PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jada Kiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick O Teene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying O Teene's choice of entrance music: Walk by Pantera. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Kiss
vs
O Teene

180 cm
22
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
175 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

The Fighter's Ultimate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jada Kiss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick O Teene!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kiss shoots in and bounces O Teene off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kiss trying to control but O Teene is working from the bottom.

O Teene escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kiss gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

O Teene is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kiss defends well.
Kiss cracks O Teene with a solid left hand.

O Teene escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kiss gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

O Teene is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kiss wants to pass the guard but O Teene is keeping the position.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiss showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Kiss lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

O Teene is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kiss defends well.

O Teene working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Kiss has passed into half guard!
O Teene looks gassed!
Kiss looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks O Teene with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Kiss is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and O Teene defends it well.
Kiss is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kiss is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, O Teene has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kiss tries to pass the half guard into mount. O Teene knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
O Teene is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Kiss jumps into side control!
O Teene can't do much from the bottom here.
O Teene throws up a few punches.
Kiss scores with a couple of short elbows.
O Teene tries to get back to half guard but can't.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
O Teene gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Kiss counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. O Teene manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kiss loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kiss makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kiss pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. O Teene is keeping the position for now.
Kiss throws a strike but O Teene rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kiss working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from O Teene.

O Teene drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kiss dives on top into guard.
Kiss postures up and lands a big shot to O Teene's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiss trying to control but O Teene is working from the bottom.

O Teene has his foot on Kiss's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kiss works his way back into a safe position though.

O Teene is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kiss connects with a couple of short punches.
Kiss keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of O Teene's head.
Kiss trying to control the position from guard on top but O Teene is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kiss postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
O Teene is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Kiss avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

O Teene is looking for a triangle but Kiss pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jada Kiss will probably get the nod.
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.

O Teene tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kiss is able to avoid easily.
O Teene tries for a takedown but Kiss circles away easily

and Kiss counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
O Teene is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kiss lands a couple of digs.
Kiss has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

O Teene has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kiss can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kiss sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Teene has momentary wrist control but Kiss slips an elbow through the middle.
Kiss works over O Teene with some ground and pound from guard.

O Teene had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Kiss is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. O Teene Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Kiss's back instead.
Kiss looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

O Teene is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Kiss has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Kiss holding both O Teene 's hands and preventing any damage.

Kiss fending off the submission attempt from O Teene.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiss breaks O Teene's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

O Teene looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
O Teene throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Kiss chips away with some ground and pound.

O Teene had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Kiss is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. O Teene Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Kiss's back instead.
O Teene throwing wild punches that miss their target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

O Teene working for the choke.
Kiss manages to reverse the position and now he's in O Teene's guard. Nice work there by Kiss.

O Teene throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Kiss got a little sloppy there for a moment and O Teene has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kiss has managed to get both his arms back between O Teene's legs - danger averted.

Kiss decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

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.
O Teene misses with a takedown attempt

and Kiss counters with a shoot takedown. O Teene fights it but they end up in guard.
O Teene looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kiss is one step ahead there.
Kiss would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Jada Kiss overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
O Teene looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

O Teene looking for subs off his back but Kiss has passed one foot through into half guard.
O Teene has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kiss is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jada Kiss dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kiss shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. O Teene is trying to defend but Kiss finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
O Teene trying to control here.
O Teene is staying active underneath Kiss, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

O Teene looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
O Teene is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kiss scores with a couple of nice shots.
O Teene gets back to full guard.
O Teene is trying to control the position but Kiss postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Teene escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kiss gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

O Teene has his foot on Kiss's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kiss works his way back into a safe position though.

O Teene is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kiss with a nice head shot there.
Kiss working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

O Teene has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Kiss should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, O Teene has tightened it up now! Kiss should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Nick O Teene!