PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rip James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mr orange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think James might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to What's the difference. The crowd seem to be enjoying orange's choice of entrance music: yes. The key to victory for Rip James has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

James
vs
orange

194 cm
25
266 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

190 cm
24
270 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Grappling Pro Gear
Syndicate Drugs

Win Nutritional

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 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rip James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, mr orange!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

James shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. James showed some decent athleticism there.
James missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
orange has hold of James's hands but James slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
orange is trying to defend against the ground and pound but James scores with a couple of nice shots.
James is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
James sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. orange defending well though.
James slips a nice elbow through orange's hands, connecting with orange's forehead.
orange works his way to full guard. Good work.
James is working orange over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
James postures up in orange's guard and throws a big left but orange blocks it.
orange is trying to control the position but James postures up.
James thows a big elbow that misses.
orange throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
orange striking off his back but it's not causing James any problems.
James working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
James with a flurry of punches that miss.

James thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
James scores with a nice head shot.

James gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows orange to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
orange wants to get back to full guard.
James is nestled in close to orange, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

orange looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
orange is trying to defend against the ground and pound but James scores with a couple of nice shots.
orange misses with some strikes from the bottom.
orange flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
James working orange over with strikes.
orange misses with some strikes from the bottom.
orange flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
orange tries to roll over but James keeps him under control.

James is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
orange wants to improve his position but James is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
orange on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

James is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and orange defends it well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. James connects with a nice short shot to orange's temple.
Ground and pound from James.

orange looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
orange missing with punches from the bottom.
James working orange over with strikes.
orange trying to control from the bottom.
Nice strikes from James there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

James is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
orange is trying to maintain the position but James is very close to passing his half guard.
James blocks the strikes from orange.
James missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
James sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. orange defending well though.
orange tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
orange punching from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. James connects with a nice short shot to orange's temple.
James moves nicely into side control.
James tries to score with some ground and pound. orange controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
orange is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
orange regains half guard.
James slips a nice elbow through orange's hands, connecting with orange's forehead.

James is sneakily working for an arm triangle but orange sees it coming and defends easily.
James is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

James seems to be looking for submissions.
orange is looking for a sweep. James is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
James wants to pass the guard but orange is defending well.
James thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
James thows a huge punch but orange dodges it nicely.
James throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
orange is trying to maintain the position but James is very close to passing his half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
James shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling orange to counter with a crisp jab.
James shoots and misses
and orange counters with a nice body shot.
orange connects with a right hand. James shakes it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

orange shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches James napping and manages to drive through into side control!

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

orange wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by James, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rip James dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

orange wants to land a leg kick but James is out of range.
Donk. orange catches James right on the button with a cross.
James stuns orange with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
James looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
James blocks a leg kick.
A big right from orange misses.
James changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. orange tries to avoid it but James manages to keep hold of a leg and drag orange to the ground. orange escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

orange shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. orange showed some decent athleticism there.

orange is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and James defends it well.

orange is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
James gets full guard.
orange is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

James is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. orange is aware though and is defending well.
orange pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. James is keeping the position for now.
James wants to sweep but no luck.
orange wants to control from the top but James keeps moving.

James has his feet on orange's thighs here. He's pushed orange off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! orange screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rip James!