PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Ripplestomp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elijah Fubar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ripplestomp comes to the cage accompanied by Sex on Fire. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ripplestomp
vs
Fubar

180 cm
22
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Ripplestomp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Elijah Fubar!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ripplestomp tries to clinch but Fubar moves out of range.
Ripplestomp tries to clinch up.
Fubar fails to land with a series of punches.
Fubar just misses with a punch to the body.
Ripplestomp takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Ripplestomp fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fubar, pushing him back against the cage.
Ripplestomp goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fubar prevents it.

Ripplestomp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Fubar shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fubar showed some decent athleticism there.
Fubar drops an elbow to the side of Ripplestomp's head.
Ripplestomp wants to stand back up but Fubar manages to pass into side control.
Ripplestomp is trying to control Fubar's posture but Fubar avoids it.
Fubar lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fubar lands a few punches from side control.
Ripplestomp is trying to get back to half guard.
Fubar works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Ripplestomp is looking to regain half guard here but Fubar keeps moving and retains side control.
Ripplestomp tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Fubar presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Fubar landing shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fubar controlling from mount.
Fubar unloading with bombs!
Ripplestomp can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fubar content just to control the position here.
Fubar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ripplestomp is trying desperately to improve position.
Fubar controlling from the full mount.
Fubar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ripplestomp reaches up and holds on to Fubar to control the position.
Ripplestomp bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Ripplestomp is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fubar lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ripplestomp!
Fubar lands with some strikes.
Fubar controlling his opponent.
Fubar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ripplestomp?
Ripplestomp really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fubar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Fubar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fubar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ripplestomp hang on?
Fubar lands a heavy elbow.
Fubar with a couple of short strikes.
Fubar controlling from mount.
Ripplestomp is trying desperately to improve position.
Fubar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fubar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ripplestomp is looking to escape.
Fubar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
BOOM! Fubar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elijah Fubar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fubar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
John Ripplestomp is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ripplestomp looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Fubar tries to keep at a distance but Ripplestomp has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fubar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ripplestomp has him pressed against the cage.
Ripplestomp has Fubar pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fubar manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ripplestomp lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Ripplestomp.
Ripplestomp landing knees to the head.
Ripplestomp looking to throw knees to the head but Fubar is blocking nicely.
Fubar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ripplestomp has him pressed against the cage.

Ripplestomp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ripplestomp looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Fubar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ripplestomp gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Ripplestomp trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fubar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ripplestomp tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ripplestomp gets back to half guard.
Ripplestomp manages to get to full guard.

Ripplestomp throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Ripplestomp is looking to sinch up a triangle. Fubar throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Ripplestomp's body to avoid the submission. Ripplestomp has instead reached around Fubar's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Ripplestomp arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). John Ripplestomp!