PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Madden Rush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Bologna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rush
vs
Bologna

177 cm
24
165 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Bio-Tech Industries
Convicted Trap House

BioPharm Nutrition [ACME]
Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Madden Rush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Bologna!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bologna fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rush just misses with a punch to the body.
Bologna scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bologna lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rush circles away quickly and effectively.
Rush cracks Bologna with an open hand slap.
Rush cracks a nice hook into Bologna's ribs.
Phil Bologna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bologna listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rush.
Rush moves away from the strike by Bologna.
Bologna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bologna lands a jab to Rush's midsection.
Rush fails to land the takedown.
Rush avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rush ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bologna moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Bologna misses the target.
Bologna throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rush tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bologna swivels and escapes.
Rush shoots in looking for a takedown. Bologna tries to sprawl out of it but Rush keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bologna manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Madden Rush. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rush misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rush blocks a jab.
Bologna fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bologna misses with a double jab
and Rush counters with a three punch combo that has Bologna backing up. Bologna nods at Rush to acknowledge the strikes.
Rush walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bologna checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rush throws a head kick that misses.
Bologna looks to throw the jab but Rush is out of range.
Bologna throws a combination that misses

and Rush counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rush.
Rush pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bologna is keeping the position for now.
Rush trying to control the position from guard on top but Bologna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bologna preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rush with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bologna working a defensive guard here.
Bologna wants to stand up but Rush is controlling him.

Rush drops back looking for a leg! Bologna is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bologna manages to kick Rush off! Rush jumps back into Bologna's guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bologna lands a nice hook to Rush's body. Rush takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheers as Bologna lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rush doesn't seem phased though.
Bologna slaps away a takedown attempt from Rush, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A big left from Bologna misses.
Rush dodges the punch combination from Bologna.
Phil Bologna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rush lands a jab-cross combination.
Bologna throws a shot to the body.
Rush throws a series of punches but Bologna moves out of range.

Rush shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bologna is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rush misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Rush looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Rush is breathing heavily.
Bologna is trying to escape the mount.
Bologna is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Rush looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bologna is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bologna is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Rush is staying active.
Bologna working to try and regain half guard.
Rush throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Rush cracks Bologna with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rush won't let Bologna get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bologna is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rush throwing strikes here but Bologna is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Rush tries to control but Bologna wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Madden Rush will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rush misses with a few strikes there.
Bologna misses with the combination.
Rush misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rush scores with a hook to the body. Bologna takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rush throws a nice looking combination but Bologna bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rush misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rush bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No joy there for Rush, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bologna looks to land a combination but Rush avoids it well.
A jab from Bologna misses.
Bologna misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rush changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bologna tries to avoid it but Rush manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bologna to the ground. Bologna escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Rush scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bologna wants to improve his position but Rush is controlling well.
Rush drops an elbow to the side of Bologna's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bologna tries to get to full guard but Rush has control of the leg.

Rush seems to be working for a kimura but Bologna defends the submission attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bologna is looking to escape.
Bologna keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Rush trying to mount his opponent but Bologna defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rush works his way into full mount!
Rush unloads with some shots from mount but Bologna bucks and avoids them well.
Rush throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Rush breaks from Bologna's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bologna regains half guard.
Bologna wants to control but Rush is keeping busy.
Bologna wants to improve his position but Rush is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rush is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bologna sees it coming and defends easily.
Bologna tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Rush has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Rush punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bologna holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Rush tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Rush is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Bologna is surviving well by controlling Rush's body position as best he can.
Bologna really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rush. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rush thowing shots but they're missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rush wants to control the pace but Bologna is squirming around nicely.
Rush thowing shots but they're missing.
Rush thowing shots but they're missing.
Bologna tries to lock up and control but Rush gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bologna is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Madden Rush dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rush takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Madden Rush is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bologna misses with a double jab

so Rush counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rush wants to pass the guard but Bologna is keeping the position.
Rush wants to control from the top but Bologna keeps moving.
Bologna lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rush!
Rush suckers Bologna into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Rush is now in Bologna's guard!
Rush missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rush throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bologna 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.
Rush throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bologna works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rush loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rush looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bologna wants to get back to his feet but Rush is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rush throws a combination that misses
and Bologna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rush misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bologna.
Bologna looks to land a left hand but Rush moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Bologna misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Bologna.
Rush is looking to wear down Bologna with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bologna fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rush fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two 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.
Bologna throws a series of punches but Rush moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Rush.
Bologna throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Rush counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rush won't allow Bologna to get back to his feet.
Rush connects with a couple of short punches.
Bologna is adopting a defensive guard.
Rush prevents Bologna from getting back to his feet.

Rush drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rush jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rush trying to control but Bologna is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bologna working a defensive guard here.
Rush sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bologna's guard.
Rush prevents Bologna from standing back up.
Madden Rush is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bologna tries to get to full guard but Rush has control of the leg.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Rush feints and as Bologna raises his hands in defense, Rush changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rush preventing the sweep.
Rush trying to control the position from guard on top but Bologna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rush looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bologna wants to get back to his feet but Rush is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bologna trying to control the position.
Bologna keeping full guard, as Rush tries to pass.
Rush 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.
Bologna keeping moving, preventing Rush from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Madden Rush showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rush, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Madden Rush!