PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sairanix Jr Lokren (ranked 2752 p4p, 149 weight class) and Michael Collins (ranked 6133 p4p, 227 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jr Lokren
vs
Collins

165 cm
23
130 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
28
145 lbs
4 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sairanix Jr Lokren !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Collins!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins throws a hook but Lokren avoids it easily.
Michael Collins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lokren is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Collins's half guard.
Lokren missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lokren looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Collins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lokren takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Collins is concentrating on defense, preventing Lokren from advancing position.
Lokren scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Collins wants to control but Lokren is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Lokren .
Collins wants to control but Lokren is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ground and pound from Lokren .
Lokren not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lokren throwing shots but Collins is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Collins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lokren seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lokren slips a nice elbow through Collins's hands, connecting with Collins's forehead.
Collins trying to control here.
Collins is trying to stand back up but Lokren is controlling him
Collins is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lokren is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Collins moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Collins keeping moving, preventing Lokren from controlling successfully.
Lokren with a nice head shot there.
Lokren looking to pass the guard.
We've been hearing that Lokren has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Lokren landing with the ground and pound.
Lokren is looking to work some ground and pound but Collins has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lokren sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Collins's guard.
Collins is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lokren scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lokren stops Collins from getting back to his feet.
Collins keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Nice strikes from Lokren there.
Lokren missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lokren looks to land a strike but Collins avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Lokren throwing strikes but missing.
Lokren working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Collins is trying to control the position but Lokren postures up.
Collins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lokren .
Collins is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins wants to sweep but no luck.
Collins bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lokren 's guard.

Collins is looking to stand up but Lokren won't let him.
Lokren throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Lokren throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Collins trying to control but Lokren is working from the bottom.
Lokren trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Lokren throws a couple of heel strikes.
Lokren thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Lokren throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Lokren will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Lokren throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Collins wants to stand but Lokren has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Collins gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lokren to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Collins pulls Lokren in close to prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lokren content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lokren 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lokren scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lokren connects with a couple of short punches.
Lokren is looking to work some ground and pound but Collins has wrist control.
Collins avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Collins pulls Lokren in close to prevent any damage.
Collins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lokren might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Collins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lokren closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Lokren creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lokren lands a decent elbow from side control.
Collins on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Collins tries to buck Lokren off but Lokren is having none of it.
Lokren cracks Collins with a big elbow.
Lokren working the head with strikes.
Lokren in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lokren working the head and body with strikes.
Collins tries to buck Lokren off but Lokren is having none of it.
Lokren working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Collins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lokren scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Collins to see if he's OK.
Check out the look on Lokren 's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Lokren cracks Collins with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lokren scoring with punches from side control.
Lokren scoring with punches from side control.
Lokren in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sloppy strikes there by Lokren .
Lokren working the ground and pound.
Collins is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Collins is trying to stand back up but Lokren is controlling him
Lokren is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Collins can do to turn this around?
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lokren lands a nice short elbow.
Lokren not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Collins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lokren working Collins over with strikes.
Lokren throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lokren lands strikes from half guard.

Collins is rocked!
Collins is trying to control but can't.
Lokren stops Collins from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lokren throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Collins wants to control but Lokren is keeping busy.
Lokren scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lokren scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lokren connects with a nice short shot to Collins's temple.
Lokren scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lokren missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lokren lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lokren seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lokren scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lokren throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lokren connects with a nice short shot to Collins's temple.
Lokren not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sairanix Jr Lokren overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Lokren working Collins over with strikes.
Lokren winds up and cracks Collins with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lokren uses his free foot to push down on Collins's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Collins.
Lokren raining down hammerfists from mount.
Collins taking shots to the head.
Collins is still in real trouble! Can Lokren finish him?
Lokren postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Collins looks a forlorn figure.
Lokren postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Collins badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Lokren around the waist but Lokren pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Lokren is the winner by TKO! Lokren jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sairanix Jr Lokren !