PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jedi Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knight is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Why Can't We be Friends. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Bradley
vs
Knight

195 cm
20
250 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

191 cm
26
259 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jedi Knight!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradley fails to land the takedown.
James Bradley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Bradley with that takedown attempt.
Bradley tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Bradley.
Knight is looking to clinch but Bradley is avoiding it.

Bradley shoots in and gets a takedown into Knight's guard.
Bradley with a flurry of punches that miss.
Knight tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Knight is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bradley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Knight.
Knight not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Knight working over Bradley with some ground and pound. Bradley looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bradley is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bradley trying to hold on to Knight's head to control him but Knight postures up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Knight lands a nice short elbow.
Bradley is trying to maintain the position but Knight is very close to passing his half guard.

We're going to have a standup here because James Bradley wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bradley misses with a takedown

and Knight counters with a shoot takedown. Bradley fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Bradley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bradley pulls Knight in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight prevents Bradley from getting back to his feet.
Knight trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Knight wants to control from the top but Bradley keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Jedi Knight has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Bradley shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Knight defends it nicely.
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knight swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Knight takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley prevents a body shot from Knight.
Knight gets underhooks to prevent Bradley's takedown attempt.

Bradley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Bradley with that takedown attempt.

Knight gets caught flat footed, as Bradley shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bradley throws a big right hand that misses.
Bradley wants to pass the guard but Knight is keeping the position.
Bradley is looking to work some ground and pound but Knight has wrist control.
Bradley engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bradley stopping the sweep attempt from Knight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bradley tries to free his leg and advance position but Knight is retaining full guard.
Bradley trying to control the position from guard on top but Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. James Bradley wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Knight has closed the distance and engaged Bradley in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bradley wants the takedown. Knight is fighting it off but Bradley persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Knight's guard against the ropes.
Bradley trying to control the position from guard on top but Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knight preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that James Bradley will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bradley misses the jab.

Bradley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knight is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bradley is keeping busy.
Bradley gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Knight.
Bradley drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Knight gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Knight goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knight lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knight misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knight is trying to maintain a safe position but Bradley gets an underhook and turns Knight into the ropes.

Bradley gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Knight avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bradley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Knight trying to hold on to Bradley's head to control him but Bradley postures up.
Bradley thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Knight's head.
Bradley 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.
Knight trying to control from the bottom.
Bradley thows a huge punch but Knight dodges it nicely.
Bradley throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Knight to regain full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bradley's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Knight looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bradley is one step ahead there.
Bradley postures up in Knight's guard and throws a big left but Knight blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bradley advances to half guard.
Bradley tries to pass to full mount but Knight defends it.
Bradley not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Knight manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bradley trying to control but Knight is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because James Bradley just wasn't active enough.
Bradley throws a left and a right that both miss

so Knight counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Knight won't allow Bradley to sweep him here.
Bradley is trying to control the position but Knight postures up.
James Bradley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Bradley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Knight doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Knight manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Knight with a flurry of punches that miss.
Knight wants to control from the top but Bradley keeps moving.
Knight postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bradley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bradley lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Knight!
Bradley looking to ground and pound but Knight is blocking nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Bradley there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bradley trying to control but Knight is having none of it.
Bradley throws some wild stikes that Knight manages to avoid easily.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Knight can do anything to dispel that myth.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bradley throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Knight because Bradley loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Bradley dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Bradley tries to clinch there but Knight circles away.
Knight displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bradley.
Bradley misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Knight to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like James Bradley has been cut.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight moves in looking to clinch but Bradley pushes him off.
Knight tries to clinch up but Bradley circles away and keeps his distance.
Bradley tries for a takedown but Knight circles away easily

and Knight counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Bradley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight wants to control but Bradley is keeping him busy.
Bradley is looking for a sweep.
Bradley is working to avoid the ground and pound but Knight connects with a decent elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley is not content to let Knight control the position.
Bradley is looking for a sweep.
Knight wants to control but Bradley is keeping him busy.
Knight in side control, throwing shots but Bradley defends.
Knight lands a nice forearm strike.
Bradley tries to improve position but can't.
Bradley sneaks back into half guard.
Bradley is not content to let Knight control the position.
Knight takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bradley wants to control but Knight is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Knight working Bradley over with strikes.
Bradley manages to get to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bradley keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.
Knight throws a strike but Bradley rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bradley tries to free his leg and advance position but Knight is retaining full guard.
Bradley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Knight keeping moving, preventing Bradley from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bradley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Knight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Knight wants to stand but Bradley is controlling the position.
Bradley throws a big elbow that misses.
Bradley throwing strikes but missing.
Bradley is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Bradley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Knight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Knight is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bradley throws a big elbow that misses.
Knight keeping moving, preventing Bradley from controlling successfully.
Bradley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bradley postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Knight is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Bradley, into his guard.
Knight throws a big right hand that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jedi Knight comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bradley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Jedi Knight!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for James Bradley!
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for James Bradley!

James Bradley wins by split decision!
James Bradley took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========# for their support in the buildup to the fight.