PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Cheeseburger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Ko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cheeseburger comes to the ring accompanied by Lynyrd Skynrd-Simple Man. On his way into the ring it seems that Jimmy Cheeseburger has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jimmy Cheeseburger seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Cheeseburger
vs
Ko

178 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
173 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Cheeseburger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brian Ko!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cheeseburger shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cheeseburger was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cheeseburger landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Cheeseburger working for a guillotine from mount but Ko is in no mood to give up.
Cheeseburger thowing shots but they're missing.

Cheeseburger goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Ko turns into him and now he's in Cheeseburger's guard.
Ko won't allow Cheeseburger to get back to his feet.
Ko wants to control from the top but Cheeseburger keeps moving.
Ko tries to free his leg and advance position but Cheeseburger is retaining full guard.
Ko with a nice head shot there.
Ko is fighting to break Cheeseburger's control of his arms but Cheeseburger is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Ko stands and throws Cheeseburger's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ko wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cheeseburger keeps working.
Cheeseburger being controlled for a moment.
Ko cracks Cheeseburger with a big right hand but Cheeseburger just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Ko is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cheeseburger is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Ko tries for a kimura but Cheeseburger is defending well.
Ko is looking to take a break and control but Cheeseburger is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cheeseburger is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cheeseburger is trying to control Ko's posture but Ko avoids it.
Cheeseburger is looking to regain half guard here but Ko keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ko tries to advance to mount but Cheeseburger denies him.
Ko wants to control but Cheeseburger is keeping him busy.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Ko looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cheeseburger will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ko preventing the sweep.
Ko looking to sit in guard and control but Cheeseburger gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cheeseburger wants to control from the top but Ko keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cheeseburger avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ko looks gassed!
Cheeseburger trying to control but Ko is working from the bottom.
Cheeseburger tries to free his leg and advance position but Ko is retaining full guard.

Ko has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cheeseburger can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ko keeping moving, preventing Cheeseburger from controlling successfully.
Cheeseburger wants to pass the guard but Ko is keeping the position.
Cheeseburger has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

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.
Ko is trying to keep Cheeseburger in close.
Ko looking for a sweep. Not yet Ko, not yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cheeseburger has his takedown stuffed
and Ko counters with an inside leg kick.

Ko decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ko wants to stand but Cheeseburger has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Ko looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Cheeseburger wants to get back to full guard.

Ko is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Cheeseburger has managed to free his arm - good work.
Cheeseburger has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ko is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Ko dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ko with a lazy takedown attempt

and Cheeseburger counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Ko looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ko is looking to control Cheeseburger's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ko avoid being mounted?
Cheeseburger is stalling here. Ko is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Cheeseburger seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Ko has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

Ko tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ko is looking to take a break and control but Cheeseburger is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheeseburger is trying to improve his position.
Ko trying to control the position but Cheeseburger is working away.
Ko is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Cheeseburger taking a bit of punishment here - Ko scoring with strikes.
Cheeseburger tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Ko easily slips into full mount!
Ko forces the positional change into back control.
Ko lands punches and elbows.

Cheeseburger is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Ko gets his way!

Ko is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheeseburger is in bad spot here.

Ko is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Cheeseburger has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Cheeseburger breaks Ko's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Ko throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ko manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cheeseburger manages to get himself to full guard.

Cheeseburger keeping busy on the bottom but Ko has passed one foot through into half guard.
Ko is taking a breather. Cheeseburger says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Cheeseburger is refusing to be controlled, as Ko sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brian Ko has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cheeseburger is looking to improve his position.
Cheeseburger is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ko's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ko's back!
Ko wants to escape the position.
Cheeseburger lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Cheeseburger.
Cheeseburger lands a shot to the body.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Cheeseburger. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

Cheeseburger is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Ko trying to control the action but Cheeseburger just sinks the hooks in.
Cheeseburger is hanging on to Ko's back as he tries to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cheeseburger is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Ko knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Ko for a finish.
Ko breaks Cheeseburger's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Cheeseburger looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ko puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Cheeseburger wants to improve his position but Ko is controlling well.
Cheeseburger trying to control here.
Cheeseburger is staying active underneath Ko, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ko uses his free foot to push down on Cheeseburger's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Cheeseburger.
Cheeseburger is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cheeseburger is looking to escape.

Ko looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jimmy Cheeseburger will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cheeseburger bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cheeseburger working away.
Cheeseburger tries to move to mount but Ko blocks the move with his legs.
Ko regains half guard.
Cheeseburger thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Ko to regain full guard.
Cheeseburger trying to control the position from guard on top but Ko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ko is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ko bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cheeseburger's guard.
Ko is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Cheeseburger throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ko trying to control the position from guard on top but Cheeseburger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

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

Cheeseburger had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Ko is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Cheeseburger Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Ko's back instead.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ko is trying to stand back up.
Cheeseburger is trying to control but Ko is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Cheeseburger raining down shots from the mount!

Cheeseburger goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Ko is on top in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ko passes Cheeseburger's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheeseburger blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ko.
Cheeseburger is refusing to be controlled, as Ko sits in half guard.
Cheeseburger wants to get back to full guard.
Cheeseburger wants to control but Ko is keeping busy.
Cheeseburger wants to get back to his feet.
Ko not doing much here.
Cheeseburger is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ko's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ko's back!

Cheeseburger looking for the choke but no joy.

Cheeseburger is looking for the choke from the back position but Ko is controlling his hands well.
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheeseburger doesn't have the hooks in and Ko manages to turn into his guard.

Ko lying in Cheeseburger's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Cheeseburger decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Ko taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jimmy Cheeseburger!