PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Estripador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Flintstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flintstone comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jack Estripador has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Estripador
vs
Flintstone

190 cm
27
265 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

190 cm
22
240 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Estripador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fred Flintstone!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Estripador tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Flintstone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Estripador closes the distance and pushes Flintstone back into the cage.
Estripador misses with a hook from the clinch.
Estripador tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Flintstone smiles and moves away.
Estripador throws a left and a right that both miss
and Flintstone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Estripador tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Flintstone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jack Estripador seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Estripador moves out of range as Flintstone strikes.
Estripador misses with the combination.

Estripador moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Flintstone.
Flintstone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flintstone struggles to land a body shot inside as Estripador controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flintstone lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Estripador tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Estripador tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flintstone avoids it.
Flintstone swings wildly with an uppercut but Estripador uses good head movement to avoid it.
Estripador fails to pull guard.
Estripador prevents a body shot from Flintstone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estripador lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flintstone blocks an uppercut.
Estripador misses with a hook from the clinch.
Estripador tries to pull guard but Flintstone won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Estripador. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Flintstone misses with a body punch.

Flintstone gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Well, if Flintstone 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.
Flintstone slips a nice elbow through Estripador's hands, connecting with Estripador's forehead.
Flintstone lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Flintstone working Estripador over with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flintstone takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flintstone trying to pass the guard but Estripador defending well.
Flintstone is nestled in close to Estripador, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Flintstone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Flintstone is nestled in close to Estripador, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Still in half guard, Flintstone seems content to control.
Flintstone throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Flintstone looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Estripador trying to control here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Flintstone lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flintstone perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Flintstone is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Flintstone working over Estripador with some ground and pound. Estripador looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Estripador is looking to escape.
Flintstone moves into full mount! Estripador won't be happy about that!
Flintstone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Estripador hang on?
Estripador on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Estripador tries to get out of the position.
Flintstone looking to control and managing it successfully.
Flintstone landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Estripador tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Flintstone is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Estripador is surviving well by controlling Flintstone's body position as best he can.
Flintstone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Estripador hang on?
Estripador is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flintstone landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Flintstone dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Flintstone connects with a good right hand that stumbles Estripador. Estripador circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jack Estripador is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Flintstone slips a jab from Estripador.
Flintstone closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Estripador closes the distance and clinches up with Flintstone, looking for a takedown. Estripador pushes Flintstone against the cage but Flintstone circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Flintstone decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Flintstone is thwarting Estripador's attempts to control the position.
Flintstone takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Estripador taking some punishment here, with Flintstone in his half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Estripador is trying to get back to full guard.
Flintstone scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Flintstone takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flintstone scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Flintstone working Estripador over with strikes.
Estripador has hold of Flintstone's hands but Flintstone slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Flintstone has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Estripador tries to roll over but Flintstone keeps him under control.
Flintstone slows the pace down in half guard.
Flintstone working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Estripador's thigh. Estripador counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Flintstone forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flintstone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flintstone is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flintstone wants to pass the guard but Estripador is defending well.
Flintstone controlling the action here.
Let's hope that Flintstone has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Estripador tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Flintstone manages to move to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flintstone with shots to the head and body - Estripador looks very uncomfortable down there.

Flintstone jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Estripador manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Flintstone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Flintstone looks up at the clock and then as Estripador takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Flintstone smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Check out the look on Flintstone's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flintstone scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Estripador to see if he's OK.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Estripador taking punishment in the form of punches.
Estripador trying to remain calm as Flintstone controls from the top position.
Flintstone in side control lands a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Flintstone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Estripador throws a left and a right that both miss
and Flintstone counters with a crisp right that sends Estripador to the canvas! Flintstone follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fred Flintstone!