PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between ning thou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lu Frank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). thou has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Lu Frank acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

thou
vs
Frank

216 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
23
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, ning thou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lu Frank!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frank looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
thou stuffs the takedown attempt from Frank. Frank gets slowly back to his feet.

Frank closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Frank drops an elbow to the side of thou's head.
thou is trying to maintain the position but Frank is very close to passing his half guard.
Frank with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Frank is trying to control. thou wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
thou pushes Frank off looking to stand but Frank dives back in and keeps control.
thou is breathing heavily.
Frank sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. thou defending well though.
Frank really doesn't want to stay on the ground with thou. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Frank perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

thou is defending against the submission attempts here by Frank.
Frank tries to pass to full mount but thou defends it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Frank changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. thou tries to avoid it but Frank manages to keep hold of a leg and drag thou to the ground. thou escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
ning thou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lu Frank.
Frank fails with the takedown.

thou shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Frank is trying to defend but thou finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Frank tries to roll over but thou keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank is looking to control thou's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Frank avoid being mounted?
Frank wants to get back to full guard but thou has passed into side control.
Frank wants to hold on but thou pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
thou landing shots from mount.
thou cracks Frank with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Frank is squirming around, avoiding thou's attempts to control the action.
thou with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
thou misses with a head shot.
thou controlling from mount.
Frank is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
thou looking to control and managing it successfully.

thou goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Frank turns into him and now he's in thou's guard.

thou working for submissions but it's allowed Frank to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lu Frank will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Frank doesn't succeed with the takedown

and thou counters with a single leg into guard. Frank didn't expect that.
Frank lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for thou!
Frank tries to control but thou wriggling away.
thou is trying to reverse the position but instead Frank has taken his back - oops!
Frank is not going to allow thou to sit and survive in this position.
thou can't escape the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Frank is persistently looking for the submission but thou is defending it well.
Frank gets his hands free as thou looks to control.
thou has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

thou is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
thou throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two 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.

Frank scores a takedown into full mount!
Frank wants to control the pace but thou is squirming around nicely.
thou tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Frank wants to control the action but instead thou gets a body lock and reverses into Frank's guard! Nice work!
Frank is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst thou is controlling him.
thou looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Frank has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Frank wants to stand up but thou is controlling him.
Frank is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Frank is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Frank shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and thou counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ning thou dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

thou misses with a jab, cross combination.

Frank throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. thou was covering up waiting for the punch and Frank finishes the takedown easily into guard.
thou keeping moving, preventing Frank from controlling successfully.
Frank throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as thou works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Frank is looking to work some ground and pound but thou has wrist control.
Frank sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Frank got a little sloppy there for a moment and thou has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Frank has managed to get both his arms back between thou's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
thou trying to keep a closed guard but Frank is proving a slippery customer.
Frank trying to control but thou is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Frank throws a leg kick

and thou counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

thou manages to pull guard.
thou trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
thou seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
thou trying to keep a closed guard but Frank is proving a slippery customer.
thou has Frank pulled in close to control his posture.

thou working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Frank doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Frank manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
thou controls Frank momentarily but Frank frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

thou wriggles free and stands up.
Frank tries to clinch but fails miserably

and thou counters with a nice double leg into side control. Frank won't be happy with that.
Frank is looking to get back to his feet here but thou is keeping cool and he's managed to take Frank's back.
Frank rolls, trying to escape but thou keeps control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frank staying busy and making it hard for thou to control.
Even with his hooks in, thou manages to miss with strikes from the back.

Frank is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Frank manages to reverse the position and now he's in thou's guard. Nice work there by Frank.
thou is trying to control the position from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
ning thou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well thou has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ning thou!