PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Henry Irons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Sully (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Henry Irons
vs
Sully

189 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Syndicate Drugs

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Henry Irons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Sully!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irons closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sully circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Sully scores with a four punch combination!

Sully drives through and clinches with Irons against the cage.
Irons looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Irons tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sully wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Irons has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Irons.
A right handed body shot lands from Sully.

Sully breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sully tries to bum rush Irons with a series of wild strikes but Irons uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sully's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sully duly obliges.
Irons looks for a takedown but Sully sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Henry Irons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sully looks to land a combination. Irons sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sully lands a right hook to the body.

Irons shoots in and bounces Sully off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sully keeping moving, preventing Irons from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons sitting in guard here, content to control.
Irons trying to control but Sully is working from the bottom.
Irons advances position into side control!
Irons prevents Sully from escaping the position.
Irons fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Irons wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sully, who protects the arm well.

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

Irons swings around for an armbar but Sully sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Irons's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Irons had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Sully is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Irons Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Sully's back instead.

Sully fending off the submission attempt from Irons.
Irons is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sully is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Irons looking for the choke from the back.
Irons trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Sully really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Irons. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sully is trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sully looking very determined here, making life difficult for Irons.
Irons controlling from the back.

Irons is looking for the choke from the back position but Sully is controlling his hands well.
Sully has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Irons looking to break Sully's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Sully remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Irons will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Henry Irons dominated that 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.

No luck for Irons with that takedown attempt.

Sully darts in and clinches Irons up against the cage.
Irons scores a nice knee to the body.
Sully gets underhooks to prevent Irons's takedown attempt.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sully.
Irons misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Sully.
Irons has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sully avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Henry Irons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sully pushes Irons back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Sully is fighting off a takedown attempt but Irons is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Sully to the mat. Sully regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Irons wants to control from the top but Sully keeps moving.
Irons is really struggling to control Sully but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Irons is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sully is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sully is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Irons decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sully, up you get!
Irons shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Irons shoots for a takedown but Sully saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Sully takes the fight into the clinch.
Irons can't get the takedown.
Sully wants to get back to striking at distance but Irons won't allow it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Irons just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sully's brow.
Sully digs a right hand into Irons's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Irons's gas tank.
Sully is pressed up against the cage. Irons has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sully down to the mat. Sully avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sully tries to clinch but Irons moves out of range.
Sully works over Irons's head and body with a nice combination.
Sully tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sully will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Irons throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sully's waist but Sully gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Irons off to one side.
Irons misses with a takedown attempt - Sully sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Irons avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sully stuffs the takedown attempt from Irons. Irons gets slowly back to his feet.

Sully rushes Irons and presses him up against the cage.
Sully lands a body shot.
Irons tries to pull guard but Sully won't allow it.
Sully scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sully is looking to break free of the clinch but Irons has double underhooks.

Irons breaks from the clinch.
Sully scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sully tries to bum rush Irons with a series of wild strikes but Irons uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Irons darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sully won't allow Irons to pass to mount.
Irons passes to full mount!

Irons throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Sully has his hands clasped together but Irons breaks the hold and Sully is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Irons!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Henry Irons!