PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cj High (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ellison Aguinaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellison Aguinaldo has the eye of the tiger tonight.

High
vs
Aguinaldo

190 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cj High!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ellison Aguinaldo!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguinaldo swinging wildly here.
High slips a jab and a cross from Aguinaldo.
Sloppy strikes from Aguinaldo. Those never looked like landing.
Aguinaldo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
High dodges the punch combination from Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo stalks High and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into High's face. High staggers backwards, shaken.
Aguinaldo swinging wildly here.
Aguinaldo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Aguinaldo swinging wildly here.
High shoots in but no luck this time.

Aguinaldo gets caught flat footed, as High shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

High is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

High is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

High thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Aguinaldo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. High defends it easily.

High drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and High jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

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

Aguinaldo looking for a guillotine here but High defends easily.
Aguinaldo looks gassed!

High is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
High stands and throws Aguinaldo's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

High is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Aguinaldo has escaped the position, nice work there.

High is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Aguinaldo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

High tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no High has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Aguinaldo is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on High's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Aguinaldo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

High is working for a kimura but Aguinaldo is defending it quite comfortably.

High is trying to work for a kimura but Aguinaldo is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

High looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Aguinaldo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

High is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

High is working for a kimura but Aguinaldo is defending it quite comfortably.

High is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aguinaldo actively working from the bottom here.

High seems to be working for a kimura but Aguinaldo defends the submission attempt.

Aguinaldo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but High pulls his head out easily.

High is working for a submission of some sort.

High is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Aguinaldo has managed to free his arm - good work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Aguinaldo looking for submissions off his back.

Aguinaldo is defending against the submission attempts here by High.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cj High dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

High closes the distance and clinches up with Aguinaldo, looking for a takedown. High pushes Aguinaldo against the cage but Aguinaldo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
High fails with the takedown.
High avoids a punch combination nicely.
High shoots in and drives through. Aguinaldo sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cj High. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aguinaldo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
High showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aguinaldo.
Ellison Aguinaldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
High is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Aguinaldo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Aguinaldo misses.
Aguinaldo throws a nice looking combination but High bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aguinaldo misses with a few strikes there.
Aguinaldo misses with a wild combination.
Aguinaldo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as High backs up against the cage.
Aguinaldo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

High gets a double leg takedown into Aguinaldo's guard.
Aguinaldo is breathing heavily.

Aguinaldo has his foot on High's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. High works his way back into a safe position though.

High avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
High sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Aguinaldo's guard.

High is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

High is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Aguinaldo defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

High is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

High is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Aguinaldo has managed to free his arm - good work.
High is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Aguinaldo!
Aguinaldo is wriggling around trying to escape.

Aguinaldo is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. High locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Aguinaldo is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cj High!