PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between nuf nuf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaydub Spliffenberger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spliffenberger has chosen Roll 'em Up as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jaydub Spliffenberger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

nuf
vs
Spliffenberger

191 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

195 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent elbows
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, nuf nuf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaydub Spliffenberger!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spliffenberger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but nuf paws at him with a jab and circles away.
nuf looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Spliffenberger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Spliffenberger is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spliffenberger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spliffenberger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
nuf circles away from the clinch attempt.
nuf shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Spliffenberger but Spliffenberger pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Spliffenberger tries to close the distance and clinch up but nuf swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Spliffenberger has taken the fight to the clinch.
Spliffenberger scores with a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger lands a nice knee to the body.
Spliffenberger lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but nuf has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spliffenberger with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger scores a nice knee to the body.
Spliffenberger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Spliffenberger lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spliffenberger is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Spliffenberger lands a good knee to the midsection. nuf won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body.
Spliffenberger scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger lands a nice knee to the body.
Spliffenberger crunches a lovely knee into nuf's ribcage.
Spliffenberger scores with a knee to the head.
nuf blocks an elbow strike.
Spliffenberger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Spliffenberger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Spliffenberger with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Spliffenberger.
nuf managing to block the knees to the body from Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger with a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger misses with a knee strike.
Spliffenberger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but nuf has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spliffenberger misses with a knee strike.
Spliffenberger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but nuf blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spliffenberger scores a nice knee to the body.
nuf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spliffenberger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Spliffenberger unloads a knee to the mid-section. nuf lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
nuf tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Spliffenberger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has nuf in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Spliffenberger misses with a knee strike.
Spliffenberger trying to land knees to the body.
Spliffenberger tries to land a knee to the head but nuf blocks with his arms.
nuf is working for takedown but Spliffenberger is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nuf nuf. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spliffenberger scores a nice knee to the body.
nuf is trying to maintain a safe position but Spliffenberger gets an underhook and turns nuf into the cage.
Spliffenberger pushes off an throws an elbow but nuf leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the head.
Spliffenberger looking to throw knees to the head but nuf is blocking nicely.
Spliffenberger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
nuf has Spliffenberger pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Spliffenberger manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Spliffenberger unloads a knee to the mid-section. nuf lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spliffenberger obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spliffenberger lands a nice knee to the body.
Spliffenberger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Spliffenberger scores with a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger connects with a nasty looking knee right to nuf's face.
nuf is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Spliffenberger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spliffenberger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Spliffenberger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
nuf is looking to control Spliffenberger's arms but Spliffenberger gets an underhook and turns him. Now nuf has his back to the cage.
nuf tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spliffenberger crunches a lovely knee into nuf's ribcage.
nuf is trying to break free.
Spliffenberger looking to throw knees to the head but nuf is blocking nicely.
nuf takes a knee right on the jaw!
nuf jumps guard but Spliffenberger stands there with nuf around his waist. nuf gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Spliffenberger tries to land a knee to the head but nuf blocks with his arms.
Spliffenberger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and nuf avoids it.
Spliffenberger tries a knee to the head but nuf blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
nuf avoiding damage as Spliffenberger throws knees to the body.
nuf takes a knee right on the jaw!
Spliffenberger looking to throw knees to the head but nuf is blocking nicely.
Spliffenberger tries to land a knee to the head but nuf blocks with his arms.
Spliffenberger with a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spliffenberger working nuf over with knees to the body.
nuf avoids the elbow strike from Spliffenberger, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spliffenberger obliges.
Spliffenberger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Spliffenberger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
nuf blocks the elbow strike.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spliffenberger obliges.
nuf tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A knee to the head by Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and nuf avoids it.
Spliffenberger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaydub Spliffenberger dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

nuf shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Spliffenberger as he avoids it easily.

Spliffenberger clinches.
Spliffenberger with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger with a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spliffenberger obliges.
Spliffenberger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Spliffenberger.
nuf blocks an elbow strike.
nuf on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
nuf trying to stall but Spliffenberger improves his position.
nuf wants a takedown but no success here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Spliffenberger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Spliffenberger lands a knee to the body.
Spliffenberger connects with a nasty looking knee right to nuf's face.
Spliffenberger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from nuf.
Jaydub Spliffenberger seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Spliffenberger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Spliffenberger connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spliffenberger tries to land knees in the clinch but nuf avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Spliffenberger.
nuf wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
nuf tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Spliffenberger smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nuf nuf. That's going to take a lot out of him.
nuf swats away the attempt to clinch by Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but nuf paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spliffenberger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but nuf paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spliffenberger tries to clinch but nuf moves out of range.

