PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Homer Jaysimpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyamoto Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Homer Jaysimpson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Homer Jaysimpson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jaysimpson
vs
Musashi

186 cm
32
203 lbs
14 - 17 - 0

178 cm
39
205 lbs
23 - 25 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 14 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Homer Jaysimpson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miyamoto Musashi!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Musashi thows a leg kick but Jaysimpson checks it

and Jaysimpson counters with a takedown into side control.
Musashi taking punishment in the form of punches.
Musashi dodges the ground and pound from Jaysimpson.
Musashi manages to get back to half guard.
Jaysimpson wants to free his trapped foot but Musashi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Musashi tries to get to full guard but Jaysimpson has control of the leg.
Jaysimpson misses with a head shot. Musashi uses the momentum to regain guard.
Jaysimpson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Musashi looking for a sweep. Not yet Musashi, not yet.
Musashi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaysimpson working some strikes from top position.
Jaysimpson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jaysimpson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Musashi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jaysimpson throwing strikes from guard but Musashi blocks nicely.
Jaysimpson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Musashi is keeping the position for now.
Musashi is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Jaysimpson throwing strikes but missing.
Jaysimpson trying to control but Musashi is working from the bottom.
Musashi is trying to control the position but Jaysimpson postures up.

That's two 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.
Jaysimpson trying to control but Musashi is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaysimpson distracts Musashi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jaysimpson tries to free his leg and advance position but Musashi is retaining full guard.
Musashi keeping moving, preventing Jaysimpson from controlling successfully.
Jaysimpson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jaysimpson won't allow Musashi to sweep him here.
Musashi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jaysimpson manages to get himself to full guard.

Jaysimpson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Musashi.
Jaysimpson keeping moving, preventing Musashi from controlling successfully.
Jaysimpson seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Jaysimpson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Musashi is looking to control Jaysimpson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Musashi avoid being mounted?
Musashi tries to roll over but Jaysimpson keeps him under control.
Jaysimpson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jaysimpson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Musashi tries to get to full guard but Jaysimpson has control of the leg.
Jaysimpson working Musashi over with strikes.

Jaysimpson seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jaysimpson is looking for a kimura here.
Jaysimpson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jaysimpson wants to pass to mount but Musashi is defending the position.
Jaysimpson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jaysimpson working over Musashi with some ground and pound. Musashi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Jaysimpson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Musashi wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Homer Jaysimpson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jaysimpson moves into the clinch successfully.
Jaysimpson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jaysimpson misses with some punches.

Musashi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Musashi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Jaysimpson clinches up against the cage.

Musashi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Musashi looks for the body kick but Jaysimpson saw that one coming.

Jaysimpson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Musashi has hold of one of Jaysimpson's legs. Jaysimpson is fighting the takedown attempt but Musashi gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Musashi trying to control but Jaysimpson is working from the bottom.
Jaysimpson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Musashi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Musashi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Musashi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jaysimpson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Musashi can do to turn this around?
Musashi throws an elbow that misses. Jaysimpson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Musashi's guard. Nice move by Jaysimpson!

Jaysimpson trying to control but Musashi is working from the bottom.
Musashi controlling the position.
Musashi working a defensive guard here.
Jaysimpson trying to control the position from guard on top but Musashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jaysimpson works over Musashi with some ground and pound from guard.
Musashi wants to sweep here but Jaysimpson controlling him for the moment.
Homer Jaysimpson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jaysimpson connects with a couple of short punches.
Jaysimpson is stalling in the full guard.

Musashi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jaysimpson defends it easily.
Jaysimpson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jaysimpson is working Musashi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jaysimpson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaysimpson landing with the ground and pound.
Musashi wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jaysimpson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jaysimpson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jaysimpson postures up in Musashi's guard and throws a big left but Musashi blocks it.
Jaysimpson throws a big elbow that misses.
Jaysimpson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jaysimpson trying to control but Musashi is working from the bottom.
Jaysimpson stands and throws Musashi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jaysimpson scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaysimpson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Musashi is avoiding damage well.

Jaysimpson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Jaysimpson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Musashi has escaped the position, nice work there.
Musashi is looking to regain half guard here but Jaysimpson keeps moving and retains side control.
Jaysimpson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Musashi some visible discomfort.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A lull in the action here as Jaysimpson stalls from top position.
Musashi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Homer Jaysimpson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jaysimpson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Jaysimpson forces Musashi back against the cage and clinches.
Jaysimpson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jaysimpson working aggressively here.
Jaysimpson tries a body shot but Musashi blocks it.
Jaysimpson misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaysimpson working aggressively here.

Musashi manages to pull guard.
Jaysimpson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Musashi's head.
Jaysimpson throws an elbow that misses. Musashi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jaysimpson's guard. Nice move by Musashi!

Musashi throws a strike but Jaysimpson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Musashi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jaysimpson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musashi trying to keep a closed guard but Jaysimpson is proving a slippery customer.
Musashi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jaysimpson postures up and lands a big shot to Musashi's brow.

Musashi is rocked!
Jaysimpson postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Musashi covers up, he's hurt! Jaysimpson keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Jaysimpson and the ref steps in to end the fight! Jaysimpson can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Homer Jaysimpson!
Homer Jaysimpson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.