PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe The One Armed Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Copeland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Copeland comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Metalingus by Alter Bridge kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Joe The One Armed Man has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The One Armed Man
vs
Copeland

185 cm
20
240 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

205 cm
20
275 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe The One Armed Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Copeland!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Copeland misses with the combination.

The One Armed Man rushes Copeland and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The One Armed Man misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Copeland.
Copeland prevents a takedown attempt there.
Copeland is trying to push The One Armed Man away but The One Armed Man has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Copeland is trying to pull guard but The One Armed Man has him pressed against the cage.
The One Armed Man lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Copeland tries to break the clinch but The One Armed Man is controlling the position.
Copeland is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The One Armed Man keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Copeland's efforts to push away.
The One Armed Man stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The One Armed Man scores with a nice hook to the head.
The One Armed Man is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe The One Armed Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Copeland blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Copeland scores with a shoulder strike.
Copeland working hard to break the clinch.
Copeland on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Copeland wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The One Armed Man leaning against his opponent.
Copeland wants to get back to striking at distance but The One Armed Man won't allow it.
Copeland prevents a takedown attempt there.
The One Armed Man is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Copeland lands a left hand.
Copeland is trying to force a seperation but The One Armed Man has the dominant position.
The One Armed Man has Copeland pressed against the cage, preventing Copeland from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The One Armed Man utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Copeland is trying to pull guard but The One Armed Man turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Copeland wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Copeland throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The One Armed Mans head.
The One Armed Man tries to land knees in the clinch but Copeland avoids the damage to the body.
The One Armed Man prevents Copeland from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copeland working hard to break the clinch.
The One Armed Man leaning against his opponent.
Copeland tries a body shot but The One Armed Man blocks it.
The One Armed Man tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Copeland avoids it.
Copeland has had enough of the clinch but The One Armed Man keeps him there for the moment.
The One Armed Man tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The One Armed Man tries for a takedown. No joy.
Copeland is trying to force a seperation but The One Armed Man has the dominant position.
Copeland tries to break free but The One Armed Man pushes him back against the cage.
The One Armed Man has Copeland pressed against the cage.
Copeland gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from The One Armed Man.
Copeland working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The One Armed Man throws an elbow but it misses.
Copeland tries to work over The One Armed Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The One Armed Man crunches a lovely knee into Copeland's ribcage.
Copeland can't break the clinch.
The One Armed Man makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Copeland wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The One Armed Man has picked Copeland up - he's going for a ride! The One Armed Man dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The One Armed Man is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The One Armed Man works his way into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe The One Armed Man dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The One Armed Man misses with a leg kick.
Copeland misses with a jab, cross combination.
The One Armed Man avoids a punch combination nicely.
The One Armed Man dodges the punch combination from Copeland.
The One Armed Man shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Copeland but Copeland pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Copeland misses with a wild combination.
Copeland checks a low kick from The One Armed Man.
Copeland throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The One Armed Man shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Copeland throws a series of strikes that have The One Armed Man backpedaling.
Copeland on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Copeland tries to clinch but fails miserably

and The One Armed Man holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The One Armed Man comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The One Armed Man taking a breather.
The One Armed Man connects with a nasty looking knee right to Copeland's face.
Copeland wants to break the clinch but can't.
The One Armed Man tries a body shot but Copeland blocks it.
The One Armed Man drops down looking for an ankle pick but Copeland pulls his leg out and moves away.
Copeland fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Copeland lands a right hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Copeland throws a right hand that The One Armed Man ducks under and follows up with a left that The One Armed Man also avoids with ease.
The One Armed Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Copeland blocks a low kick nicely.
The One Armed Man tried to score with a low kick but Copeland checks it.
Copeland misses with a few strikes there.
Copeland tries to clinch but The One Armed Man moves out of range.
The One Armed Man showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Copeland.
Copeland swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Copeland scores with a one two! The One Armed Man had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The One Armed Man lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man throws a shot to the body.
Copeland is breathing heavily.
Copeland tries to bum rush The One Armed Man with a series of wild strikes but The One Armed Man uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Copeland blocks a head kick by The One Armed Man.
Copeland throws a right and a left that both miss.
Copeland misses the shot to the body.
The One Armed Man scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Copeland throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Copeland checks a low kick from The One Armed Man.
The One Armed Man scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The One Armed Man scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The One Armed Man lands a decent elbow from side control.
The One Armed Man scores with a couple of short elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The One Armed Man grinds an elbow into Copeland's temple.
Copeland is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but The One Armed Man has just dragged him back down to the mat.
A lull in the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The One Armed Man is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Copeland looks calm but he's in trouble here. The One Armed Man gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Copeland is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! The One Armed Man lets go of the hold and Copeland can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joe The One Armed Man!
Joe The One Armed Man decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.