PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Achilles Myrmidon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry The Third (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Myrmidon
vs
The Third

186 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Achilles Myrmidon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henry The Third!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Myrmidon has taken the fight to the clinch.
Myrmidon wants to get back to striking at distance but The Third won't allow it.
The Third is looking to break free of the clinch but Myrmidon has double underhooks.
Myrmidon scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Myrmidon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Third tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Myrmidon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as The Third backs up against the cage.
Myrmidon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Third looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The Third throws a left and a right that both miss
and Myrmidon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Third looks gassed!
Myrmidon lands a jab to the nose.
Myrmidon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Myrmidon misses with the combination.
Myrmidon throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Myrmidon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Third should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The Third clinches but Myrmidon breaks the clinch
letting Myrmidon counter with a right hand.

Myrmidon shoots in and bounces The Third off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Third wants to sweep here but Myrmidon controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myrmidon working some strikes from top position.
Myrmidon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Third avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Myrmidon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Myrmidon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Myrmidon distracts The Third with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The Third avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myrmidon is in close to The Third's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The Third looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Myrmidon landing some decent shots from guard.
The Third bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Myrmidon's guard.
Myrmidon wants to sweep but no luck.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Myrmidon holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myrmidon is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst The Third is controlling him.
The Third stays in close to Myrmidon's body and controls the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Myrmidon controlling The Third's posture.

We're going to have a standup here because Achilles Myrmidon wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
The Third tries to clinch but Myrmidon moves away
letting Myrmidon counter with a right hand.
The Third fails with the takedown
and Myrmidon counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myrmidon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Myrmidon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Myrmidon misses with a wild combination.
Myrmidon throws a series of punches but The Third avoids them all with ease.
Myrmidon lands with a nice combination. The Third backs away looking to recover.
Myrmidon lands with a nice combination. The Third backs away looking to recover.

Myrmidon has closed the distance and engaged The Third in a clinch.
Myrmidon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Myrmidon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Third doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Myrmidon counters by clinching up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Myrmidon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Myrmidon is working the combinations to good effect here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Myrmidon shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Myrmidon showed some decent athleticism there.
The Third is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Achilles Myrmidon dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Myrmidon lands a head shot.
Myrmidon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Third.

The Third gets tackled into the cage by Myrmidon. Myrmidon maintains the clinch.

Myrmidon breaks from the clinch.
Myrmidon throws a one two combo.
Achilles Myrmidon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Myrmidon lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Myrmidon swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and The Third counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by The Third.
The Third preventing the sweep.
Myrmidon working a defensive guard here.
Myrmidon is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The Third is breathing heavily.
The Third throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myrmidon is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The Third wants to stand but Myrmidon has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Achilles Myrmidon just wasn't active enough.
Myrmidon throws a nice looking combination but The Third bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Myrmidon misses with the combination.
The Third darts in trying to clinch
and Myrmidon counters with a nice 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.
Myrmidon connects with a crisp jab.
Myrmidon lands a nice shot that snaps The Third's head back.
Myrmidon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Third circles away quickly and effectively.
The Third tries to clinch
and Myrmidon counters with a one-two to the body.
Myrmidon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Myrmidon clinches with his opponent.
The Third wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Myrmidon tightens his grip and picks The Third up, before dumping him to the ground. The Third manages to land in guard.
Myrmidon stands and throws The Third's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The Third takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Myrmidon connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused The Third some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myrmidon working away.
Myrmidon in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Myrmidon is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but The Third is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The Third is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Myrmidon off and has taken his back!
Myrmidon tries to roll but The Third sticks to his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myrmidon trying to control the hands but The Third won't let him.
Myrmidon is covering up but some of the strikes from The Third are getting through and doing damage.
Myrmidon is really stuck here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Third gets his hands free as Myrmidon looks to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Achilles Myrmidon dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Myrmidon throws a nice looking combination but The Third bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Myrmidon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Third.

Myrmidon has taken the fight to the clinch.
Come on Myrmidon - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Myrmidon breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Myrmidon.
Myrmidon misses with a two punch combination.
The Third closes the distance looking to clinch
and Myrmidon counters with a series of strikes. The Third will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myrmidon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Myrmidon lands a nice hook to The Third's body. The Third takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Third takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Third takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myrmidon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Third has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The Third takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The Third misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Myrmidon counters with a left and a right that stings The Third.
A solid leg kick lands there for Myrmidon.

Myrmidon moves into range and clinches up with The Third.

Myrmidon breaks from the clinch.
Myrmidon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Myrmidon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Myrmidon has managed to clinch.
The Third trying to stall but Myrmidon improves his position.

Myrmidon lands a takedown into guard.
Myrmidon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Third on the ground.
The Third is trying to keep Myrmidon in close.
Myrmidon wanted to stand there but The Third had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myrmidon works over The Third with some ground and pound from guard.
The Third is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Myrmidon is controlling him.
The Third working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Myrmidon.
Myrmidon postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Myrmidon chips away with some ground and pound.
The Third wants to stand up but Myrmidon is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Third preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The Third is trying to control the position but Myrmidon postures up.
Myrmidon lands a couple of elbows.
The Third tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Myrmidon lands a couple of digs.
Myrmidon working some strikes from top position.
Myrmidon wants to control from the top but The Third keeps moving.
Myrmidon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Third can do to turn this around?
Myrmidon content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myrmidon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Myrmidon landing some decent shots from guard.
Myrmidon lands a couple of elbows.
The Third has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Myrmidon landing with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Achilles Myrmidon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Myrmidon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:26
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Achilles Myrmidon!