PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbo Slice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Little comes to the cage accompanied by old school, new school. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Little
vs
Slice

200 cm
20
227 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Greg Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kimbo Slice!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slice circles away from the clinch attempt.
Slice throws a series of punches but Little avoids them all with ease.
Little fails with an attempt to clinch.
Slice fails to land with a series of punches.
Little wants to clinch up but Slice keeps it at a distance.
Slice circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Slice.
Slice smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Little is looking to clinch.
Little doesn't manage to clinch there - Slice circles away.

Little takes the fight into the clinch.
Slice lands a right hand that snaps the head of Little backwards.

Slice breaks the clinch.

Little fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Slice, pushing him back against the cage.
A short right from Little on the inside.

Slice gets control of Little's arms and successfully pulls guard. Slice will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Slice wants to get back to his feet but Little passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slice is trying to stand up here but Little is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Little gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Little tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Slice lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Little circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Slice does no damage.
Greg Little is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Little tries to clinch up but Slice circles away and keeps his distance.
Slice throws a series of punches but Little avoids them all with ease.
Slice looks gassed!
Little tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Slice swats away the attempt to clinch by Little.
Slice keeps the fight on the outside.

Little darts in and clinches Slice up against the cage.
Slice jumps guard but Little stands there with Slice around his waist. Slice gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Slice takes a shot to the head.
Little connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kimbo Slice has been cut.
Little throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slice blocks it with crossed arms.
Little with a knee to the head.
Little tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Little.
Little lands a knee to the head.
Little just leaning against Slice, taking a breather.
Little lands a nice elbow.
The referee calls for Little to work.
Little with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Little has Slice pushed against the cage.
Little lands an elbow inside.
Little tries a knee to the head but Slice blocks it.
Slice tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Little smiles and moves away.
Little tries to close the distance and clinch but Slice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Little tries to clinch up but Slice circles away and keeps his distance.
Little tries to clinch but Slice moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slice misses with a series of wild punches.
Little tries to close the distance and clinch but Slice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Little tries to clinch up.

Little forces Slice back against the cage and clinches.
Little crunches a lovely knee into Slice's ribcage.
Slice takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Kimbo Slice's cut even more.
Little presses Slice against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Little.
Little lands a nice shot to the body.
Little lands a right hand.
Slice tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Little's elbow.
Little has Slice pressed against the cage.
Little lands a body punch.
Knees to the body from Little.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Little takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Little lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slice looking for a takedown.
Greg Little has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kimbo Slice.
Little stalls.
Little lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Little stalling against the cage.
Little landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Little landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Little is struggling to control the position.
Little cracks Slice with a nice body shot.
Little lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Little crunches a lovely knee into Slice's ribcage.
Little stalling.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Little.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Little is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Little tries a knee to the head but Slice blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Little dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kimbo Slice's cut.
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.

Little wants to clinch.
Slice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Slice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Little tries to clinch up.

Slice shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Little wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Slice is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Slice looking to finish Little with some ground and pound. This is bad for Little!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Little is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slice putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Slice scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Little?
BOOM! Slice connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Little squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Slice landing shots from mount.
Slice throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Slice is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Little can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Little wants to try and get back to his feet.
Slice landing punches.
Slice pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Little is in a horrible position here. Slice smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Slice lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Slice has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Slice fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Little manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Slice thows a huge punch but Little dodges it nicely.
Slice throws a strike but Little avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Slice trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Slice should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Slice is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little wants to stand up but Slice is controlling him.

Slice stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Little tries to clinch up but Slice circles away and keeps his distance.
Little wants to clinch up but Slice keeps it at a distance.
Little tries to close the distance and clinch but Slice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Slice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Slice wants to clinch.

Little gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Greg Little has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Little prevents Slice from breaking the clinch.
Slice fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Slice with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Little lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Little looking to stall.
Little lands a knee to the head.
Little throws a head punch that misses.
Slice tries to land knees in the clinch but Little avoids the damage to the body.
Slice is trying to break the clinch but Little has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Little.
Little putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Slice in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Little scores with a nice short uppercut.
Little taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Little is pressed up against the cage. Slice has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Little down to the mat. Little avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Little darts in trying to clinch

and Slice counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slice throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Slice with the ground and pound but Little regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kimbo Slice showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kimbo Slice's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Little tries to close the distance and clinch but Slice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Little blocks the body kick.

Little gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Slice tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Little just stands there and leans against the cage.
Little throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slice blocks it with crossed arms.
Slice fails to pull guard.
Slice throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Little blocks it with crossed arms.
Slice lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Little backwards.
Little is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Slice is keeping busy.
Little connects with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Slice being controlled against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Slice drags the fight down to the ground.

Slice is working an open guard so Little takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slice tries to score a power double leg takedown but Little sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Slice somewhat.
Greg Little has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kimbo Slice.
Slice circles away from the clinch attempt

and Slice counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Slice.
Little lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Slice.
Little lands an elbow just above Slice 's eye.
Little gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Little unloads a knee to the mid-section. Slice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Little landing knees to the body.
Little scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Slice tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Little crunches a lovely knee into Slice's ribcage.
Slice tries to circle away but Little has him pinned against the cage.
Little scores with a hook to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Little landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little stalls.
Slice throws a punch but it's blocked by Little.
Little missing with knees to the body.
Little swings wildly with an uppercut but Slice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Little is leaning against Slice and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Little trying to land knees to the body.
Little is pushing Slice up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Still in the clinch, Slice scores with a nice short uppercut.
Slice misses with an elbow strike.
Slice is trying to break the clinch but Little has him pressed against the cage.
Slice fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Little lands a nice elbow.
Little makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Little lands an elbow just above Slice 's eye.
Little dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Little is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Slice tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Little just stands there and leans against the cage.
Little lands a nice knee to the body.
Little taking a breather.
Little lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Slice jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Little walks away with a smile on his face. Slice gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Little fails with an attempt to clinch.
Slice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Little drives through and clinches with Slice against the cage.
Slice avoids the elbow strike from Little, against the cage.
Little landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Slice pulls guard effortlessly.
Slice controls Little momentarily but Little frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Little gets to his feet. Slice looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Slice circles away from the clinch attempt.
Little tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Slice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Little tries to close the distance and clinch but Slice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Little tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Slice slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Little tries to clinch up

and Slice counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Little tries to kick Slice off but Slice keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kimbo Slice has got the better of the ground game so far.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Greg Little.
I think Little 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Greg Little!