PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Power House (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). House is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Die MF Die. On his way into the cage it seems that Jimmy Red has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jimmy Red seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Red
vs
House

195 cm
24
275 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

187 cm
25
230 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Red!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Power House!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

House has managed to clinch.
Red scores with a shoulder strike.
Red stalling in the clinch.
Red doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
House drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Red gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Red stops a takedown attempt from House.
Red misses with the head strike.
Red doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
House has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Red is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jimmy Red has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Power House.
Red lands an uppercut.

It looks like Power House has been cut.
House drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Red tries to stall but House uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

House turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and House manages to end up in side control.
House misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
House working away.
Red is looking to work his way out of this bad position but House is controlling him well.
Red is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House working the ground and pound.
House sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Red is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Red tries to buck House off but House is having none of it.
Red parries the strikes from House easily there. House is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Red to escape.
House in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
House working the head with strikes.
House works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
You can see the frustration on Red's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Red is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked House off and has taken his back!

House is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
House wants to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red is trying to stick to House's back but House is turning into Red. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Red's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by House.
House preventing the sweep.
Red keeping full guard, as House tries to pass.
Red working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Red tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Red is trying to hold House in close to prevent damage but House has managed to pass into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
House is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
House thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
House is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Red bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in House's guard.
Red passes into half guard.
House regains full guard. Nicely done.
House keeping moving, preventing Red from controlling successfully.
House bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Red's guard.
Red working a defensive guard but House manages to pass into side control anyway.
Red is looking to work his way out of this bad position but House is controlling him well.

House tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
House looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Red is avoiding damage well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
House throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Red is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Red gets back to half guard.
Red slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as House accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Red trying to keep a closed guard but House is proving a slippery customer.
Red preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Power House dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Power House's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Red throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent House stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jimmy Red seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
House displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Red.
Jab by Red.
House fails with an attempt to clinch.
Red jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Red lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Red lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Red connects with a jab.
House circles away from the clinch attempt.
House throws a shot from downtown. Red moves away and avoids it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Red.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Red misses.
House has his takedown stuffed

and Red counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
House is breathing heavily.
Red performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
House punching from the bottom.
House is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Red scores with a couple of nice shots.
House gets full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Red lands a couple of digs.
Red trying to control the position from guard on top but House is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Red's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jimmy Red overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Red loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. House is keeping the position for now.
Red wants to control from the top but House keeps moving.
House throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
House looking for a sweep. Not yet House, not yet.
Red is pushing down on House's leg trying to pass to half guard. House is fighting to maintain full guard but Red has managed to sneak the leg through.
House is staying active underneath Red, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Red stalling.
House makes his way to full guard. A much better position for House.
House wants to hit a switch here but Red passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for House there!
House is bucking up trying to escape but Red cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That has opened up Power House's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
House is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Red tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Red looking to finish House with some ground and pound. This is bad for House!

Red is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. House is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. House flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Red anticipates the leg and manages to get behind House and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Red slips an arm under House chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Red has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Red is squeezing on House like an anaconda would it's prey. House fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jimmy Red!