little off to one side.
Left hook, right uppercut from Toughguy.
Toughguy works over Little's head and body with a nice combination.
A left and a right from Toughguy both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Little shoots in looking for a takedown. Toughguy tries to sprawl out of it but Little keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Toughguy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Toughguy clinches with his opponent.

Toughguy breaks the clinch.
Little shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Toughguy but Toughguy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Toughguy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Toughguy.

Toughguy closes the distance and clinches.

Toughguy breaks from the clinch.
Little shoots in for a double leg but Toughguy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Little on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A cross from Toughguy lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little shoots in looking for a takedown. Toughguy tries to sprawl out of it but Little keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Toughguy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Toughguy doesn't manage to clinch there - Little circles away.

Little drives through with a takedown into guard.
Little trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Toughguy wants to stand but Little is controlling the position.

Little 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.

Little drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Little jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Toughguy wants to stand but Little is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toughguy trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Little won't allow Toughguy to get back to his feet.
Toughguy striking from the bottom here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A big left from Toughguy misses.
Toughguy punishes Little's body with a nice straight punch.
Toughguy misses with a looping left.
Little fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Little looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Toughguy stuffs the takedown attempt from Little. Little gets slowly back to his feet.
Little on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Little shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Toughguy but Toughguy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Secada Toughguy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Little misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Little drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Little trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Little drops back looking for a leg! Toughguy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Toughguy manages to kick Little off! Little jumps back into Toughguy's guard.
Little pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Toughguy is keeping the position for now.
Toughguy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Little is controlling him.
Toughguy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Toughguy punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little is looking to improve his position but Toughguy isn't that keen on the idea.
The referee warns Little that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Little is working to get back to half guard.
Toughguy landing strikes from the mount and Little is in trouble!
James Little overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Little keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two 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.
Little regains half guard.
Little moves into full guard.
Toughguy with a flurry of punches that miss.

Little escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Toughguy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Toughguy tries to stand but Little is controlling from the bottom.
Toughguy trying to control the position from guard on top but Little is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Little has a closed guard, preventing Toughguy from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little keeping full guard, as Toughguy tries to pass.
Toughguy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Little is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Toughguy stopping the sweep attempt from Little.
Toughguy wanted to stand there but Little had control of the position.
Toughguy tries to free his leg and advance position but Little is retaining full guard.

Little looking for a guillotine here but Toughguy defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toughguy wants to stand but Little has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Toughguy has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Little to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Toughguy is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Little pulls down on the head and he's put Toughguy to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). James Little!