PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Corey Birthday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunnar Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Birthday comes to the ring accompanied by Happy Birthday Mr President. Jensen has chosen Devour as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Birthday
vs
Jensen

170 cm
26
280 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

196 cm
29
248 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Corey Birthday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gunnar Jensen!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birthday throws a push kick but Jensen slaps the foot to one side.
Jensen misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jensen.
Jensen tries a head kick but it misses.

Birthday moves into the clinch.
Jensen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Birthday comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jensen gets through Birthday's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Birthday tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Birthday prevents a takedown attempt there.
Birthday struggles to land a body shot inside as Jensen controls his hands.
A short left from Birthday.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jensen tries for a takedown. No joy.

Birthday gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Birthday controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Birthday wants to take a breather but Jensen is having none of it.
Nice strikes from Birthday there.
Birthday lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Birthday looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Jensen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen trying to hold on to Birthday's head to control him but Birthday postures up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Birthday controlling the pace.
Jensen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Birthday.
Birthday prevents Jensen from improving his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birthday is keen to just control but Jensen is a slippery customer.
Jensen wants to control but Birthday is keeping busy.
Jensen is pressing down on Birthday's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Birthday content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jensen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Birthday controls the pace.

Jensen working for a triangle but Birthday defends it easily.
Birthday trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jensen is trying to keep Birthday in close.
Birthday connects with a couple of short punches.
Birthday showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jensen keeping moving, preventing Birthday from controlling successfully.
Birthday passes Jensen's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Jensen looking for submissions off his back.
Birthday slips a nice elbow through Jensen's hands, connecting with Jensen's forehead.
Birthday works his way into full mount!
Jensen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jensen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Birthday can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jensen is looking to escape.
Birthday putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jensen is squirming around, avoiding Birthday's attempts to control the action.
Birthday lands a nice shot to the head.
Jensen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Birthday trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Birthday raining down shots from the mount!
Birthday trying to control but Jensen is having none of it.
Birthday sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Birthday avoids the attempt from Jensen to control.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Birthday dominating with strikes here.
Jensen working to try and regain half guard.
Birthday looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jensen gets back to half guard.
Birthday works his foot free and advances to mount.
Birthday with the ground and pound from mount.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jensen regains half guard.
Birthday is looking to take a break and control but Jensen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Birthday is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Birthday thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jensen's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Birthday prevents Jensen from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Birthday dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jensen throws a low kick but Birthday avoids it.
Birthday looks to throw a body kick

and Jensen counters with a crisp one two that drops Birthday! Jensen thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Birthday to his feet! Birthday is in big trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Birthday throws a quick inside leg kick.
Birthday just misses with a punch to the body.
Jensen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Birthday.
Birthday throws a jab when Jensen was well out of range.
Jensen throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Birthday looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A leg kick checked by Jensen.
Jensen moves out of range of the body kick from Birthday.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Birthday misses.
Jensen checks the leg kick.
Birthday looks to land a body kick but Jensen moved away.
Jensen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Birthday, right into the meat.
Birthday shoots in looking for a takedown. Jensen tries to sprawl out of it but Birthday keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Jensen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Birthday throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jensen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Birthday takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen misses with a straight right.
Birthday looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Birthday misses
and Jensen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Birthday with a nice cross.
A bone on bone clash there as Jensen blocks the leg kick.
Jensen moves out of range of the strikes.
Birthday getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Birthday throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Birthday looks to score with a jab to the body but Jensen is just out of range.
Birthday lands with a good body shot.
Birthday misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birthday throws a low kick, looking for Jensen's leg but Jensen calmly moves out of range.
Birthday looks to throw the jab but Jensen is out of range.
Birthday uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jensen.
Jensen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Birthday tried to score with a low kick but Jensen checks it.
Jensen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Birthday.
Birthday will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Birthday walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jensen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Birthday was well out of range. Poor timing from Jensen.
Jensen scores with a jab. Birthday acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birthday lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jensen's sensitive parts.
Gunnar Jensen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jensen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Birthday.
Jensen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jensen is breathing heavily.
Birthday misses the shot to the body.

Birthday instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jensen tries to break the clinch but Birthday is controlling the position.
Jensen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Birthday pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Birthday landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Birthday putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jensen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Birthday has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jensen uses from the top position.

Birthday is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Birthday might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jensen won't allow Birthday to sweep him here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Birthday is trying to control the position but Jensen postures up.

Birthday is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jensen wants to control from the top but Birthday keeps moving.

Birthday has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jensen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jensen preventing the sweep.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jensen looking to sit in guard and control but Birthday gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Birthday stopping the sweep attempt from Jensen.
Birthday passes into half guard.

Jensen looking for submissions off his back.
Corey Birthday is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Birthday is trying to control the action in half guard but Jensen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jensen wants to improve his position but Birthday is controlling well.
Jensen is not content to let Birthday control the position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Birthday looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Birthday content to control rather than advance.
Gunnar Jensen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jensen is looking to improve his position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Jensen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Still in half guard, Birthday seems content to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Birthday not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Well, if Birthday is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

And that's the end of the fight!
Corey Birthday showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Birthday 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Corey Birthday!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Corey Birthday!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Corey Birthday!

Corey Birthday wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Corey Birthday thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.