PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between stephen bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and donald flump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). donald flump is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

bull
vs
flump

190 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

198 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, stephen bull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, donald flump!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
flump throws a combination but it was largely blocked by bull.
flump is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
flump misses with a double jab.
bull moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
flump takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
bull shoots in looking for a takedown. flump tries to sprawl out of it but bull keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. flump manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
flump throws a right and a left that bull avoids nicely.

bull shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. flump manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
bull trying to control but flump is working from the bottom.
flump striking off his back but it's not causing bull any problems.
bull distracts flump with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
bull trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

bull gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
bull avoids a punch combination nicely.

bull gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, flump throws an elbow but misses.
flump throws a knee to the head but misses.
flump misses with an elbow strike.
bull displaying some good clinch control by pressing flump up against the cage.
flump throws an elbow that misses.
bull tries to circle away but flump has him pinned against the cage.
flump lands a nice elbow.
bull lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
bull blocks the elbow strike.

bull pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
flump misses with a double jab.

bull scores a takedown into full mount!
bull avoids the attempt from flump to control.
bull tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
flump taking shots to the head.

bull wants to finish this one by submission but flump is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from bull.
bull with a couple of short strikes.
flump regains half guard.
bull throwing shots but flump is blocking nicely.
flump tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
flump misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
flump throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
flump is trying to get back to full guard.
flump flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
flump is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute bull jumps into side control!
flump tries to bench press bull off him but bull keeps the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A punch combination from flump misses.
flump looks gassed!
flump avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
flump misses with a jab, cross combination.
flump misses with a two punch combination.

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

bull is looking for a kimura here.
flump misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
flump works his way to full guard. Good work.
flump trying to control the position.
bull has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of flump is proving hard to escape from.
flump has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
flump 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.
flump throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.

flump is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
flump throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

stephen bull dominated that round.
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.

bull clinches up with flump and pushes him back against the cage.
bull is stalling here.
flump is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but bull is keeping busy.
flump lands an elbow inside that bull shrugs off.
flump gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from bull.
The referee is keeping an eye on bull - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
flump prevents a takedown attempt there.
bull lands a good knee to the midsection. flump won't want to take too many of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

bull breaks the clinch.
flump swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
flump swats away the attempt to clinch by bull.
flump looks to land a combination but bull avoids it well.
bull showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from flump.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
bull lands a head kick. flump smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
bull throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

bull closes the distance and clinches.
flump is pressed up against the cage. bull has hold of a leg and is looking to drag flump down to the mat. flump avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for stephen bull. That's going to take a lot out of him.
flump misses with a double jab.
flump misses with a double jab.
flump fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

flump gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
bull passes into half guard.
flump is trying to stand back up but bull is controlling him
bull moves nicely into side control.
bull controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
flump regains half guard.
flump is trying to maintain the position but bull is very close to passing his half guard.
bull throwing shots but flump is blocking nicely.
bull throwing shots but flump is blocking nicely.
flump trying to control from the bottom.
bull not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
flump striking from the bottom.
bull is looking to take a break and control but flump is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
bull showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from flump.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
flump misses with a jab, cross combination.
bull connects with a nice looking jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from bull.
flump misses with the combination.
bull fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from flump.
Some wild striking there from flump.

bull shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
flump keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
bull lands a big shot there that rocks flump but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
flump regains half guard.
bull seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but flump does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. flump manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
flump keeping moving, preventing bull from controlling successfully.
flump throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
flump keeping moving, preventing bull from controlling successfully.
bull looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

stephen bull dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

No joy there for flump, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No luck for bull with that takedown attempt.
bull slips a jab and a cross from flump.
flump stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and flump wants it to stay on the feet.
bull feints and then cracks flump's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow flump down.
flump rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but bull moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
bull closes the distance and clinches up with flump, looking for a takedown. bull pushes flump against the cage but flump circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for stephen bull. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from flump does no damage.
flump misses with a two punch combination.

bull shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
bull fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
bull wants to control the pace but flump is squirming around nicely.
flump slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
flump punching from the bottom.

bull stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Horrible takedown by bull or perhaps it was just good defense by flump which made him look bad.
flump throws a right and a left that both miss.
flump sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
flump misses with the combination.
flump misses with a wild combination.
flump misses with the combination.
donald flump seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
bull fails with an attempt to clinch.
flump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

bull shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in flump's guard.
bull passes easily into side control. Nice work.
flump is trying to improve his position.
flump wants to control but bull postures up.

bull stands up and we're back to a striking position.
flump lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but bull circles away quickly and effectively.
flump fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

bull gets a clinch.
flump lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
bull jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as flump walks away with a smile on his face. bull gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
flump swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

bull shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches flump napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
flump regains half guard.
flump is trying to control but can't.
flump is trying to get back to full guard.
flump is trying to maintain the position but bull is very close to passing his half guard.
flump trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but bull manages to pass to mount!
flump throwing hammer fists to the chest of bull. What's that going to do exactly?
stephen bull overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
bull working away from the top, dropping strikes.
bull landing punches.
bull with a couple of short strikes.
bull blocks flump's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
bull trying to control but flump is having none of it.
flump throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
flump looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
bull controlling well, preventing flump from escaping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
stephen bull showed his dominance in that final round.
Well bull has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... stephen bull!