PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Garion Bel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sol sunday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Garion Bel has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Garion Bel seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Bel
vs
sunday

165 cm
19
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

165 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Garion Bel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, sol sunday!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bel swings for the body but sunday moves out of range.
Bel throws a right and a left that sunday avoids nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from sunday.
Garion Bel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but sunday circles away quickly and effectively.
sunday showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bel.
sunday fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
sunday on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
sunday fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Garion Bel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of sol sunday.
Bel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
sunday throws out a leg kick but Bel moves out of range and sunday only half commits.
Bel moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bel scores with a jab to the body.
sunday walks into a straight right hand from Bel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sunday throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bel's waist but Bel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing sunday off to one side.
sunday uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bel.
Bel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bel stuns sunday with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
sunday fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bel is looking to wear down sunday with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
sunday showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bel.
Bel misses with a leg kick.
Bel throws a right hand that sunday ducks under and follows up with a left that sunday also avoids with ease.
Bel cracks sunday with a good jab.
Bel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
sunday shoots for a double leg takedown but Bel sprawls well. He's pushed sunday's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bel swinging wildly here.
Bel misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bel misses with a wild body shot.
Bel cracks sunday with an open hand slap.
Bel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from sunday.
sunday takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bel throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

sunday shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

sunday is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

sunday is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bel defends it well.
sunday looks gassed!
Bel wants to control but sunday is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bel is refusing to be controlled, as sunday sits in half guard.

sunday is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bel is trying to maintain the position but sunday is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bel keeping control of the position.
Bel is trying to stand up here but sunday is controlling him well.

Bel looking for submissions off his back.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
sunday moves forwards but Bel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
sunday fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bel avoids it really well and circles away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bel misses with the combination.
Bel throws a combination. sunday tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garion Bel dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bel cracks sunday with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bel.
Bel stuns sunday with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bel lands a nice hook to sunday's body. sunday takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bel lands an overhand right.
sunday avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bel slaps away a takedown attempt from sunday, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bel swats away the attempt to clinch by sunday.
sunday fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
sunday shoots in and drives through. Bel sprawls well.
Garion Bel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of sol sunday.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from sunday.
Bel with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sunday gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bel.

sunday scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for sunday on the ground.
sunday throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bel is looking to reverse the position.
Bel struggling a bit here.

sunday tries for a kimura but Bel is defending well.
sunday is breathing heavily.

sunday working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

sunday tries for a kimura but Bel is defending well.

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

sunday tries for a kimura but Bel is defending well.
Bel is looking to regain half guard here but sunday keeps moving and retains side control.

sunday thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bel tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

sunday looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bel is looking to regain half guard here but sunday keeps moving and retains side control.
sunday controlling the position from side mount.

sunday is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bel is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bel is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
sunday blocks the strikes from Bel.
Bel is looking to regain half guard here but sunday keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

sunday tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

sunday is trying to get an arm triangle but Bel is defending well.
sunday scoring with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

sol sunday showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Bel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Bel.
sunday tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bel sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten sunday somewhat.
Bel throws a leg kick that is checked

and sunday decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bel's guard.
Bel working a defensive guard but sunday passes into half guard.

sunday is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bel wants to get back to his feet.
Bel is looking to improve his position.
sunday takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sunday takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Bel blocking the ground and pound attempt from sunday.

sunday is working for a submission of some sort.
Bel is trying to get back to full guard.
Bel has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. sunday is working away from the top position though.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
sunday walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nice body punch from Bel.
Bel's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bel duly obliges.
Bel scores with a shot to the body.
Bel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bel. sunday does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bel throws a right and a left that sunday avoids nicely.

sunday looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bel!
Bel tries to hold on but sunday pushes him away.

sunday is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bel can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Bel on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bel tries to get out of the position.
Bel is desperately trying to improve his position but sunday has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bel is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
sunday throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bel avoids a series of strikes thrown by sunday.
Bel sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
sunday wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bel keeps working.

sunday is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
sunday is taking a breather. Bel says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's four 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.
sunday is thwarting Bel's attempts to control the position.
sunday not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bel keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bel misses with some strikes from the bottom.
sunday wants to control but Bel is keeping him busy.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bel throws a right hand that sunday ducks under and follows up with a left that sunday also avoids with ease.
Bel lands an overhand right.
Bel's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bel duly obliges.
Bel scores with a one two! sunday had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
sol sunday comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think sunday 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... sol sunday!