PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Snake Eater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Athena God Of War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Athena God Of War will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Eater
vs
God Of War

195 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
159 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Snake Eater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Athena God Of War!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eater misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Eater closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. God Of War quickly recovers to half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Eater is stalling here. God Of War is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Eater seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and God Of War has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Eater trying to control but God Of War flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Eater trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Eater could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eater tries to roll but God Of War sticks to his back.
Good control from God Of War.
God Of War is not going to allow Eater to sit and survive in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
God Of War keeps control of the position as Eater tries to break free.
Eater is working hard here to advance position.
Will God Of War go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Eater tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eater trying to control the action but God Of War just sinks the hooks in.
Eater tries to roll but God Of War sticks to his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eater trying to get back to his feet but God Of War is in full control for now.
Eater tries to roll but God Of War sticks to his back.
A bit of a pause in the action here. God Of War controlling the positon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Snake Eater dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Eater drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eater looking to pass the guard.
Eater looking to sit in guard and control but God Of War gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Eater working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because God Of War has passed into half guard!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eater is trying to control but can't.
Eater is looking to get back to is feet but God Of War passes into side control.
Eater is trying to control God Of War's posture but God Of War avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eater looking for a sweep but God Of War has passed into full mount! Oh no!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Eater is looking to improve his position but God Of War isn't that keen on the idea.
God Of War avoids the attempt from Eater to control.
Eater tries to reverse the position but God Of War maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eater wants to hold on but God Of War pushes him away.
Snake Eater overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
God Of War prevents Eater from getting the reversal.
God Of War controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eater wants to control but God Of War is having none of it.
Eater working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Snake Eater dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Eater moves in looking to clinch but God Of War pushes him off.

Eater drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Eater cracks God Of War with a solid left hand.
Eater throws a big right hand that misses.
Eater wants to stand but God Of War is controlling his posture from full guard.
Eater trying to control but God Of War is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

We're going to have a standup here because Snake Eater wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Eater drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Eater throws a strike but God Of War rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Eater wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eater keeping moving, preventing God Of War from controlling successfully.
Eater not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Snake Eater.
Eater tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but God Of War paws at him with a jab and circles away.
God Of War circles away from the clinch attempt

and God Of War counters with a single leg into guard. Eater didn't expect that.

Eater is looking for a triangle here but God Of War uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Eater is trying to control God Of War's posture but God Of War avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eater tries to control but God Of War manages to take his back.
You can see the frustration on Eater's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Athena God Of War has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Snake Eater is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eater wants to control his opponent's hands but God Of War gets his hands free.

And that's the end of the fight!
Snake Eater showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Eater has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Snake Eater!