PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colton Ace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ace is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jedi Mind Tricks - I against I feat. Planetary . Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour
vs
Ace

175 cm
24
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
177 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Colton Ace!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Open your legs and give me an hour scores a takedown into full mount!
Open your legs and give me an hour with a couple of short strikes.
Ace working to try and regain half guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ace is looking to escape.
Open your legs and give me an hour with shots to the head and body - Ace looks very uncomfortable down there.
Open your legs and give me an hour with good strikes from the mount here!
Ace keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Open your legs and give me an hour connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Open your legs and give me an hour with good strikes from the mount here!
Open your legs and give me an hour punishing his opponent with strikes.

Ace is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Open your legs and give me an hour tries to control but Ace wriggling away.
Ace working to try and regain half guard.
Ace is bucking up trying to escape but Open your legs and give me an hour cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ace working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Open your legs and give me an hour is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ace hang on?
Open your legs and give me an hour punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ace is still in real trouble! Can Open your legs and give me an hour finish him?
Ace really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ace seems to have recovered his senses.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands a big shot there that rocks Ace but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Open your legs and give me an hour sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ace tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Open your legs and give me an hour has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Open your legs and give me an hour trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Open your legs and give me an hour.
Ace is wriggling around trying to escape.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands a big elbow.
Open your legs and give me an hour controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ace gets back to half guard.
Ace looks gassed!

Ace looking for submissions off his back.
Open your legs and give me an hour is trying to control the action in half guard but Ace is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands with a punch from half guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Open your legs and give me an hour looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Ace looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Open your legs and give me an hour winds up and cracks Ace with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Open your legs and give me an hour is nestled in close to Ace, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Open your legs and give me an hour landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Open your legs and give me an hour.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Open your legs and give me an hour working over Ace with some ground and pound. Ace looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Open your legs and give me an hour working Ace over with strikes.

Ace is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Open your legs and give me an hour pulls his head out easily.

Ace actively working from the bottom here.
Open your legs and give me an hour scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Open your legs and give me an hour is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ace has hold of Open your legs and give me an hour's hands but Open your legs and give me an hour slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Open your legs and give me an hour.

Ace actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Open your legs and give me an hour trying to control from half guard but Ace is working away.
Open your legs and give me an hour slows the pace down in half guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Open your legs and give me an hour wants to work for an arm triangle but Ace is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Open your legs and give me an hour thows a huge punch but Ace dodges it nicely.
Open your legs and give me an hour looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ace connects with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Open your legs and give me an hour takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ace misses with a takedown

and Open your legs and give me an hour holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Open your legs and give me an hour wants to get back to striking at distance but Ace won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Open your legs and give me an hour keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Open your legs and give me an hour feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ace tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Open your legs and give me an hour makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Ace has an active guard here but Open your legs and give me an hour has managed to pass into half guard.
Ace is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Open your legs and give me an hour is nestled in close to Ace, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Open your legs and give me an hour working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Open your legs and give me an hour working the head and body with strikes.
Open your legs and give me an hour scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Ace looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Open your legs and give me an hour takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ace is not content to let Open your legs and give me an hour control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Open your legs and give me an hour drops an elbow to the side of Ace's head.

Ace looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Open your legs and give me an hour working over Ace with some ground and pound. Ace looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands with a punch from half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ace throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ace thows a left - swing and a miss!

Open your legs and give me an hour closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ace did well to prevent Open your legs and give me an hour getting side control.

Ace looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Open your legs and give me an hour is working for a kimura but Ace is defending it quite comfortably.
Ace blocking the ground and pound attempt from Open your legs and give me an hour.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ace is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Open your legs and give me an hour pulls his head out easily.
Open your legs and give me an hour is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Open your legs and give me an hour is keen to just control but Ace is a slippery customer.
Open your legs and give me an hour slips a nice elbow through Ace's hands, connecting with Ace's forehead.
Ace tries to roll over but Open your legs and give me an hour keeps him under control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ace fails with the takedown

so Open your legs and give me an hour counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Open your legs and give me an hour is looking to work some ground and pound but Ace has wrist control.
Open your legs and give me an hour wants to pass the guard but Ace is keeping the position.

Ace escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Open your legs and give me an hour gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Open your legs and give me an hour keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ace's head.
Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ace escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Open your legs and give me an hour gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Ace has an active guard here but Open your legs and give me an hour has managed to pass into half guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Open your legs and give me an hour landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ace keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Ace looking for submissions off his back.

Ace is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Open your legs and give me an hour pulls his head out easily.

Ace actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Open your legs and give me an hour looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Open your legs and give me an hour working the head and body with strikes.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ace doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Open your legs and give me an hour counters with a takedown into side control.
Ace is trying to improve his position.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands an elbow.
Open your legs and give me an hour gets to mount! Ace was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Open your legs and give me an hour takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ace working to try and regain half guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour trying to control but Ace is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Open your legs and give me an hour dives in and grabs Ace's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ace pushes down on Open your legs and give me an hour's head and hops out.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Open your legs and give me an hour uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ace.
A swing and a miss from Ace.

Open your legs and give me an hour closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Open your legs and give me an hour working the ground and pound.
Open your legs and give me an hour in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Open your legs and give me an hour working the head and body with strikes.
Ace tries to improve position but can't.
Open your legs and give me an hour gets to mount! Ace was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Ace can't escape the position.
Open your legs and give me an hour with a couple of short strikes.
Open your legs and give me an hour is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ace can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Open your legs and give me an hour landing shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ace is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Open your legs and give me an hour looking for a guillotine from mount but Ace is having none of it.
The referee warns Ace that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ace can't escape the position.
Open your legs and give me an hour is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ace can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ace keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Open your legs and give me an hour with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two 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.
Open your legs and give me an hour is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Open your legs and give me an hour scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Open your legs and give me an hour thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Poor strikes thrown by Open your legs and give me an hour there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Open your legs and give me an hour throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Ace working to try and regain half guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Open your legs and give me an hour 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.
Ace working to try and regain half guard.
Open your legs and give me an hour controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ace is trying desperately to improve position.
Open your legs and give me an hour is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ace can do to turn this around?
Open your legs and give me an hour looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ace is wriggling around trying to escape.
Open your legs and give me an hour punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ace tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ace is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Open your legs and give me an hour is landing with some decent strikes but Ace is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ace working to try and regain half guard.

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.
Open your legs and give me an hour takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Open your legs and give me an hour lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ace is working to get back to half guard.

Open your legs and give me an hour looking to secure an arm triangle but Ace defends it well.
Ace sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Open your legs and give me an hour is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ace has managed to free his arm - good work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Open your legs and give me an hour is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ace doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Open your legs and give me an hour.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Open your legs and give me an hour, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roses are red Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour!