PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Awesome Sauce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and matty pickersgill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sauce
vs
pickersgill

180 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Awesome Sauce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, matty pickersgill!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sauce misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sauce scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. pickersgill doesn't seem bothered though.
Sauce takes a kick to the side of the head.

Sauce is rocked!
Danga de danga de dang - Sauce scores with a four punch combination!
Oh Sauce is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sauce works over pickersgill's head and body with a nice combination.
Sauce throws a combination but it was largely blocked by pickersgill.
Sauce seems to have got his legs back now.
Sauce throws a series of punches but pickersgill moves out of range.
pickersgill tries for a takedown but Sauce sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
pickersgill fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sauce misses with a series of wild punches.
Sauce lands an overhand right.
Sauce swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

pickersgill gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sauce.
Nice body punch from Sauce.
pickersgill keeps control of Sauce as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

pickersgill breaks from the clinch.
pickersgill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sauce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - pickersgill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
pickersgill is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sauce.
Awesome Sauce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
pickersgill tries for a takedown but Sauce sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Awesome Sauce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of matty pickersgill.
pickersgill dodges the punch combination from Sauce.
Sauce misses with the combination.
Sauce throws a series of punches but pickersgill moves out of range.
pickersgill misses with a body shot.
pickersgill slips a jab and a cross from Sauce.
pickersgill misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sauce rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but pickersgill moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some bone on bone action there as pickersgill checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
pickersgill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
pickersgill shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sauce as he jumps to the side.
Sauce wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sauce throws a sloppy head kick

and pickersgill counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauce wants to get back to his feet but pickersgill passes into half guard.
pickersgill looks gassed!
pickersgill controlling the action here.
pickersgill wants to pass the guard but Sauce is defending well.
pickersgill prevents Sauce from standing back up.
pickersgill performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
pickersgill working over Sauce with some ground and pound. Sauce looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from pickersgill.
pickersgill passes to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauce is trying to get back to his feet.
Sauce knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for pickersgill on the ground.
pickersgill lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
pickersgill takes a little break here. Sauce wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Sauce is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but pickersgill has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Sauce trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Sauce bucks up and tries to throw pickersgill off but instead pickersgill has got his back!
Sauce covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
pickersgill has Sauce flattened out and is raining down punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
pickersgill lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by pickersgill.
pickersgill scores with strikes from the back.
pickersgill softening up his opponent with strikes here.

pickersgill sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Sauce taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). matty pickersgill!