PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Millard Masters (ranked 1532 p4p, 226 weight class) and Squeaky Sneakers (ranked 91 p4p, 13 weight class). Masters comes to the cage accompanied by Enter the Sandman. Millard Masters could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Squeaky Sneakers's chin.

Masters
vs
Sneakers

160 cm
27
140
8 - 3 - 0

163 cm
26
132
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Millard Masters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Squeaky Sneakers!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sneakers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Masters was well out of range. Poor timing from Sneakers.
Sneakers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sneakers. Masters does a little dance to reset his feet.
Masters closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sneakers circles away.
Masters has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Walter J Abramowitz Center for Bigness in the buildup to the fight.
A jab from Sneakers does it's job there.
Sneakers takes a swing at Masters's ribcage but misses.
Sneakers throws a body punch but Masters moves out of range.
Sneakers throws a nice looking combination but Masters bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sneakers looks to land a combination but Masters avoids it well.
Masters looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sneakers looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Masters takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sneakers with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sneakers looks to land a right hand but Masters moved out of range.
Masters wants to clinch
and Sneakers counters with a right hand to the body.
Masters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sneakers. Masters does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sneakers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Masters appears to be looking for a big counter.
Masters is looking to clinch but Sneakers is avoiding it.
Sneakers looks to throw the jab but Masters is out of range.
Masters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sneakers.
Masters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Masters drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sneakers wants to improve his position but instead Masters has moved into half guard.
Sneakers makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sneakers.
Masters looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sneakers 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.
Masters stands and throws Sneakers's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Masters in the domination position with Sneakers hanging on.
You can see the frustration on Sneakers's face as Masters controls the position.
Sneakers regains half guard there - taking advantage of Masters's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Masters misses with a head shot. Sneakers uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masters slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sneakers is trying to control the position but Masters postures up.
Sneakers pulls Masters in close to prevent any damage.
Masters trying to control but Sneakers is working from the bottom.
Masters throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sneakers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Masters drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Sneakers manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Masters has Sneakers in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sneakers throws a big right hand that misses.

Masters is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sneakers defends well.
Masters preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sneakers postures up in Masters's guard and throws a big left but Masters blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sneakers landing with the ground and pound.
Sneakers landing some decent shots from guard.

Sneakers avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Masters takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sneakers pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Masters back to the cage. Sneakers follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sneakers throws a hook but Masters blocks it.
Squeaky Sneakers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Masters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Masters shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sneakers is trying to defend but Masters finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Sneakers tries to get to full guard but Masters has control of the leg.
Masters wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sneakers keeps working.
Masters missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sneakers wants to improve his position but Masters is controlling well.
Masters not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sneakers is refusing to be controlled, as Masters sits in half guard.
Masters is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sneakers is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Masters seems to be working for a kimura but Sneakers defends the submission attempt.

Masters is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sneakers is just riding it out for now. Masters eventually gives up the hold.
Masters is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sneakers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters wants to control the pace but Sneakers is squirming around nicely.
Sneakers slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Masters is looking for a kimura but Sneakers is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Masters to get the leverage.
Sneakers wants to get back to full guard.
Masters works his way into side control.
You can see the frustration on Sneakers's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sneakers stops Masters from passing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Masters tries for a kimura but Sneakers is defending well.
Sneakers wants to control but Masters postures up.

Masters tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Masters has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Masters wants to take a breather but Sneakers manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Masters.
Sneakers keeping moving, preventing Masters from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Masters passes Sneakers's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Masters is pressing down on Sneakers's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sneakers is holding on for now.

Masters is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sneakers defends it well.

Sneakers makes his way to full guard, as Masters worked for a kimura.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Masters trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Millard Masters dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Sneakers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sneakers's corner calls for a 1-2. Sneakers obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Masters fails in his attempt to clinch.
Masters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Masters gets a double leg takedown into Sneakers's guard.
Masters tries to free his leg and advance position but Sneakers is retaining full guard.
Sneakers controlling the position.
Masters tries to free his leg and advance position but Sneakers is retaining full guard.
Sneakers bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Masters's guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masters wants to hit a sweep here but Sneakers passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Masters there!
Sneakers cracks Masters with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters regains half guard.
Masters works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sneakers trying to control the position from guard on top but Masters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sneakers works over Masters with some ground and pound from guard.
Sneakers throws a big elbow that misses.

Masters has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sneakers can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sneakers scoring with some ground and pound.
Sneakers stands up over Masters, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sneakers trying to control the position from guard on top but Masters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sneakers scoring with some ground and pound.
Masters on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Masters tries to get out of the position.
Sneakers postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Masters utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Masters looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Sneakers has picked Masters up and slammed him! Masters can't keep hold of the triangle and Sneakers manages to pass to side control!
Sneakers creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sneakers in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sneakers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Masters keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masters takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sneakers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sneakers working the ground and pound but Masters is defending the strikes.
Masters is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sneakers lands a few punches from side control.
Sneakers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Masters is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sneakers working the head and body with strikes.
Sneakers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sneakers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Masters keeps working.

Masters actively working from the bottom here.
Sneakers is stalling here. Masters is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sneakers seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Masters has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sneakers trying to control but Masters flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!

Masters is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Masters looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Sneakers taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Millard Masters!
Millard Masters took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.