PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Pott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregory Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pott comes to the cage accompanied by Luude - Cortex. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pott
vs
Mitchell

175 cm
19
178 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Sun-Tzu

DC Unrivaled
GREEN!160

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Pott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Gregory Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pott shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Pott looking to pass the guard.
Pott postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pott accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pott 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.
Mitchell wants to stand but Pott is controlling the position.
Pott throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pott throws a big right hand that misses.
Pott postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pott content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott won't allow Mitchell to get back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pott accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pott throwing strikes from guard but Mitchell blocks nicely.
Pott throws a big right hand that misses.
Mitchell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pott is in close to Mitchell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pott is looking to work some ground and pound but Mitchell has wrist control.
Pott throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott is looking to work some ground and pound but Mitchell has wrist control.
Pott missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Pott stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mitchell swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Mitchell gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pott keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mitchell's head.
Mitchell wants to stand up but Pott is controlling him.
Pott trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pott trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pott is looking to work some ground and pound but Mitchell has wrist control.
Pott throws an elbow that misses. Mitchell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pott's guard. Nice move by Mitchell!

Mitchell won't allow Pott to sweep him here.
Mitchell tries to stand but Pott is controlling from the bottom.
Pott wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Mitchell is now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell prevents Pott from improving his position.
Mitchell tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pott is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Mitchell jumps into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pott tries to score with a low kick but Mitchell moves his leg out of the way.

Pott closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mitchell did well to prevent Pott getting side control.

Mitchell pushes Pott off and gets back to his feet.
Mitchell checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pott on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pott tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mitchell looks to land a right hand but Pott moved out of range.

Pott shoots in and bounces Mitchell off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pott throwing strikes but missing.
Mitchell wants to get back to his feet but Pott is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott postures up in Mitchell's guard and throws a big left but Mitchell blocks it.
Pott loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pott prevents Mitchell from getting back to his feet.
Jack Pott overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pott wants to pass the guard but Mitchell is keeping the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Mitchell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A jab from Mitchell misses.
Pott slips under a jab from Mitchell.
Pott changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mitchell tries to avoid it but Pott manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mitchell to the ground. Mitchell escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Pott closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mitchell did well to prevent Pott getting side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pott working over Mitchell with some ground and pound. Mitchell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mitchell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pott.
Mitchell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pott.
Pott throwing shots but Mitchell is blocking nicely.
Pott thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Pott there.
Pott throwing shots but Mitchell is blocking nicely.
Pott scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell taking some punishment here, with Pott in his half guard.

Mitchell is rocked!
Mitchell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pott.
Mitchell is still in real trouble! Can Pott finish him?
Pott thows a huge punch but Mitchell dodges it nicely.
Mitchell seems to have recovered his senses.
Pott stops Mitchell from getting back to his feet.
Pott throws a strike but Mitchell avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Pott throws a strike but Mitchell rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Pott on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pott tries to get out of the position.

Mitchell gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Mitchell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pott misses with a takedown
and Mitchell counters with a nice uppercut.
Mitchell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pott misses with a takedown
and Mitchell counters with a left to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Pott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pott shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Mitchell counters with a straight right hand.
Pott shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gregory Mitchell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Pott shoots in and bounces Mitchell off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mitchell pushes Pott off and scrambles back to his feet.
Pott misses with a leg kick
and Mitchell counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Jack Pott has been cut.

Pott scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mitchell taking some punishment here, with Pott in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gregory Mitchell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jack Pott's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Mitchell stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mitchell wants it to stay on the feet.
Pott moves forwards but Mitchell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pott fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mitchell checks it well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pott.

Pott decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mitchell is looking to escape.
Pott seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pott throwing shots but Mitchell is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pott thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mitchell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pott.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott drops an elbow to the side of Mitchell's head.
Pott working over Mitchell with some ground and pound. Mitchell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pott looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pott sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mitchell defending well though.
Pott seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pott thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mitchell's head.
Pott is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mitchell is trying to stand back up but Pott is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pott thows a huge punch but Mitchell dodges it nicely.
Pott thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pott throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've been hearing that Pott has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Mitchell is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pott scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mitchell is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pott scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pott thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mitchell's head.
Mitchell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pott.
Mitchell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pott.
Pott looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mitchell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pott is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mitchell can do to turn this around?
Pott scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pott lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Mitchell! More strikes land and this one is all over! Pott jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Pott!
Jack Pott decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Gregory Mitchell was interviewed post fight and said 'He just got lucky mate.'.