DFP 6: Young Guns PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Mamilele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim Mamilele has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Fernando Ribeiro's chin.

Ribeiro
vs
Mamilele

182 cm
20
178 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 Las Vegas, Fernando Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Mamilele!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mamilele shoots in and drives through. Ribeiro sprawls well.

Mamilele shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ribeiro manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Mamilele landing some decent shots from guard.
Mamilele distracts Ribeiro with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mamilele throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ribeiro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mamilele distracts Ribeiro with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ribeiro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mamilele with a nice head shot there.
Ribeiro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mamilele.
Mamilele is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mamilele scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mamilele lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Ribeiro is rocked!
Ribeiro has momentary wrist control but Mamilele slips an elbow through the middle.
Oh Ribeiro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mamilele loads up on a big left hand. Ribeiro felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Mamilele looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Ribeiro can't hide his disappointment, as Mamilele celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Mamilele!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
94%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Scoop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jay Stevens has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Stevens
vs
Scoop

196 cm
22
173 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

170 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeff Scoop!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scoop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stevens.
Stevens looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Scoop will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Scoop misses with a head kick.

Scoop looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Scoop is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Stevens is just riding it out for now. Scoop eventually gives up the hold.
Scoop prevents Stevens from standing back up.
Scoop perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Scoop working over Stevens with some ground and pound. Stevens looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Scoop there.
Scoop working Stevens over with strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Scoop controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scoop is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Stevens!
BOOM! Scoop connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Scoop with the ground and pound from mount.
Scoop punishing his opponent with strikes.
Scoop fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Scoop controlling from mount.
Scoop looking to control but Stevens is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Scoop.

Stevens defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Scoop.

Scoop is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Scoop extends the arm and Stevens is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jeff Scoop!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
52%

Undercard bout

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Slice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Hugh Jack has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Jack
vs
Slice

191 cm
22
225 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

210 cm
22
255 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hugh Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Slice!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack tries to clinch up.
Jack misses with a takedown attempt - Slice sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Slice gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jack can't do much from the bottom here.
Jack tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Slice easily slips into full mount!
Slice avoids the attempt from Jack to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slice unloading with bombs!
Slice controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jack wants to hold on but Slice pushes him away.
Slice controlling from the full mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Slice there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slice controlling the position easily from mount.
Jack is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Slice tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Let's hope that Slice has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Jack is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Slice sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Slice has his takedown stuffed

and Jack counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jack wants to stand and escape but instead Slice has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Slice wants to control from the top but Jack keeps moving.

Despite being in the dominant position, John Slice just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Slice scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Slice in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Jack is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Slice!