PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between True Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Seinfeld (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Warrior
vs
Seinfeld

193 cm
18
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

182 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, True Warrior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jerry Seinfeld!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warrior circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck for Warrior with that takedown attempt.
Good shot there by Seinfeld.
Seinfeld defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Warrior.
Warrior fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for True Warrior. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Warrior drives through with a takedown into guard.
Seinfeld looking for a sweep. Not yet Seinfeld, not yet.
Warrior is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Seinfeld is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Warrior is aware though and is defending well.
Warrior is in close to Seinfeld's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Warrior will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Warrior cracks Seinfeld with a solid left hand.
Warrior wants to control from the top but Seinfeld keeps moving.
Seinfeld wants to sweep here but Warrior controlling him for the moment.
Seinfeld wants to stand and escape but Warrior is having none of it.
Warrior cracks Seinfeld with a solid left hand.
Warrior prevents Seinfeld from getting back to his feet.
Warrior stopping the sweep attempt from Seinfeld.
Seinfeld wants to get back to his feet but Warrior passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior lands strikes from half guard.
Warrior drops an elbow to the side of Seinfeld's head.
Seinfeld tries to roll over but Warrior keeps him under control.
Seinfeld throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Warrior prevents Seinfeld from improving his position.
Seinfeld is not content to let Warrior control the position.
Seinfeld wants to get back to full guard but Warrior has mounted him!
Warrior with the ground and pound from mount.
Warrior content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior looking to control but Seinfeld is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Seinfeld is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Seinfeld defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Warrior.
Warrior is breathing heavily.
Warrior landing strikes from the mount.
Warrior tries to control but Seinfeld wriggling away.
Seinfeld is desperately trying to improve his position but Warrior has a good base and remains in mount.
Seinfeld tries to buck Warrior off but he can't manage it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seinfeld tries to reverse the position but Warrior maintains control.
Warrior sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Seinfeld is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Seinfeld that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Warrior scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Warrior landing strikes, looking to finish!
Seinfeld really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Warrior scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Seinfeld is in all sorts of trouble here.
Seinfeld is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Warrior.
Warrior controlling from the full mount.
Seinfeld is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seinfeld in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Warrior can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Seinfeld is looking to escape.
Warrior cracks Seinfeld with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Warrior landing strikes from the mount.
Seinfeld really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Warrior. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Seinfeld keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Warrior landing punches.
Warrior is landing with some decent strikes but Seinfeld is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warrior with the ground and pound from mount.
Warrior landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warrior connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Warrior controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

True Warrior dominated that round.
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.

Seinfeld leaves Warrior with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Seinfeld.
Seinfeld dips to his left and cracks Warrior with an uppercut!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Warrior is defended easily by Seinfeld.
Seinfeld scores with a nice head shot.
Jerry Seinfeld seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seinfeld tries to close the distance and clinch up but Warrior swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Warrior.
Seinfeld tries to bench press Warrior off him but Warrior keeps the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Warrior throws an elbow but Seinfeld slips to the side and avoids it well.
Warrior tries to move to mount but Seinfeld blocks the move with his legs.
Seinfeld tries to bench press Warrior off him but Warrior keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seinfeld is being controlled here.
Seinfeld is looking for a sweep.
Seinfeld is trying to work for a sweep but Warrior has mounted him!
Warrior looking to control but Seinfeld is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Seinfeld really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Warrior looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Warrior 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.
Seinfeld is looking to improve his position but Warrior isn't that keen on the idea.
Seinfeld takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Warrior connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Warrior prevents Seinfeld from getting the reversal.
Warrior controlling from the full mount.
Seinfeld is looking to improve his position but Warrior isn't that keen on the idea.
Warrior lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Seinfeld hang on?
Warrior wants to control the pace but Seinfeld is squirming around nicely.
Seinfeld really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Warrior looking to isolate an arm here. Seinfeld doesn't see it coming and as Warrior extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Warrior!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). True Warrior!