PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wise Old Elf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BgBomberman Fighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fighter comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Welcome to the Jungle kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Wise Old Elf has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Wise Old Elf seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Old Elf
vs
Fighter

175 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wise Old Elf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, BgBomberman Fighter!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Old Elf shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Old Elf passes to side control.
Old Elf lands an elbow.

Old Elf stands up.

Old Elf drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fighter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Old Elf controls from within his opponent's guard.
Old Elf landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fighter keeping full guard, as Old Elf tries to pass.

Old Elf decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Fighter, up you get!
Fighter gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Old Elf counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Old Elf showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fighter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fighter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Old Elf. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Old Elf engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Fighter has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Fighter shoots in and bounces Old Elf off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Old Elf has control of Fighter's left arm, preventing Fighter from doing any damage.
Old Elf preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fighter trying to control but Old Elf is working from the bottom.
Old Elf wants to stand but Fighter is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Old Elf striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Old Elf can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fighter controls the pace.

Old Elf has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Fighter off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Old Elf decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Old Elf controlling the action here.
Fighter trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Old Elf is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Wise Old Elf has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Old Elf closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fighter wants to control but Old Elf is keeping busy.
Fighter is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Old Elf is staying active.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wise Old Elf dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fighter tries for a takedown but Old Elf circles away easily

and Old Elf counters with a single leg into guard. Fighter didn't expect that.
Old Elf showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Fighter working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Old Elf has passed into half guard!
Wise Old Elf overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Old Elf slips a nice elbow through Fighter's hands, connecting with Fighter's forehead.
Old Elf is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Old Elf's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Fighter is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Old Elf is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fighter wants to control but Old Elf passes into side.
Old Elf advances to mount.
Old Elf tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Old Elf is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Fighter can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Old Elf lands a big elbow.
Fighter is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fighter is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Old Elf raining down shots from the mount!
Old Elf controlling the position easily from mount.
Old Elf scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fighter?
Old Elf controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Old Elf controlling from the full mount.

Old Elf looking to isolate an arm here. Fighter doesn't see it coming and as Old Elf extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Old Elf!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wise Old Elf!