PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Young Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and connor sladden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young Blood has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Blood
vs
sladden

175 cm
23
160 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

178 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Young Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, connor sladden!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood tries to move into range but sladden moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from sladden.
Blood dives in and grabs sladden's left leg, looking for a takedown. sladden pushes down on Blood's head and hops out.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
sladden drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Blood gets the underhooks and prevents it.
sladden drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Blood gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Blood is pressed up against the cage. sladden has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Blood down to the mat. Blood avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Young Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of connor sladden.
Blood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blood misses with a kick to the body
and sladden counters with an outside leg kick.
Blood is breathing heavily.
Blood fails to land with a series of punches.

sladden looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
sladden seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
I looks like sladden 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.
sladden is keen to just control but Blood is a slippery customer.

sladden decides to return to a standing position.
sladden lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blood's sensitive parts.
sladden lands with a thumping leg kick.

sladden drives through with a takedown into guard.
sladden thows a big elbow that misses.
Blood is trying to control the position but sladden postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sladden looking to pass the guard.
sladden trying to control the position from guard on top but Blood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blood has a closed guard, preventing sladden from standing up.
sladden tries to free his leg and advance position but Blood is retaining full guard.
Blood wants to sweep but no luck.

Blood working for a triangle but sladden defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

sladden bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood is looking for a sweep.
sladden controls the position.
Blood tries to buck sladden off but sladden is having none of it.
sladden advances nicely into full mount.
sladden punching from mount but Blood doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Blood working to try and regain half guard.
Blood wants to control but sladden is having none of it.
BOOM! sladden connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
sladden lands with some strikes.
sladden tries to control but Blood wriggling away.
sladden tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Blood holds on for dear life.
sladden is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Blood defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from sladden.
sladden putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

connor sladden dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Blood has his takedown stuffed

and sladden counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Blood!
Blood can't escape the position.

sladden working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
sladden prevents Blood from getting the reversal.
Blood is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
sladden wants to control the pace but Blood is squirming around nicely.
Blood wants to hold on but sladden pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
sladden controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood reaches up to try and control the position but sladden seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Blood rolls and tries to escape and now sladden has his back!
Blood is in bad spot here.
sladden is riding his opponent, not letting Blood buck him off.

Blood is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

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

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.
Blood trying to control the hands but sladden won't let him.
Blood is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because sladden is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
sladden scores with punches to the body.
Blood is keeping busy.
sladden looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sladden tries to get the hooks in deep but Blood pushed the leg off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blood looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
sladden keeps control of the position as Blood tries to break free.
A lull in the action here.
sladden controls the position.
sladden softening up his opponent with strikes here.

That's four 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.
sladden is working the ground and pound. Can Blood escape?
Blood trying to control but not successfully.
Blood tries to roll but sladden sticks to his back.
sladden slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Blood controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blood covering up well under a series of strikes from sladden.
Blood trying to control but not successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

connor sladden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

sladden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
sladden lands with a thumping leg kick.
sladden throws a series of punches but Blood moves out of range.
Young Blood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
sladden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

sladden gets a clinch.

Blood manages to break the clinch.
sladden throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
sladden tries to clinch there but Blood circles away.
sladden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

sladden drives through with a takedown into guard.
sladden postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
sladden stays in close to Blood's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood keeping moving, preventing sladden from controlling successfully.
sladden slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Blood gets back to half guard.
sladden wants to take a breather but Blood is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Blood is looking for a sweep. sladden is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

sladden is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Blood is staying active underneath sladden, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by connor sladden.

Blood shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
sladden wants to hit a switch here but Blood passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for sladden there!
Blood controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sladden is trying desperately to improve position.
Blood dominating with strikes here.
Blood trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Blood thowing shots but they're missing.
sladden in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
sladden is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four 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.
Blood connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Blood with a couple of short strikes.
Blood can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as sladden is looking to escape.
Blood controlling from mount.
sladden reaches up and holds on to Blood to control the position.
Young Blood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
connor sladden is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
sladden tries to hold on but Blood postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to connor sladden.
Well sladden 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... connor sladden!