PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mordecai Hrothgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimbo Slice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hrothgar kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sandstorm. Mordecai Hrothgar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jimbo Slice's chin.

Hrothgar
vs
Slice

214 cm
18
291 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

225 cm
21
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mordecai Hrothgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimbo Slice!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Hrothgar as Slice shoots in.
Hrothgar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Slice fails with the takedown.
Hrothgar tries to clinch there but Slice circles away.
Mordecai Hrothgar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slice fails with the takedown.
Mordecai Hrothgar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimbo Slice.

Slice bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hrothgar is trying to get back to his feet.

Slice decides to stand back up. Slice steps back and let's Hrothgar get back to his feet.
Slice tries to clinch there but Hrothgar circles away.
Hrothgar tries to clinch but Slice moves away

and Slice counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Slice.
Hrothgar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hrothgar tries to get out of the position.
Hrothgar controls Slice momentarily but Slice frees himself.
Hrothgar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Slice's guard.
Hrothgar slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hrothgar wants to stand but Slice has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Slice pushes Hrothgar off and scrambles back to his feet.
Slice connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hrothgar.

Slice has managed to clinch.
Slice looks gassed!
Hrothgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Slice has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Slice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hrothgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Slice is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hrothgar pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hrothgar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slice blocks it with crossed arms.
Slice takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Jimbo Slice has been cut.
Hrothgar is pressed up against the cage. Slice has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hrothgar down to the mat. Hrothgar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Hrothgar closes the distance and clinches.
Slice goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hrothgar prevents it.
Hrothgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hrothgar with a knee to the head.

Hrothgar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Slice misses with a head kick.
Hrothgar misses the shot to the body.

Slice pushes Hrothgar up against the cage in a clinch.
Hrothgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hrothgar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hrothgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Slice can't get the takedown.
Slice avoiding damage as Hrothgar throws knees to the body.

Hrothgar manages to break the clinch.
Hrothgar tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Slice holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hrothgar trying to land knees to the body.
Hrothgar misses with a knee strike.
Hrothgar looking to throw knees to the head but Slice is blocking nicely.
Hrothgar prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hrothgar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slice.
Slice tries for a takedown but Hrothgar manages to get underhooks.
Hrothgar lands an elbow just above Slice 's eye.

Slice manages to break the clinch.

Slice moves into the clinch successfully.
Slice avoids a wild elbow strike from Hrothgar.
Hrothgar throws an elbow that misses.
Slice changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hrothgar fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hrothgar tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Slice counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Slice is trying to drag Hrothgar to the mat but Hrothgar just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hrothgar lands a nice knee to the body.
Hrothgar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slice managing to block the knees to the body from Hrothgar.

Slice gets a trip takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hrothgar tries to get to full guard but Slice has control of the leg.
Hrothgar is trying to maintain the position but Slice is very close to passing his half guard.
Hrothgar is trying to escape back to his feet but Slice uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Hrothgar tries to escape but Slice is in control.
Slice is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hrothgar will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Hrothgar is trying to control Slice's posture but Slice avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Slice has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimbo Slice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimbo Slice's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Slice takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hrothgar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hrothgar stuffs the takedown attempt from Slice. Slice gets slowly back to his feet.
Hrothgar clinches but Slice breaks the clinch

and Slice counters by clinching up.
Hrothgar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Slice missing with knees to the body.
Slice managing to block the knees to the body from Hrothgar.
Slice fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mordecai Hrothgar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimbo Slice.
Hrothgar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Hrothgar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mordecai Hrothgar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hrothgar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Slice counters with a thumping low kick.
Slice fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hrothgar tries to clinch up.

Hrothgar moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hrothgar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hrothgar looking to throw knees to the head but Slice is blocking nicely.
Hrothgar gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Slice.
Hrothgar misses with a knee to the head.
Hrothgar misses with a knee to the head.

Slice successfully pulls guard.
Slice has control of Hrothgar's left arm, preventing Hrothgar from doing any damage.
Hrothgar postures up.

