PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Saulnier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Django Flash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Raymond Saulnier has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Saulnier
vs
Flash

160 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
22
209 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Raymond Saulnier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Django Flash!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flash just misses with a punch to the body.
Saulnier could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Saulnier misses with a two punch combination.
Saulnier shoots in and drives through. Flash sprawls well.
Flash stuffs the takedown.
Saulnier misses the shot to the body.
Saulnier looks to land a combination but Flash avoids it well.
Saulnier misses with a double jab.

Saulnier clinches up with Flash and pushes him back against the cage.
Flash stalling.

Flash breaks the clinch.
Saulnier slips a jab and a cross from Flash.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saulnier looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Saulnier fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Saulnier looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Flash!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saulnier throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Flash can't escape the position.
Flash sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saulnier trying to control from half guard but Flash is working away.
Flash works his way to full guard. Good work.
Saulnier has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Saulnier is breathing heavily.
Saulnier stands up out of Flash's guard for a moment - Flash manages to land a nice upkick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Flash is on top in guard.
Flash scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Saulnier wants to stand but Flash is controlling the position.
Flash is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Flash pushes down on Saulnier's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Saulnier manages to get to full guard.
Flash has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Flash working some strikes from top position.
Flash looking to pass the guard.
Flash scoring with punches to the head and body.
Flash keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Saulnier's head.

Saulnier is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flash passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Flash working the head and body with strikes.
Oh Saulnier is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Flash is looking to take a break and control but Saulnier is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Saulnier seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Flash passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Saulnier!
Flash lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Flash breaks from Saulnier's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flash breaks from Saulnier's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The referee warns Saulnier that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

It looks like Raymond Saulnier has been cut.
Flash scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Raymond Saulnier's cut is getting worse.
Saulnier really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Saulnier sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Flash prevents Saulnier from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saulnier is trying to control but can't.
Flash trying to control from half guard but Saulnier is working away.
Saulnier punching from the bottom.
Saulnier is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Saulnier is not content to let Flash control the position.
Saulnier tries to roll over but Flash keeps him under control.
Saulnier wants to control but Flash is keeping busy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Saulnier bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saulnier misses with a few strikes there.
Saulnier lands a left and a right that sends Flash crashing to the canvas! Saulnier dives into mount looking to finish!

Flash is rocked!

Saulnier looking for a guillotine from mount but Flash is having none of it.
Flash is still in real trouble! Can Saulnier finish him?
Saulnier lands a big shot to the head and Flash winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Raymond Saulnier!