PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between a tope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Stinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). tope's entrance music is Apaga mas nao bate. A fine choice. Barney Stinson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

tope
vs
Stinson

176 cm
20
169 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

178 cm
21
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, a tope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Barney Stinson!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
tope tries for a takedown but Stinson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
tope misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Stinson gets a takedown into half guard.
tope works his way to full guard. Good work.

tope throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

tope is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stinson defends well.
tope wants to stand and escape but Stinson is having none of it.
Stinson stands and throws tope's legs to the side, diving into side control.
tope tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
tope trying to control the hands but Stinson won't let him.

tope preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Stinson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tope tries to break free.

Stinson has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
tope tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Stinson won't let tope get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Stinson with the ground and pound from mount.
tope is in all sorts of trouble here.
tope wants to try and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stinson with shots to the head and body - tope looks very uncomfortable down there.
tope is trying to stand but he's just given Stinson his back.
tope is breathing heavily.
Stinson lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tope turns into Stinson and is now in his guard.
tope works a leg free and moves into half guard.

tope is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Stinson defends it well.
Stinson wants to improve his position but tope is controlling well.
tope wants to stand up but Stinson is controlling the position.

tope is trying to work for a kimura but Stinson is defending well.
Stinson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Stinson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Stinson working for a triangle but tope defends it easily.
Stinson keeping full guard, as tope tries to pass.
tope tries to stand but Stinson is controlling from the bottom.
tope pushes down on Stinson's leg and manages to get into half guard.

tope is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Stinson 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.

tope shoots and misses

and Stinson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in tope's guard now.

tope working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stinson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stinson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Stinson works over tope with some ground and pound from guard.
Stinson throws a big right hand that misses.
Stinson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. tope is keeping the position for now.
tope bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stinson's guard.

tope thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stinson has his foot on tope's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. tope works his way back into a safe position though.

Stinson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

tope thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

tope stands up from Stinson's guard - tope perhaps looking for a knockout.
tope tries for a takedown but Stinson circles away easily

and Stinson counters with a takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tope tries to buck Stinson off but Stinson is having none of it.
tope is pushing Stinson's head away, looking to escape. Stinson manages to hold on to the position though.
tope gets back to half guard.
tope is looking to get back to is feet but Stinson passes into side control.
tope is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Stinson asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Stinson is trying to get an arm triangle but tope is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stinson working the ground and pound but tope is defending the strikes.
Barney Stinson has got the better of the ground game so far.
tope is trying to buck Stinson off.
tope gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
tope is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
tope is looking to improve his position but Stinson isn't that keen on the idea.
tope is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Stinson lands with some strikes.
tope is looking to get to half guard.
Stinson dominating with strikes here.
tope regains half guard.
tope is looking to escape.
Stinson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
tope scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Stinson manages to mount him!
Stinson won't let tope get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Stinson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

tope shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Stinson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Stinson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. tope defends it easily.

tope thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

tope is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Stinson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. tope doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. tope manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tope works a leg free and moves into half guard.

tope is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Stinson gets full guard.
tope trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
tope is looking to stand up but Stinson won't let him.

Stinson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but tope can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

tope got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stinson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, tope has managed to get both his arms back between Stinson's legs - danger averted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

tope drops back looking for a leg! Stinson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Stinson manages to kick tope off! tope jumps back into Stinson's guard.

Stinson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. tope defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

tope decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Stinson, up you get!
tope has his takedown stuffed

and Stinson counters with a shoot takedown. tope fights it but they end up in guard.
tope wants to stand and escape but Stinson is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
tope is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
tope is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stinson misses with some strikes from the bottom.

tope in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Stinson tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from tope!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). a tope!

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A

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
61%

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