PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Happy Flowers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amish Hardcore Irish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flowers's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wu Tang Clan - Tiger Style. Hardcore Irish has chosen Devil's Dance Floor as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Flowers
vs
Hardcore Irish

195 cm
26
285 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

200 cm
24
265 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Happy Flowers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Amish Hardcore Irish!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flowers takes a swing at Hardcore Irish's ribcage but misses.
Hardcore Irish misses with a combination
and Flowers counters with a nice uppercut.
Hardcore Irish throws a right and a left that both miss.
Flowers takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hardcore Irish cracks Flowers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Happy Flowers has been cut.
Hardcore Irish throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hardcore Irish lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Flowers circles away quickly and effectively.
Hardcore Irish fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Flowers looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Flowers slips a jab and a cross from Hardcore Irish.
Flowers looks to land a right hand but Hardcore Irish moved out of range.
Hardcore Irish throws a combination. Flowers tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Flowers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hardcore Irish pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Flowers back to the cage. Hardcore Irish follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hardcore Irish swings for the body but Flowers moves out of range.
Hardcore Irish tries to bum rush Flowers with a series of wild strikes but Flowers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardcore Irish feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Flowerss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hardcore Irish, as that shot connected.
Amish Hardcore Irish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardcore Irish throws a left and a right that both miss
and Flowers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hardcore Irish shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Flowers eats them both and turns towards Hardcore Irish to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hardcore Irish misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hardcore Irish throws a right hand that Flowers ducks under and follows up with a left that Flowers also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Hardcore Irish misses.
Hardcore Irish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardcore Irish looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardcore Irish lands a two punch combo.

Flowers closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Flowers taking a breather here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hardcore Irish can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flowers lands a nice forearm strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardcore Irish is looking for a sweep.
Hardcore Irish managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Flowers.
Flowers connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hardcore Irish some visible discomfort.
Hardcore Irish on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Flowers throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hardcore Irish takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hardcore Irish gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Flowers slips a nice elbow through Hardcore Irish's hands, connecting with Hardcore Irish's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardcore Irish regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Flowers.
Flowers won't allow Hardcore Irish to sweep him here.
Flowers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Flowers wants to control from the top but Hardcore Irish keeps moving.

Hardcore Irish looking for a guillotine here but Flowers defends easily.
Flowers scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hardcore Irish keeping full guard, as Flowers tries to pass.
Hardcore Irish is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Flowers scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hardcore Irish wants to stand but Flowers is controlling the position.
Flowers throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hardcore Irish utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardcore Irish keeping moving, preventing Flowers from controlling successfully.
Hardcore Irish preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amish Hardcore Irish dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Happy Flowers's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Flowers closes the distance and clinches up with Hardcore Irish, looking for a takedown. Flowers pushes Hardcore Irish against the cage but Hardcore Irish circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A cross from Hardcore Irish lands.
Flowers slips a jab from Hardcore Irish.
Sloppy strikes from Hardcore Irish. Those never looked like landing.
Hardcore Irish misses with a double jab

and Flowers counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Flowers.
Hardcore Irish really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Flowers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Flowers throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Flowers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Flowers with a flurry of punches that miss.
Flowers trying to control but Hardcore Irish is working from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardcore Irish wants to stand and escape but Flowers is having none of it.
Flowers sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hardcore Irish's guard.
Flowers 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardcore Irish is trying to stand.
Hardcore Irish is breathing heavily.
Flowers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hardcore Irish regains full guard. Nicely done.
Flowers slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Flowers working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Happy Flowers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Flowers postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Flowers is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flowers connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hardcore Irish some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flowers grinds an elbow into Hardcore Irish's temple.

Flowers wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hardcore Irish, who protects the arm well.
Hardcore Irish tries to bench press Flowers off him but Flowers keeps the position.
Hardcore Irish taking punishment in the form of punches.
Flowers works to advance to full mount. Hardcore Irish defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hardcore Irish is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Flowers controlling the pace for now.

Flowers is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Hardcore Irish is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Hardcore Irish flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Flowers anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Hardcore Irish and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Flowers slips an arm under Hardcore Irish chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Flowers has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Flowers is squeezing on Hardcore Irish like an anaconda would it's prey. Hardcore Irish fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Happy Flowers!