PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Watership Down (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slicky McGrease (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Down comes to the cage accompanied by Tick Tick Boom. McGrease has chosen I'm a beast as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Down
vs
McGrease

180 cm
23
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Watership Down!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Slicky McGrease!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGrease swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McGrease swinging wildly here.

McGrease darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Down on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Down tries to get out of the position.
Down works his way to full guard. Good work.
Down trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Down escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. McGrease gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Down has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
McGrease trying to stand up but can't free himself from Down's guard.
Down looking to hit a scissor sweep but McGrease is one step ahead there.
McGrease has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Down is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Down pushes McGrease off and gets back to his feet.
A combination from McGrease does no damage.
McGrease misses with a wild combination.
McGrease stuffs the takedown.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Down is defended easily by McGrease.
Down fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Watership Down. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGrease throws a series of punches but Down avoids them all with ease.

McGrease shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Down is trying to defend but McGrease finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGrease not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Down wants to get back to full guard.
Down works his way to full guard. Good work.
McGrease wants to stand and escape but instead Down has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGrease wants to get back to his feet but Down is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Down lands a couple of digs.
Down trying to control but McGrease is working from the bottom.
McGrease wants to stand but Down is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Down slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
McGrease should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Down grinds an elbow into McGrease's temple.
McGrease bucks up and tries to throw Down off but instead Down has got his back!
McGrease is trying to get back to his feet but Down has full control of the position and if anything, McGrease has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Down 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, McGrease has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Down connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for McGrease to escape the position.
Down lands shots from the back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGrease trying to get back to his feet but Down is in full control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Down punishes McGrease with strikes from the back mount.
Down throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting McGrease!
Down softening up his opponent with strikes here.
McGrease wants to escape the position.
McGrease trying to get back to his feet but Down is in full control for now.
McGrease looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
McGrease is trying to get back to his feet but Down has full control of the position and if anything, McGrease has just worked his way into a worse spot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

McGrease preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Down.
Down has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for McGrease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Watership Down dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Down closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
McGrease prevents Down from improving position.
Down working the body and head with strikes.
We've been informed that McGrease has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
McGrease bucks up and tries to throw Down off but instead Down has got his back!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Down.
Down has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McGrease is covering up but some of the strikes from Down are getting through and doing damage.
Down softening up his opponent with strikes here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGrease is trying to get back to his feet but Down has full control of the position and if anything, McGrease has just worked his way into a worse spot.
McGrease is in bad spot here.
Down wants to control but McGrease is keeping busy.
Down scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. McGrease is looking for a way out.
Down lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrease takes a big shot to the side of the head.
McGrease really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Down. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
McGrease is trying to stand back up.

Down is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. McGrease knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften McGrease for a finish.
The referee is taking a good look at McGrease as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Down!
Down landing with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Down is working for a rear naked choke. McGrease is not defending it well and Down has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! McGrease refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of McGrease's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Watership Down!
Our winner, Watership Down, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Slicky McGrease spoke after the fight, saying 'He was lucky.'.