PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Hurts (ranked 24652 p4p, 560 weight class) and I Just Fight And Win A (ranked 23229 p4p, 0 weight class). I Just Fight And Win A is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hurts
vs
Just Fight And Win A

185 cm
18
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
26
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Can Moonwalk

One stop shop

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Hurts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, I Just Fight And Win A!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurts circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hurts misses with a few strikes there.
Hurts stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hurts wants it to stay on the feet.
Fight And Win A wants to clinch but Hurts slips to the side

and Hurts counters with a nice double leg into side control. Fight And Win A won't be happy with that.
Hurts scores with punches from side control.

Hurts stands up and beckons Fight And Win A to his feet.
Hurts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fight And Win A is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Hurts clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hurts takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Hurts pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fight And Win A is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Hurts clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hurts drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fight And Win A pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hurts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurts takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fight And Win A shoots in and drives through. Hurts sprawls well.

Hurts scores with a takedown into Fight And Win A's guard.

Fight And Win A is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hurts wants to control from the top but Fight And Win A keeps moving.

Fight And Win A has his foot on Hurts's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hurts works his way back into a safe position though.

Fight And Win A escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hurts gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Fight And Win A working for a triangle but Hurts defends it easily.

Fight And Win A escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hurts gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fight And Win A escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hurts gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hurts stays in close to Fight And Win A's body and controls the position.
Hurts has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Hurts gets to his feet - Fight And Win A follows without any prompting.
Fight And Win A wants to clinch.
Fight And Win A dives in for a single leg takedown but Hurts sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Frank Hurts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of I Just Fight And Win A.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fight And Win A shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hurts sprawls well. Hurts wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fight And Win A gets slowly back to his feet.
Hurts swats away the attempt to clinch by Fight And Win A.
Sloppy strikes from Fight And Win A. Those never looked like landing.
Hurts throws a nice outside leg kick.

Hurts shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hurts wants to pass the guard but Fight And Win A is keeping the position.
Hurts makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hurts distracts Fight And Win A with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Fight And Win A is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Fight And Win A is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hurts is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hurts has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fight And Win A throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hurts seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Fight And Win A has an active guard here but Hurts has managed to pass into half guard.
Hurts trying to mount his opponent but Fight And Win A defends it.

Fight And Win A looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Hurts dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Fight And Win A avoids the head kick by Hurts.
Fight And Win A darts in looking for a takedown but Hurts gets double underhooks and turns Fight And Win A into the cage.
Fight And Win A throws a leg kick

and Hurts counters by moving into the clinch.

Hurts turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Hurts decides to stand back up.
Hurts misses with a takedown attempt - Fight And Win A sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fight And Win A lands with a nice combination. Hurts backs away looking to recover.
Fight And Win A misses with a leg kick

and Hurts counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hurts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fight And Win A is trying to break the clinch but Hurts has him pressed against the cage.

Hurts's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hurts drives through with a takedown into guard.

Fight And Win A has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hurts can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hurts pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fight And Win A is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fight And Win A looking for a guillotine here but Hurts defends easily.
Fight And Win A utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Fight And Win A working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hurts doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hurts manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Fight And Win A is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hurts defends well.

Fight And Win A looking for a guillotine here but Hurts defends easily.
Hurts looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hurts is working hard here to advance position.

Fight And Win A throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Frank Hurts overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Fight And Win A is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hurts defends well.

Hurts avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Fight And Win A working for a triangle but Hurts defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fight And Win A throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hurts knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fight And Win A on the ground.
Fight And Win A keeping moving, preventing Hurts from controlling successfully.
Hurts wants to stand but Fight And Win A has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Hurts closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Fight And Win A looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurts trying to control the action but Fight And Win A is working from the bottom.
Hurts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fight And Win A can do to turn this around?
Hurts lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Fight And Win A manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Fight And Win A working for a triangle but Hurts defends it easily.

Hurts got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fight And Win A has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hurts has managed to get both his arms back between Fight And Win A's legs - danger averted.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hurts looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Hurts dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Fight And Win A thows a leg kick but Hurts checks it

and Hurts holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fight And Win A tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hurts lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Fight And Win A is fighting off a takedown attempt but Hurts is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Fight And Win A to the mat. Fight And Win A regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Hurts 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.

Hurts avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Fight And Win A escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hurts gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hurts missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurts is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Fight And Win A is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Fight And Win A is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Fight And Win A takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hurts showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hurts looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Hurts avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Fight And Win A escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hurts gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Fight And Win A shoots in but Hurts avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fight And Win A shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hurts defends it nicely.
Frank Hurts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of I Just Fight And Win A.
Fight And Win A misses with a low kick.
Hurts throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fight And Win A.
Fight And Win A wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Fight And Win A misses

and Hurts counters by moving into the clinch.
Hurts will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fight And Win A up against the cage.

Hurts breaks from the clinch.
Fight And Win A thows a leg kick but Hurts checks it

and Hurts holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Hurts manages to pull guard.

Fight And Win A is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hurts is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hurts has escaped and now he's on top!

Hurts trying to control the position from guard on top but Fight And Win A is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fight And Win A looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hurts passes into half guard.

Fight And Win A looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Fight And Win A is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hurts pulls his head out easily.

Hurts is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Fight And Win A is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hurts pulls his head out easily.
Frank Hurts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fight And Win A is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Hurts showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hurts has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Hurts!