PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Fire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Pot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pot is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Showering of Money. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fire
vs
Pot

170 cm
25
174 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harry Fire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Pot!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pot shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pot showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pot is looking for a kimura but Fire is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pot to get the leverage.

Pot is looking for a kimura but Fire is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pot to get the leverage.
Pot wants to stand up but Fire is controlling the position.
Pot is looking to stall here but Fire recovers full guard.
Pot looking to sit in guard and control but Fire gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fire connects with a couple of short punches.
Fire slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Pot preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fire works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Pot looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fire is taking a breather. Pot says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Fire moves nicely into side control.
Fire trying to control the action but Pot is working from the bottom.
Fire scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Fire crashes against the mat.
Fire scores with punches from side control.
Fire is working Pot over with some ground and pound from side control.
Fire cracks Pot with a big elbow.
Pot is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Fire's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Fire not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pot is looking to improve his position.
Fire seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fire missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Fire there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pot moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Fire might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fire landing some decent shots from guard.
Pot working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fire.
Fire in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fire advances position into side control!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Fire crashes against the mat.
Fire is putting a hurting on Pot here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fire grinds an elbow into Pot's temple.
Fire trying to control the position but Pot is working away.
Pot tries to bench press Fire off him but Fire keeps the position.
Fire working the strikes but Pot uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Fire lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pot trying to control from the bottom.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fire thows a huge punch but Pot dodges it nicely.
Fire throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fire wants to take a breather but Pot is having none of it.
Ground and pound from Fire.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pot looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pot is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fire thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pot's head.
Fire looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Fire thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pot wants to improve his position but Fire is controlling well.

Fire 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.
Pot is looking to improve his position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Fire in particular looking to stall.
Fire is thwarting Pot's attempts to control the position.
Pot on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fire is stalling here. Pot is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Fire seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Pot has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Pot is looking to take a break and control but Fire is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fire avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Pot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fire tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Fire dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Pot looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fire is fending him off so far but Pot persists. Nope, Fire circles away and we're back to standing.
Pot lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pot uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pot is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fire sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pot throws a lazy uppercut

and Fire counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fire sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pot is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Fire working the ground and pound but Pot is defending the strikes.
Fire scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fire trying to control the position but Pot is working away.
Fire 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.
Fire lands an elbow.
Pot parries the strikes from Fire easily there. Fire is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Pot to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fire happy to just control the position for now.
Pot is trying to improve his position.

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

Fire is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Pot knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pot is looking to reverse the position.
Pot gets back to half guard.
Fire with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Pot is refusing to be controlled, as Fire sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pot is looking for a sweep. Fire is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fire thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pot's head.
Pot wants to get back to his feet.
Fire seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Pot gets back to full guard.
Fire trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pot preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pot tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fire passes Pot's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Fire is trying to control. Pot wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pot gets full guard.
Fire won't allow Pot to get back to his feet.
Fire connects with a couple of short punches.
Fire throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fire content to stall in guard here.
Fire wants to control from the top but Pot keeps moving.
Harry Fire overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fire missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pot is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fire is controlling him.
Fire stays in close to Pot's body and controls the position.
Pot preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fire tries to free his leg and advance position but Pot is retaining full guard.
Pot looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fire pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pot is keeping the position for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fire swats away the attempt to clinch by Pot.
Pot shoots in for a takedown but Fire shows good takedown defense.
Harry Fire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Pot.
Pot feints a jab promting Fire to slip. Pot then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fire slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jack Pot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fire shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pot as he jumps to the side.
Jack Pot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pot stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pot wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Fire. No joy for Pot on that attempt.
Pot cracks Fire with a good jab.

Pot drives through with a takedown into Fire's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Pot wants to control from the top but Fire keeps moving.

Jack Pot has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Pot feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fires jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pot.
Fire looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pot is fending him off so far but Fire persists. Nope, Pot circles away and we're back to standing.
A right-left combo lands from Pot.
Pot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fire paws at him with a jab and circles away.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Fire enables Pot to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Fire manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fire keeping moving, preventing Pot from controlling successfully.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jack Pot.
Pot scores with a punch to the head.

Pot has managed to clinch.
Pot is trying to pull guard but Fire has him pressed against the cage.

Pot breaks from the clinch.
Pot tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harry Fire is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pot tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fire shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pot defends it nicely.
Pot wants to clinch up but Fire keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jack Pot.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Harry Fire!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Harry Fire!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Harry Fire!

Harry Fire wins by unanimous decision!