PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johny Persecutioned (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Super Fly (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.

Persecutioned
vs
Fly

191 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 Las Vegas, Johny Persecutioned!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Super Fly!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Persecutioned lands a nice hook to Fly's body. Fly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fly throws a solid leg kick but Persecutioned takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fly.
Fly is looking to clinch.
Persecutioned throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Persecutioned misses with a few strikes there.
Persecutioned checks a leg kick.
Fly throws a low kick, looking for Persecutioned's leg but Persecutioned calmly moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Fly misses.
Persecutioned fails to land with a series of punches.
Fly throws a low kick, looking for Persecutioned's leg but Persecutioned calmly moves out of range.
Fly fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Persecutioned checks it well.
Persecutioned avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Persecutioned checks a leg kick.
Persecutioned checks a leg kick.
Persecutioned fails to land the takedown.
Fly dodges the punch combination from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned moves out of range of the leg kick from Fly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Persecutioned misses with a wild combination.
Persecutioned fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Persecutioned throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Fly misses.
A big right from Fly misses.
Fly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fly throws a leg kick that misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fly is defended easily by Persecutioned.
Persecutioned misses with a wild combination.
Fly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Persecutioned misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fly shoots in for a takedown but Persecutioned shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Persecutioned swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Fly gets a clinch.
Fly lands a nice knee to the body.
Fly throws an elbow but it misses.
Fly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Persecutioned avoids the elbow strike from Fly, against the cage.

Persecutioned is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Fly can't fight it off and eventually Persecutioned manages to take the fight to the floor. Fly looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Persecutioned has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Persecutioned lands a couple of elbows.
Persecutioned won't allow Fly to sweep him here.
Persecutioned postures up.

Fly escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Persecutioned gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fly working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Persecutioned.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned stopping the sweep attempt from Fly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Persecutioned missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Persecutioned showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fly working a defensive guard here.
Persecutioned sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fly is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Johny Persecutioned.
Persecutioned will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johny Persecutioned. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fly connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Persecutioned connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Persecutioned.
Fly dodges the punch combination from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned thows a left - swing and a miss!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fly misses with a low kick.
Fly just misses with a punch to the body.
Fly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Persecutioned throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fly's waist but Fly gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Persecutioned off to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Johny Persecutioned will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A leg kick checked by Persecutioned.
A swing and a miss from Persecutioned.
Fly 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.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Persecutioned.
Fly looks to land a left hand but Persecutioned moved out of range nicely.
Persecutioned throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fly looks to throw the jab but Persecutioned is out of range.
Fly 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.
Fly blocks a jab.
Fly throws a low kick but Persecutioned moves out of range easily.
Johny Persecutioned is winning the standup battle so far.
Fly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Persecutioned.
Persecutioned fails with a takedown attempt.
Fly tries to close the distance and clinch but Persecutioned swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fly misses with a low kick.
Fly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Persecutioned manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fly there as he acknowledges the shot.
Persecutioned avoids the head kick by Fly.
Fly throws a leg kick but Persecutioned sees it coming and moves out of range.
Persecutioned checks a leg kick.
Persecutioned is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fly.
Persecutioned shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fly but Fly pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johny Persecutioned. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Fly tries to sprawl but Persecutioned drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Persecutioned keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Fly is pressing down on Persecutioned's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Fly wants to sweep but no luck.
Johny Persecutioned overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Fly looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Johny Persecutioned just wasn't active enough.
Persecutioned shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fly as he avoids it easily.
Persecutioned misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Persecutioned thows a body shot but no joy.
Persecutioned slips a straight right by Fly.
Fly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fly throws a poor cross that misses
and Fly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Persecutioned. Those never looked like landing.
Persecutioned tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fly is able to avoid easily.

Fly shoots in and gets a takedown into Persecutioned's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fly trying to control the position from guard on top but Persecutioned is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Persecutioned swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fly pushes down on Persecutioned's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Fly takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fly looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fly looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fly seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Persecutioned does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Persecutioned knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fly on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fly trying to pass the guard but Persecutioned defending well.
Fly is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fly content to control rather than advance.
Persecutioned is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Persecutioned looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fly is keen to just control but Persecutioned is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Super Fly 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!

Persecutioned slips a straight right by Fly.
Persecutioned looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fly throws a low kick but Persecutioned avoids it.
Persecutioned throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Persecutioned fails to land with a series of punches.
Fly misses with a low kick.
No joy there for Fly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Fly moves into the clinch successfully.
Fly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Persecutioned tries to throw a body punch but Fly avoids it by throwing Persecutioned back against the cage.
Fly pushes off an throws an elbow but Persecutioned leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Persecutioned misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Persecutioned lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fly backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Persecutioned is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fly pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Fly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Persecutioned avoids it.
Fly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Persecutioned is defending well for now.
Fly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Persecutioned lands a nice uppercut.
Fly misses with an elbow strike.
Persecutioned can't break the clinch.
Persecutioned is trying to break free.
Persecutioned blocks the elbow strike.
Fly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Persecutioned tries to break free but Fly pushes him back against the cage.
Persecutioned managing to block the knees to the body from Fly.
Persecutioned slowing the pace effectively.
Fly struggles to land a body shot inside as Persecutioned controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned has Fly pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fly manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Fly looking to slow down the pace here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fly obliges.
Fly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fly tries to land a knee to the head but Persecutioned blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Persecutioned fails to land.
Persecutioned trying to control the position but instead, Fly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Persecutioned into the cage.
Persecutioned wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johny Persecutioned. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fly misses with a hook to the ribs.
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!
Persecutioned tries to break free but Fly pushes him back against the cage.
Fly gets underhooks to prevent Persecutioned's takedown attempt.
Fly looking to throw knees to the head but Persecutioned is blocking nicely.
Persecutioned looking to slow down the pace here.
Persecutioned misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Persecutioned.
Persecutioned has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fly tries to throw a body punch but Persecutioned avoids it by throwing Fly back against the cage.
Persecutioned blocks an elbow strike from Fly.
Fly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned misses with some punches.
Fly has Persecutioned pressed against the cage, preventing Persecutioned from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Persecutioned.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fly swings wildly with an uppercut but Persecutioned uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fly pulls his leg out and moves away.
Fly wants to clinch.
Fly pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Persecutioned lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fly leaves Persecutioned with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Fly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Persecutioned on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Persecutioned jabs Fly right on the nose. Fly blinks but takes it well.
Fly looks to land a left hand but Persecutioned moved out of range nicely.
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!
A punch combination from Persecutioned misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Persecutioned throws a right and a left that Fly avoids nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Super Fly.
I think Fly has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Super Fly!
Johny Persecutioned spoke after the fight, saying 'Oops.. i mmmm dommmm mmm. You mmmow.'.