PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Homer Schimpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Son of Lars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schimpson comes into the arena with Jay-Z-Public Service Announcement blaring out of the sound system. Lars has chosen Ensiferum - Battle Song as his entrance music. Homer Schimpson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Son of Lars's chin.

Schimpson
vs
of Lars

177 cm
21
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

178 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Homer Schimpson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Son of Lars!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lars does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Schimpson looks for a takedown but Lars sprawls well.
Schimpson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lars tries to close the distance and clinch but Schimpson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Schimpson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Schimpson wants a takedown.
Schimpson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lars working aggressively here.
Lars is pushing Schimpson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lars lands a damaging elbow.
Schimpson tries to score a body lock takedown but Lars shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Homer Schimpson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lars throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schimpson blocks an elbow strike.
Lars lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lars obliges.
Schimpson tries to pull guard but Lars holds him up against the cage and eventually Schimpson drops back down to his feet.
Lars looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lars obliges.
Lars missing with knees to the body.
Lars tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lars stalling in the clinch.
Schimpson looking for a takedown.
Schimpson has had enough of the clinch but Lars keeps him there for the moment.
Lars lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lars with a knee to the head.
Schimpson avoids the elbow strike from Lars, against the cage.
Lars connects with a knee to the head.
Lars taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lars prevents a takedown attempt there.
Schimpson wants a takedown but no success here.
Lars utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lars presses Schimpson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Schimpson is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lars landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Come on Lars - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lars digs a right hand underneath Schimpson's ribcage. Schimpson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lars connects with a nasty looking knee right to Schimpson's face.
Schimpson avoids a wild elbow strike from Lars.
Schimpson is working for takedown but Lars is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lars creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lars misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schimpson.
Lars pushes off an throws an elbow but Schimpson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lars creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Schimpson's defenses.
Lars misses with a knee strike.
Lars lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Schimpson backwards.
Schimpson wants a takedown but no success here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schimpson wants a takedown but no success here.
Lars lands an elbow inside that Schimpson shrugs off.
Lars tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schimpson has Lars pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lars manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Still in the clinch, Lars scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lars working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Schimpson blocks the elbow strike.
Lars misses with a knee to the head.
Lars lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Schimpson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lars smiles and moves away.
Lars wants to clinch up but Schimpson keeps it at a distance.
Schimpson defending well as Lars loads up on a big left hand.
Nice cross by Schimpson.
Lars wants to clinch but Schimpson slips to the side

and Schimpson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lars!
Lars is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Schimpson.
Schimpson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lars is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Schimpson landing strikes from the mount.
Schimpson avoids the attempt from Lars to control.
Schimpson lands a nice shot to the head.
Schimpson looking to control but Lars is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Schimpson with shots to the head and body - Lars looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schimpson with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schimpson avoids the attempt from Lars to control.
Lars holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Schimpson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Son of Lars will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fighters circling - Lars throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lars throws a combination that misses
and Schimpson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Schimpson scores with a hook.
Schimpson shoots in and drives through. Lars sprawls well.
Schimpson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lars circles away quickly and effectively.
Homer Schimpson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schimpson misses with a leg kick.
Lars attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Schimpson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lars to the mat! Lars manages to get full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lars is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lars looking to hit a scissor sweep but Schimpson is one step ahead there.
Lars controls Schimpson momentarily but Schimpson frees himself.

Lars working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Schimpson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Schimpson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Schimpson looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schimpson stands up over Lars, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Schimpson chips away with some ground and pound.
Lars is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Lars is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Schimpson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lars looking to control.
Schimpson is looking to work some ground and pound but Lars has wrist control.
Lars working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schimpson.
Schimpson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lars works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Schimpson wants to clinch.
Son of Lars seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lars misses with an uppercut.

That's two 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.

Schimpson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lars napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Lars can't do much from the bottom here.
Schimpson with the ground and pound but Lars regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Schimpson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lars with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Schimpson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lars is controlling Schimpson's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Schimpson 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.
Schimpson is thwarting Lars's attempts to control the position.
Schimpson thows a huge punch but Lars dodges it nicely.
Lars tries to roll over but Schimpson keeps him under control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Schimpson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lars preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Schimpson looks to land a strike but Lars avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Lars preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lars pulls Schimpson in close to his closed guard and prevents Schimpson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Schimpson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Schimpson tries to free his leg and advance position but Lars is retaining full guard.
Lars looking for a sweep. Not yet Lars, not yet.
Lars working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schimpson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schimpson distracts Lars with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lars trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Schimpson lands with a straight right. Lars didn't see that one coming.
Lars is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Schimpson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lars circles away quickly and effectively.
Lars clinches but Schimpson breaks the clinch
and Schimpson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Schimpson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lars tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Schimpson is able to avoid easily.
Lars throws a hook to the side of Schimpson's head but Schimpson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lars looks for a takedown but Schimpson sprawls well.
Schimpson misses with a series of wild punches.
Lars shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Homer Schimpson 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nice defenses there by Schimpson.
Schimpson scores with a nice strike.

Schimpson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Schimpson showed some decent athleticism there.
Lars is trying to maintain the position but Schimpson is very close to passing his half guard.
Lars holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lars blocking the ground and pound attempt from Schimpson.
Homer Schimpson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Schimpson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Schimpson wants to control but Lars is keeping him busy.
Lars is controlling Schimpson's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Lars is trying to get back to full guard.
Lars is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lars takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lars tries to clinch up but Schimpson circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schimpson lands a two punch combo.
Schimpson throws a leg kick but Lars checks it.
Schimpson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lars thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Schimpson if he has to take too many more of those.
Schimpson avoids a kick to the body.
Schimpson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Schimpson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lars's waist but Lars gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Schimpson off to one side.
Lars slaps away a takedown attempt from Schimpson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lars misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lars tries to close the distance and clinch but Schimpson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Schimpson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lars wants to control but Schimpson postures up.
Lars holds on to Schimpson's head and controls the position momentarily.
Lars tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schimpson scoring with punches and elbows.
Schimpson working the body and head with strikes.
Schimpson scoring with punches from side control.
Schimpson scores with a couple of short elbows.
Schimpson working the ground and pound from side control.
Lars takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Schimpson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Schimpson working the strikes but Lars uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Schimpson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lars wants to control but Schimpson is keeping busy.
Lars keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Schimpson controlling the action here.
Lars desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lars trying to control from the bottom.

Schimpson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lars sees it coming and defends easily.
Schimpson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lars does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Lars clinches.
Lars connects with a knee to the head.
Lars lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Schimpson or not.
Lars will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Schimpson up against the cage.
Lars misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schimpson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Schimpson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lars with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lars throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lars with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lars trying to land knees to the body.
Lars is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schimpson is defending well for now.
Lars is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Schimpson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Homer Schimpson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schimpson tries to break free but Lars pushes him back against the cage.
Schimpson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lars gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lars tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lars misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schimpson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Homer Schimpson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Schimpson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight for Homer Schimpson!
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight for Homer Schimpson!
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Homer Schimpson!

Homer Schimpson wins by unanimous decision!