PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ground Pound (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and nate towles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pound
vs
towles

185 cm
27
162 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

180 cm
25
179 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ground Pound!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, nate towles!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pound stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pound wants it to stay on the feet.

Pound clinches up against the cage.

Pound gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, towles regains guard.

Pound drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Pound jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
towles trying to strike off his back.
towles looking to control.
Pound in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pound throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
towles has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pound stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. towles swivels though and keeps the full guard.

towles is looking for a triangle but Pound pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pound drops back looking for a leg! towles is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and towles manages to kick Pound off! Pound jumps back into towles's guard.
towles 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.
Pound has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
towles trying to control the position.
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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pound accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pound throwing strikes but missing.
towles utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pound makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pound is pushing down on towles's leg trying to pass to half guard. towles is fighting to maintain full guard but Pound has managed to sneak the leg through.
Pound tries to stand and escape but towles is controlling the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pound connects with a nice short shot to towles's temple.
towles keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pound sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. towles defending well though.
towles works his way to full guard. Good work.

towles is looking for a triangle but Pound pushes his legs off easily.
towles keeping moving, preventing Pound from controlling successfully.
Pound works over towles with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

towles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pound gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
towles looks gassed!
towles tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pound is working towles over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pound chips away with some ground and pound.
Pound working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of towles's head.
Pound with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pound working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of towles's head.
Pound cracks towles with a solid left hand.
Pound connects with a couple of short punches.
Pound scoring with punches to the head and body.

towles is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pound lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
towles keeping moving, preventing Pound from controlling successfully.

Pound drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Pound jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Pound lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pound landing some decent shots from guard.
Pound advances to half guard.
Pound is looking to advance position but towles won't allow it.
Pound winds up and cracks towles with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pound scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pound slips a nice elbow through towles's hands, connecting with towles's forehead.

Pound stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Pound lands a slapping body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pound gets the takedown into side control.
towles takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Pound working the ground and pound.
towles tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pound wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Pound thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
towles tries to buck Pound off but Pound is having none of it.
towles taking punishment in the form of punches.

Pound stands up and beckons towles to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Pound instigates a clinch.

towles is fighting off a takedown attempt but Pound is just too persistent for him and manages to trip towles to the mat. towles regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

towles throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Pound escapes and throws towles's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Pound working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pound stuffs the takedown attempt from towles. towles gets slowly back to his feet.

Pound changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. towles looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Pound working the head and body with strikes.

Pound thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Pound working the ground and pound.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Pound here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Pound working the ground and pound.
Ground Pound overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
towles is looking to regain half guard here but Pound keeps moving and retains side control.
Pound landing strikes.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Pound works to advance to full mount. towles defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Pound landing punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pound cracks towles with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pound working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pound landing strikes, looking to finish!
towles is bucking up trying to escape but Pound cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pound with good strikes from the mount here!
towles takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pound fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pound landing strikes from the mount and towles is in trouble!
Pound landing punches.
Pound landing strikes from the mount.
Pound landing strikes from the mount and towles is in trouble!
Pound working away from the top, dropping strikes.
BOOM! Pound connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Pound is going oldschool here, as he tries to force towles to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so towles shrugs it off.
Pound dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
towles manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Pound escapes and gets back to his feet.

Pound clinches up with towles and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Pound.

Pound turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Pound manages to end up in side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pound cracks towles with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Pound tries to advance to mount but can't.
Pound working away.
Pound lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear towles down.
Pound scores with a couple of short elbows.
towles is looking for a sweep.
towles struggling a bit here.

Pound is trying to get an arm triangle but towles is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pound wants to control but towles is keeping him busy.
Pound grinds an elbow into towles's temple.

Pound is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, towles has escaped the position, nice work there.
towles regains half guard there - taking advantage of Pound's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Pound scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
towles wants to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pound connects with a nice short shot to towles's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pound takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Pound decides to stand up.

Pound clinches up with towles and pushes him back against the cage.

Pound has hold of one of towles's legs. towles is fighting the takedown attempt but Pound gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Pound stands up from towles's guard - Pound perhaps looking for a knockout.
Pound has a takedown stuffed.
Ground Pound seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pound leaves towles with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Pound has managed to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Pound manages to break the clinch.

Pound looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
towles on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ground Pound dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Pound drives through with a takedown into guard.

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

Pound looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for towles!
The referee warns towles that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Pound jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but towles manages to avoid the submission attempt.
towles is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Pound's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Pound is sneakily working for an arm triangle but towles sees it coming and defends easily.
Pound lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pound lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pound is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pound is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that towles can do to turn this around?
Pound looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks towles with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pound seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but towles does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
towles trying to control here.

Pound stands up out of the half guard.

Pound looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pound is working towles over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

towles is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pound works over towles with some ground and pound from guard.
Pound is looking to advance position but towles has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pound slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Pound is pressing down on towles's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Pound wants to sweep here but towles controlling him for the moment.
Pound punching to the body, from the bottom.
Pound striking from the bottom here.

towles drops back, looking for a kneebar! Pound looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Pound looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Pound!
You can see the frustration on towles's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Pound stands up and we're back to a striking position.

towles gets caught flat footed, as Pound shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

towles working for a triangle but Pound defends it easily.
Pound is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

towles escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pound gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pound forces his way into half guard.

towles looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Pound wants to work for an arm triangle but towles is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Pound wants to free his trapped foot but towles is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pound passes to full mount!
Pound with shots to the head and body - towles looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pound punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ground Pound is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pound looking to control and managing it successfully.
The referee warns towles that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
nate towles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pound controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pound cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ground Pound showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pound 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ground Pound!