PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marco Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Corrleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marco Washington is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Washington
vs
Corrleone

180 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

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Brawler
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Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Corrleone!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Corrleone has closed the distance and engaged Washington in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Corrleone scores with a nice short uppercut.

Corrleone wants the takedown. Washington is fighting it off but Corrleone persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Washington's guard against the cage.
Washington managing to control the position.
Washington is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Corrleone is trying to get back to full guard.
Corrleone looks gassed!
Washington tries to pass the half guard into mount. Corrleone knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Washington working the head and body with strikes.
Corrleone wants to control but Washington passes into side.
Washington lands a nice forearm strike.

Washington decides to stand back up.
Washington shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Corrleone but Corrleone pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Washington shoots in but no luck this time.

Washington drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrleone struggling a bit here.
Washington scores with punches from side control.
Corrleone tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Washington scoring with punches from side control.
Corrleone is looking to reverse the position.
Washington wants to lay and pray for a moment but Corrleone keeps working.
Corrleone tries to improve position but can't.

Washington tries for a kimura but Corrleone is defending well.
Corrleone manages to work his way to half guard, despite Washington's best efforts.
Washington has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Washington wants to lay and pray for a moment but Corrleone keeps working.
Corrleone works his way to full guard. Good work.
Corrleone wants to sweep but no luck.
Corrleone manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Washington manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Corrleone drops back looking for a leg! Washington is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Washington manages to kick Corrleone off! Corrleone jumps back into Washington's guard.
Washington is looking to stand up but Corrleone isn't so interested in that idea.
Washington keeping full guard, as Corrleone tries to pass.

Washington looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Corrleone preventing the sweep.
Washington is working hard here to advance position.
Washington trying to strike off his back.
Washington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Corrleone.
Washington is trying to keep Corrleone in close.
Washington looking to hit a scissor sweep but Corrleone is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Corrleone thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Washington is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Washington scores a takedown into full mount!
Washington raining down shots from the mount!
Washington is landing with some decent strikes but Corrleone is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Washington trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Corrleone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Washington goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Corrleone is on top in guard.
Corrleone passes Washington's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington gets full guard.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Corrleone from controlling successfully.
Corrleone showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Corrleone postures up.
Washington can't keep his opponent in guard - Corrleone advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Washington gets back to full guard.
Washington looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Washington wants to stand up but Corrleone is controlling him.
Washington is pulling down on Corrleone's head to control his posture.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Washington's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Corrleone trying to control the position from guard on top but Washington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Washington dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Washington clinches.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Corrleone.
Corrleone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short uppercut from Corrleone.

Corrleone has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Washington is trying to keep an underhook but Corrleone manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Corrleone seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Washington does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Washington is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Corrleone's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Corrleone's back!
Corrleone looking very determined here, making life difficult for Washington.
Washington is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Washington gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Washington gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Washington apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Washington looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Corrleone!
Corrleone is trying to escape the mount.

Washington with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Washington trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Washington landing punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrleone is looking to get to half guard.

Washington has hold of Corrleone's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Corrleone manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Washington lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Corrleone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Washington controlling from mount.
Corrleone is looking to improve his position but Washington isn't that keen on the idea.

Washington jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Corrleone manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corrleone is trying to improve his position.
Washington in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Washington moves into full mount!
Corrleone is looking to get to half guard.
Corrleone slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Washington lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Corrleone is staying active underneath Washington, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Corrleone trying to get back to full guard but Washington takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington trying to control but Corrleone is having none of it.

Corrleone defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Washington.

Washington goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Corrleone is on top in guard.
Washington manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Washington landing strikes from the mount and Corrleone is in trouble!
Corrleone tries to hold on but Washington postures up.
Corrleone is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corrleone is squirming around, avoiding Washington's attempts to control the action.
Corrleone is trying desperately to improve position.

Washington is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Corrleone can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Corrleone wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Corrleone is in bad spot here.
Corrleone turns into Washington and is now in his guard.
Washington looking for a sweep. Not yet Washington, not yet.

Washington is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Washington controlling Corrleone's posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Washington is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Washington dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Corrleone shoots in but Washington avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Washington shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Corrleone as he jumps to the side.
Marco Washington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Washington thows a body shot but no joy.
Corrleone shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Washington counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Washington is stalling in the full guard.
Corrleone trying to control the position.
Washington wants to control from the top but Corrleone keeps moving.
Corrleone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Corrleone is trying to control the position but Washington postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington wanted to stand there but Corrleone had control of the position.

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

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Washington clinches.

Washington turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Washington manages to end up in side control.
Washington wants to stand but Corrleone has his arm trapped.
Corrleone sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Marco Washington overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Washington wants to control but Corrleone is keeping him busy.
Washington sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Corrleone defending well though.
Washington looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Washington lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Washington lands a nice short elbow.
Corrleone regains full guard. Nicely done.

Washington is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corrleone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Washington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Corrleone is keeping the position for now.
Washington scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Corrleone can't keep his opponent in guard - Washington advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Washington is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Corrleone is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Washington's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Washington's back!

Washington showing good submission defense here.

Corrleone working for the choke.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Corrleone doesn't have the hooks in and Washington manages to turn into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington preventing the sweep.
Washington passes Corrleone's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Corrleone is trying to get back to full guard.
Washington wants to pass to mount but Corrleone is defending the position.
Washington is trying to control the action in half guard but Corrleone is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Washington is working for a submission of some sort.
Corrleone wants to control but Washington is keeping busy.
Corrleone is trying to get back to full guard.
Washington looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Corrleone with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Washington trying to control the action but Corrleone is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Corrleone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Washington, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Washington turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Washington manages to end up in side control.
Michael Corrleone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Washington tries to get to his feet but Corrleone is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Washington in his guard.

Corrleone working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Washington doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Corrleone is tightening it up a little... Washington has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Washington reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Washington taps out! nice BJJ there by Corrleone!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Michael Corrleone!