PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rumple Stiltzkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Habib al Habibin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Habibin has chosen Can't Be Touched as his entrance music. 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.

Stiltzkin
vs
al Habibin

186 cm
21
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rumple Stiltzkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Habib al Habibin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stiltzkin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with al Habibin, pushing him back against the ropes.
Stiltzkin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. al Habibin smiles and moves away.
al Habibin lands a head kick!

It looks like Rumple Stiltzkin has been cut.
Stiltzkin works al Habibin's body with a nice hook.
Nice uppercut there from Stiltzkin.
Stiltzkin misses with the combination.
Stiltzkin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for al Habibin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
al Habibin misses with a head kick.
al Habibin tries for a takedown but Stiltzkin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Stiltzkin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Stiltzkin moves in looking to clinch but al Habibin pushes him off.
al Habibin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stiltzkin lands a right hook to the body.
Stiltzkin throws out a leg kick but al Habibin moves out of range and Stiltzkin only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Habibin shoots in for a takedown but Stiltzkin shows good takedown defense.
Stiltzkin tries to clinch but al Habibin is having none of it.
Stiltzkin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but al Habibin checks it well.
Stiltzkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but al Habibin moves away.
al Habibin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Stiltzkin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Stiltzkin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
al Habibin is looking to get to half guard.

Stiltzkin is working for a guillotine from mount but al Habibin frees his head quite easily.

Stiltzkin moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, al Habibin has worked his arm free - good work by al Habibin!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stiltzkin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Stiltzkin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Stiltzkin is breathing heavily.
al Habibin is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Stiltzkin's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
al Habibin is trying to stand.
Stiltzkin wants to stand up but al Habibin has a hold of him and won't allow it.

al Habibin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Stiltzkin wants to free his trapped foot but al Habibin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
al Habibin is trying to maintain the position but Stiltzkin is very close to passing his half guard.

Stiltzkin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. al Habibin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Stiltzkin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
al Habibin blocks a leg kick.
Horrible takedown by al Habibin or perhaps it was just good defense by Stiltzkin which made him look bad.
Rumple Stiltzkin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Habib al Habibin.
A choreographed right hand from Stiltzkin misses the target.

Stiltzkin darts in and clinches al Habibin up against the ropes.
Stiltzkin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
al Habibin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stiltzkin has him pressed against the ropes.

Stiltzkin breaks the clinch.
al Habibin shoots in but Stiltzkin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stiltzkin wants to clinch.
Stiltzkin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stiltzkin misses with a double jab.
al Habibin tries for a takedown but Stiltzkin circles away easily
and Stiltzkin counters with a two punch combo.
Rumple Stiltzkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
al Habibin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stiltzkin doesn't manage to clinch there - al Habibin circles away.
Stiltzkin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stiltzkin.
al Habibin is looking to clinch but Stiltzkin is avoiding it.
al Habibin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Stiltzkin's waist but Stiltzkin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing al Habibin off to one side.
Stiltzkin's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Stiltzkin duly obliges.
al Habibin is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Stiltzkin stuns al Habibin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stiltzkin doesn't manage to clinch there - al Habibin circles away.
Stiltzkin tries to clinch up.
Stiltzkin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stiltzkin throws a series of punches but al Habibin moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rumple Stiltzkin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rumple Stiltzkin's cut.
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.

al Habibin shoots for a takedown but Stiltzkin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
al Habibin fails with a takedown attempt.
Stiltzkin throws a right and a left that both miss.
al Habibin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stiltzkin.
Stiltzkin throws a one two combo.
al Habibin tries a head kick but it misses.
Stiltzkin tries to clinch but al Habibin moves away
and al Habibin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Stiltzkin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
al Habibin throws a lazy uppercut
and Stiltzkin counters with a good low kick that al Habibin was not able to check.
Stiltzkin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Stiltzkin misses with a two punch combination.
al Habibin misses with a double jab
and Stiltzkin counters with a series of strikes. al Habibin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Stiltzkin lands a jab to al Habibin's midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
al Habibin takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Habibin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rumple Stiltzkin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Habib al Habibin.
al Habibin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stiltzkin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stiltzkin is looking to land body kicks.
Rumple Stiltzkin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stiltzkin misses with a double jab.

al Habibin shoots in and bounces Stiltzkin off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
al Habibin advances position into side control!

al Habibin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no al Habibin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
al Habibin gets to mount! Stiltzkin was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
al Habibin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stiltzkin is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Habibin is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

al Habibin gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Stiltzkin avoids the head kick by al Habibin.
Stiltzkin is looking to clinch.
Stiltzkin misses with a combination

and al Habibin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Stiltzkin won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
al Habibin passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Stiltzkin!
Stiltzkin can't escape the position.

al Habibin jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Stiltzkin manages to avoid the submission attempt.

al Habibin stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiltzkin fails with a takedown attempt.
Stiltzkin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
al Habibin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A combination from Stiltzkin does no damage.
Rumple Stiltzkin is winning the standup battle so far.
Stiltzkin tries to clinch but al Habibin moves away

and al Habibin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Stiltzkin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. al Habibin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Stiltzkin controls al Habibin momentarily but al Habibin frees himself.

