PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Optimus Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Prime might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Metalingus by Alter Bridge. Bryan has chosen Nickelback - Burn It To the Ground as his entrance music. Optimus Prime has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Prime
vs
Bryan

191 cm
28
288 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

183 cm
30
270 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Fast

Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Optimus Prime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, King Bryan!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prime tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bryan is able to avoid easily.
Prime shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Prime throws a shot from downtown. Bryan moves away and avoids it.
Bryan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Prime.
Prime steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bryan. That one must have hurt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bryan.
Bryan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bryan throws a solid leg kick but Prime takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bryan.
Bryan misses with a body kick.
Bryan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Prime throws a nice looking combination but Bryan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bryan misses with a body kick.
Bryan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Prime avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Prime moves into the clinch successfully.
Prime tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bryan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Prime doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Prime misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bryan wants a takedown but no success here.
Prime throws a head punch that misses.
Bryan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prime.
Still in the clinch, Prime scores with a nice short uppercut.
Prime misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bryan takes a shot to the head.
Prime is pushing Bryan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bryan lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Prime looking for submissions off his back.

Bryan seems to be looking for submissions.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prime is looking for a sweep. Bryan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Bryan is looking for a kimura here.
Prime is looking to control Bryan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Prime avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Bryan is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Prime is just riding it out for now. Bryan eventually gives up the hold.
Prime works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime is trying to keep Bryan in close.

Bryan is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Prime is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Prime has escaped and now he's on top!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bryan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bryan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bryan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but King Bryan will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Prime lands a nice shot that snaps Bryan's head back.

Prime feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bryan trying to control the position.
Prime throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prime passes into half guard.
Prime seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bryan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Bryan looking for submissions off his back.
Prime winds up and cracks Bryan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prime not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Prime is trying to control the action in half guard but Bryan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Prime not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bryan wants to get back to full guard.
Bryan regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Prime.
Prime scoring with some ground and pound.

Bryan has his foot on Prime's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Prime works his way back into a safe position though.
Prime sitting in guard here, content to control.

Bryan looking for subs off his back but Prime has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bryan wants to improve his position but Prime is controlling well.
Optimus Prime overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Bryan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Prime frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Prime postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Bryan bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Prime and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Optimus Prime!
After winning the bout, Optimus Prime thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.