PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between brock mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and max muscle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). muscle has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. max muscle is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

mir
vs
muscle

194 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Behold The Beast

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, brock mir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, max muscle!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
muscle doesn't manage to clinch there - mir circles away.
muscle looks gassed!
mir misses with the combination.
muscle shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has mir pinned against the cage. mir gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
mir closes the distance and clinches up with muscle, looking for a takedown. mir pushes muscle against the cage but muscle circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

muscle gets a takedown into half guard.
mir is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
mir trying to control but muscle postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
muscle trying to mount his opponent but mir defends it.
mir wants to control but muscle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
mir moves into full guard.
muscle trying to control but mir is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
mir controlling the position.
mir looking to control.

The referee stands the fighters back up. brock mir just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
mir fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
mir fails with an attempt to clinch.
max muscle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
mir tries to clinch up but muscle circles away and keeps his distance.
mir tries for a takedown but muscle circles away easily

and muscle counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in mir's guard now.
muscle must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

mir looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
mir not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
muscle is looking to stand up but mir won't let him.

mir working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. muscle doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. muscle manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
muscle trying to control the position from guard on top but mir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
mir working a defensive guard here.
muscle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. mir swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

max muscle dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A combination from mir does no damage.
mir is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like max muscle has been cut.
mir shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has muscle pinned against the cage. muscle gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
mir will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
muscle with a poor takedown
and mir counters with a one-two to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
mir shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has muscle pinned against the cage. muscle gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for brock mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mir scores with a three punch combo!
muscle should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
muscle tries for a takedown but mir sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
muscle dodges the punch combination from mir.
mir shoots and misses

and muscle counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
muscle passes into side control, despite mir's attempt to control the position.
muscle trying to control the position but mir is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
mir wants to control but muscle postures up.

muscle wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by mir, who protects the arm well.
muscle trying to control the action but mir is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
mir wants to control but muscle postures up.
muscle wants to stand but mir has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
muscle throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as mir works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
mir shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and muscle counters with a nice double leg into side control. mir won't be happy with that.
muscle controls the position.

muscle goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, mir rolls with the submission and now he's on top in muscle's guard! Nice work there by mir!
mir trying to control the position from guard on top but muscle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
muscle utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
muscle trying to keep a closed guard but mir is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

brock mir dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on max muscle's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

mir misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
mir tries to clinch up but muscle circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from muscle.
mir fails with the takedown

and muscle counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
mir wants to control but muscle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
mir moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
mir trying to keep a closed guard but muscle is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
muscle sitting in guard, not really doing much.
mir is trying to keep muscle in close.
mir looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now mir is on top in guard.
muscle keeping moving, preventing mir from controlling successfully.
mir is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because muscle is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. brock mir just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
muscle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from mir.
muscle misses with a takedown attempt - mir sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
mir with a poor takedown

and muscle counters with a single leg into guard. mir didn't expect that.
muscle trying to control the position from guard on top but mir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
muscle sitting in guard here, content to control.
muscle stands and throws mir's legs to the side, diving into side control.
muscle trying to control the action but mir is working from the bottom.
mir can't do much from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
max muscle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think muscle has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for max muscle!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for max muscle!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for max muscle!

max muscle wins by unanimous decision!