Stiltzkin has his feet on al Habibin's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Stiltzkin connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from al Habibin. No joy for Stiltzkin on that attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
al Habibin misses with a double jab
and Stiltzkin counters with a series of strikes. al Habibin will be more careful next time no doubt.
al Habibin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Stiltzkin stuffs the takedown attempt from al Habibin. al Habibin gets slowly back to his feet.
Stiltzkin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stiltzkin lands a head shot.
Stiltzkin shoots in but no luck this time.
Stiltzkin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
al Habibin throws a sloppy head kick and Stiltzkin moves out of range easily.
al Habibin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
al Habibin throws a leg kick but Stiltzkin moved away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stiltzkin tries to close the distance and clinch up but al Habibin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stiltzkin throws a one two combo.

Stiltzkin closes the distance and clinches.
Stiltzkin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but al Habibin has him pressed against the ropes.
al Habibin has had enough of the clinch but Stiltzkin keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Habib al Habibin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rumple Stiltzkin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Danga de danga de dang - Stiltzkin scores with a four punch combination!
Stiltzkin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stiltzkin fails with an attempt to clinch.
al Habibin keeps the fight on the outside.
Danga de danga de dang - Stiltzkin scores with a four punch combination!
al Habibin cracks the inside of Stiltzkin's front leg.
Stiltzkin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as al Habibin backs up against the ropes.
al Habibin tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Stiltzkin counters with a takedown into side control.
An elbow from Stiltzkin crashes against the mat.
al Habibin gets back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Stiltzkin is looking for a kimura but al Habibin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Stiltzkin to get the leverage.
al Habibin is trying to control but can't.

al Habibin kicks off Stiltzkin and gets to his feet.
al Habibin misses with a wild combination.
Stiltzkin misses with a double jab
and al Habibin counters with a body kick that stops Stiltzkin in his tracks momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

al Habibin clinches up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stiltzkin gets through al Habibin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stiltzkin tries to break the clinch but al Habibin is controlling the position.
Stiltzkin can't break the clinch.

Stiltzkin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stiltzkin misses with a combination

and al Habibin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by al Habibin.

Stiltzkin jumps guard.

al Habibin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

al Habibin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
al Habibin is looking to stand up but Stiltzkin won't let him.
Stiltzkin wants to stand and escape but al Habibin is having none of it.
Stiltzkin trying to control the position.
Stiltzkin is looking to stand back up but al Habibin counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Stiltzkin.
Habib al Habibin has got the better of the ground game so far.

al Habibin decides to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stiltzkin moves in looking to clinch but al Habibin pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stiltzkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stiltzkin moves out of range as al Habibin throws a body kick.

Stiltzkin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Stiltzkin throwing strikes but al Habibin bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Stiltzkin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Stiltzkin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Stiltzkin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. al Habibin defending well though.

al Habibin looking for submissions off his back.

Stiltzkin is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so al Habibin is just riding it out for now. Stiltzkin eventually gives up the hold.
Stiltzkin trying to control the action but al Habibin is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiltzkin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Stiltzkin wants to pass to mount but al Habibin is defending the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. al Habibin manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Stiltzkin gets to his feet. al Habibin looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Stiltzkin takes a swing at al Habibin's ribcage but misses.
Stiltzkin misses with a two punch combination.
al Habibin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stiltzkin throws a series of punches but al Habibin avoids them all with ease.
al Habibin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stiltzkin as he jumps to the side.
A head kick misses from Stiltzkin.
al Habibin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
al Habibin shoots in for a takedown but Stiltzkin shows good takedown defense.
Stiltzkin connects with a body shot.
Stiltzkin misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stiltzkin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good shot there by Stiltzkin.

Stiltzkin clinches with his opponent.
Stiltzkin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but al Habibin has him pressed against the ropes.
Stiltzkin is trying to break free.
Stiltzkin tries to break the clinch but al Habibin is controlling the position.
al Habibin prevents Stiltzkin from breaking the clinch.

Stiltzkin manages to break the clinch.
Stiltzkin misses with a head kick.
Stiltzkin thuds his right hand into al Habibin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Stiltzkin moves into the clinch successfully.
Stiltzkin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Stiltzkin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Stiltzkin moves into the clinch successfully.
Stiltzkin tries for a takedown but al Habibin manages to get underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
al Habibin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
al Habibin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Stiltzkin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rumple Stiltzkin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Habib al Habibin.
Stiltzkin wants a takedown but no success here.
al Habibin fails to pull guard.

Stiltzkin breaks from the clinch.
Stiltzkin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rumple Stiltzkin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Stiltzkin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rumple Stiltzkin!