PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Felix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Atkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Felix
vs
Atkins

182 cm
28
217 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

187 cm
22
216 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Junior Felix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Atkins!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atkins misses with a left hand
and Felix connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the body from Atkins misses
and Felix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Atkins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Felix throws out the jab.
Atkins throws an off balance right hand

and Felix counters by clinching up.
Felix misses with a punch on the inside.
Felix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Felix lands a body punch.
Felix working aggressively here.
Felix makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Atkins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Felix's face.

It looks like Junior Felix has been cut.
Atkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Felix keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Atkins's efforts to push away.
Felix misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Felix.
Atkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Felix misses with a punch on the inside.
Felix swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Atkins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Felix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Felix fails to land.
Felix swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Felix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Felix.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Felix.
Atkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Felix uses good head movement to avoid it.
Felix lands a hook to the side of the head.
Felix blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Atkins lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atkins.
Atkins gets through Felix's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Felix scores with a nice short uppercut.
Felix cracks Atkins with a nice body shot.
Felix misses with the head strike.
Felix misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Felix fails to land.
Atkins slows down the pace here.
Felix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Felix throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Felix - that landed with a thud.
Atkins scores with a shoulder strike.
Felix misses with the head strike.
Felix has a couple of punches blocked by Atkins.
Atkins blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Felix.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins misses with the head strike.
Felix avoids a wild elbow strike from Atkins.
Atkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Atkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Felix misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Atkins as the two fighters clinch.
Felix lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Felix blocking some punches.
Felix pushes Atkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Felix avoids a wild elbow strike from Atkins.
Atkins is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Felix fails to land.
Atkins misses with a knee strike.
Felix's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Atkins on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Atkins.
A nice right hand lands inside from Felix.
Felix blocking some punches.
Atkins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Atkins misses with an elbow strike.
Felix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Felix scores with a shot to the side of Atkins's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Felix.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felix lands a body punch in the clinch.
Atkins blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Felix fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Felix.
Felix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Felix blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Felix backwards.
Atkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Felix swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Felix lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Felix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Felix throws a head punch that misses.
Felix misses with the head strike.
Felix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atkins has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Felix avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Atkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Felix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Atkins blocks an uppercut.
Felix lands a right hand.
Felix working aggressively here.
Atkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Felix blocks an uppercut.
Felix digs a right hand into Atkins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Atkins's gas tank.
Atkins looks gassed!
Atkins lands a nice uppercut.
Felix working aggressively here.
Atkins is working Felix over against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atkins.
Felix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Felix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atkins digs a right hand into Felix's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Felix's gas tank.
Atkins lands a left hand.
Felix misses with a hook from the clinch.

Atkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Atkins throws a leg kick that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Felix.
Felix slips under a jab.
Atkins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Felix manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Felix throws a front kick aimed at Atkins's knee but Atkins avoids it well.
Atkins's corner calls for a 1-2. Atkins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Felix dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Junior Felix's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Felix is defended easily by Atkins.
Atkins misses with a two punch combination.
Atkins thows a leg kick but Felix checks it
and Felix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Atkins lands a jab to the head.
Atkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Felix.

Felix shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Felix showed some decent athleticism there.
Felix thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Atkins slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Atkins pulls Felix in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins trying to control the position.
Felix throws and elbow that misses. Atkins uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Felix's guard. Nice move by Atkins!

Atkins stands up from Felix's guard - Atkins perhaps looking for a knockout.
Atkins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A head kick by Atkins misses
and Felix counters with a good low kick that Atkins was not able to check.
Atkins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins throws a left and a right that both miss

and Felix counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Felix.
Atkins looking to control.
Felix trying to control but Atkins is working from the bottom.
Felix throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Atkins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Atkins seems to be working for a kimura but Felix defends the submission attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atkins thows a huge punch but Felix dodges it nicely.

Atkins is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Felix still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Felix has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Felix working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Atkins defending against the ground and pound.
Felix throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Felix tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Felix connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Atkins some visible discomfort.
Atkins is looking to reverse the position.
Atkins sneaks back into half guard.
Nice strikes from Felix there.
Felix thows a huge punch but Atkins dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felix thows a huge punch but Atkins dodges it nicely.
Felix throwing shots but Atkins is blocking nicely.
Felix missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Felix thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Atkins's head.
Atkins wants to get back to full guard.
Felix not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Atkins controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Atkins is trying to control but can't.
Atkins is trying to get back to full guard.
Atkins slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Felix's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atkins managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Junior Felix will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Junior Felix's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Atkins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Felix counters with a nice low kick that buckles Atkins's knee momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Felix. That's going to slow Atkins down.
Atkins is looking to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Felix.
Atkins throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Felix counters by moving into the clinch.

Atkins gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Atkins drops back, looking for a kneebar! Felix looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Felix looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Felix!
Atkins on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Atkins seems a little lost for a moment, as Felix dominates the positioning.
Atkins is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Atkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Atkins is trying to maintain the position but Felix is very close to passing his half guard.
Felix landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Felix is working away from the top position though.
Felix missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Atkins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Felix throwing shots but Atkins is blocking nicely.
Atkins controlling the position well.
Felix is nestled in close to Atkins, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Felix not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Felix missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Atkins is looking to improve his position.
Atkins trying to hold on to Felix's head to control him but Felix postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Felix working over Atkins with some ground and pound. Atkins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Felix sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Atkins defending well though.
Felix thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Atkins preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Felix drops an elbow to the side of Atkins's head.
Atkins moves into full guard.
Atkins avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Felix scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Felix trying to control but Atkins is working from the bottom.
Felix thows a big elbow that misses.
Felix has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felix preventing the sweep.
Atkins bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Felix's guard.

Atkins got a little sloppy there for a moment and Felix has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Atkins has managed to get both his arms back between Felix's legs - danger averted.
Felix keeping moving, preventing Atkins from controlling successfully.

Felix has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Atkins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Joe Atkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Atkins gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins misses with a body shot.
Atkins lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Felix circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Felix counter with a right hand.
Felix feints and then cracks Atkins's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Atkins down.
Felix lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Atkins wants to clinch.
Atkins misses with a shot to the body
and Felix counters with a leg kick.
Felix with a lazy takedown attempt
and Atkins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Felix showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Felix, 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Felix!