PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Sawyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and serenity ahr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ahr has chosen porch as his entrance music. serenity ahr has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Sawyer
vs
ahr

175 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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, Mike Sawyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, serenity ahr!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sawyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
ahr looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
ahr tries to clinch up

and Sawyer counters by moving into the clinch.

Sawyer drags the fight down to the ground.
Sawyer wants to get back to his feet but ahr is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sawyer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sawyer controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sawyer moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, ahr has worked his arm free - good work by ahr!
Sawyer controls the position from side control.
Sawyer cracks ahr with a big elbow.
ahr takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sawyer working the body and head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sawyer decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Sawyer wants to clinch up but ahr keeps it at a distance.

Sawyer closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Sawyer decides to stand up, so the ref orders ahr to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sawyer.
Sawyer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sawyer throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around ahr's waist but ahr gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sawyer off to one side.

Sawyer gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ahr stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sawyer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sawyer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from ahr.
ahr wants to stand but Sawyer has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ahr wants to pass the guard but Sawyer is keeping the position.
Sawyer looking to control.
Sawyer has momentary wrist control but ahr slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
ahr preventing the sweep.
ahr must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Sawyer drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
ahr is not content to let Sawyer control the position.

Sawyer stands up.
Sawyer gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so ahr counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Sawyer dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

ahr tries for a takedown but Sawyer circles away easily
and Sawyer counters with a head kick.
Sawyer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

ahr is rocked!

Sawyer gets the takedown into side control.
ahr is still in real trouble! Can Sawyer finish him?

Sawyer has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Sawyer scores a takedown into full mount!
ahr is looking to get to half guard.
ahr seems to have recovered his senses.

Sawyer looking for a guillotine from mount but ahr is having none of it.
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!
Sawyer trying to control but ahr is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ahr tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sawyer trying to control but ahr is having none of it.
Mike Sawyer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sawyer controlling his opponent.
Sawyer looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

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.
ahr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sawyer wants to control but ahr has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
ahr is trying to get back to full guard.
Sawyer trying to control from half guard but ahr is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

ahr looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
ahr tries to roll over but Sawyer keeps him under control.
ahr has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sawyer is working away from the top position though.
Sawyer is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
ahr is wriggling around trying to escape.

Sawyer looking for a guillotine from mount but ahr is having none of it.
Sawyer raining down shots from the mount!
Sawyer is landing with some decent strikes but ahr is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sawyer working ahr over with strikes here.
Sawyer lands a nice shot to the head.
Sawyer looking to finish ahr with some ground and pound. This is bad for ahr!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Sawyer dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sawyer tries for a takedown but ahr circles away easily

and ahr moves into the clinch.
ahr looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sawyer lands a body shot in the clinch.

Sawyer drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sawyer looking for a guillotine here but ahr defends easily.
Sawyer has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sawyer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sawyer trying to control the position.
ahr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Sawyer scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Sawyer tries to clinch up.
ahr swats away the attempt to clinch by Sawyer.

Sawyer darts in and clinches ahr up against the cage.

Sawyer is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. ahr can't fight it off and eventually Sawyer manages to take the fight to the floor. ahr looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

ahr is working an open guard so Sawyer takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sawyer shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Sawyer stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

ahr shoots in and bounces Sawyer off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sawyer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. ahr manages to get himself to full guard.
Sawyer wants to control from the top but ahr keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer is really struggling to control ahr but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Sawyer stands up over ahr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sawyer trying to control the position from guard on top but ahr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sawyer landing some decent shots from guard.
Sawyer is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sawyer trying to control but ahr is working from the bottom.

Sawyer stands up from ahr's guard - Sawyer perhaps looking for a knockout.

Sawyer forces ahr back against the cage and clinches.
serenity ahr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
ahr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Sawyer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sawyer 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Sawyer!