PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stewart Bradford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abig Phatty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bradford
vs
Phatty

172 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stewart Bradford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abig Phatty!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Phatty.
Phatty moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Phatty lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bradford will feel that in the morning.
Phatty scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Phatty misses with a head kick.
Phatty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Phatty throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bradford.
Phatty throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Phatty connects with a leg kick. Bradford looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A solid body kick from Phatty.
Bradford takes a kick to the side of the head.

Bradford closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bradford avoids a wild elbow strike from Phatty.

Bradford turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Bradford manages to end up in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Bradford wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Phatty, who protects the arm well.
Bradford fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bradford lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Phatty down.

Bradford has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Phatty lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bradford will feel that in the morning.
Phatty misses with a kick to the body.
Phatty fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phatty tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Bradford counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bradford decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Phatty, up you get!
Abig Phatty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bradford blocks a head kick by Phatty.
Bradford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phatty paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abig Phatty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bradford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bradford keeps the fight on the outside.
An inside leg kick lands from Phatty.
Phatty throws a head kick but Bradford moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Phatty.
Bradford on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Phatty throws a sloppy head kick and Bradford moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phatty looks for the body kick but Bradford saw that one coming.
Phatty tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Phatty scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Phatty tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Phatty scores with a head kick. Bradford tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bradford looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Phatty is fending him off so far but Bradford persists. Nope, Phatty circles away and we're back to standing.
Bradford on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A head kick misses from Phatty.
Phatty lands a front kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Phatty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phatty fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phatty thuds his shin into the meat of Bradford's side.
Phatty lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bradford will feel that in the morning.
Phatty lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bradford takes a step back to recover.
Phatty misses with an attempted mid kick.
Phatty connects with a solid leg kick.

Bradford moves into range and clinches up with Phatty.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Phatty is trying to force a seperation but Bradford has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abig Phatty dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Phatty fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bradford has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A head kick misses from Phatty.
Phatty tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Phatty.
Bradford on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bradford swats away the attempt to clinch by Phatty.
Abig Phatty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Phatty pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Phatty tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bradford paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bradford takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Phatty scores with a head kick.
Bradford will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradford tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Phatty doesn't manage to clinch there - Bradford circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Phatty. That's going to slow Bradford down.
Bradford takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Phatty.
Phatty dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bradford. That did some damage!
Nice body kick there by Phatty.
Phatty tries to clinch up

and Bradford counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Phatty's guard now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bradford gets to his feet - Phatty follows without any prompting.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phatty misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Phatty.
Phatty keeps Bradford at a distance using the push kick.
Phatty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Phatty throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bradford.
Bradford takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Phatty is breathing heavily.
Phatty throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice body kick there by Phatty.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Phatty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phatty keeps Bradford at a distance using the push kick.
Phatty keeps Bradford at a distance using the push kick.
Phatty throws a body kick that misses.
Stewart Bradford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bradford takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Phatty scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bradford darts in looking for a takedown but Phatty gets double underhooks and turns Bradford into the cage.
Bradford is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Phatty is trying to break the clinch but Bradford is controlling him.
Phatty wants to break free but Bradford has control.
Bradford tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Phatty just stands there and leans against the cage.
Phatty crunches a lovely knee into Bradford's ribcage.
Bradford keeps control of Phatty as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phatty throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Bradford has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Phatty regains guard immediately.
Phatty is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Bradford stands up from guard. Let's bang!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Phatty.
Good leg kick by Phatty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Phatty throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Phatty buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abig Phatty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A slapping leg kick lands for Phatty.
Phatty throws a nice head kick!
Bradford takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Bradford darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Phatty has hold of Bradford's hands but Bradford slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bradford takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Bradford stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Phatty to get to his feet.
Phatty chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phatty throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bradford blocks a head kick by Phatty.
Phatty throws a sloppy head kick and Bradford moves out of range easily.
Phatty scores with a nice body kick.
Phatty takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Phatty misses with a body kick.
Phatty scores with a leg kick.
Bradford chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Phatty can pounce on him.
Bradford on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Phatty. Phatty obviously looking to wear him down.
Bradford looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Phatty is fending him off so far but Bradford persists. Nope, Phatty circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phatty tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Phatty is looking to clinch but Bradford is avoiding it.
Phatty tries a head kick but it misses.
Bradford moves out of range of the body kick from Phatty.
Phatty connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Phatty goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Phatty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Phatty throws a head kick that misses.
Phatty plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Phatty misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phatty takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bradford blocks a head kick by Phatty.
Phatty looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Phatty misses with a body kick.
Phatty does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Phatty misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Phatty attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Phatty misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bradford blocks a head kick by Phatty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradford looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Phatty is fending him off so far but Bradford persists. Nope, Phatty circles away and we're back to standing.
Phatty misses with a body kick.

Bradford closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Phatty quickly recovers to half guard.
Bradford throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bradford prevents Phatty from improving his position.
Stewart Bradford overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bradford missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bradford stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Phatty looks to land a body kick but Bradford moved away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Abig Phatty.
I've got Phatty winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abig Phatty!
A very excited looking Abig Phatty made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.