Spliffenberger drives through and clinches with nuf against the cage.
Spliffenberger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Spliffenberger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has nuf in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Spliffenberger lands a knee to the head.
nuf is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spliffenberger is defending well for now.
Spliffenberger connects with a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from nuf.
Spliffenberger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
nuf throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Spliffenberger blocks it with crossed arms.
nuf tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spliffenberger lands a knee to the body.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Spliffenberger unloads a knee to the mid-section. nuf lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spliffenberger.
nuf jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Spliffenberger walks away with a smile on his face. nuf gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
nuf nuf is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
nuf is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Spliffenberger fails with an attempt to clinch.

Spliffenberger has closed the distance and engaged nuf in a clinch.
Spliffenberger crunches a lovely knee into nuf's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body.
nuf fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Spliffenberger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Spliffenberger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but nuf blocks it with crossed arms.
Spliffenberger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
nuf avoiding damage as Spliffenberger throws knees to the body.
nuf has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Spliffenberger is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
nuf tries to pull guard but Spliffenberger won't allow it.
Spliffenberger connects with a nasty looking knee right to nuf's face.
Spliffenberger tries a knee to the head but nuf blocks it.
Spliffenberger connects with a nasty looking knee right to nuf's face.
nuf tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Spliffenberger smiles and moves away.

Spliffenberger clinches.
Spliffenberger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spliffenberger unloads a knee to the mid-section. nuf lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
nuf changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Spliffenberger fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Spliffenberger is looking to clinch.

Spliffenberger has closed the distance and engaged nuf in a clinch.
Spliffenberger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but nuf has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spliffenberger crunches a lovely knee into nuf's ribcage.
Spliffenberger misses with a knee to the head.
nuf tries to pull guard but Spliffenberger won't allow it.
Spliffenberger scores with a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
nuf avoiding damage as Spliffenberger throws knees to the body.
Spliffenberger working nuf over with knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knees to the body from Spliffenberger.
nuf is trying to maintain a safe position but Spliffenberger gets an underhook and turns nuf into the cage.
Spliffenberger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spliffenberger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spliffenberger scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaydub Spliffenberger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

nuf closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Spliffenberger to the mat! Spliffenberger manages to get full guard.
Spliffenberger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
nuf wanted to stand there but Spliffenberger had control of the position.
Spliffenberger manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. nuf manages to get himself to full guard.
Spliffenberger is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
nuf wants to stand but Spliffenberger is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
nuf controls Spliffenberger momentarily but Spliffenberger frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spliffenberger controls from within his opponent's guard.
nuf controls Spliffenberger momentarily but Spliffenberger frees himself.
Spliffenberger is looking to stand up but nuf won't let him.

Spliffenberger decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on nuf, up you get!

Spliffenberger rushes nuf and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Spliffenberger connects with a knee to the head.
nuf managing to block the knees to the body from Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but nuf blocks it with crossed arms.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
nuf wants to get back to striking at distance but Spliffenberger won't allow it.

That's two 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.
Spliffenberger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
nuf throws a punch but it's blocked by Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger connects with a nasty looking knee right to nuf's face.
Spliffenberger connects with a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger scores with a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger lands a good knee to the midsection. nuf won't want to take too many of those.
Spliffenberger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from nuf.
Spliffenberger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but nuf blocks it with crossed arms.
Spliffenberger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the head.
nuf blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spliffenberger misses with a knee to the head.
Spliffenberger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and nuf avoids it.
nuf takes a knee to the side of the body.
Spliffenberger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Spliffenberger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from nuf.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spliffenberger obliges.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Spliffenberger tries to land a knee to the head but nuf blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spliffenberger scores a nice knee to the body.
nuf takes a knee to the side of the body.
nuf is trying to break the clinch but Spliffenberger is controlling him.
nuf is trying to maintain a safe position but Spliffenberger gets an underhook and turns nuf into the cage.
nuf drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Spliffenberger tries a knee to the head but nuf blocks it.
Spliffenberger lands a nice knee to the body.
Jaydub Spliffenberger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
nuf fails to pull guard.
nuf tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nuf nuf. That's going to take a lot out of him.
nuf trying to stall but Spliffenberger improves his position.
nuf takes a knee to the side of the body.
nuf tries to pull guard but Spliffenberger holds him up against the cage and eventually nuf drops back down to his feet.

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.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Spliffenberger crunches a lovely knee into nuf's ribcage.
nuf takes a knee to the side of the body.
Spliffenberger scores with a knee to the head.
nuf avoids a wild elbow strike from Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Spliffenberger unloads a knee to the mid-section. nuf lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
nuf nuf has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spliffenberger lands a good knee to the midsection. nuf won't want to take too many of those.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jaydub Spliffenberger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Spliffenberger has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaydub Spliffenberger!