PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between J Haffie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Ripper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haffie's entrance music is Showtek- World is mine.. A fine choice. Ripper has chosen Run Everything as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Haffie
vs
Ripper

185 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, J Haffie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Ripper!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haffie throws a jab when Ripper was well out of range.
Ripper shoots in looking for a takedown. Haffie tries to sprawl out of it but Ripper keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Haffie manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Haffie gets caught flat footed, as Ripper shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Haffie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ripper on the ground.
Haffie is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ripper makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ripper chips away with some ground and pound.
Haffie keeping moving, preventing Ripper from controlling successfully.
Ripper is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ripper has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Ripper is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Ripper drops back looking for a leg! Haffie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Haffie manages to kick Ripper off! Ripper jumps back into Haffie's guard.

Ripper drops back looking for a leg! Haffie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Haffie manages to kick Ripper off! Ripper jumps back into Haffie's guard.
Ripper looks gassed!
Haffie wants to stand up but Ripper is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Haffie rushes Ripper and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Ripper pulls guard successfully.

Ripper looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ripper has a closed guard, preventing Haffie from standing up.

Ripper has his foot on Haffie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Haffie works his way back into a safe position though.
Ripper trying to keep a closed guard but Haffie is proving a slippery customer.
Ripper manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Haffie tries to buck Ripper off but he can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripper punishing his opponent with strikes.
Haffie squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Haffie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ripper raining down shots from the mount!
Haffie is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Ripper looking to control but Haffie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Haffie is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Ripper pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ripper cracks Haffie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Ripper is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Ripper!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jack Ripper!