PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between mike bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and London Saint James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint James has chosen Rocky Road To Dublin as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

bob
vs
Saint James

225 cm
23
245 lbs
4 - 10 - 1

200 cm
22
230 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, mike bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, London Saint James!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

bob clinches.
bob tries to circle away but Saint James has him pinned against the cage.
bob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
bob keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Saint James's efforts to push away.
bob prevents Saint James from breaking the clinch.
Saint James can't break the clinch.

bob breaks from the clinch.
bob slips a jab and a cross from Saint James.
Saint James looks to throw the jab but bob is out of range.
Saint James throws a right and a left that both miss.
bob scores with a punch to the head.

bob scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
bob trying to control the pace.

bob escapes and gets back to his feet.
bob fails with a takedown attempt.
Saint James throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
bob moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint James falls off balance throwing a combination

and bob counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by bob.
bob is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
bob working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Saint James will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
bob stopping the sweep attempt from Saint James.
bob is stalling in the full guard.
Saint James looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
bob trying to control the position from guard on top but Saint James is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. mike bob wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Saint James misses with a double jab
and bob counters with a body kick.
Saint James looks gassed!
Saint James scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like mike bob has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
bob tries to clinch there but Saint James circles away.
Saint James throws a series of punches but bob avoids them all with ease.
Saint James misses with a double jab
and bob counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Saint James is lucky that one didn't land flush.

bob closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Saint James quickly recovers to half guard.
Still in half guard, bob seems content to control.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. bob connects with a nice short shot to Saint James's temple.
bob 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.
bob seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Saint James lands with a few short shots to the body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bob working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
bob thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saint James is trying to stand.
bob throwing shots but Saint James is blocking nicely.
Saint James wants to get back to full guard.
Saint James taking some punishment here, with bob in his half guard.
bob wants to control but Saint James is keeping him busy.
Saint James really doesn't want to stay on the ground with bob. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Saint James is trying to stand back up but bob is controlling him
Saint James wants to get back to full guard but bob has mounted him!
Saint James wants to hold on but bob pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Saint James takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
bob trying to control but Saint James is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by bob.
bob throwing strikes here but Saint James is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Saint James throwing hammer fists to the chest of bob. What's that going to do exactly?
bob tries to control but Saint James wriggling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saint James is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Saint James reaches up to try and control the position but bob seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Saint James rolls and tries to escape and now bob has his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mike bob dominated that round.
The cut man is working on mike bob's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Saint James throws a left and a right that both miss
and bob counters with a series of strikes. Saint James will be more careful next time no doubt.
Saint James misses with the combination.
bob looks to land a combination but Saint James avoids it well.
bob tries to clinch there but Saint James circles away.
Saint James throws a left and a right that both miss

and bob counters with a single leg into guard. Saint James didn't expect that.
bob wants to pass the guard but Saint James is keeping the position.

bob decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Saint James, up you get!
Saint James throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
London Saint James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saint James circles away from the clinch attempt.
bob shoots in and drives through. Saint James sprawls well.

Saint James rushes bob and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Saint James has clasped his hands together around bob's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
bob manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
mike bob overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
bob moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
bob lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Saint James!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Saint James can do anything to dispel that myth.
bob is in the full mount, landing strikes.

bob is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Saint James can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
bob will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
bob working Saint James over with strikes here.
bob avoids the attempt from Saint James to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
bob looking to control but Saint James is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
bob avoids the attempt from Saint James to control.
Saint James is squirming around, avoiding bob's attempts to control the action.
bob takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Saint James tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bob landing shots from mount.
Saint James really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Saint James tries to improve his position but bob has taken his back! bob has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Saint James tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! bob pushes Saint James away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). mike bob!