PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Lance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Long comes to the cage accompanied by remember the name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Long
vs
Lance

187 cm
25
198 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

176 cm
33
192 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Rick Lance!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lance.

Lance closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lance lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Long tries to throw a body punch but Lance avoids it by throwing Long back against the cage.
Long takes a shot to the head.
Long looking for a takedown.

Lance has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Long is trying to keep an underhook but Lance manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lance wants to free his trapped foot but Long is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lance is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Long knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lance on the ground.
Lance passes to side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lance is looking to take a break and control but Long is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Long gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lance looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Long with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Long is trying to control but can't.
Lance works his way into full mount!
Lance content just to control the position here.
Lance punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lance is landing with some decent strikes but Long is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Lance looking to secure an arm triangle but Long defends it well.
Long is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lance controlling his opponent.
My spies in London MMA Club inform me that Lance has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Lance has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Long tries to buck Lance off but he can't manage it.
Lance prevents Long from getting the reversal.

Lance is working for a guillotine from mount but Long frees his head quite easily.
Lance with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lance lands a heavy elbow.

Long is rocked!
Long working to try and regain half guard.
Oh Long is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lance moves to the back.
Lance slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Long seems to have got his legs back now.

Long 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 Lance gets his way!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lance connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Long to escape the position.

Lance is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Long has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Well, with Lance on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Long is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Lance lands with a hammerfist to the side of Long's head.
We've been hearing good reports from Long's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

Long is trying to defend against the choke here but Lance has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Lance Tightens the hold and Long taps out furiously! Lance displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rick Lance!
A very excited looking Rick Lance 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.
The defeated Jack Long had this to say: 'I will be back. Fitter. Faster. Stronger. And I will come away with the win'.