PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack El Capitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Obi Kanobi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

El Capitan
vs
Kanobi

180 cm
20
225 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

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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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack El Capitan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Obi Kanobi!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

El Capitan scores with a takedown into Kanobi's guard.
Kanobi is looking to stand up but El Capitan isn't so interested in that idea.
El Capitan scoring with some ground and pound.
El Capitan throwing strikes from guard but Kanobi blocks nicely.
Kanobi wants to get back to his feet but El Capitan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
El Capitan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
El Capitan thows a big elbow that misses.
El Capitan tries to free his leg and advance position but Kanobi is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
El Capitan won't allow Kanobi to get back to his feet.
Kanobi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kanobi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
El Capitan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

El Capitan shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Kanobi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
El Capitan throws a big right hand that misses.
Kanobi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
El Capitan landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanobi wants to stand but El Capitan is controlling the position.
El Capitan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kanobi has momentary wrist control but El Capitan slips an elbow through the middle.
Kanobi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
El Capitan postures up and lands a big shot to Kanobi's brow.
El Capitan stands and throws Kanobi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
El Capitan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Kanobi is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, El Capitan asserts his dominance and retains side control.
El Capitan in side control, throwing shots but Kanobi defends.
Kanobi gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
El Capitan working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanobi looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kanobi looks gassed!
El Capitan winds up and cracks Kanobi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
El Capitan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
El Capitan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kanobi tries to kick El Capitan off but El Capitan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kanobi is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
El Capitan lands strikes from half guard.
Kanobi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but El Capitan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kanobi taking some punishment here, with El Capitan in his half guard.
El Capitan drops an elbow to the side of Kanobi's head.
El Capitan is thwarting Kanobi's attempts to control the position.
El Capitan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
El Capitan scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Kanobi kicks El Capitan off and gets back to his feet.
El Capitan circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanobi tries to clinch but El Capitan moves out of range.

El Capitan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
El Capitan landing a few strikes.
Kanobi is looking to regain half guard here but El Capitan keeps moving and retains side control.
El Capitan working the head and body with strikes.
Kanobi is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, El Capitan asserts his dominance and retains side control.
El Capitan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kanobi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Kanobi tries to buck El Capitan off but El Capitan is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Capitan is working Kanobi over with some ground and pound from side control.
El Capitan scores with punches from side control.
El Capitan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kanobi some visible discomfort.
Kanobi is working to avoid the ground and pound but El Capitan connects with a decent elbow.
Kanobi is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but El Capitan has just dragged him back down to the mat.
El Capitan working the ground and pound.
El Capitan working the head and body with strikes.
El Capitan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kanobi wants to control but El Capitan postures up.
El Capitan is putting a hurting on Kanobi here, landing some big shots from side control.
El Capitan has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Kanobi!
El Capitan throwing strikes here but Kanobi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kanobi is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
El Capitan raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
El Capitan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
El Capitan unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack El Capitan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kanobi wants to clinch.
Kanobi misses with a head kick.
Kanobi tries to close the distance and clinch up but El Capitan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

El Capitan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
El Capitan prevents Kanobi from escaping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Capitan scores with punches from side control.
Kanobi wants to get back to his feet but El Capitan drags him back down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kanobi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kanobi is working to avoid the ground and pound but El Capitan connects with a decent elbow.
El Capitan landing a few strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanobi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
El Capitan is pressing down on Kanobi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kanobi trying to control the position from guard on top but El Capitan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kanobi preventing the sweep.
Kanobi wants to stand but El Capitan is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
El Capitan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kanobi manages to get himself to full guard.
El Capitan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kanobi's head.
Kanobi is looking to stand up but El Capitan isn't so interested in that idea.
El Capitan looking to pass the guard.
El Capitan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
El Capitan prevents Kanobi from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Capitan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jack El Capitan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
El Capitan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
El Capitan working some strikes from top position.
Kanobi wants to stand but El Capitan is controlling the position.
El Capitan scoring with some ground and pound.
El Capitan scoring with some ground and pound.
El Capitan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kanobi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
El Capitan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kanobi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
El Capitan distracts Kanobi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
El Capitan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kanobi wants to stand and escape but El Capitan is having none of it.
El Capitan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

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

El Capitan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
El Capitan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kanobi managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by El Capitan.
El Capitan throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Kanobi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Kanobi is looking to reverse the position.
Kanobi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Kanobi takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
El Capitan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
El Capitan keeps the fight on the outside.
Kanobi tries to close the distance and clinch but El Capitan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Obi Kanobi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kanobi fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack El Capitan dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Kanobi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kanobi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kanobi is looking to clinch.
Jack El Capitan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Capitan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kanobi fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanobi tries to clinch but El Capitan moves out of range.
Kanobi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Kanobi gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows El Capitan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kanobi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanobi is looking to stand up but El Capitan isn't so interested in that idea.
El Capitan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kanobi is looking to stand up but El Capitan isn't so interested in that idea.
El Capitan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
El Capitan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kanobi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst El Capitan is controlling him.
El Capitan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kanobi is keeping the position for now.
Kanobi wants to stand but El Capitan is controlling the position.
El Capitan works over Kanobi with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Capitan works over Kanobi with some ground and pound from guard.
El Capitan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kanobi's head.
El Capitan scoring with some ground and pound.
El Capitan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kanobi wants to stand but El Capitan is controlling the position.
El Capitan landing some decent shots from guard.
El Capitan prevents Kanobi from getting back to his feet.
El Capitan advances position into side control!
Kanobi is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, El Capitan asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Kanobi is trying to control El Capitan's posture but El Capitan avoids it.
Kanobi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but El Capitan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Capitan working the head with strikes.
El Capitan cracks Kanobi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Kanobi is working to avoid the ground and pound but El Capitan connects with a decent elbow.
El Capitan looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kanobi is avoiding damage well.
Kanobi is trying to control El Capitan's posture but El Capitan avoids it.
El Capitan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Kanobi bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
El Capitan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kanobi moves in looking to clinch but El Capitan pushes him off.
Kanobi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
El Capitan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kanobi can do to turn this around?

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanobi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
El Capitan working the ground and pound.
Kanobi struggling a bit here.
El Capitan working the ground and pound from side control.
Kanobi pushes El Capitan away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, El Capitan gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Jack El Capitan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
El Capitan lands a nice forearm strike.
Kanobi takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Kanobi regains half guard.
Kanobi tries to kick El Capitan off but El Capitan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
El Capitan working the head and body with strikes.
El Capitan drops an elbow to the side of Kanobi's head.
Obi Kanobi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kanobi is trying to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack El Capitan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well El Capitan 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack El Capitan!