PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between OJ The Juice (ranked 4516 p4p, 4616 weight class) and Jack Daniels (ranked 551 p4p, 558 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

The Juice
vs
Daniels

186 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
208
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, OJ The Juice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from The Juice as Daniels shoots in.
Daniels lands a nice hook to The Juice's body. The Juice takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Daniels takes the fight into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Daniels.

Daniels pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Daniels.
Jack Daniels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Daniels gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Daniels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Daniels takes one to the side of the head.
The Juice with a hook.
The Juice tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Daniels paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Juice tries to keep at a distance but Daniels has taken the fight into the clinch.
The Juice jumps guard but Daniels stands there with The Juice around his waist. The Juice gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The Juice tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daniels smiles and moves away.

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

The Juice looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

The Juice looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The Juice is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Juice looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daniels thows a huge punch but The Juice dodges it nicely.
Daniels wants to get back to his feet.
The Juice is trying to control but can't.
Daniels not doing much here.
Daniels stops The Juice from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Juice looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Daniels tries to pass to full mount but The Juice defends it.

The Juice looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Daniels missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Daniels is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

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.

Daniels is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

The Juice looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The Juice is pressing down on Daniels's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Daniels shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Daniels was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Daniels working the ground and pound.
Daniels happy to just control the position for now.
Let's hope that Daniels has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The Juice can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Daniels goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, The Juice has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Daniels but great work by The Juice.
Daniels struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Juice tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no The Juice has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

The Juice has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Daniels is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. The Juice yanks on the arm and Daniels is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by The Juice.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). OJ The Juice!
OJ The Juice seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.