PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Bags (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). West is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Scooter - Maria . I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Bags
vs
West

185 cm
23
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Bags!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George West!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bags keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bags shoots in for a takedown but West shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
West fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bags closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
West throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bags avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bags slips a jab and a cross from West.
Bags slips a jab and a cross from West.

Bags gets a clinch.
West wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Bags pulls West into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Bags looking for a guillotine here but West defends easily.

West got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bags has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, West has managed to get both his arms back between Bags's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
West wants to stand and escape but instead Bags has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Bags stops West from standing up.
West really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bags. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bags is pushing down on West's leg trying to pass to half guard. West is fighting to maintain full guard but Bags has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bags passes to full mount!
West wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Bags looking to control but West is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bags content just to control the position here.
Bags trying to control but West is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bags sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

We're going to have a standup here because Joe Bags wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
No joy there for West, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
West fails to land with a series of punches.
Bags scores with a leg kick.
We've been informed that West has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Bags takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

West lands a left and a right that send Bags crashing to the mat, dazed. West thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Bags is rocked!

Bags clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George West dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

West ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from West. Bags does a little dance to reset his feet.
West connects with a nice cross there... Bags is looking wobbly and West recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Bags to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - West jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). George West!
George West decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated Joe Bags had this to say: 'I'll be back!'.