PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mornington Crescent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gene Flintlock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flintlock has chosen Undead by Hollywood Undead as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crescent
vs
Flintlock

180 cm
18
180 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

181 cm
23
175 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mornington Crescent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gene Flintlock!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flintlock scores with a nice head shot.
Flintlock lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Crescent throws a leg kick but Flintlock sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Crescent shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Flintlock's guard.
Crescent stops Flintlock from standing up.

Flintlock is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Flintlock 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.
Crescent is working Flintlock over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Flintlock wants to sweep but no luck.
Crescent stands up over Flintlock, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Flintlock working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Crescent doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Crescent manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Flintlock looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Crescent working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Flintlock is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Flintlock looks gassed!
Crescent keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Flintlock's head.
Crescent postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Crescent with a nice head shot there.
Crescent lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Flintlock is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Crescent keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Flintlock's head.
Flintlock wants to stand but Crescent is controlling the position.
Crescent content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Crescent landing some decent shots from guard.
Crescent distracts Flintlock with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crescent is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Crescent connects with a couple of short punches.
Crescent lands a couple of digs.
Crescent lands a couple of elbows.
Flintlock bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Crescent's guard.

Crescent working for a triangle but Flintlock defends it easily.
Crescent manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Crescent with the ground and pound from mount.
Flintlock is squirming around, avoiding Crescent's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crescent cracks Flintlock with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Crescent jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Flintlock is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Flintlock and Crescent has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Flintlock taking punishment in the form of punches.
Flintlock tries to improve position but can't.
Crescent working the ground and pound.

Crescent is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Flintlock has escaped the position, nice work there.
Flintlock gets back to half guard.
Crescent working the head and body with strikes.
Crescent scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Crescent landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Crescent wants to control but Flintlock is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flintlock has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Crescent is working away from the top position though.
Nice strikes from Crescent there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Flintlock looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Flintlock is looking to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Flintlock gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Crescent working some strikes from top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crescent sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Flintlock's guard.
Flintlock is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Flintlock is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Flintlock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crescent.
Crescent throws a front kick that sends Flintlock stumbling back into the cage.
Crescent pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Crescent shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Crescent was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Flintlock is bucking up trying to escape but Crescent cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Flintlock wants to hold on but Crescent pushes him away.
Flintlock is in a horrible position here. Crescent smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Crescent trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Flintlock tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Flintlock is breathing heavily.
Crescent trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Flintlock tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crescent landing punches.
Flintlock taking shots to the head.
Crescent landing strikes from the mount.
Crescent 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.
Flintlock is in all sorts of trouble here.
Crescent lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Crescent tries to control but Flintlock wriggling away.
Flintlock wants to hold on but Crescent pushes him away.
Crescent content just to control the position here.
Mornington Crescent overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Crescent scoring with strikes but Flintlock is staying in there.

Flintlock is rocked!

Crescent quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Crescent but it's paid off an Flintlock is forced to tap! Nice work by Crescent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mornington Crescent!