PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cyrus Bradley (ranked 26006 p4p, 0 weight class) and Epik Fajter (ranked 6044 p4p, 0 weight class). Cyrus Bradley had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Bradley
vs
Fajter

217 cm
20
177 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Cyrus Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Epik Fajter!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradley throws a leg kick that misses.
Fajter slaps away a takedown attempt from Bradley, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Fajter feints and as Bradley raises his hands in defense, Fajter changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fajter controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bradley trying to control the position.
Fajter throws a big elbow that misses.
Bradley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fajter's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bradley is striking from the bottom but Fajter uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Bradley is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fajter wants to get back to his feet.
Fajter prevents Bradley from improving his position.

Fajter is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bradley doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Fajter.
Fajter not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fajter looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Fajter throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fajter is looking to pass Bradley's guard but actually Bradley recovers to full guard.
Fajter sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Fajter throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley tries to strike from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Epik Fajter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fajter fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bradley to the ground. Fajter is now in Bradley's guard.
Bradley thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Fajter stays in close to Bradley's body and controls the position.
Fajter works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Fajter throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Bradley to regain full guard.
Fajter sitting in guard, not really doing much.
It looks like Fajter might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fajter decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bradley, up you get!

Fajter closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on Bradley's face as Fajter controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bradley is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Epik Fajter dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Fajter ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Fajter takes the fight into the clinch.

Fajter manages to pull guard.
Fajter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bradley wants to stand but Fajter is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fajter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fajter has Bradley pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fajter wants to sweep but no luck.
Bradley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Fajter has a closed guard, preventing Bradley from standing up.
Fajter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Fajter is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bradley won't allow Fajter to sweep him here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nice sprawl there from Fajter as Bradley shoots in.
As Bradley backs off Fajter throws a huge counter combo but Bradley manages to avoid it all.
Bradley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Fajter shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Fajter was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fajter tries to score with some ground and pound. Bradley controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fajter has control of an arm but Bradley manages to advance to Fajter's back!

Bradley is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Bradley not allowing Fajter to control his hands.

Fajter defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bradley is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Fajter has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fajter turns into Bradley and is now in his guard.
Fajter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fajter passes into half guard.
Fajter controlling the action here.
Fajter's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Bradley wants to get back to full guard.
Fajter working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Bradley's thigh. Bradley counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fajter sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Epik Fajter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Fajter leaves Bradley with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Fajter drives through with a takedown into Bradley's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fajter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fajter wants to control from the top but Bradley keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fajter passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fajter remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Bradley wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Epik Fajter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fajter is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Bradley will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Bradley wants to control but Fajter postures up.
Fajter throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bradley tries to bench press Fajter off him but Fajter keeps the position.

Fajter decides to stand back up. Fajter steps back and let's Bradley get back to his feet.

Bradley tries to keep at a distance but Fajter has taken the fight into the clinch.

Fajter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Fajter clinches with his opponent.
Bradley takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Cyrus Bradley has been cut.

Fajter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bradley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bradley avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fajter misses with a head kick.
As Fajter backs away, Bradley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Fajter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fajter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bradley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Fajter counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cyrus Bradley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fajter misses with a series of wild punches.
Bradley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Bradley gets caught napping as Fajter dives in and scores a takedown. Bradley manages to retain guard.

Fajter stands up from Bradley's guard - Fajter perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fajter closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bradley's guard.
Fajter showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fajter slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fajter controlling from side mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Epik Fajter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fajter has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Epik Fajter!