PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between jamie blackford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and king mawal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

blackford
vs
mawal

200 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, jamie blackford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, king mawal!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mawal throws a head kick that misses.
blackford shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts mawal as he jumps to the side.

blackford scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

blackford is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. mawal knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

blackford working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

blackford is trying to get an arm triangle but mawal is defending well.
blackford will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

blackford is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, mawal has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

blackford goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, mawal rolls with the submission and now he's on top in blackford's guard! Nice work there by mawal!
blackford is breathing heavily.

mawal drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and mawal jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

blackford working for a triangle but mawal defends it easily.

mawal drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and mawal jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
blackford wants to sweep here but mawal controlling him for the moment.

blackford throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! mawal escapes and throws blackford's legs to the side, diving into side control!

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
blackford looking for a sweep but mawal has passed into full mount! Oh no!

mawal working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. blackford looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by mawal! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). king mawal!