Slice has his feet on Hrothgar's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Slice misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hrothgar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Slice closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hrothgar circles away.
Hrothgar wants to clinch up but Slice keeps it at a distance.
Slice throws a sloppy head kick and Hrothgar moves out of range easily.
Slice swats away the attempt to clinch by Hrothgar.

Hrothgar moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Slice as Hrothgar tries to tie him up.
Slice looking for a takedown.
Hrothgar looking to throw knees to the head but Slice is blocking nicely.
Hrothgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slice has had enough of the clinch but Hrothgar keeps him there for the moment.
Hrothgar looking to throw knees to the head but Slice is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hrothgar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hrothgar being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hrothgar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Slice tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hrothgar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hrothgar trying to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Slice.
Hrothgar tries to land a knee to the head but Slice blocks with his arms.
Hrothgar wants to break free but Slice has control.
Slice misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Slice throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hrothgar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hrothgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Slice has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Slice taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hrothgar effectively controlling the action here.
Hrothgar trying to land knees to the body.
Hrothgar prevents Slice from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Slice fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hrothgar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hrothgar looking to throw knees to the head but Slice is blocking nicely.
Hrothgar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Slice gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Slice won't allow Hrothgar to get back to his feet.
Hrothgar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Slice is one step ahead there.
Hrothgar is trying to control the position but Slice postures up.
Hrothgar is looking to stand up but Slice isn't so interested in that idea.

Hrothgar pushes Slice off and gets back to his feet.
Slice fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mordecai Hrothgar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jimbo Slice's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Slice swats away the attempt to clinch by Hrothgar.
Hrothgar tries to clinch up.

Slice has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hrothgar misses with a knee to the head.
Hrothgar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Slice dodges an elbow strike from Hrothgar.
Hrothgar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slice blocks it with crossed arms.

Slice manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Slice is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hrothgar would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slice controls Hrothgar momentarily but Hrothgar frees himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hrothgar is fighting to break Slice's control of his arms but Slice is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slice is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hrothgar has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Slice is proving hard to escape from.
Hrothgar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Slice on the ground.
Hrothgar trying to control the position from guard on top but Slice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hrothgar avoids a punch combination nicely.

Slice darts in and clinches Hrothgar up against the cage.
Hrothgar lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hrothgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Slice has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Slice creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Slice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Slice circles away from the clinch attempt

and Slice counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice elbow from Hrothgar.
Slice takes a knee right on the jaw!

Slice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hrothgar looks to clinch
and Slice counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Slice looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Hrothgar clinches up against the cage.
Slice tries to pull guard but Hrothgar won't allow it.
Slice is trying to maintain a safe position but Hrothgar gets an underhook and turns Slice into the cage.
Hrothgar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slice is looking to break free of the clinch but Hrothgar has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hrothgar with a knee to the head.
Hrothgar misses with a knee to the head.
Hrothgar lands a knee to the head.
Hrothgar misses with a knee to the head.
Slice jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hrothgar walks away with a smile on his face. Slice gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mordecai Hrothgar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimbo Slice.
Hrothgar wants to clinch
and Slice counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hrothgar tries to clinch but Slice moves away
and Slice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mordecai Hrothgar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hrothgar tries to grapple but his opponent circles

so Slice counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hrothgar wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hrothgar controlling the position.
Slice wants to get up but he can't break Hrothgar's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Slice stops Hrothgar from standing up.
Hrothgar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slice trying to control but Hrothgar is working from the bottom.
Hrothgar pulls Slice in close to his closed guard and prevents Slice from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hrothgar wants to stand but Slice is controlling the position.
Slice wants to control from the top but Hrothgar keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hrothgar darts in trying to clinch

and Slice counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Slice.
Slice tries to pull guard but Hrothgar won't allow it.

Hrothgar breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimbo Slice comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Slice has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimbo Slice!