PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between hillbilly george (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffe Zampietre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

george
vs
Zampietre

188 cm
23
215 lbs
5 - 16 - 1

191 cm
20
206 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 5 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, hillbilly george!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeffe Zampietre!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
george throws a sloppy head kick and Zampietre moves out of range easily.
george shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zampietre sprawls well. Zampietre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. george gets slowly back to his feet.
george circles away from the clinch attempt.

george tries to keep at a distance but Zampietre has taken the fight into the clinch.

george has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Zampietre uses from the top position.
george is adopting a defensive guard.
Zampietre preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Zampietre stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Zampietre moves into range and clinches up with george.

Zampietre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
george fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zampietre defends well against a solid takedown attempt from george.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for hillbilly george. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zampietre stuffs the takedown.
george tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Zampietre counters by clinching up.
george misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zampietre.

Zampietre has dropped down and is working for a takedown. george is trying to keep an underhook but Zampietre manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Zampietre decides to stand up.

Zampietre rushes george and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
george prevents a takedown attempt there.

george is fighting off a takedown attempt but Zampietre is just too persistent for him and manages to trip george to the mat. george regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Zampietre wants to stand but george is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

george escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Zampietre gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
george is breathing heavily.
Zampietre wants to stand and escape but instead george has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Zampietre is trying to keep george in close.
george pushes down on Zampietre's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

george seems to be working for a kimura but Zampietre defends the submission attempt.
george wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zampietre keeps working.

george is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Zampietre doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time george.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
george thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Zampietre to regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
george wants to control from the top but Zampietre keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeffe Zampietre dominated that round.
That's time! george's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

george throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Zampietre was covering up waiting for the punch and george finishes the takedown easily into guard.
george sitting in guard, not really doing much.

george gets to his feet. Zampietre looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zampietre tries to clinch but george moves away

and george counters with a shoot takedown. Zampietre fights it but they end up in guard.
Zampietre wants to stand up but george is controlling him.
george seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Zampietre wants to stand up but george is controlling him.
Zampietre is breathing heavily.
george stays in close to Zampietre's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zampietre keeping moving, preventing george from controlling successfully.
george tries to free his leg and advance position but Zampietre is retaining full guard.
george showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Zampietre keeping moving, preventing george from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of hillbilly george.
Zampietre darts in trying to clinch

and george counters by moving into the clinch.
george tries to break the clinch but Zampietre is controlling the position.
george looking for a takedown.
george fails to pull guard.

Zampietre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
hillbilly george seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
george fails with the takedown

and Zampietre counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for hillbilly george. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Zampietre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zampietre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
george with a lazy takedown attempt

and Zampietre counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
george has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Zampietre avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
george taking a breather.

george has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Zampietre clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Zampietre trying to control the hands but george breaks the grip.
george doesn't have the hooks in and Zampietre manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

hillbilly george dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

george gets a takedown into half guard.
Zampietre makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Zampietre.
george looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
george stands and throws Zampietre's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
george landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
george is looking to take a break and control but Zampietre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

george decides to stand up, so the ref orders Zampietre to his feet.

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.
george swats away the attempt to clinch by Zampietre.
Zampietre looks to clinch

so george counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
george is pushing down on Zampietre's leg trying to pass to half guard. Zampietre is fighting to maintain full guard but george has managed to sneak the leg through.
Zampietre gets back to full guard.
george sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Zampietre's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
george wants to take a breather but Zampietre is having none of it.

george stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Zampietre to get to his feet.
george gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Zampietre holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Zampietre has picked george up - he's going for a ride! Zampietre dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
hillbilly george overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zampietre wants to stand but george has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Zampietre wants to stand but his hand is trapped. george uses the opportunity to regain full guard.

george pushes a forearm under Zampietre's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Zampietre is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). hillbilly george!