PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Peko The Sauce (ranked 5015 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coy Refe (ranked 4042 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

The Sauce
vs
Refe

178 cm
18
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Peko The Sauce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Coy Refe!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Sauce closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The Sauce is controlling the pace.
The Sauce's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Sauce wants to lay and pray for a moment but Refe keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Refe regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from The Sauce.
The Sauce is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The Sauce wants to pass the guard but Refe is keeping the position.
The Sauce trying to control the position from guard on top but Refe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

The Sauce shoots in and bounces Refe off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Sauce trying to control but Refe is working from the bottom.
The Sauce loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The Sauce controlling from the top position.
The Sauce has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Sauce postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Refe looks winded!
Refe keeping moving, preventing The Sauce from controlling successfully.
The Sauce postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

The Sauce looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Refe!
The Sauce throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Refe works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Sauce not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with The Sauce in particular looking to stall.

The Sauce is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The Sauce wants to take a breather but Refe is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The Sauce seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Refe for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peko The Sauce dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Refe moves out of range of the body kick.
The Sauce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Refe can do to turn this around?
Refe defending well as The Sauce loads up on a big left hand.
Refe feints the counter takedown.

The Sauce feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The Sauce trying to control the position from guard on top but Refe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The Sauce throws a sloppy strike and Refe has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! The Sauce is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Refe!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Coy Refe!