PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Slammy Neckbreaker (ranked 611 p4p, 1592 weight class) and Dulles Bush (ranked 36 p4p, 87 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Neckbreaker
vs
Bush

168 cm
28
140
19 - 9 - 0

178 cm
33
146
22 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Slammy Neckbreaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Dulles Bush!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Neckbreaker. Bush does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Bush was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Neckbreaker gets tackled into the cage by Bush. Bush maintains the clinch.
Bush lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bush misses with a hook from the clinch.
Neckbreaker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Neckbreaker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bush lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Bush escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neckbreaker throws a shot from downtown. Bush moves away and avoids it.
Neckbreaker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bush moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bush displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Neckbreaker throws out the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bush! But no joy.
Dulles Bush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neckbreaker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bush can pounce on him.
Neckbreaker scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Neckbreaker has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bush is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Neckbreaker tries to score a body lock takedown but Bush shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bush throws a head punch that misses.
Neckbreaker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Neckbreaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bush misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bush misses with some punches.
Bush working aggressively here.
Neckbreaker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bush fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Neckbreaker wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Slammy Neckbreaker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bush scores with a shoulder strike.
Bush tries to throw a body punch but Neckbreaker avoids it by throwing Bush back against the cage.
Bush scores with a shot to the side of Neckbreaker's head.
Neckbreaker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bush swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bush lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neckbreaker lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Neckbreaker's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Neckbreaker tries to score a body lock takedown but Bush shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Neckbreaker takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bush fails to land.
Bush blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bush tries to throw a body punch but Neckbreaker avoids it by throwing Bush back against the cage.
Bush gets through Neckbreaker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Neckbreaker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bush looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bush tries to close the distance and clinch but Neckbreaker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dulles Bush is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Neckbreaker tries for a takedown but Bush circles away easily
letting Bush counter with a right hand.
Bush tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Neckbreaker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Bush throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bush misses with a leg kick
and Neckbreaker counters with a nice uppercut.
Neckbreaker swings for the body but Bush moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bush.
Neckbreaker walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bush.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bush.
Neckbreaker moves out of range of the strikes.
Neckbreaker throws an off balance right hand
and Bush cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Bush has Neckbreaker up against the cage in a clinch.
Bush presses Neckbreaker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Bush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Neckbreaker misses with a looping right.
Bush tries to score with a low kick but Neckbreaker moves his leg out of the way.
Bush throws a series of punches but Neckbreaker avoids them all with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Neckbreaker misses the target.
Neckbreaker misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bush fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Neckbreaker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Neckbreaker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bush sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Bush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bush misses with a hook. Neckbreaker ducked under it nicely.
A slow jab from Bush misses its intended target.
Bush misses with a straight left.
Neckbreaker swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bush lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Neckbreaker connects with a looping right hand.

Bush takes the fight into the clinch.
Neckbreaker goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bush prevents it.
Bush scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dulles Bush dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bush throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bush has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bush there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bush pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
An inside leg kick lands from Bush.
Bush with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bush motions for Neckbreaker to come forward. Bush throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick from Bush, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bush moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bush looks to score with a jab to the body but Neckbreaker is just out of range.
Dulles Bush seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Neckbreaker shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bush defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neckbreaker misses with a looping left.
Neckbreaker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bush manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neckbreaker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bush.
An attempted straight right counter from Neckbreaker misses the target.
Neckbreaker is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bush throws a leg kick

and Neckbreaker decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bush's guard.

Bush scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Neckbreaker cracks Bush with a right hand to the side of the head.
Neckbreaker lands a nice shot that snaps Bush's head back.

Bush closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neckbreaker blocks an uppercut.
Neckbreaker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Neckbreaker lands with a short shot to the head.
Bush tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bush's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bush misses with some punches.
Bush takes a shot to the head.
Bush goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush lands with a light punch inside.

