PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Jooginz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jooginz
vs
Bradley

188 cm
22
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrew Jooginz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bradley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jooginz but Jooginz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bradley throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jooginz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bradley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bradley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bradley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bradley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Bradley scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jooginz is letting Bradley control him for a moment.
You can see the frustration on Jooginz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bradley tries to advance to mount but Jooginz denies him.
Jooginz can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bradley stands up.
Bradley misses with a takedown

and Jooginz counters with a takedown into side control.
A lull in the action here.
Jooginz's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Jooginz advances to full mount.
Jooginz punching from mount but Bradley doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley wants to hold on but Jooginz pushes him away.
Bradley is trying to escape the mount.
Jooginz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jooginz seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bradley for as long as he can get away with.
Bradley tries to reverse the position but Jooginz maintains control.
Jooginz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bradley is looking to escape.
Bradley is desperately trying to improve his position but Jooginz has a good base and remains in mount.
Jooginz trying to control but Bradley is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley can't escape the position.
Jooginz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bradley is looking to escape.
Bradley flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jooginz lands a big elbow.
Bradley wants to hold on but Jooginz pushes him away.
Jooginz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bradley is looking to escape.

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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Andrew Jooginz just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Bradley looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bradley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jooginz tries to strike from the bottom.
Bradley won't allow Jooginz to sweep him here.
Bradley looking to pass the guard.
Jooginz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Jooginz dominated that round.
That's time! Jooginz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jooginz looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bradley wants to get back to his feet.
Jooginz with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bradley missing with punches from the bottom.
Jooginz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bradley defending well though.
Jooginz content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jooginz wants to take a breather but Bradley is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley wants to control but Jooginz is keeping busy.
Bradley tries to get to full guard but Jooginz has control of the leg.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Bradley gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jooginz misses with a hook to the ribs.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jooginz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bradley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bradley tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bradley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jooginz.
Bradley fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jooginz keeps control of Bradley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jooginz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bradley tries to break the clinch but Jooginz is controlling the position.
Jooginz slows down the pace here.
Jooginz prevents a takedown attempt there.
Andrew Jooginz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyle Bradley.
Bradley is breathing heavily.
Bradley wants to break free but Jooginz has control.
Jooginz is pressed up against the cage. Bradley has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jooginz down to the mat. Jooginz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bradley fails to land with a series of punches.
Jooginz looks to score with a jab to the body but Bradley is just out of range.
Jooginz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bradley circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jooginz drives through and clinches with Bradley against the cage.
Bradley is trying to break the clinch but Jooginz has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Jooginz.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch but Jooginz keeps him there for the moment.
Jooginz stalling against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bradley fails to land.
Bradley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bradley can't break the clinch.
Bradley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jooginz stops a takedown attempt from Bradley.
Jooginz will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bradley up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Jooginz for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bradley wants to stall.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch but Jooginz keeps him there for the moment.
Jooginz's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Andrew Jooginz.
Bradley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jooginz.
A shot to the body from Bradley misses

and Jooginz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jooginz.
Jooginz keeps control of Bradley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Jooginz dominated that second round.
That's time! Jooginz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bradley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Jooginz counters by clinching up.
Jooginz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bradley looking to slow down the pace here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Andrew Jooginz.
Jooginz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bradley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bradley tries to clinch up.
Some wild striking there from Bradley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley tries to clinch but Jooginz moves away
and Jooginz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bradley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jooginz wants to clinch up but Bradley keeps it at a distance.
Andrew Jooginz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bradley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jooginz's head.
Jooginz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bradley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bradley throws a sloppy head kick and Jooginz moves out of range easily.
Bradley ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Bradley drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jooginz working a defensive guard here.
Bradley distracts Jooginz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jooginz looking for a sweep. Not yet Jooginz, not yet.
Bradley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jooginz is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jooginz looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bradley looking to sit in guard and control but Jooginz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bradley can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jooginz trying to control the position from guard on top but Bradley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bradley wants to hit a switch here but Jooginz passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Bradley there!
The referee warns Bradley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley is looking to improve his position but Jooginz isn't that keen on the idea.
Bradley is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
BOOM! Jooginz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jooginz avoids the attempt from Bradley to control.
Bradley is desperately trying to improve his position but Jooginz has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jooginz controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jooginz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Andrew Jooginz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jooginz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jooginz prevents Bradley from getting the reversal.
Kyle Bradley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bradley squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jooginz controlling from the full mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Jooginz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jooginz 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Jooginz!