PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Judoka Awesome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hadou The Punisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Awesome
vs
The Punisher

173 cm
23
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Judoka Awesome !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hadou The Punisher!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Awesome looks for the body kick but The Punisher saw that one coming.
Awesome throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Awesome jabs at The Punisher's body.
Awesome lands a nice hook to The Punisher's body. The Punisher takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Awesome misses with a wild combination.

The Punisher drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

The Punisher is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Awesome is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Awesome is trying to get back to half guard.
The Punisher misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

The Punisher tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Awesome parries the strikes from The Punisher easily there. The Punisher is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Awesome to escape.
You can see the frustration on Awesome 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Awesome manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Awesome wants to take a breather but The Punisher is having none of it.

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

so The Punisher counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Awesome is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The Punisher has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as The Punisher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Awesome avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Awesome pulls The Punisher in close to his closed guard and prevents The Punisher from doing any damage or advancing position.

The Punisher drops back looking for a leg! Awesome is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Awesome manages to kick The Punisher off! The Punisher jumps back into Awesome 's guard.

Awesome looking for a guillotine here but The Punisher defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Punisher drops back looking for a leg! Awesome is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Awesome manages to kick The Punisher off! The Punisher jumps back into Awesome 's guard.
The Punisher looks gassed!
Awesome not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Punisher is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The Punisher postures up.

Awesome looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The Punisher trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Punisher lands a couple of decent looking shots.

The Punisher thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The Punisher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The Punisher stands up from guard. Let's bang!

The Punisher scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Awesome is trying to control The Punisher's posture but The Punisher avoids it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The Punisher slows the pace down.

The Punisher is trying to get an arm triangle but Awesome is defending well.
Sloppy strikes there by The Punisher.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Awesome 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

The Punisher tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no The Punisher has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Awesome regains half guard.
Awesome gets full guard.
The Punisher trying to control but Awesome is working from the bottom.
The Punisher is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Awesome had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. The Punisher defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hadou The Punisher dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The Punisher shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Awesome is trying to defend but The Punisher finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

The Punisher seems to be looking for submissions.
Awesome moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Awesome might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Awesome controls The Punisher momentarily but The Punisher frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Punisher is in close to Awesome 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The Punisher wants to control from the top but Awesome keeps moving.

Awesome has his foot on The Punisher's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Punisher works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Punisher postures up in Awesome 's guard and throws a big left but Awesome blocks it.
The Punisher throws a big right hand that misses.
The Punisher scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The Punisher wants to control from the top but Awesome keeps moving.
Awesome is trying to keep The Punisher in close.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

The Punisher shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Awesome 's guard.

Awesome looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The Punisher cracks Awesome with a solid left hand.

The Punisher got a little sloppy there for a moment and Awesome has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, The Punisher has managed to get both his arms back between Awesome 's legs - danger averted.
Awesome controls The Punisher momentarily but The Punisher frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Punisher thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The Punisher wants to stand but Awesome has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Awesome trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The Punisher trying to control but Awesome is working from the bottom.

The Punisher decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Awesome tries to land a leg kick but The Punisher saw it coming and moves away.

The Punisher fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Awesome sprawls well initially but The Punisher persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

The Punisher wants to work for an arm triangle but Awesome is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

The Punisher seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Awesome is trying to get back to full guard.
Awesome could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Awesome is working hard here to advance position.
Awesome wants to control but The Punisher is keeping busy and won't allow it.

The Punisher seems to be looking for submissions.

Awesome actively working from the bottom here.
Awesome is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Awesome .
Judoka Awesome is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The Punisher looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Punisher wants to control from the top but Awesome keeps moving.

The Punisher is posturing up here but Awesome has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! The Punisher tries to roll out but it's too tight and The Punisher has to tap! Slick submission there by Awesome !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Judoka Awesome !