|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Faendaer Of Beleriand (ranked 3696 p4p, 4471 weight class) and Whatever Youwant (ranked 486 p4p, 559 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
|
|
|
191 cm 25 190 1 - 1 - 0 |
|
190 cm 23 200 1 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns Basic striking Big heart |
|
BJJ Blue Belt Counter fighter Heavy handed |
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Faendaer Of Beleriand! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Whatever Youwant! The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Youwant drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Of Beleriand scores with a body shot.
Youwant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Of Beleriand. Of Beleriand shoots in and drives through. Youwant sprawls well. Youwant unleashes a big counter combination but Of Beleriand bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Youwant's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Youwant's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. Of Beleriand darts in and clinches Youwant up against the cage. Youwant stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Of Beleriand misses with the head strike.
Youwant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Of Beleriand misses with a lunging right hand
and Youwant counters with a series of strikes. Of Beleriand will be more careful next time no doubt. Of Beleriand looks to land a left hand but Youwant moved out of range nicely. Of Beleriand throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Of Beleriand comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Of Beleriand with a lazy takedown attempt and Youwant counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Youwant. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Of Beleriand.
That's one minute gone in the round. Youwant pushes Of Beleriand back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Of Beleriand cracks Youwant with a nice body shot. Youwant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Of Beleriand clinches. Youwant can't break the clinch.
A short left from Youwant. Youwant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Of Beleriand tries for a takedown but Youwant sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Faendaer Of Beleriand. That's going to take a lot out of him. Of Beleriand misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Youwant counters by moving into the clinch. Of Beleriand swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Youwant lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Of Beleriand backwards. Of Beleriand goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Of Beleriand misses with a punch on the inside.
Of Beleriand's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Of Beleriand avoids the head kick by Youwant.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Of Beleriand closes the distance and clinches up with Youwant, looking for a takedown. Of Beleriand pushes Youwant against the cage but Youwant circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Of Beleriand throws a hook but Youwant avoids it easily. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Of Beleriand swings for the body but Youwant moves out of range.
Youwant lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Youwant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Of Beleriand. Youwant moves out of range as Of Beleriand strikes. Nice defenses there by Youwant. A looping hook to the body misses from Of Beleriand. Youwant does a little dance to reset his feet. Youwant is looking for the big counter here. Of Beleriand fails with the takedown. Of Beleriand tries for a takedown but Youwant circles away easily and Youwant counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Youwant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Of Beleriand. Youwant misses with a wild combination.
Of Beleriand tries to clinch up. Of Beleriand moves in looking to clinch but Youwant pushes him off. Of Beleriand shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Youwant sprawls well. Youwant wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Of Beleriand gets slowly back to his feet. Despite the aggression on Youwant's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. Of Beleriand feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Youwants jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Of Beleriand shoots for a double leg takedown but Youwant sprawls well. He's pushed Of Beleriand's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Of Beleriand throws a lazy uppercut
and Youwant counters with a nice body shot. Youwant moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. Youwant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Youwant is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own. The fighters circling - Of Beleriand throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Of Beleriand throws a jab but it's blocked by Youwant. As Of Beleriand backs off Youwant throws a huge counter combo but Of Beleriand manages to avoid it all. Of Beleriand ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Youwant moves away. Of Beleriand just misses with a punch to the body.
As Of Beleriand backs off Youwant throws a huge counter combo but Of Beleriand manages to avoid it all. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Whatever Youwant dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Of Beleriand fails in his attempt to clinch. Of Beleriand looks to throw the jab but Youwant is out of range. Of Beleriand closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Youwant quickly recovers to half guard. Youwant pushes Of Beleriand off looking to stand but Of Beleriand dives back in and keeps control.
Of Beleriand working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Youwant is defending against the submission attempts here by Of Beleriand.
Of Beleriand 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. Of Beleriand wants to free his trapped foot but Youwant is holding on for dear life with his legs. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Youwant can do anything to dispel that myth. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Of Beleriand sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Youwant defending well though. 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. Of Beleriand connects with a nice short shot to Youwant's temple.
That's one minute gone in the round. Youwant wants to control but Of Beleriand is keeping busy.
Of Beleriand seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Youwant does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Youwant moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Youwant trying to control the position.
Youwant wants to stand up but Of Beleriand is controlling him. Of Beleriand preventing the sweep. Of Beleriand trying to control the position from guard on top but Youwant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Of Beleriand in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Of Beleriand trying to control the position from guard on top but Youwant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Of Beleriand scoring with some ground and pound. Of Beleriand with a nice head shot there. Of Beleriand makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Of Beleriand postures up and lands a big shot to Youwant's brow. Of Beleriand trying to control but Youwant is working from the bottom. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Of Beleriand pushes down on Youwant's leg and manages to get into half guard. Of Beleriand not landing any meaningful shots this time. Youwant keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Of Beleriand is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ground and pound from Of Beleriand. Of Beleriand lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Youwant really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Of Beleriand. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Youwant wants to improve his position but Of Beleriand is controlling well.
Of Beleriand is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Of Beleriand thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Youwant is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Of Beleriand in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Youwant tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Of Beleriand!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Faendaer Of Beleriand!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
42% |
|
|
|
|
|
|