PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dudley Flowers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Jimmy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Flowers
vs
Jimmy

150 cm
18
161 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dudley Flowers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeff Jimmy!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jimmy misses with a series of wild punches.

Jimmy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Flowers, pushing him back against the cage.
Jimmy is looking to control Flowers's arms but Flowers gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jimmy has his back to the cage.
Jimmy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Flowers breaks from the clinch.

Flowers tries to keep at a distance but Jimmy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Flowers is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jimmy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flowers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Jimmy gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Flowers regains guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Flowers is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flowers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jimmy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jimmy seems keen to control Flowers's posture.
Flowers really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Jimmy keeping moving, preventing Flowers from controlling successfully.
Flowers slips nicely into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Flowers in particular looking to stall.
Jimmy holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jimmy wants to get back to full guard.
Flowers prevents Jimmy from standing back up.
Jimmy is not content to let Flowers control the position.
Flowers could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Flowers postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Jimmy to stand up.
Some wild striking there from Jimmy.
Flowers half committed to a counter leg kick.
Jimmy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jimmy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Flowers. Flowers circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jimmy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Jimmy drives through with a takedown into Flowers's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Flowers looking for a sweep. Not yet Flowers, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flowers is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Jimmy is staying active underneath Flowers, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jimmy keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Jimmy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jimmy holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Jimmy trying to hold on to Flowers's head to control him but Flowers postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Flowers is working for a kimura but Jimmy is defending it quite comfortably.
Jimmy tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Flowers has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Flowers wants to control the pace but Jimmy is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Jimmy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jimmy throws a right hand that Flowers ducks under and follows up with a left that Flowers also avoids with ease.
Flowers is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Jimmy.
Jimmy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jimmy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jimmy throws a head kick but Flowers moves out of range.
Jimmy throws a sloppy head kick and Flowers moves out of range easily.
Jimmy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Jimmy clinches up against the cage.

Flowers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jimmy closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jimmy lands in his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jimmy trying to stand up but can't free himself from Flowers's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jimmy gets to his feet. Flowers looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Flowers takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Jimmy has taken the fight to the clinch.

Flowers breaks the clinch.
Good exchange - Jimmy coming out on top.

It looks like Dudley Flowers has been cut.
Jimmy throws the left hand but Flowers avoids the punch easily.
Flowers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flowers wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Jeff Jimmy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Jimmy - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flowers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jimmy instigates a clinch.
Flowers letting Jimmy take a breather here.

Flowers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jimmy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jimmy looks to throw a body kick

and Flowers holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Flowers manages to break the clinch.
Flowers walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Flowers is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimmy closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Flowers! Jimmy dives in looking to finish! Flowers is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeff Jimmy!
A victorious Jeff Jimmy thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.