PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Estella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kreese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kreese comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 'Sweep The Leg, Johnny' by No More Kings kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Estella
vs
Kreese

201 cm
25
295 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

195 cm
19
266 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Estella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Kreese!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kreese lands an overhand right.
Decent striking displayed by Kreese there.
A combination from Kreese does no damage.
Kreese avoids the head kick by Estella.
Kreese moves out of range of the body kick.
Estella pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kreese connects with a body shot that sends Estella's belly button to the back.
Estella ducks under a wild hook from Kreese.
Estella tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kreese chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Estella can pounce on him.
Estella tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kreese scores with a jab. Estella acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Estella tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Estella tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kreese manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Estella throws a sloppy head kick

and Kreese counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Estella actively working from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kreese is working for a submission of some sort.
Kreese is thwarting Estella's attempts to control the position.
Kreese looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Estella with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kreese has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Estella is trying to maintain the position but Kreese is very close to passing his half guard.

Estella is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kreese pulls his head out easily.
Kreese winds up and cracks Estella with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Estella trying to control but Kreese postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estella won't allow Kreese to pass to mount.
Estella is staying active underneath Kreese, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Estella is looking to get back to full guard here but Kreese has managed to pass to side control instead.

Kreese looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Estella wants to control but Kreese postures up.
Kreese wants to lay and pray for a moment but Estella keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kreese working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kreese tries to move to mount but Estella blocks the move with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kreese wants to control but Estella is keeping him busy.

Kreese thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kreese wants to lay and pray for a moment but Estella keeps working.
Estella struggling a bit here.
Kreese passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Estella!
Estella wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Kreese landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estella wants to hold on but Kreese pushes him away.
Kreese can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Estella is looking to escape.

Kreese wants to finish this one by submission but Estella is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Kreese.
Kreese is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Estella can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Kreese looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Kreese landing shots from mount.
Kreese looking to control but Estella is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Estella is desperately trying to improve his position but Kreese has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kreese dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kreese tries to bum rush Estella with a series of wild strikes but Estella uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Estella tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kreese paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Estella shoots in but no luck this time.
Kreese loads up on a big right hand but Estella slips the punch.
Kreese takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like John Kreese has been cut.
Juan Estella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Estella throws a leg kick that misses.
Estella closes the distance looking to clinch

and Kreese moves into the clinch.
Estella with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Estella with a knee to the head.
Kreese wants to take the fight to the mat but Estella manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Estella has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kreese is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estella is trying to push Kreese away but Kreese has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Estella can't get the takedown.
Estella tries to pull guard but Kreese won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Estella. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Estella is pressed up against the cage. Kreese has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Estella down to the mat. Estella avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Estella moves in looking to clinch but Kreese pushes him off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Estella. That's going to slow Kreese down.
Estella misses with a takedown attempt - Kreese sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Estella wants to clinch up but Kreese keeps it at a distance.
Kreese throws a shot from downtown. Estella moves away and avoids it.
Estella ducks under a wild hook from Kreese.
Estella wants to clinch but Kreese slips to the side

and Kreese counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kreese.
I was talking to Estella's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Estella looking to throw knees to the head but Kreese is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estella with a knee to the head.
Kreese is breathing heavily.

Estella breaks the clinch.
Estella shoots in for a takedown but Kreese shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Estella lands a big head kick that sends Kreese tumbling to the mat! Estella takes a step backwards and waves Kreese back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Kreese is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kreese darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Kreese is still in real trouble! Can Estella finish him?

Estella looking for submissions off his back.
Kreese seems to have recovered his senses.
Kreese thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Estella's head.

Kreese is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Estella looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kreese is nestled in close to Estella, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kreese sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Estella actively working from the bottom here.
Kreese is pressing down on Estella's thigh, looking to free his foot. Estella is holding on for now.
Estella trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Estella tries to lock up and control but Kreese gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kreese lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Estella hang on?
Kreese working the ground and pound effectively.
Estella tries to control the position but Kreese now has his back.
Estella looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Kreese lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kreese is riding his opponent, not letting Estella buck him off.
Estella trying to control the action but Kreese just sinks the hooks in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kreese showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Kreese's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Estella keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kreese.
Kreese misses with a hook. Estella ducked under it nicely.
Estella tries to clinch up.
Kreese looks to throw the jab but Estella is out of range.

Estella darts in and clinches Kreese up against the cage.

Kreese pulls guard successfully.
Kreese is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Estella wants to control from the top but Kreese keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Estella preventing the sweep.
Estella postures up.
Kreese has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estella wants to pass the guard but Kreese is keeping the position.

Kreese looking for a guillotine here but Estella defends easily.
Estella sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kreese's guard.
Kreese is staying active underneath Estella, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Kreese is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Estella pulls his head out easily.
Estella is thwarting Kreese's attempts to control the position.
Estella is keen to just control but Kreese is a slippery customer.
John Kreese is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Estella prevents Kreese from improving his position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Estella looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Estella wants to clinch.

Estella closes the distance and pushes Kreese back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estella connects with a knee to the head.
Estella wants a takedown but no success here.

Kreese manages to break the clinch.
Estella stuffs the takedown attempt from Kreese. Kreese gets slowly back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Estella looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kreese stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Estella.
Kreese avoids a kick to the body.
Kreese looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kreese blocks a head kick by Estella.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kreese shoots in for a takedown but Estella shows good takedown defense.
Juan Estella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Kreese.
Kreese takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Estella is looking to clinch.

Kreese darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Estella trying to control here.
Estella is refusing to be controlled, as Kreese sits in half guard.
Estella trying to control but Kreese postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Estella looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Juan Estella has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Estella actively working from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to John Kreese.
I've got Kreese 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Kreese!
John Kreese tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.