PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Killian McDougle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jesus Pope has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Pope
vs
McDougle

225 cm
32
283 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

193 cm
24
255 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Pope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Killian McDougle!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pope throws a hook to the side of McDougle's head but McDougle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pope misses with a looping left.
McDougle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A lazy left from Pope finds it's target.

McDougle has Pope up against the cage in a clinch.

McDougle manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Pope trying to control but McDougle is working from the bottom.
Pope working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McDougle's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pope is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pope with a flurry of punches that miss.
McDougle is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pope is looking to work some ground and pound but McDougle has wrist control.
Pope is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Pope is looking to work some ground and pound but McDougle has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pope missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pope cracks McDougle with a solid left hand.
Pope chips away with some ground and pound.
Pope sitting in guard here, content to control.
Pope trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McDougle thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
McDougle keeping moving, preventing Pope from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pope is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
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!
Pope wants to control from the top but McDougle keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope looking to pass the guard.
Pope with a nice head shot there.
Pope chips away with some ground and pound.
Pope pushing down on McDougle's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Pope drops an elbow to the side of McDougle's head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McDougle wants to improve his position but Pope is controlling well.
Pope throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Pope is sneakily working for an arm triangle but McDougle sees it coming and defends easily.
Pope takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
McDougle is looking for a sweep. Pope is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pope trying to control the action but McDougle is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope throwing shots but McDougle is blocking nicely.
Pope sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Pope scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pope will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pope is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McDougle is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pope 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.
Pope working the head and body with strikes.

McDougle is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pope wants to control but McDougle is keeping him busy.
McDougle moves into full guard.
Pope lands a couple of elbows.
McDougle preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pope drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but McDougle manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Pope has McDougle in his guard.
Pope trying to keep a closed guard but McDougle is proving a slippery customer.
Pope wants to control the position but McDougle says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

Pope looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pope is pressing down on McDougle's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pope trying to control the position.

Pope had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. McDougle defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Pope dominated that round.
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.

McDougle avoids the body shot from Pope.
Pope with a nice cross.
A clash of legs there as McDougle blocks the low kick.
Pope is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Pope fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McDougle is out of range.
Pope uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McDougle.
Pope misses with a looping right.
McDougle fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pope throws a lazy right hand but McDougle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

McDougle shoots in and gets a takedown into Pope's guard.

Pope working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. McDougle doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. McDougle manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pope controls McDougle momentarily but McDougle frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pope looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
McDougle wants to control from the top but Pope keeps moving.
Pope has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Pope is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McDougle can do to turn this around?
Pope tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pope manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pope prevents McDougle from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope lands a heavy elbow.
Pope lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Pope looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
McDougle is bucking up trying to escape but Pope cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pope lands a big shot to the head and McDougle winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jesus Pope!
Jesus Pope decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.