Neckbreaker gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Bush regains guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bush is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Neckbreaker is controlling him.
Bush keeping moving, preventing Neckbreaker from controlling successfully.
Bush wants to get back to his feet but Neckbreaker is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bush utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Neckbreaker throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bush wants to stand but Neckbreaker is controlling the position.
Neckbreaker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bush works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Neckbreaker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bush wants to clinch but Neckbreaker slips to the side
letting Neckbreaker counter with a right hand.
Bush delivers a nice body kick.
Neckbreaker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bush lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Neckbreaker is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Neckbreaker missing with a left hand there. Bush was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bush slips a jab from Neckbreaker.
Neckbreaker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bush's head backwards.
Good shot there by Neckbreaker.
A jab from Neckbreaker misses.
Bush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Neckbreaker is looking to counter punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bush cracks Neckbreaker with a good jab.
Bush rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Neckbreaker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bush misses with a left hand
and Neckbreaker counters with a straight right hand.

Bush is rocked!
Bush plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bush is still on wobbly legs! Can Neckbreaker finish him?
Bush has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Neckbreaker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bush seems to have recovered his senses.
Neckbreaker checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Bush.
Slammy Neckbreaker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Neckbreaker tries to clinch but Bush moves out of range.
Bush misses with a head kick.
Bush tries a low kick but Neckbreaker avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Slammy Neckbreaker will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bush connects with a leg kick.
Neckbreaker misses with a body shot.
Bush avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bush fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Neckbreaker.
Neckbreaker misses with a lunging right hand
and Bush connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bush moves out of range as Neckbreaker strikes.
Neckbreaker throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bush looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Neckbreaker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bush.
It seemed like Bush was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bush lands a head shot.
Bush is looking to chop away at Neckbreaker's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bush. That's going to slow Neckbreaker down.
Neckbreaker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bush sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Neckbreaker misses with a straight left.
Bush throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bush throws a nice head kick!
Neckbreaker cracks Bush with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Dulles Bush has been cut.
Neckbreaker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bush was well out of range. Poor timing from Neckbreaker.
Neckbreaker throws a big shot that misses.
Bush misses with a straight right.
Bush throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bush doesn't manage to clinch there - Neckbreaker circles away.
Bush moves out of range as Neckbreaker strikes.
Neckbreaker has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Neckbreaker there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush misses with an uppercut. Neckbreaker saw that one coming.
Neckbreaker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bush with the inside leg kick.
Bush misses with a hook. Neckbreaker ducked under it nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bush.
Neckbreaker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Neckbreaker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bush scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bush displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Neckbreaker throws out the jab.
Bush misses with a straight right.
Neckbreaker is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bush throws a predictable looking body shot
and Neckbreaker counters with a nice uppercut.
Neckbreaker loads up on a big right hand but Bush slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bush catches Neckbreaker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bush buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good shot there by Bush.
Neckbreaker shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bush counters with a good low kick that Neckbreaker was not able to check.
Neckbreaker throws a jab when Bush was well out of range.
Neckbreaker checks a low kick from Bush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bush. Neckbreaker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bush throws a leg kick but Neckbreaker checks it.
Neckbreaker just misses with a punch to the body.
Neckbreaker misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bush counters with a nice uppercut.
Neckbreaker connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bush momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bush tries to clinch but Neckbreaker is having none of it.
Bush throws a low kick but Neckbreaker avoids it.
A head kick from Bush lands but Neckbreaker takes it in his stride.
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!
Neckbreaker digs a good hook to Bush's body.
Bush tries to land a body kick
and Neckbreaker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bush thinking.
Bush looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bush throws a solid leg kick but Neckbreaker takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bush.
Neckbreaker was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Neckbreaker moves out of range of the strikes.
Neckbreaker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bush moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Neckbreaker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Neckbreaker.
Bush misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Neckbreaker misses the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dulles Bush comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bush has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dulles Bush!
Dulles Bush seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.