PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jane Speedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slick Inakmas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slick Inakmas has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Speedo
vs
Inakmas

210 cm
25
200 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

188 cm
26
197 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jane Speedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Slick Inakmas!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speedo leaves Inakmas with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Speedo throws a hook but Inakmas blocks it.

Inakmas shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Speedo's guard.
Speedo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Inakmas slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Speedo controls Inakmas momentarily but Inakmas frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Inakmas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Inakmas wants to control from the top but Speedo keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inakmas passes into half guard.
Speedo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Inakmas.
Inakmas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Speedo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Inakmas.
Inakmas winds up and cracks Speedo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Inakmas trying to control from half guard but Speedo is working away.
Speedo tries to get to full guard but Inakmas has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inakmas is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Inakmas not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Inakmas scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Inakmas is controlling the pace.
Inakmas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Speedo's head.
Speedo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inakmas wants to pass to mount but Speedo is defending the position.
Inakmas is thwarting Speedo's attempts to control the position.
Inakmas slows the pace down in half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Inakmas lands a jab to Speedo's midsection.
Speedo throws a nice looking combination but Inakmas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Inakmas gets the takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Inakmas misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
What's Speedo going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Inakmas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Speedo keeps working.
Inakmas fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Speedo managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Inakmas.
Inakmas is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slick Inakmas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Inakmas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Speedo pinned against the cage. Speedo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Inakmas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Slick Inakmas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Inakmas fails with the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Speedo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Speedo throws a head kick but Inakmas moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inakmas dodges the punch combination from Speedo.
Inakmas has his takedown stuffed
and Speedo counters with a stiff right hand.
Jane Speedo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slick Inakmas.
Inakmas with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Inakmas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Speedo misses with a body shot.

Inakmas looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Speedo!
Speedo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Speedo tries to get out of the position.
A nice elbow there by Inakmas.
Inakmas looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Inakmas raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inakmas pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Inakmas prevents Speedo from getting the reversal.
Inakmas landing strikes from the mount and Speedo is in trouble!
Inakmas looking to ground and pound but Speedo is blocking nicely.
Inakmas breaks from Speedo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Speedo tries to reverse the position but Inakmas maintains control.
Speedo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inakmas scoring with strikes but Speedo is staying in there.
Inakmas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Speedo?
Inakmas lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Speedo is rocked!
Inakmas postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Speedo bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Inakmas and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slick Inakmas!
After winning the bout, Slick Inakmas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.