PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean Michaels has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Russell
vs
Michaels

170 cm
24
191 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Russell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Michaels.
Michaels misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Michaels gets caught flat footed, as Russell shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Russell not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Russell drops back looking for a leg! Michaels is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Michaels manages to kick Russell off! Russell jumps back into Michaels's guard.
Michaels avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Russell postures up.
Russell loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Russell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Michaels is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Russell is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Michaels's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Russell sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Russell's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Russell with a nice head shot there.
Michaels is trying to control the position but Russell postures up.
Russell controls from within his opponent's guard.
Russell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Michaels working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Russell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Michaels looking to hit a scissor sweep but Russell is one step ahead there.
Russell 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Russell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Russell throwing strikes from guard but Michaels blocks nicely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Russell gets the takedown into side control.
Russell lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Russell looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Michaels is avoiding damage well.
The strikes coming from Russell are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sloppy strikes there by Russell.
Michaels takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Russell lands a decent elbow from side control.
Russell misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Russell misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Russell postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Michaels takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Russell cracks Michaels with a big right hand but Michaels just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Russell working the ground and pound but Michaels is defending the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russell is working Michaels over with some ground and pound from side control.
Russell postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Michaels taking punishment in the form of punches.
Russell lands some shots froms side control.
An elbow from Russell crashes against the mat.

Russell is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Michaels knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Russell is breathing heavily.
Michaels takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Russell dominated that 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.

Michaels throws a right hand that Russell ducks under and follows up with a left that Russell also avoids with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Russell scores a takedown into full mount!
Michaels avoids a series of strikes thrown by Russell.
Russell tries to control but Michaels wriggling away.
Russell with shots to the head and body - Michaels looks very uncomfortable down there.

It looks like Sean Michaels has been cut.
Michaels is bucking up trying to escape but Russell cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Russell breaks from Michaels's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Russell landing strikes from the mount and Michaels is in trouble!
Russell lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Russell is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Michaels is surviving well by controlling Russell's body position as best he can.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell is landing with some decent strikes but Michaels is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jack Russell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Russell working for a guillotine from mount but Michaels is in no mood to give up.

Russell has control of Michaels's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Michaels regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Russell unloads with some shots from mount but Michaels bucks and avoids them well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Russell has control of Michaels's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Michaels regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Russell fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Russell lands with some strikes.
Russell throws some wild stikes that Michaels manages to avoid easily.

Russell is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Michaels is surviving well by controlling Russell's body position as best he can.
Russell sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels is trying to escape the mount.
Michaels holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Russell tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Russell is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Michaels can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Russell throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Russell looking to ground and pound but Michaels is blocking nicely.

Russell looking for a guillotine from mount but Michaels is having none of it.
Michaels is working to get back to half guard.

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.
Russell connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

The cut above Sean Michaels's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Russell raining down shots from the mount!

Russell is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Michaels can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Russell tries to control but Michaels wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Russell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sean Michaels's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Russell feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Michaels keeping moving, preventing Russell from controlling successfully.
Russell trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Michaels manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Michaels wants to control from the top but Russell keeps moving.
Michaels pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Russell is keeping the position for now.
Russell might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Russell controls Michaels momentarily but Michaels frees himself.
Michaels looking to sit in guard and control but Russell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Russell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Russell throws and elbow that misses. Michaels uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Russell's guard. Nice move by Michaels!
Russell wants to sweep but no luck.

Russell looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Michaels must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Russell looking for a guillotine here but Michaels defends easily.

Russell had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Michaels defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Michaels working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Russell controls Michaels momentarily but Michaels frees himself.
Michaels stands and throws Russell's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Michaels is trying to get an arm triangle but Russell is defending well.
Russell is not content to let Michaels control the position.
Michaels throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels has knee on belly momentarily but Russell bucks him off and regains half guard.
Russell gets full guard.
Michaels stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Russell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Russell is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sean Michaels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Russell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Michaels loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Russell tries to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Michaels wants to pass the guard but Russell is keeping the position.
Michaels being controlled here momentarily.
Russell is trying to keep Michaels in close.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Russell moves out of range.

Michaels gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Russell to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Russell trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jack Russell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Russell postures up and lands a big shot to Michaels's brow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Russell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Russell has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Russell!