PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghiorghos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ultimate Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warrior has chosen Ultimate Warrior Entrance as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Papadopoulos
vs
Warrior

185 cm
29
266 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

188 cm
30
275 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ultimate Warrior!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Papadopoulos throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Warrior tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Papadopoulos is in Warrior's guard.
Warrior not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Warrior working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Papadopoulos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Papadopoulos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Papadopoulos is in close to Warrior's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Papadopoulos throws an elbow that misses. Warrior uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Papadopoulos's guard. Nice move by Warrior!
Papadopoulos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Warrior on the ground.
Papadopoulos wants to sweep here but Warrior controlling him for the moment.
Warrior is looking to stand up but Papadopoulos won't let him.
Warrior throws a big elbow that misses.
Papadopoulos will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Warrior has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Papadopoulos striking off his back but it's not causing Warrior any problems.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Papadopoulos throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Papadopoulos throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Warrior content to stall in guard here.
Warrior trying to control the position from guard on top but Papadopoulos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos keeping full guard, as Warrior tries to pass.
Warrior working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Papadopoulos's head.
Warrior with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Papadopoulos trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Warrior scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Warrior accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Papadopoulos wants to sweep here but Warrior controlling him for the moment.
Papadopoulos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Papadopoulos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Warrior is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Papadopoulos scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Papadopoulos drops an elbow to the side of Warrior's head.
Warrior has his hands clasped together around Papadopoulos's back. He's all about the action.
Warrior taking some punishment here, with Papadopoulos in his half guard.
Warrior missing with punches from the bottom.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but Warrior is blocking nicely.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Warrior wants to control but Papadopoulos is keeping busy.
Warrior pushes Papadopoulos off looking to stand but Papadopoulos dives back in and keeps control.
Papadopoulos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ground and pound from Papadopoulos.
Warrior is positioning himself well to prevent Papadopoulos advancing to mount.
Warrior pushes Papadopoulos off looking to stand but Papadopoulos dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior lands with a few short shots to the body.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Warrior looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Papadopoulos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Warrior's head.
Papadopoulos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Warrior wants to improve his position but Papadopoulos is controlling well.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Papadopoulos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Warrior wants to control but Papadopoulos is keeping busy.
Papadopoulos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Warrior with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Papadopoulos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Warrior is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Warrior looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos is looking to pass Warrior's guard but actually Warrior recovers to full guard.
Papadopoulos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papadopoulos throwing strikes from guard but Warrior blocks nicely.
Papadopoulos throws a big right hand that misses.

Papadopoulos fails with a takedown attempt.
Papadopoulos with a lazy takedown attempt

and Warrior counters by moving into the clinch.
Papadopoulos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Warrior gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ghiorghos Papadopoulos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Warrior breaks from the clinch.
Papadopoulos with a lazy takedown attempt

and Warrior counters with a shoot takedown. Papadopoulos fights it but they end up in guard.
Warrior working some strikes from top position.
Warrior with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos wants to improve his position but instead Warrior has moved into half guard.
Warrior seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Papadopoulos does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Papadopoulos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Papadopoulos tries to get out of the position.
Papadopoulos is looking to get back to full guard here but Warrior has managed to pass to side control instead.

Warrior stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Warrior gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Papadopoulos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Papadopoulos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Warrior looking for a sweep. Not yet Warrior, not yet.
Warrior is trying to keep Papadopoulos in close.
Papadopoulos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos won't allow Warrior to get back to his feet.
Papadopoulos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Warrior throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Papadopoulos works over Warrior with some ground and pound from guard.
Warrior wants to get back to his feet but Papadopoulos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Papadopoulos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Warrior works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Papadopoulos postures up and lands a big shot to Warrior's brow.
Papadopoulos throws a big elbow that misses.
Papadopoulos throws an elbow that misses. Warrior uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Papadopoulos's guard. Nice move by Warrior!
Warrior stopping the sweep attempt from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior trying to control but Papadopoulos is working from the bottom.
Papadopoulos trying to strike off his back.
Papadopoulos trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Papadopoulos wants to hit a switch here but Warrior passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Papadopoulos there!
Warrior tries to control but Papadopoulos wriggling away.
Papadopoulos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Warrior raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ghiorghos Papadopoulos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Warrior working for a guillotine from mount but Papadopoulos is in no mood to give up.
Papadopoulos throwing hammer fists to the chest of Warrior. What's that going to do exactly?
Papadopoulos throwing hammer fists to the chest of Warrior. What's that going to do exactly?
Papadopoulos is squirming around, avoiding Warrior's attempts to control the action.
Papadopoulos throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Papadopoulos is trying desperately to improve position.
Papadopoulos is working hard here to advance position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Warrior working for a submission but Papadopoulos is keeping him at bay.

Warrior throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Papadopoulos has his hands clasped together but Warrior breaks the hold and Papadopoulos is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Warrior!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ultimate Warrior!
After the fight, Ultimate Warrior was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.