PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keith O Brien (ranked 5678 p4p, 564 weight class) and Janis Blums (ranked 5849 p4p, 570 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

O Brien
vs
Blums

184 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Keith O Brien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Janis Blums!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Brien throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
O Brien throws a body punch but Blums moves out of range.

O Brien looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Blums is trying to stand back up but O Brien is controlling him
O Brien throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
O Brien thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blums's head.
O Brien throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Blums really doesn't want to stay on the ground with O Brien. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blums is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
O Brien is keen to just control but Blums is a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

O Brien seems to be looking for submissions.

O Brien is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Blums sees it coming and defends easily.

O Brien is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blums is trying to control but can't.
Blums is trying to defend against the ground and pound but O Brien scores with a couple of nice shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blums blocking the ground and pound attempt from O Brien.
O Brien throwing shots but Blums is blocking nicely.
O Brien works his way into side control.
Blums looks winded!
O Brien has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Brien wants to control the pace but Blums is squirming around nicely.
Blums tries to control O Brien's body but O Brien pushes him off. Blums squirms to his side and now O Brien has his back!
O Brien has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

O Brien looking for the choke from the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

O Brien has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Blums has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
O Brien misses with a punch to the head.
Blums avoids the strikes from O Brien.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blums avoids the strikes from O Brien.
Blums takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Blums covering up well under a series of strikes from O Brien.
O Brien throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

O Brien looking for the choke from the back.

O Brien is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Blums knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Blums for a finish.
Even with his hooks in, O Brien manages to miss with strikes from the back.
O Brien lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien lands a shot to the body.
Even with his hooks in, O Brien manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Even with his hooks in, O Brien manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Blums covering up well and avoiding damage.
O Brien controlling the position well here. Blums rolled but O Brien kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Blums covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.

O Brien looking for the choke but no joy.
Blums is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blums wants to control his opponent's hands but O Brien gets his hands free.

Blums preventing the rear naked choke attempt from O Brien.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Blums defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of O Brien's arms.
O Brien somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
O Brien punches the canvas rather than the man.

Blums fending off the submission attempt from O Brien.

O Brien looking for the choke but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith O Brien dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

O Brien scores with a kick to the midsection.
Blums closes the distance but O Brien moves to the side
and O Brien counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Blums keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Brien throws a shot from downtown. Blums moves away and avoids it.
O Brien throws a shot from downtown. Blums moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blums slips a jab from O Brien.
Blums takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jab, jab by O Brien - just one landing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from O Brien, right into the meat.
Blums is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Brien rushes Blums and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Blums breaks from the clinch.
O Brien thumps Blums with a low kick.

O Brien looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Blums keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

O Brien seems to be working for a kimura but Blums defends the submission attempt.
O Brien thows a huge punch but Blums dodges it nicely.
O Brien is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blums can do to turn this around?
O Brien moves nicely into side control.
O Brien postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
O Brien working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

O Brien wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Blums, who protects the arm well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

O Brien tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
O Brien sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Blums is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
O Brien has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Blums is working to get back to half guard.

O Brien looking to secure an arm triangle but Blums defends it well.
O Brien punching from mount but Blums doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien throws some wild stikes that Blums manages to avoid easily.
O Brien scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Blums?

O Brien looking for a guillotine from mount but Blums is having none of it.
O Brien looking to ground and pound but Blums is blocking nicely.
O Brien working the ground and pound effectively.

O Brien working for a guillotine from mount but Blums is in no mood to give up.

O Brien has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Blums is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Keith O Brien!