PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cup Cake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Jalenpeno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cup Cake could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jose Jalenpeno's chin.

Cake
vs
Jalenpeno

194 cm
21
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
18
208 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cup Cake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Jalenpeno!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cake fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cake misses with a double jab.
Cake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cake misses with a double jab.
Cake slow jab from Jalenpeno misses its intended target.

Cake shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cake showed some decent athleticism there.
Jalenpeno is looking to improve his position.

Cake postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Jalenpeno to stand up.
Cake throws a sloppy head kick and Jalenpeno moves out of range easily.
Nice sprawl there from Jalenpeno as Cake shoots in.
Oooh a lovely combination from Cake sends Jalenpeno down but not out. Cake dives into side control looking to finish.

Jalenpeno is rocked!

It looks like Jose Jalenpeno has been cut.
Jalenpeno tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Jalenpeno is still in real trouble! Can Cake finish him?
BOOM! Cake connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalenpeno is bucking up trying to escape but Cake cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cake is breathing heavily.
Cake looking to control but Jalenpeno is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jalenpeno can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cake with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cake scoring with strikes but Jalenpeno is staying in there.
Jalenpeno is working to get back to half guard.
Jalenpeno is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jalenpeno seems to have recovered his senses.
Cake postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jalenpeno looks a forlorn figure.
Jalenpeno really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jalenpeno wants to hold on but Cake pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalenpeno keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cake 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.
Cake pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jalenpeno is in a horrible position here. Cake smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cake tries to control but Jalenpeno wriggling away.
Jalenpeno is working to get back to half guard.
Cake landing strikes from the mount.
Cake wants to control the pace but Jalenpeno is squirming around nicely.
Cake landing shots from mount.
Jalenpeno is squirming around, avoiding Cake's attempts to control the action.
Cake landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jalenpeno takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cake lands with some strikes.
Cake lands with some strikes.
Jalenpeno is trying to escape the mount.
Cake lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cake lands with some strikes.
Cake can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jalenpeno is looking to escape.
Cake working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jalenpeno tries to reverse the position but Cake maintains control.
Cake trying to control but Jalenpeno is having none of it.
Jalenpeno working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cake with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Cake lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Cake.
Cake postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Jalenpeno bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Cake and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cup Cake!