PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Sands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Great Cornholio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Great Cornholio is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Sands
vs
Cornholio

175 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
159 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

5th Round Clothing
Charlie Wang's Monkey Cult Styles

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Sands!
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, Great Cornholio!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sands lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sands.

It looks like Great Cornholio has been cut.

Cornholio closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sands to the mat! Sands manages to get full guard.
Cornholio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cornholio postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cornholio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sands working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cornholio.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cornholio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sands wants to stand and escape but Cornholio is having none of it.
Cornholio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sands works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sands looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cornholio wants to pass the guard but Sands is keeping the position.
Cornholio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sands not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cornholio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cornholio with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornholio postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cornholio lands a couple of elbows.
Cornholio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cornholio trying to control the position from guard on top but Sands is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cornholio is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Sands is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Cornholio dives into side control.
Cornholio in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sands on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sands defending against the ground and pound.
Sands is looking for a sweep.
Sands is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Cornholio is trying to get an arm triangle but Sands is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cornholio working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Cornholio thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sands is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Cornholio scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sands can't do much from the bottom here.

Cornholio thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sands is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornholio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sands keeps working.
Cornholio is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Cornholio working the head and body with strikes.
Sands tries to bench press Cornholio off him but Cornholio keeps the position.
Cornholio working the ground and pound from side control.

Cornholio working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sands is looking to regain half guard here but Cornholio keeps moving and retains side control.
Cornholio landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sands manages to work his way to half guard, despite Cornholio's best efforts.
Cornholio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Cornholio is working for a submission of some sort.
Cornholio seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cornholio lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sands works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cornholio trying to control the position from guard on top but Sands is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cornholio connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sands keeping moving, preventing Cornholio from controlling successfully.

Sands is working an open guard so Cornholio takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sands enables Cornholio to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sands manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Great Cornholio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Great Cornholio's cut.
That's time! Sands's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cornholio closes the distance and clinches up with Sands, looking for a takedown. Cornholio pushes Sands against the cage but Sands circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cornholio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cornholio lands a nice hook to Sands's body. Sands takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sands tries to land a front kick but Cornholio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Sands bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sands lands some shots froms side control.
Cornholio is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Cornholio actively working from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cornholio makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cornholio.

Cornholio manages to escape and get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cornholio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sands.
Sands with a nice cross.
Cornholio stalks Sands and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sands's face. Sands staggers backwards, shaken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornholio throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sands looks to throw the jab but Cornholio is out of range.
Sands scores with a jab to the jaw.
A lazy left from Sands finds it's target.
Sands keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cornholio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cornholio slips under a jab from Sands.
Sands shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cornholio throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sands sizes up Cornholio with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sands throws a left and a right that both miss

and Cornholio counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sands is trying to get back to full guard.
Cornholio working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sands has hold of Cornholio's hands but Cornholio slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Cornholio 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.

Sands looking for submissions off his back.
Cornholio is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Cornholio seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sands wants to control but Cornholio is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Cornholio.
Sands tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Cornholio manages to move to mount!
Cornholio trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Cornholio has hold of Sands's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Sands manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Sands bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Cornholio escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sands gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Cornholio has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sands can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sands throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cornholio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cornholio striking off his back but it's not causing Sands any problems.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

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

Cornholio pushes a forearm under Sands's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Sands is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Great Cornholio!
Great Cornholio took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, 5th Round Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.