PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus O Mally (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Mally's entrance music is Iron Man. A fine choice. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Mally
vs
Francisco

192 cm
19
248 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

225 cm
23
280 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Granite chin

Slaughterhouse Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Magnus O Mally!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Francisco !
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from O Mally does no damage.
O Mally tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice takedown defense from O Mally. No joy for Francisco on that attempt.
Francisco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Francisco fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
O Mally is looking to clinch.
O Mally throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Francisco misses with a takedown attempt - O Mally sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Magnus O Mally has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Francisco .
O Mally tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Mally misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Mally tries a head kick but it misses.

Francisco looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco tries to free his leg and advance position but O Mally is retaining full guard.
O Mally might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
O Mally working a defensive guard here.
Francisco prevents O Mally from getting back to his feet.
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.
Francisco trying to control the position from guard on top but O Mally is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Francisco is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Francisco stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. O Mally swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Francisco sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed O Mally's guard.
O Mally is trying to stand back up but Francisco is controlling him

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

Francisco changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. O Mally looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
O Mally is trying to improve his position.
O Mally prevents Francisco from moving into mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Francisco thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
O Mally wants to get back to his feet.

Francisco wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by O Mally, who protects the arm well.
Francisco advances to mount.
Francisco avoids the attempt from O Mally to control.
Francisco landing strikes from the mount.
O Mally wants to control but Francisco is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco with a couple of short strikes.
Francisco tries to take O Mally's back but instead O Mally uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

Francisco is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Francisco is looking for a kimura here.

Francisco is looking for a kimura but O Mally is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Francisco to get the leverage.
Francisco looks gassed!
Francisco has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco wants to control the pace but O Mally is squirming around nicely.

Francisco goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now O Mally is on top in guard.
O Mally wants to control from the top but Francisco keeps moving.
O Mally stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Francisco swivels though and keeps the full guard.
O Mally is looking to stand up but Francisco won't let him.

Francisco looking for a guillotine here but O Mally defends easily.
O Mally has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Francisco working for a triangle but O Mally defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Francisco avoids the head kick by O Mally.
Francisco shoots in for a takedown but O Mally shows good takedown defense.
O Mally misses with an attempted mid kick.
Francisco blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Francisco decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
O Mally on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if O Mally tries to get out of the position.
Francisco works his way into full mount!

Francisco looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Francisco is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but O Mally is surviving well by controlling Francisco 's body position as best he can.
Francisco is breathing heavily.

Francisco swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and O Mally is now in Francisco 's guard. A big mistake from Francisco there, giving up the dominant position!

Francisco is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Francisco keeping moving, preventing O Mally from controlling successfully.
O Mally knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Francisco on the ground.
Francisco trying to keep a closed guard but O Mally is proving a slippery customer.

O Mally thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Mally trying to control but Francisco is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Francisco is on top in guard.
Francisco trying to control but O Mally is working from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Francisco advances to half guard.

Francisco seems to be looking for submissions.

Francisco is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. O Mally doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Francisco .
Francisco is thwarting O Mally's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Francisco is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Francisco is going olschool here, as he tries to force O Mally to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so O Mally shrugs it off.
O Mally tries to reverse the position but Francisco maintains control.

Francisco is working for a guillotine from mount but O Mally frees his head quite easily.
O Mally tries to hold on but Francisco postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

O Mally defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Francisco .
O Mally is desperately trying to improve his position but Francisco has a good base and remains in mount.
O Mally really wants to buck Francisco off and get back to his feet.
Francisco trying to control but O Mally is having none of it.
Francisco forces the positional change into back control.
Francisco is looking to control O Mally but O Mally is wriggling around and keeping busy.
O Mally looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Francisco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

O Mally misses with a jab, cross combination.
Magnus O Mally is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Mally swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O Mally tries to clinch but Francisco moves out of range.

Francisco shoots in and bounces O Mally off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Francisco trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Francisco trying to control the position from guard on top but O Mally is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Francisco not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Francisco pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. O Mally is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Francisco drops back looking for a leg! O Mally is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and O Mally manages to kick Francisco off! Francisco jumps back into O Mally's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco stands and throws O Mally's legs to the side, diving into side control.
O Mally can't do much from the bottom here.
O Mally is looking for a sweep.

Francisco looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
O Mally wants to control but Francisco postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Francisco is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. O Mally looks calm but he's in trouble here. Francisco gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. O Mally is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Francisco lets go of the hold and O Mally can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gabriel Francisco !