PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Durham Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Burt Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Red
vs
Ward

190 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
192 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Battle Bars Inc.

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Durham Red!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Burt Ward!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Red shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Red was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Red tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ward is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ward is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Red takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ward keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Red controlling his opponent.
Ward tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red looking to control but Ward is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ward is desperately trying to improve his position but Red has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Red controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Red prevents Ward from getting the reversal.
Red looking to control and managing it successfully.
Red prevents Ward from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ward is looking to improve his position but Red isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ward regains half guard.

Ward looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Ward actively working from the bottom here.
Ward looks gassed!
Ward wants to improve his position but Red is controlling well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Red decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Durham Red 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.

Red looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Ward looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Red prevents Ward from improving his position.

Ward actively working from the bottom here.
Ward is trying to get back to full guard.
Ward is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Red's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Red's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Red is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Ward gets his way!

Red is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Ward is breathing heavily.
Red just looking to survive in the bad position.
Ward avoiding Red 's attempts to control his hands.
Red is trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Red defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Ward's arms.

Ward has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Red has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

Ward is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Red is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Burt Ward!