PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Forest Gump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sam stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). sam stone is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gump
vs
stone

170 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Fighters Edge

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Forest Gump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, sam stone!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gump closes the distance and pushes stone back into the cage.

Gump pulls guard effortlessly.
stone prevents Gump from getting back to his feet.
stone content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
stone trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
stone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
stone in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
stone stopping the sweep attempt from Gump.
stone is working Gump over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
stone with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as stone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
stone throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
stone is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
stone advances to half guard.
stone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
stone throwing shots but Gump is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
stone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
stone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gump pushes stone off looking to stand but stone dives back in and keeps control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
stone with the ground and pound but Gump uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Gump manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. stone manages to get himself to full guard.
stone lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gump!
stone scores with a couple of good head shots there.
stone working the ground and pound effectively.
stone looks gassed!
stone in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gump is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by stone there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gump blocking the ground and pound.
stone throws some wild stikes that Gump manages to avoid easily.
Gump blocking the ground and pound.
Gump wants to control but stone is having none of it.
Gump taking shots to the head.
stone landing punches.
Gump manages to control the position for a moment.
stone throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gump manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Gump, under a barage of strikes from stone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
stone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gump moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gump is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gump is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Gump stands up out of the half guard.

Gump looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gump working stone over with strikes.
stone missing with punches from the bottom.
Gump wants to lay and pray for a moment but stone keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gump wants to stand up but stone is controlling the position.
Gump wants to lay and pray for a moment but stone keeps working.
stone misses with some strikes from the bottom.
stone throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Gump passes to side control.
stone is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gump is controlling him well.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Gump shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
stone 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forest Gump dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gump fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. stone sprawls well initially but Gump persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Gump looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
stone missing with punches from the bottom.
stone is not content to let Gump control the position.
stone tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
stone missing with punches from the bottom.
stone is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gump thows a huge punch but stone dodges it nicely.
stone punching from the bottom.
stone is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
stone tries to clinch up but Gump circles away and keeps his distance.

Gump shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gump was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
stone throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Gump looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gump wants to take his opponent's back but stone doesn't allow it.
Gump fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gump prevents stone from getting the reversal.
Gump cracks stone with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Gump working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Gump connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gump trying to control but stone is having none of it.
stone throwing hammer fists to the chest of Gump. What's that going to do exactly?
Gump trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Gump is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. stone can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Gump tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Forest Gump overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gump trying to control but stone is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
stone manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gump wants to lay and pray for a moment but stone keeps working.
stone lands with a few short shots to the body.
Gump not doing much here.
Gump passes to full mount!

stone throws up some feeble strikes from the bottom. Gump smiles and locks on to an arm, pivoting beautifully as he drops to the side for an armbar. stone tries momentarily to escape but he knows he's done and taps furiously to avoid injury. Confident submission skills displayed there by Gump.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Forest Gump!