SBFC G.P. Final PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ty Ming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Young Nigga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ty Ming could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Young Nigga's chin.

Ming
vs
Nigga

188 cm
25
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ty Ming!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Young Nigga!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ming fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ming tries to clinch up.

Nigga has closed the distance and engaged Ming in a clinch.
Nigga is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Nigga.
Ming's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ming misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nigga.

Nigga jumps guard.
Nigga has Ming pulled in close to control his posture.

Ming is posturing up here but Nigga has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Ming tries to roll out but it's too tight and Ming has to tap! Slick submission there by Nigga!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Young Nigga!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Summerfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perry Straps (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Straps comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Oldies Rap kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bob Summerfield has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Summerfield
vs
Straps

181 cm
25
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bob Summerfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Perry Straps!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Straps shoots in for a takedown but Summerfield shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A head kick from Summerfield lands but Straps takes it in his stride.
Summerfield scores with a jab. Straps acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bob Summerfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Summerfield keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Summerfield is looking to slow Straps down with leg kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Summerfield.
Straps misses with a takedown attempt - Summerfield sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bob Summerfield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Perry Straps.

Summerfield instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Summerfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from Summerfield as Straps shoots in.
A head kick misses from Summerfield.

Summerfield moves into range and clinches up with Straps.
Straps wants a takedown but no success here.
Straps is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Summerfield gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Straps has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Summerfield is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Straps fails to pull guard.
Straps is working for takedown but Summerfield is calmly controlling the position for now.
Summerfield lands a body shot in the clinch.
Straps looks winded!

Summerfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Summerfield throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Summerfield lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summerfield with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Summerfield throws a quick inside leg kick.

Summerfield clinches up against the cage.
Summerfield lands with a light punch inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Summerfield.

It looks like Perry Straps has been cut.
Nice elbow from Summerfield.

Summerfield's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Summerfield cracks a nice hook into Straps's ribs.
Summerfield throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Summerfield works Straps's body with a nice hook.
Nice jab there from Summerfield.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Summerfield drives through and clinches with Straps against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Summerfield.
A right hook to the body lands for Summerfield.
Summerfield throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Strapss head.
Summerfield throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hand to the body from Summerfield.

Summerfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Summerfield closes the distance and clinches.
Summerfield using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good body shot from Summerfield.
Knees to the body from Summerfield.
A body shot lands from Summerfield.

Summerfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Summerfield connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bob Summerfield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summerfield misses with a kick to the body.
Summerfield lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A head kick by Summerfield - that's a beauty! Straps is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even Summerfield can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bob Summerfield!
A relieved looking Bob Summerfield thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
46%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glen Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Hard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hard
vs
Jacobs

210 cm
19
265 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

iFight Fight Gear - Steel Penn - Syracuse

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Hard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Glen Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jacobs.
Jacobs misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jacobs looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hard is avoiding damage well.
Hard is looking to regain half guard here but Jacobs keeps moving and retains side control.

Jacobs thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jacobs throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Jacobs tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jacobs has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jacobs misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Hard being controlled for a moment.
Jacobs has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jacobs in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Glen Jacobs!
Glen Jacobs is the new heavyweight champion!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
43%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Makosi Karolczak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jennings's choice of entrance music: Nelly - Here comes the BOOM. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Karolczak
vs
Jennings

225 cm
25
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Makosi Karolczak!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Jennings!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karolczak closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jennings circles away.

Jennings closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Karolczak did well to prevent Jennings getting side control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jennings lands a nice short elbow.
Karolczak has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jennings is working away from the top position though.
Jennings is looking to take a break and control but Karolczak is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Karolczak throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Karolczak is trying to get back to full guard.
Karolczak flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Karolczak missing with punches from the bottom.

Karolczak is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jennings pulls his head out easily.
Karolczak 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.
Karolczak on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Karolczak looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Karolczak has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jennings is working away from the top position though.
Karolczak misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Jennings.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jennings looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karolczak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jennings wants to lay and pray for a moment but Karolczak keeps working.
Jennings lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jennings really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Karolczak. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Karolczak is trying to control but can't.
Jennings is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jennings blocks the strikes from Karolczak.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jennings prevents Karolczak from standing back up.
Well, if Jennings is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Karolczak is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jennings pulls his head out easily.
Jennings seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Karolczak does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karolczak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jennings is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jennings is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jennings wants to take a breather but Karolczak is having none of it.
Karolczak throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Karolczak trying to control here.
Jennings is keen to just control but Karolczak is a slippery customer.
Jennings takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Karolczak is trying to get back to full guard.
Karolczak trying to hold on to Jennings's head to control him but Jennings postures up.
Jennings not doing much here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Jennings looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Karolczak really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennings stays in close to Karolczak's body and controls the position.
Jennings scoring with punches to the head and body.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jennings sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jennings must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Karolczak is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Jennings working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jennings lands a couple of elbows.
Jennings lands a couple of digs.
Jennings stands up over Karolczak, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jennings with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Karolczak has momentary wrist control but Jennings slips an elbow through the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Karolczak looking for a guillotine here but Jennings defends easily.
Jennings working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennings cracks Karolczak with a solid left hand.
Jennings with a nice head shot there.
Jennings lands a couple of digs.
Jennings scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jennings scoring with some ground and pound.
Jennings postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Karolczak will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Karolczak has momentary wrist control but Jennings slips an elbow through the middle.
Jennings works over Karolczak with some ground and pound from guard.
Jennings lands a couple of elbows.
Jennings is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karolczak is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jennings trying to control the position from guard on top but Karolczak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jennings chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Jennings dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jennings misses with a leg kick.
Karolczak shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jennings pinned against the cage. Jennings gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Jennings shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Karolczak is trying to defend but Jennings finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Karolczak makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Karolczak.

Karolczak looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jennings controlling from the top position.
Karolczak has momentary wrist control but Jennings slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Karolczak working for a triangle but Jennings defends it easily.

Karolczak looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karolczak looking for a sweep. Not yet Karolczak, not yet.
Jennings distracts Karolczak with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jennings lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jennings trying to control but Karolczak is working from the bottom.
Jennings is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jennings stands up over Karolczak, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Karolczak looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jennings is one step ahead there.
Jennings scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings works over Karolczak with some ground and pound from guard.
Jennings trying to control the position from guard on top but Karolczak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jennings working some strikes from top position.
Jennings working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jennings keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Karolczak's head.
Jennings landing with the ground and pound.
Jennings landing with the ground and pound.
Jennings with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Karolczak is trying to control the position but Jennings postures up.
Jennings trying to control but Karolczak is working from the bottom.
Jennings's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jennings lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karolczak is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Karolczak has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Jennings doesn't defend quickly enough and Karolczak has managed to lock this one up! Can Jennings escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Karolczak on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Makosi Karolczak!
Makosi Karolczak is the new light heavyweight champion!