PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jeramiah Pony (ranked 1142 p4p, 1412 weight class) and Vincent Duboulay (ranked 88 p4p, 110 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Duboulay's choice of entrance music: World On Fire. Jeramiah Pony is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Pony
vs
Duboulay

161 cm
20
141
7 - 5 - 0

162 cm
27
135
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jeramiah Pony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vincent Duboulay!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Duboulay closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Pony is trying to control but can't.
Pony is concentrating on defense, preventing Duboulay from advancing position.
Pony keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Pony actively working from the bottom here.
Pony wants to control but Duboulay is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Duboulay is looking for a kimura but Pony is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Duboulay to get the leverage.
Pony is trying to get back to full guard.
Duboulay controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duboulay is looking to stall here but Pony recovers full guard.
Duboulay has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad The Island. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Pony keeping moving, preventing Duboulay from controlling successfully.
Pony definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Duboulay drops back looking for a leg! Pony is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pony manages to kick Duboulay off! Duboulay jumps back into Pony's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pony wants to sweep here but Duboulay controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pony leaves Duboulay with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pony half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pony misses with an uppercut.
Duboulay fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Duboulay tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pony defends well and Duboulay ends up having to push Pony into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jeramiah Pony has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vincent Duboulay.
A slow jab from Pony misses its intended target.
Pony has a takedown stuffed.
Duboulay shoots in looking for a takedown. Pony tries to sprawl out of it but Duboulay keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pony manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duboulay slips a jab from Pony.
Duboulay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Duboulay shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Duboulay was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sloppy strikes there by Duboulay.
Duboulay taking a breather here.
Duboulay wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pony keeps working.
Duboulay working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duboulay wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pony keeps working.
Pony stops Duboulay from passing to mount.
Duboulay throws an elbow but Pony slips to the side and avoids it well.

Duboulay is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pony is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pony stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Duboulay in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Duboulay dominated that 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.

Duboulay lands a slapping body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Pony. No joy for Duboulay on that attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Duboulay.
A little feinted left hand from Pony on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pony slaps away a takedown attempt from Duboulay, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jeramiah Pony has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vincent Duboulay.
Duboulay throws out a loose jab but Pony uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pony tries to counter with a takedown but Duboulay is quick to defend against it.
Duboulay has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big right from Pony misses.
Duboulay has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duboulay has a takedown stuffed.
Duboulay shoots for a double leg takedown but Pony sprawls well. He's pushed Duboulay's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pony throws a big shot that misses.
Duboulay feints the counter takedown.
Vincent Duboulay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duboulay dives in and grabs Pony's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pony pushes down on Duboulay's head and hops out.

Pony shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pony is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

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

Duboulay looking for submissions off his back.
Duboulay throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pony is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Duboulay defends it well.
Pony lands strikes from half guard.
Duboulay wants to control but Pony passes into side.

Pony swings around for an armbar but Duboulay sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Pony's guard.
Duboulay stays in close to Pony's body and controls the position.
Pony is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pony is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duboulay trying to control but Pony is working from the bottom.
Duboulay sitting in guard here, content to control.
Pony keeping moving, preventing Duboulay from controlling successfully.

Duboulay got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pony has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Duboulay has managed to get both his arms back between Pony's legs - danger averted.
Duboulay trying to control but Pony is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Duboulay makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pony keeping moving, preventing Duboulay from controlling successfully.
Duboulay looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Duboulay tries to free his leg and advance position but Pony is retaining full guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Vincent Duboulay has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pony trying to control the position here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Pony just misses with a punch to the body.
Pony displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Duboulay.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeramiah Pony dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Pony swings for the body but Duboulay moves out of range.

Duboulay gets caught napping as Pony dives in and scores a takedown. Duboulay manages to retain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Duboulay is looking for a triangle here but Pony uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Pony lands a nice forearm strike.
Pony gets to mount! Duboulay was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Duboulay is squirming around, avoiding Pony's attempts to control the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pony looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Duboulay is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pony landing punches.
Pony can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Duboulay is looking to escape.
Pony is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Duboulay is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Pony scoring with strikes but Duboulay is staying in there.
Duboulay is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pony lands a big shot there that rocks Duboulay but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pony dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pony landing shots from mount.

Duboulay is rocked!
Pony can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Duboulay is looking to escape.
Pony scoring with strikes but Duboulay is staying in there.
Duboulay is still in real trouble! Can Pony finish him?
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!
Pony sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Pony looking to secure an arm triangle but Duboulay defends it well.
Duboulay throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pony. What's that going to do exactly?
Duboulay seems to have recovered his senses.
Duboulay is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duboulay tries to hold on but Pony pushes him away.
Duboulay working to try and regain half guard.
Duboulay is still trying to improve position.
Duboulay in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pony looking to control but Duboulay is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Duboulay is looking to get to half guard.
Pony punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pony is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Duboulay to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Duboulay shrugs it off.
Pony scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Duboulay wants to control but Pony is having none of it.
Pony lands a big elbow.
Duboulay is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pony controlling the position easily from mount.
Pony can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Duboulay is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeramiah Pony showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pony has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeramiah Pony!
A very excited looking Jeramiah Pony rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.