PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gin Juice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angelo Michael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Michael's choice of entrance music: Stairway to Heaven. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Juice
vs
Michael

187 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gin Juice!
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, Angelo Michael!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Juice or perhaps it was just good defense by Michael which made him look bad.
Michael connects with a body shot.
Michael keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Juice misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gin Juice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Michael swats away the attempt to clinch by Juice.
Michael throws a right hand that Juice ducks under and follows up with a left that Juice also avoids with ease.
An inside leg kick from Michael misses.
Michael throws a left and a right that both miss
and Juice counters with a left and a right that stings Michael.
Juice avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Juice shoots in looking for a takedown. Michael tries to sprawl out of it but Juice keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Michael manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Juice shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Michael's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Juice drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Juice jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Michael is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Juice is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juice trying to control but Michael is working from the bottom.
Michael really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Juice. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Michael is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Juice is controlling him.
Michael keeping moving, preventing Juice from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Gin Juice just wasn't active enough.
Michael throws an overhand right that lands on Juice's shoulder, as Juice tries to avoid the shot.

Michael gets tackled into the cage by Juice. Juice maintains the clinch.
Michael tries to break free but Juice pushes him back against the cage.

Juice has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Michael uses from the top position.
Juice is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Juice not doing much here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juice seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Michael does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

We're going to have a standup here because Gin Juice wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Juice shoots in looking for a takedown but Michael manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Juice's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Michael scores with a decent looking hook.
Michael connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Decent striking displayed by Michael there.
Michael throws a combination that misses
and Juice counters with a leg kick.
Juice fails in his attempt to clinch.
Juice on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Michael tries to sprawl but Juice drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Michael can do anything to dispel that myth.
Michael looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juice sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juice trying to control from half guard but Michael is working away.
Juice passes the guard and advances to mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Juice is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gin Juice dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Juice shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Michael misses with a body shot
and Juice counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Juice lands a nice leg kick that just misses Michael's sensitive parts.
Juice throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Michael misses with a combination
and Juice counters with a one-two to the body.
Juice wants to clinch up but Michael keeps it at a distance.
Michael with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Juice closes the distance and clinches up with Michael, looking for a takedown. Juice pushes Michael against the cage but Michael circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Michael throws a series of punches but Juice moves out of range.
Juice connects with a high kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juice misses with an uppercut.
Michael looks to land a right hand but Juice moved out of range.
Gin Juice is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Michael with a jab.
Juice is looking to clinch but Michael is avoiding it.
Juice looks for a takedown but Michael sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gin Juice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Michael. No joy for Juice on that attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juice throws a sloppy head kick and Michael moves out of range easily.
Michael displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Juice.
Michael looks to land a combination but Juice avoids it well.
Michael throws a series of punches but Juice moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Michael there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Michael swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gin Juice is winning the standup battle so far.
A clash of legs there as Juice blocks the low kick.
Juice doesn't manage to clinch there - Michael circles away.
Michael rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Juice moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Michael tries a low kick but Juice avoids it.
Michael throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Juice counters with a big head kick but Michael shrugs it off.
Michael throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Michael gets tackled into the cage by Juice. Juice maintains the clinch.
Juice keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Michael's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Juice pulls guard effortlessly.

Juice is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Michael has his hands clasped together but Juice extends an breaks Michael's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Juice.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gin Juice!