PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edson Heavy Hands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maimuta Prunea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Heavy Hands
vs
Prunea

188 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
190 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Edson Heavy Hands !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Maimuta Prunea!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prunea avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Prunea looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Heavy Hands has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Prunea stopping the sweep attempt from Heavy Hands .
Heavy Hands not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Prunea trying to control the position from guard on top but Heavy Hands is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prunea must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prunea wants to pass the guard but Heavy Hands is keeping the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Heavy Hands shoots in looking for a takedown but Prunea manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Heavy Hands 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Heavy Hands throws a hook but Prunea blocks it.

Heavy Hands has managed to clinch.
Heavy Hands has Prunea pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Prunea manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Prunea manages to pull guard.
Prunea working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Heavy Hands .
Prunea is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Heavy Hands is controlling him.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Heavy Hands in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Heavy Hands loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Heavy Hands connects with a couple of short punches.
Heavy Hands will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Heavy Hands postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heavy Hands in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Heavy Hands throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Prunea works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Heavy Hands trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Heavy Hands lands a couple of digs.

Prunea is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heavy Hands thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Heavy Hands throws a big right hand that misses.
Heavy Hands postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Heavy Hands lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Heavy Hands wants to control from the top but Prunea keeps moving.
Heavy Hands wants to pass the guard but Prunea is keeping the position.
Prunea pulls Heavy Hands in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prunea avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Prunea pulls Heavy Hands in close to prevent any damage.
Heavy Hands has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Maimuta Prunea hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Prunea darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Heavy Hands wants to control the action here but instead Prunea manages to pass to full mount!
Prunea can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Heavy Hands is looking to escape.
Prunea avoids the attempt from Heavy Hands to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Prunea there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heavy Hands tries to hold on but Prunea postures up.
Prunea trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Edson Heavy Hands will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Heavy Hands lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Prunea avoids the head kick by Heavy Hands .
Edson Heavy Hands seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prunea defending well as Heavy Hands loads up on a big left hand.
Prunea tries to score with a low kick but Heavy Hands moves his leg out of the way.
Prunea misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Heavy Hands shoots for a double leg takedown but Prunea sprawls well. He's pushed Heavy Hands 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Prunea walks into a stiff left hand from Heavy Hands .
Prunea shoots for a takedown but Heavy Hands saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Heavy Hands fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Heavy Hands , who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Heavy Hands darts in and clinches Prunea up against the ropes.
Prunea avoiding damage as Heavy Hands throws knees to the body.
Heavy Hands wants a takedown.
Prunea lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heavy Hands backwards.
Prunea scores with a shot to the side of Heavy Hands 's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heavy Hands goes for a takedown attempt but Prunea pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edson Heavy Hands . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heavy Hands misses with a right hand
and Prunea counters with a left to the body.

Prunea shoots in and bounces Heavy Hands off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Prunea works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Well, if Prunea is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Heavy Hands trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prunea not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Prunea 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.

Prunea is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Heavy Hands has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heavy Hands is looking for a sweep. Prunea is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Prunea sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Prunea wants to advance to full mount but Heavy Hands doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prunea wants to control from the top but Heavy Hands keeps moving.
Prunea scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Prunea trying to control but Heavy Hands is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Maimuta Prunea was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Heavy Hands is looking to clinch.
Heavy Hands lands with a straight right. Prunea didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maimuta Prunea showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Heavy Hands wants to clinch

and Prunea decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Heavy Hands 's guard.
Heavy Hands looking for a sweep. Not yet Heavy Hands , not yet.
Heavy Hands is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Heavy Hands looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Prunea with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Prunea is controlling Heavy Hands 's position as best he can from this difficult position.

Heavy Hands is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Prunea manages to get to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heavy Hands preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prunea trying to keep a closed guard but Heavy Hands is proving a slippery customer.

Heavy Hands is sitting in close to Prunea's body. Prunea has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Heavy Hands is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Heavy Hands is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Prunea.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Maimuta Prunea!