PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between junior fortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papa Sexy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Papa Sexy enters the cage!

fortes
vs
Sexy

168 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

167 cm
20
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, junior fortes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Papa Sexy!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

fortes clinches up with Sexy and pushes him back against the cage.
Sexy has had enough of the clinch but fortes keeps him there for the moment.

fortes breaks from the clinch.
fortes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sexy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sexy tries a head kick but it misses.
Sexy blocks a low kick nicely.

fortes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

fortes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sexy tries to clinch but fortes moves away

and fortes counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sexy wants to control but fortes is keeping busy.
Sexy regains full guard. Nicely done.
fortes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sexy on the ground.
fortes postures up.
fortes being controlled here momentarily.
Sexy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from fortes.
fortes stopping the sweep attempt from Sexy.
Sexy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for fortes!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sexy controlling the pace for now.
fortes is squirming around, avoiding Sexy's attempts to control the action.
Sexy punching from mount but fortes doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sexy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as fortes is looking to escape.

Sexy is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But fortes has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from fortes!
Sexy controls fortes momentarily but fortes frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

fortes decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sexy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and fortes counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sexy!
Sexy looks gassed!
fortes lands a heavy elbow.
Sexy is trying to escape the mount.
fortes with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
fortes pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
fortes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sexy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
fortes scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sexy?
fortes working the ground and pound effectively.
fortes is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sexy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
fortes landing shots from mount.
fortes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sexy is in a horrible position here. fortes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
fortes is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sexy working to try and regain half guard.
fortes blocks Sexy's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
fortes is landing with some decent strikes but Sexy is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sexy is trying to escape the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
fortes working Sexy over with strikes here.
fortes working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

junior fortes dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

fortes keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
fortes stalks Sexy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sexy's face. Sexy staggers backwards, shaken.
Sexy wants to clinch

and fortes decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sexy's guard.
Sexy looking to control.
Sexy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from fortes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sexy is trying to keep fortes in close.

fortes stands up and waves to Sexy to follow him.

Sexy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for fortes!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sexy cracks fortes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sexy lands a big elbow.
Sexy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Sexy is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, fortes has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Poor strikes thrown by Sexy there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sexy controlling from the full mount.
fortes blocking the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sexy thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Sexy is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. fortes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Sexy.
Sexy trying to control but fortes is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sexy postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. fortes looks a forlorn figure.
Sexy controlling from the full mount.
fortes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

junior fortes 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!

Sexy tries for a takedown but fortes circles away easily

and fortes counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sexy won't be happy with that.
An elbow from fortes crashes against the mat.
Sexy gets back to half guard.
Sexy makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sexy.

Sexy looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but fortes is defending well. Sexy quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! fortes has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Sexy celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Papa Sexy!