PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brazilian Army (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Army
vs
Bickle

183 cm
22
198 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

185 cm
30
201 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

HGH Nutrients Q160 Tycoons Best Quality supps
M.O. Fight Wear

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brazilian Army!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Travis Bickle!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bickle just misses with a punch to the body.

Bickle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bickle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bickle told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Bickle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bickle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Army has a couple of punches blocked by Bickle.
Army doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Army scores with a nice short uppercut.
Army is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Army lands a hook that snaps the head of Bickle backwards.
Bickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Army misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Army scores with an uppercut up the middle.

It looks like Travis Bickle has been cut.
Army swings wildly with an uppercut but Bickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Army misses with some punches.
Army misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle lands an uppercut.
Army fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Army fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Bickle.
Army lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bickle.

Bickle is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Army can't fight it off and eventually Bickle manages to take the fight to the floor. Army looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bickle advances position into side control!

Bickle looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Army wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Army is not content to let Bickle control the position.
Bickle is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Army's shoulder. That is not cool.
Bickle working the head with strikes.
Bickle wants to control but Army is keeping him busy.
Bickle throws an elbow but Army slips to the side and avoids it well.
Bickle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Army managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bickle.
Bickle misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Army managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bickle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle staying calm.
Bickle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Army keeps working.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bickle in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bickle working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bickle is chipping away with strikes.
Bickle throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Army is trying to control Bickle's posture but Bickle avoids it.
Army wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bickle lands a nice forearm strike.
Army is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Bickle is trying to get an arm triangle but Army is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Army bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Bickle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Travis Bickle's cut.
That's time! Army's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A jab from Army misses.
A little jabbing left from Bickle on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brazilian Army is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bickle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Army.
Bickle lands a nice looking body shot.
Army avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Army throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bickle fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bickle shoots in and gets a takedown into Army's guard.
Army is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bickle is controlling him.
Bickle trying to control but Army is working from the bottom.
Army avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bickle looking to sit in guard and control but Army gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Army is posturing up here but Bickle has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Army tries to roll out but it's too tight and Army has to tap! Slick submission there by Bickle!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Travis Bickle!
Travis Bickle took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
The defeated Brazilian Army had this to say: 'Thank's Sponsors'.