PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between john cena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Boogaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). cena comes to the cage accompanied by suck it. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

cena
vs
Boogaard

205 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, john cena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Derek Boogaard!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boogaard looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
cena looks to score with a jab to the body but Boogaard is just out of range.
cena throws a series of punches but Boogaard moves out of range.

cena shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Boogaard wants to control but cena is having none of it.
cena trying to control but Boogaard is having none of it.
cena is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
cena thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boogaard has given up his back here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cena avoiding Boogaard 's attempts to control his hands.
cena controls the position.
Boogaard looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
cena is hanging on to Boogaard's back as he tries to escape.
Boogaard just trying to survive but cena is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Boogaard is trying to break free.
Boogaard tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Boogaard is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

cena stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

cena drives through and clinches with Boogaard against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cena stalling the fight.

cena wants the takedown. Boogaard is fighting it off but cena persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Boogaard's guard against the cage.
Boogaard trying to keep a closed guard but cena is proving a slippery customer.
Boogaard looks gassed!
Boogaard can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as cena controls the pace.
Boogaard keeping full guard, as cena tries to pass.
Boogaard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from cena.

cena avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
cena trying to stand up but can't free himself from Boogaard's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
cena throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
cena throws a half hearted mid kick.
Boogaard stuffs the takedown attempt from cena. cena gets slowly back to his feet.
Boogaard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
An inside leg kick from cena misses.

cena gets caught flat footed, as Boogaard shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Boogaard stopping the sweep attempt from cena.
Boogaard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. cena is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boogaard wanted to stand there but cena had control of the position.
Boogaard trying to control but cena is working from the bottom.
cena trying to control the position here.
cena wants to get back to his feet but Boogaard is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Boogaard content to stall in guard here.
Boogaard trying to control the position from guard on top but cena is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

cena scores with a takedown into Boogaard's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

john cena dominated that 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.

cena misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boogaard.

cena closes the distance and clinches.

cena jumps guard and drags Boogaard to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now cena is on top in guard.
Boogaard trying to keep a closed guard but cena is proving a slippery customer.
Boogaard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in cena's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as cena holds on and takes a little breather.
cena keeping moving, preventing Boogaard from controlling successfully.
cena keeping full guard, as Boogaard tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
cena looking to hit a scissor sweep but Boogaard is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boogaard trying to control the position from guard on top but cena is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boogaard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. cena swivels though and keeps the full guard.
cena manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Boogaard really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Boogaard holds on for dear life, controlling cena's posture momentarily.
Boogaard is breathing heavily.
Boogaard is squirming around, avoiding cena's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
cena sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Boogaard is desperately trying to improve his position but cena has a good base and remains in mount.
cena looking to control but Boogaard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Boogaard is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Boogaard sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Boogaard tries to get to full guard but cena has control of the leg.
cena not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boogaard wants to control but cena is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Boogaard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
cena is thwarting Boogaard's attempts to control the position.
Boogaard is looking for a sweep. cena is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boogaard wants to control but cena is keeping busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
cena doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Boogaard swats away the attempt to clinch by cena.
Boogaard misses with a takedown attempt - cena sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Boogaard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four 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.
Boogaard wants to clinch but cena slips to the side

and cena decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Boogaard's guard.

Boogaard is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
cena controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
cena looking to pass the guard.
cena showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
cena advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

john cena dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

cena tries to close the distance and clinch but Boogaard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boogaard circles away from the clinch attempt.
cena moves out of range as Boogaard throws a body kick.
cena misses with a takedown
and Boogaard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
cena tries to clinch there but Boogaard circles away.

cena closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - cena lands in his opponent's guard.
cena has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
cena wants to control from the top but Boogaard keeps moving.
john cena overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Boogaard keeping full guard, as cena tries to pass.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boogaard keeping moving, preventing cena from controlling successfully.
Boogaard working a defensive guard here.
cena is pushing down on Boogaard's leg trying to pass to half guard. Boogaard is fighting to maintain full guard but cena has managed to sneak the leg through.
Boogaard won't allow cena to pass to mount.
Boogaard is pressing down on cena's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Boogaard keeping moving, preventing cena from controlling successfully.

Boogaard is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Boogaard working a defensive guard here.
Boogaard manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boogaard throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
cena is wriggling around trying to escape.
Boogaard trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Boogaard might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control cena kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Boogaard looking for a guillotine from mount but cena is having none of it.
Boogaard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as cena is looking to escape.
Boogaard sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cena is squirming around, avoiding Boogaard's attempts to control the action.
cena working to try and regain half guard.
Boogaard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as cena is looking to escape.
cena holds on, trying desperately to control.
cena has given up his back.

cena is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

cena clinches.
Boogaard tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. cena smiles and moves away.

cena gets the takedown into side control.

cena decides to stand back up.
cena lands a high kick!
Boogaard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and cena counters with a series of strikes. Boogaard will be more careful next time no doubt.
Boogaard looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
john cena has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derek Boogaard.
Boogaard looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
john cena showed his dominance in that final round.
Well cena 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... john cena!