PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Be (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimmy Be acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Bravo
vs
Be

185 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Bravo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmy Be!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bravo wants to clinch.
Bravo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Be defends it nicely.
Bravo is looking to clinch.
Bravo slips a jab and a cross from Be.
Bravo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bravo feints and as Be raises his hands in defense, Bravo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bravo works over Be with some ground and pound from guard.

Be is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bravo is aware though and is defending well.
Bravo is looking to work some ground and pound but Be has wrist control.
Be looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bravo is one step ahead there.
Bravo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bravo 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.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo throwing strikes from guard but Be blocks nicely.
Bravo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Be's guard.

Bravo is looking for submissions but instead, Be has regained full guard.

Be throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bravo passes Be's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bravo trying to pass the guard but Be defending well.
Be gets full guard.
Bravo is looking to work some ground and pound but Be has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo postures up.
Be looks gassed!
Bravo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Be really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bravo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Be striking off his back but it's not causing Bravo any problems.

Bravo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Bravo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bravo postures up in Be's guard and throws a big left but Be blocks it.
Bravo thows a big elbow that misses.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bravo shoots in but no luck this time.
Bravo slips a jab and a cross from Be.
Bravo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Be avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Bravo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Be slaps away a takedown attempt from Bravo, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Be fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bravo tries to clinch up but Be circles away and keeps his distance.
Bravo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Be.
Bravo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Be swats away the attempt to clinch by Bravo.

Bravo looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Be!
Be keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bravo throwing strikes here but Be is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bravo lands a big shot there that rocks Be but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bravo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Bravo.
Bravo sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bravo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Be can't escape the position.

Bravo working for a guillotine from mount but Be is in no mood to give up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Be working to try and regain half guard.
Be blocking the ground and pound.
Be is working to get back to half guard.
Bravo lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Bravo dominated that 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.

Bravo throws a body punch but Be moves out of range.
Bravo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Be swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Bravo instigates a clinch.

Bravo pulls guard effortlessly.

Be drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Be jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Bravo working for submissions but it's allowed Be to get to half guard.
Bravo gets back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bravo tries to strike from the bottom.
Bravo lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Be!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bravo punching from mount but Be doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Be tries to reverse the position but Bravo maintains control.
Bravo dominating with strikes here.
Bravo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Be's face.
Be is desperately trying to improve his position but Bravo has a good base and remains in mount.
Be wants to get back to his feet.
Bravo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Be?
Bravo landing strikes from the mount and Be is in trouble!
Be is looking to improve his position but Bravo isn't that keen on the idea.
Bravo with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Bravo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Be in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Be working to try and regain half guard.
Bravo lands a heavy elbow.

Bravo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Be manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Be tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bravo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bravo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bravo advances nicely into full mount.
Be is wriggling around trying to escape.
Be is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Be is bucking up trying to escape but Bravo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bravo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Be is looking to improve his position but Bravo isn't that keen on the idea.
Bravo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bravo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bravo wants to control the pace but Be is squirming around nicely.
Bravo throws some wild stikes that Be manages to avoid easily.
Be slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bravo lands strikes from half guard.
Be is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bravo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Be's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Bravo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Be is just riding it out for now. Bravo eventually gives up the hold.
Bravo is looking to advance position but Be won't allow it.
Be tries to get to full guard but Bravo has control of the leg.

Be looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bravo has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Be keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Bravo dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Be staying out of range there.
Bravo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bravo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Be swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bravo tries to clinch but Be moves out of range.
Be misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bravo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Be bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Be leaves Bravo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Be keeps the fight on the outside.
Be takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Be throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bravo shoots for a takedown but Be saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Be defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bravo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Bravo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Be will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Be throws a nice looking combination but Bravo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bravo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Be as he jumps to the side.
Bravo checks a low kick from Be.
Some wild striking there from Be.
Be throws a right hand that Bravo ducks under and follows up with a left that Bravo also avoids with ease.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bravo tries to pull guard but Be holds him up against the cage and eventually Bravo drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Bravo jumps guard and drags Be to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Be trying to control the position from guard on top but Bravo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bravo wants to sweep here but Be controlling him for the moment.
Bravo keeping moving, preventing Be from controlling successfully.
Be won't allow Bravo to sweep him here.
Sam Bravo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Bravo working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Be has passed into half guard!
Be trying to mount his opponent but Bravo defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bravo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Be lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Be.
Bravo fails with a takedown attempt.
Be clobbers Bravo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sam Bravo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Be lands a two punch combo.
Bravo fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Be scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice body punch from Be.
Jimmy Be has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Be scoring well with a low kick there.
Bravo closes the distance and clinches up with Be, looking for a takedown. Bravo pushes Be against the cage but Be circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bravo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Be stalks Bravo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bravo's face. Bravo staggers backwards, shaken.
Bravo wants to clinch up but Be keeps it at a distance.
Bravo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Be throws a right hand that Bravo ducks under and follows up with a left that Bravo also avoids with ease.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bravo closes the distance and clinches up with Be, looking for a takedown. Bravo pushes Be against the cage but Be circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Be looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Be comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bravo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Bravo!