PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Lock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Lock has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lock
vs
West

188 cm
18
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

198 cm
20
208 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 Montreal, Frank Lock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Will West!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

West gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lock to score an easy takedown into full guard.
West is adopting a defensive guard.
West manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
West sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lock's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
West in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
West lands a nice shot to the head.

West working for a guillotine from mount but Lock is in no mood to give up.
Lock on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lock tries to get out of the position.
Lock is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lock is bucking up trying to escape but West cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
West looking to finish Lock with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lock!
West scoring with strikes but Lock is staying in there.
Lock is in a horrible position here. West smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
West throws some wild stikes that Lock manages to avoid easily.
Lock blocking the ground and pound.
West working Lock over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

West looking to secure an arm triangle but Lock defends it well.
West throwing strikes here but Lock is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
West can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lock is looking to escape.
West landing strikes from the mount and Lock is in trouble!
This has been an exciting period of action!
West 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.
West lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West looking to control but Lock is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lock takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lock tries to hold on but West pushes him away.
West looking to control but Lock is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
West lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
West looking to control but Lock is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
West tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lock knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for West on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

West has control of Lock's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Lock regains control of the situation pretty easily.
West raining down shots from the mount!
West thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will West dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lock shoots for a double leg takedown but West sprawls well. He's pushed Lock's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lock works over West's head and body with a nice combination.
West slips under a jab.
Lock looking to land some kicks to the body here.

West moves into range and clinches up with Lock.

West manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
West bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lock's guard.
West trying to control the position from guard on top but Lock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
West looking to pass the guard.
West showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West wants to control from the top but Lock keeps moving.
West passes Lock's left leg - he's now in half guard.
West works his way into full mount!

West is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Lock is surviving well by controlling West's body position as best he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West lands with some strikes.
West landing shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
West raining down shots from the mount!
West connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
West wants to control the pace but Lock is squirming around nicely.
West with shots to the head and body - Lock looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lock is trying desperately to improve position.
West putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Lock has left one of his arms exposed and West doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Lock screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Will West!