PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Corey Birthday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silco Deans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silco Deans will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Birthday
vs
Deans

170 cm
19
280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Corey Birthday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Silco Deans!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birthday tries to move into range but Deans moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Corey Birthday has been cut.
Silco Deans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Birthday.

Birthday closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Deans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Birthday missing with knees to the body.
Birthday throws a knee to the head but misses.
Birthday throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Deans wants to break free but Birthday has control.
Deans working hard to break the clinch.
Birthday scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Birthday unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Deans takes a knee to the side of the body.
Deans looks gassed!
Deans has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Birthday goes for a takedown in the clinch but Deans prevents it.
Deans has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Birthday goes for a takedown attempt but Deans pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Birthday.
Birthday lands with a thumping leg kick.
Birthday lands a leg kick that knocks Deans off balance momentarily.
Deans throws a poor cross that misses
and Birthday counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Deans walks forward, straight into a front kick from Birthday.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Birthday has managed to clinch.
A knee to the head by Birthday.

It looks like Silco Deans has been cut.
Birthday using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Birthday lands a good knee to the midsection. Deans won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Birthday obliges.

Birthday pulls guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Birthday has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Deans really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Birthday. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Birthday is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birthday is taking a breather. Deans says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Birthday lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from Birthday.
Birthday is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Birthday controlling the pace.
Deans is trying to get back to full guard.
Birthday performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Deans can do anything to dispel that myth.
Deans avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Birthday.
Birthday working over Deans with some ground and pound. Deans looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Birthday moves nicely into side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Birthday working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Birthday dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Nice defenses there by Birthday.
Deans avoids the body shot from Birthday.
Birthday is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Deans can do to turn this around?
Birthday thumps Deans with a low kick.
Birthday lands a nice leg kick that just misses Deans's sensitive parts.
Birthday connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Birthday moves into range and clinches up with Deans.
A nice left hand lands by Birthday.
Birthday putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Deans in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Deans wants to get back to striking at distance but Birthday won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Birthday.
Deans is breathing heavily.
Birthday just leaning against Deans, taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deans takes a shot to the head.
The referee calls for Birthday to work.
Deans trying to control the position but instead, Birthday has worked for underhooks and has pushed Deans into the cage.
Birthday pressing his opponent against the cage.
Deans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birthday scores with a knee to the head.
Birthday cracks Deans with a nice body shot.
Birthday stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Birthday dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Deans wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Birthday has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Birthday takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Deans is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Birthday landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Deans can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Birthday.
Birthday lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Birthday lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Birthday throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Birthday effectively controlling the action here.
Birthday comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Birthday lands a body shot.
Deans takes a knee to the side of the body.
Birthday connects with a nasty looking knee right to Deans's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Birthday landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Birthday.
Birthday lands a nice knee to the body.
Birthday digs a right hand into Deans's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Deans's gas tank.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Birthday lands a good knee to the midsection. Deans won't want to take too many of those.
Birthday lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Birthday drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Deans gets the underhooks and prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Birthday dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Deans just misses with a punch to the body.
Deans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Deans swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Birthday counters with a leg kick.
Deans throws a combination that misses
and Birthday counters with a nice kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Birthday moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Birthday scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A left lands for Birthday.
Birthday fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Deans has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Deans takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Deans takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Deans tries to sprawl but Birthday drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Birthday uses his free foot to push down on Deans's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Deans.
Birthday content just to control the position here.
Birthday lands with some strikes.
Birthday working the ground and pound effectively.
Birthday unloading with bombs!
Corey Birthday is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Birthday controlling from mount.
Birthday seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Deans for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birthday is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Deans can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Corey Birthday overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Birthday controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birthday punishing his opponent with strikes.
Birthday controlling his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deans wants to control but Birthday is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Corey Birthday showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Birthday has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Corey Birthday!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Corey Birthday!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Corey Birthday!

Corey Birthday wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Corey Birthday thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.