PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John The Iron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Break (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Iron kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Slippin. Break has chosen Slippin as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

The Iron
vs
Break

183 cm
20
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
160 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John The Iron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Break!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Break shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The Iron tries to roll over but Break keeps him under control.
The Iron wants to control but Break is keeping busy.
The Iron is trying to stand.
Break is trying to control the action in half guard but The Iron is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Break is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Break wants to control but The Iron is keeping him busy.
Break slows the pace down in half guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jack Break wasn't active enough on the ground.

Break gets a double leg takedown into The Iron's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Break stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Iron swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Break trying to control the position from guard on top but The Iron is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Iron is trying to control the position but Break postures up.
The Iron is really struggling to control Break but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Break wants to control from the top but The Iron keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Break looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for The Iron!
The Iron is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Iron is wriggling around trying to escape.
The Iron is working hard here to advance position.
Break sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The Iron can't escape the position.
The Iron is squirming around, avoiding Break's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The Iron tries to hold on but Break postures up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Break working for a submission but The Iron is keeping him at bay.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Iron tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Break cracks The Iron with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The Iron regains half guard.
Break moves into full mount! The Iron won't be happy about that!
The Iron regains half guard.
The Iron gets back to full guard.
The Iron keeping full guard, as Break tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Break trying to control but The Iron is working from the bottom.
Break must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

The Iron working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Break doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Break manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Break stopping the sweep attempt from The Iron.
The Iron trying to keep a closed guard but Break is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Break sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The Iron looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Break dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Break misses with a body kick.

Break closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Break lands in his opponent's guard.

The Iron looking for a guillotine here but Break defends easily.
Break passes The Iron's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Break looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The Iron gets full guard.
Break seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Break passes The Iron's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The Iron is looking for a sweep. Break is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Break keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Break is working for a submission of some sort.
The Iron is looking to control Break's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can The Iron avoid being mounted?
Jack Break has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Break wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Iron keeps working.
The Iron won't allow Break to pass to mount.

The Iron looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The Iron makes his way to full guard. A much better position for The Iron.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now The Iron is on top in guard.
Break controls The Iron momentarily but The Iron frees himself.
The Iron tries to free his leg and advance position but Break is retaining full guard.

Jack Break has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Break decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

The Iron looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The Iron is positioning himself well to prevent Break advancing to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Iron gets full guard.
The Iron keeping moving, preventing Break from controlling successfully.

The Iron is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The Iron is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
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.
Break looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jack Break will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Break gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Iron has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Break avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Break has hold of one of The Iron's legs. The Iron is fighting the takedown attempt but Break gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

The Iron had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Break defends it easily.
Break wants to control from the top but The Iron keeps moving.
Break is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The Iron wants to improve his position but instead Break has moved into half guard.
The Iron is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Break frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Break can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Iron is looking to escape.
The Iron is trying to escape the mount.
The Iron is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Break fails to advance to The Iron's back.
Break controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Iron wants to control but Break is having none of it.
Break tries to control but The Iron wriggling away.
The Iron keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The Iron manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Break is keen to just control but The Iron is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jack Break hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Break looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for The Iron!
The Iron is in all sorts of trouble here.
The Iron wants to hold on but Break pushes him away.

Break gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Break misses with a straight left.

Break shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

The Iron escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Break gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Break controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Break trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Iron being controlled here, momentarily.
The Iron trying to keep a closed guard but Break is proving a slippery customer.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The Iron looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Break trying to control the position from guard on top but The Iron is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jack Break hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Break looking to score a takedown here. The Iron is defending well but Break drives through and ends up in The Iron's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Break comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Break 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Jack Break!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Jack Break!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Jack Break!

Jack Break wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Jack Break made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.