PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jones Bocadillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Psycho Sam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bocadillo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "Replacement Killer" by Elephant Man. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Psycho Sam was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bocadillo
vs
Sam

170 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
163 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jones Bocadillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Psycho Sam!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sam tries to clinch there but Bocadillo circles away.
Bocadillo takes a swing at Sam's ribcage but misses.
Bocadillo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bocadillo misses with a wild combination.
Bocadillo misses with a few strikes there.

Bocadillo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bocadillo looks to land a strike but Sam avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Bocadillo stops Sam from standing up.
Bocadillo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bocadillo trying to control but Sam is working from the bottom.
Sam is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sam is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bocadillo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bocadillo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bocadillo stays in close to Sam's body and controls the position.
Bocadillo cracks Sam with a solid left hand.
Bocadillo scoring with some ground and pound.
Bocadillo throwing strikes from guard but Sam blocks nicely.
Bocadillo stays in close to Sam's body and controls the position.
Sam is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sam looks gassed!

That's two 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.
Bocadillo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bocadillo cracks Sam with a solid left hand.
Bocadillo landing with the ground and pound.
Bocadillo content to stall in guard here.
Bocadillo thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bocadillo with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bocadillo with a nice head shot there.
Bocadillo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sam swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sam working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bocadillo.
Bocadillo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bocadillo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sam on the ground.
Sam avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sam controls Bocadillo momentarily but Bocadillo frees himself.

Bocadillo decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Bocadillo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sam is trying to stand up here but Bocadillo is controlling him well.
Bocadillo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bocadillo throwing shots but Sam is blocking nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bocadillo lands a nice short elbow.
Bocadillo works his way into side control.

Bocadillo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bocadillo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Bocadillo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sam checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sam is looking to clinch but Bocadillo is avoiding it.
Bocadillo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sam swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sam tries to clinch up but Bocadillo circles away and keeps his distance.
Sam fails with the takedown.
Bocadillo tries to close the distance and clinch but Sam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bocadillo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bocadillo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sam.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bocadillo lands with an uppercut that bounces Sam off the cage and back into rage.
Sam tries to clinch but Bocadillo is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bocadillo moves in looking to clinch but Sam pushes him off.
Sam keeps the fight on the outside.
Bocadillo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sam.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bocadillo feints and as Sam raises his hands in defense, Bocadillo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bocadillo throws a strike but Sam rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sam trying to control but Bocadillo is working from the bottom.
Sam advances to half guard.
Sam is trying to control. Bocadillo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bocadillo gets back to full guard.
Bocadillo is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sam postures up.
Sam in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bocadillo managing to control the position.
Sam throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bocadillo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sam is looking to work some ground and pound but Bocadillo has wrist control.
Sam trying to control the position from guard on top but Bocadillo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bocadillo seems keen to control Sam's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sam postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A big right from Bocadillo misses.
Bocadillo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sam tries for a takedown but Bocadillo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bocadillo tries to bum rush Sam with a series of wild strikes but Sam uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sam is looking to clinch but Bocadillo is avoiding it.
Bocadillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Sam.
Bocadillo misses with a straight right.

Bocadillo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bocadillo showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bocadillo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sam looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bocadillo is nestled in close to Sam, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Bocadillo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bocadillo trying to control the action but Sam is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sam is looking to control Bocadillo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sam avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Bocadillo dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bocadillo connects with the punch.

Bocadillo bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Sam sneaks out the side door and pushes Bocadillo away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Bocadillo tests Sam's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bocadillo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sam.

Bocadillo looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sam!
Jones Bocadillo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
You get the feeling that Sam really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bocadillo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bocadillo lands a big shot there that rocks Sam but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sam is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bocadillo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bocadillo with good strikes from the mount here!
Bocadillo with good strikes from the mount here!
Sam really wants to buck Bocadillo off and get back to his feet.
Bocadillo with the ground and pound from mount.

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.
Sam really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sam in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bocadillo unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Bocadillo.
The referee warns Sam that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bocadillo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sam?
Bocadillo lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bocadillo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sam wants to control but Bocadillo is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bocadillo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sam takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bocadillo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bocadillo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Psycho Sam has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bocadillo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sam tries to reverse the position but Bocadillo maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bocadillo trying to control but Sam is having none of it.
The referee warns Sam that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones Bocadillo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sam is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bocadillo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bocadillo looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jones Bocadillo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bocadillo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jones Bocadillo!