PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rock Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Captain Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hard's entrance music is Time. A fine choice. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hard
vs
Blood

194 cm
21
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rock Hard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Captain Blood!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hard takes a step back to recover.
Blood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hard misses with a head kick.
Hard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blood closes the distance and clinches up with Hard, looking for a takedown. Blood pushes Hard against the cage but Hard circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hard swats away the attempt to clinch by Blood.
Blood chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hard can pounce on him.
Hard checks the leg kick nicely there.

Hard scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Hard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Blood sneaks back into half guard.
Blood missing with punches from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Blood is trying to control the position but Hard postures up.
Blood throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Blood keeping moving, preventing Hard from controlling successfully.

Blood has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Blood looks gassed!
Hard tries to stand but Blood is controlling from the bottom.
Hard wants to pass the guard but Blood is keeping the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Hard feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hard won't allow Blood to get back to his feet.
Hard wants to control from the top but Blood keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hard passes Blood's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Hard is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Blood looking for submissions off his back.

Hard seems to be working for a kimura but Blood defends the submission attempt.

Hard is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Blood still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Blood has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Blood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hard keeps working.
Hard is trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hard sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Hard actively working from the bottom here.
Hard tries to roll over but Blood keeps him under control.

Hard is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Blood pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hard looking for submissions off his back.
Hard is holding on to half guard well.
Hard wants to get back to full guard.
Hard wants to control but Blood is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hard is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Blood's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Blood's back!
Blood rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

Hard is trying to work for a kimura but Blood is defending well.
Blood trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood tries to kick Hard off but Hard keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Blood is staying active underneath Hard, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Blood trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blood regains full guard. Nicely done.
Blood wants to sweep here but Hard controlling him for the moment.

Blood is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hard stopping the sweep attempt from Blood.
Hard wanted to stand there but Blood had control of the position.

Blood is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Blood throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rock Hard dominated that round.
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.

A low kick from Hard misses

and Blood counters with a takedown into side control.
Hard tries to buck Blood off but Blood is having none of it.
Blood is looking to take a break and control but Hard is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hard is looking for a sweep.

Blood tries for a kimura but Hard is defending well.
Hard gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Hard actively working from the bottom here.

Blood is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hard is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hard is looking to control Blood's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hard avoid being mounted?

Hard looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hard gets full guard.
Hard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Blood's guard.
Hard trying to control the position from guard on top but Blood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hard passes Blood's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hard has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Hard with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Blood regains half guard.
Blood wants to improve his position but Hard is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood gets back to full guard.
Blood trying to control the position.
Hard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blood is keeping the position for now.
Hard stopping the sweep attempt from Blood.

Hard drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hard jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hard trying to control but Blood is working from the bottom.

Hard avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

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

Blood had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Hard is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Blood Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Hard's back instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hard manages to reverse the position and now he's in Blood's guard. Nice work there by Hard.
Hard pushes down on Blood's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Hard is looking for a kimura but Blood is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hard to get the leverage.
Hard tries to pass to full mount but Blood defends it.
Hard wants to get back to his feet.
Hard wants to pass the guard but Blood is defending well.
Blood tries to roll over but Hard keeps him under control.

Hard is working for a submission of some sort.

Hard postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Blood to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hard fails with the takedown

and Blood counters by moving into the clinch.

Hard pulls guard successfully.
Blood advances position into side control!

Blood tries for a kimura but Hard is defending well.
Hard is trying to control Blood's posture but Blood avoids it.
Blood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hard keeps working.

Blood tries for a kimura but Hard is defending well.
Blood trying to control the position but Hard is working away.

Blood is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hard knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Captain Blood will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The fight stays on the outside here - Hard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Blood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hard dodges an elbow strike from Blood.
Hard looking for a takedown.

Blood drags the fight down to the ground.

Blood is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Blood has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Blood looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Hard drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hard jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blood looking for a sweep. Not yet Blood, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blood looking for a guillotine here but Hard defends easily.
Hard tries to free his leg and advance position but Blood is retaining full guard.

Blood working for a triangle but Hard defends it easily.

Blood throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Blood wants to stand and escape but Hard is having none of it.
Hard stopping the sweep attempt from Blood.

Hard has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Blood to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Hard is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Blood pulls down on the head and he's put Hard to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Captain Blood!