PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julian Concrete (ranked 2903 p4p, 25398 weight class) and Luke Skywalker (ranked 293 p4p, 563 weight class). Skywalker has chosen Skywalker Theme as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Concrete
vs
Skywalker

170 cm
19
148
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
19
152
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Julian Concrete!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Skywalker!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Skywalker misses.
Skywalker fails to land with a series of punches.
Concrete changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Concrete ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Skywalker misses with an uppercut. Concrete saw that one coming.
Skywalker takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Skywalker defending well as Concrete loads up on a big left hand.
Skywalker walks into a straight right hand from Concrete.
A jab from Skywalker misses.

Skywalker forces Concrete back against the cage and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Concrete.
A left hand lands to the body for Concrete.
A head punch on the inside from Concrete fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Concrete scores with a nice short uppercut.
Skywalker will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Concrete up against the cage.
A short right from Concrete on the inside.
Concrete blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Skywalker looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Concrete lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Skywalker backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Concrete lands with a left to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Skywalker.
Concrete works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Skywalker looks winded!
Concrete pushes Skywalker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Concrete.
Concrete swings wildly with an uppercut but Skywalker uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Concrete.
Concrete misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skywalker.
Skywalker misses with a body punch.
Concrete lands an uppercut.
Concrete lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Skywalker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skywalker prevents a body shot from Concrete.
Skywalker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Skywalker prevents a body shot from Concrete.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Concrete swings wildly with an uppercut but Skywalker uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Concrete.

Skywalker gets control of Concrete's arms and successfully pulls guard. Skywalker will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skywalker trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Concrete wanted to stand there but Skywalker had control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Concrete preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Concrete is looking to stand up but Skywalker won't let him.
Skywalker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Concrete knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Skywalker on the ground.
Concrete wants to stand but Skywalker has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Donk. Concrete catches Skywalker right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Luke Skywalker has been cut.
Skywalker takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Skywalker forces Concrete back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Concrete misses with a hook from the clinch.
Concrete misses with a body punch.
Concrete misses with some punches.
Concrete working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Skywalker working aggressively here.
Concrete misses with some punches.
Concrete misses with a punch to the body.

Skywalker jumps into guard, dragging Concrete to the mat.
Concrete wanted to stand there but Skywalker had control of the position.

Skywalker working for a triangle but Concrete defends it easily.
Skywalker trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Concrete wants to stand but Skywalker has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Skywalker wants to sweep here but Concrete controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skywalker is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Skywalker looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Concrete wants to get up but he can't break Skywalker's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Concrete trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Concrete has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Skywalker fails with a takedown attempt.
Concrete stuns Skywalker with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Concrete dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luke Skywalker's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Skywalker dives in and grabs Concrete's left leg, looking for a takedown. Concrete pushes down on Skywalker's head and hops out.
Skywalker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Concrete.

Oooooh!!! Concrete has knocked Skywalker down with a huge combo! Concrete steps away and waves a wobbly Skywalker back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Julian Concrete is winning the standup battle so far.
Skywalker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Skywalker shoots in for a double leg but Concrete sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Skywalker walks into a straight right hand from Concrete.

Skywalker is rocked!

That has opened up Luke Skywalker's cut even more.
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!
Skywalker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Skywalker is still on wobbly legs! Can Concrete finish him?

Skywalker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Skywalker seems to have recovered his senses.
Concrete fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Concrete throws a head punch that misses.
Concrete lands a left hand.
Concrete throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Skywalkers head.
Skywalker can't find room to land a body shot as Concrete controls the action.
Concrete tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skywalker's elbow.
Concrete throws a head punch that misses.
Concrete is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skywalker can do to turn this around?
Skywalker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Concrete.
Skywalker is breathing heavily.
Skywalker blocks an uppercut.
Concrete fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Concrete lands with a left to the head.
Skywalker wants a takedown.
Julian Concrete has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Skywalker.
Skywalker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Concrete swings wildly with an uppercut but Skywalker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Concrete blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Skywalker blocking some punches.
Skywalker trying to control the position but instead, Concrete has worked for underhooks and has pushed Skywalker into the cage.
Concrete lands an uppercut.
Concrete digs a right hand into Skywalker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skywalker's gas tank.
Concrete swings wildly with an uppercut but Skywalker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Concrete lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Concrete fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Concrete.
Julian Concrete has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Skywalker jumps guard but Concrete turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Concrete gets through Skywalker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Concrete swings wildly with an uppercut but Skywalker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Concrete lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Concrete.
Concrete lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Concrete misses with a punch on the inside.
Concrete misses with the head strike.
Skywalker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Concrete misses with some punches.
Concrete swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Concrete.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Concrete.
Skywalker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Concrete is pressed up against the cage. Skywalker has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Concrete down to the mat. Concrete avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Skywalker takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Concrete steps in with a hook that catches Skywalker right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Concrete follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Skywalker looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julian Concrete!
Luke Skywalker spoke after the fight, saying 'I am saddened by this defeat, but I learned a lot from the wise Master Yoda. The greatest teacher, failure is. May the force be with you!'.