PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ares Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sub Zero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sub Zero will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Summers
vs
Zero

170 cm
21
154 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ares Summers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sub Zero!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summers fails with the takedown.

Zero gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Summers advances position into side control!
Zero is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Summers advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zero working to try and regain half guard.
Summers trying to control but Zero is having none of it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Zero is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Summers with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Summers landing strikes, looking to finish!
Poor strikes thrown by Summers there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Summers takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Zero tries to reverse the position but Summers maintains control.
Summers controlling the position easily from mount.
Zero keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Summers looking to secure an arm triangle but Zero defends it well.
Zero is looking to improve his position but Summers isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zero is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Summers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Summers working for a submission but Zero is keeping him at bay.
Summers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Zero can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Summers has hold of Zero's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Zero manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Summers stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Horrible takedown by Summers or perhaps it was just good defense by Zero which made him look bad.
Zero gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Summers counters with a takedown into side control.
Zero gets back to half guard.
Zero regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zero keeping full guard, as Summers tries to pass.
Zero 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.
Summers slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Zero tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Summers wants to control from the top but Zero keeps moving.

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

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Zero misses with a takedown attempt

and Summers counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ares Summers 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.

Zero with a lazy takedown attempt

and Summers counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Summers works his way into full mount!
Zero is looking to improve his position but Summers isn't that keen on the idea.
Summers tries to control but Zero wriggling away.
Zero blocking the ground and pound.
Zero really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Summers throws some wild stikes that Zero manages to avoid easily.

Summers working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Summers controlling from mount.
Zero is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers scoring with strikes but Zero is staying in there.
Zero tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Summers is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Zero is surviving well by controlling Summers's body position as best he can.
Summers looking to control and managing it successfully.
Zero is trying desperately to improve position.
Zero regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Zero manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers won't allow Zero to sweep him here.
Summers wants to control from the top but Zero keeps moving.
Summers is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Zero is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Zero manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Summers manages to get himself to full guard.

Zero drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Zero jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Zero drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Summers dives on top into guard.
Zero is breathing heavily.
Zero 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.
Zero is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Zero is looking for a kimura but Summers is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Zero to get the leverage.
Ares Summers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Summers gets full guard.
Summers seems keen to control Zero's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zero is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Summers is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Summers has escaped and now he's on top!
Summers stands and throws Zero's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Summers advances to mount.
Summers looking to control and managing it successfully.
Summers prevents Zero from getting the reversal.
Summers tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Zero is squirming around, avoiding Summers's attempts to control the action.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Summers thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Summers is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Zero is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Zero manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Zero is looking for a kimura but Summers is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Zero to get the leverage.
Summers is trying to maintain the position but Zero is very close to passing his half guard.

Zero is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Zero is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ares Summers dominated that second round.
That's time! Summers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Summers drives through with a takedown into guard.
Summers sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Zero's guard.
Zero trying to get back to full guard but Summers takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Zero really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Summers can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Zero is looking to escape.
Zero is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Summers looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Summers putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zero is trying desperately to improve position.
Zero takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Summers with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Zero in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Summers with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zero is trying to escape the mount.

Summers has control of Zero's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Zero regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Zero is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sub Zero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Summers is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Zero is surviving well by controlling Summers's body position as best he can.
Zero is desperately trying to improve his position but Summers has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zero gets back to half guard.
Zero is looking for a sweep. Summers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Summers is taking a breather. Zero 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.
Zero wants to get back to full guard.
Summers moves nicely into side control.
Zero tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Summers presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Summers lands a nice shot to the head.

Summers is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Zero has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Zero is desperately trying to improve his position but Summers has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers content just to control the position here.
Ares Summers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zero is trying to escape the mount.
Summers controlling from mount.

Summers quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Summers but it's paid off an Zero is forced to tap! Nice work by Summers.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ares Summers!