PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Horse Mania (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Mugabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mania might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar '98. Mugabe has chosen The Zimbabwean National Anthem as his entrance music. Rob Mugabe has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Horse Mania's chin.

Mania
vs
Mugabe

191 cm
24
220 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

195 cm
22
210 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Killer Bee Supplements [CBK]

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Horse Mania!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rob Mugabe!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mugabe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mania.
Mugabe scores with a nice strike.
Mania misses with a straight left.
Mugabe takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mugabe lands with a cross.
Mugabe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Mugabe lands a big uppercut and Mania crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Mania looks OK. Mugabe waves Mania back to his feet!

Mania is rocked!

It looks like Horse Mania has been cut.
Mugabe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oh Mania is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Mugabe does no damage.
Mugabe throws a series of punches but Mania moves out of range.
Mugabe looks to land a combination but Mania avoids it well.
Mania seems to have got his legs back now.
Mania connects with the punch.
Mugabe keeps the fight on the outside.
Mugabe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mania.
Mania lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mania staying out of range there.
Mugabe cracks Mania with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mania throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mania lands a nice shot to the body.
Mania avoids the body shot from Mugabe.
A slow jab from Mugabe misses its intended target.
Mugabe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mania doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mania takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mugabe scores with a decent looking hook.
Mugabe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mugabe misses with a double jab.
Mania misses with a two punch combination.
Mania misses with an uppercut. Mugabe saw that one coming.
Mania misses with a few strikes there.
Mania slips under a jab.
Mania throws a series of punches but Mugabe moves out of range.
Mugabe throws a series of punches but Mania moves out of range.
Mugabe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mania counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good work by Mugabe as he checks the leg kick.
Mania thumps Mugabe with a low kick.
Mania misses the shot to the body.
Mugabe throws a series of punches but Mania moves out of range.
Mugabe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mania manages to avoid it.
Mania feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mugabe's calf.
Mania throws a hook to the side of Mugabe's head but Mugabe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mania throws a head kick but Mugabe moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mania wants to clinch up but Mugabe keeps it at a distance.
Mugabe punishes Mania's body with a nice straight punch.
Mania lands with a cross.
Mania lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mania tries to move into range but Mugabe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mania moves out of range of the strikes.
Mania cracks Mugabe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mugabe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mugabe moves out of range of the body kick from Mania.
Nice defenses there by Mugabe.
Mania tries to bum rush Mugabe with a series of wild strikes but Mugabe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mania throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mugabe counters with a three punch combo that has Mania backing up. Mania nods at Mugabe to acknowledge the strikes.
Mugabe has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mania.
Mania dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mugabe looks gassed!
Mugabe tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mania misses with a hook.
Mugabe takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mania chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mugabe takes a swing at Mania's ribcage but misses.
Mania swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mugabe.
Mugabe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mania circles away quickly and effectively.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mania. That's going to slow Mugabe down.
Mugabe scores with a body shot.
Mania throws a leg kick which misses Mugabe's front leg but catches the back leg as Mugabe tries to avoid it.
A big left from Mugabe misses.
Mania cracks Mugabe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mugabe takes one to the chin there.
Mugabe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mania doesn't seem bothered though.
Mugabe throws a sloppy body shot
and Mania counters with a leg kick.
Mugabe misses with a hook.
Mugabe looks to land a left hand but Mania moved out of range nicely.
Mania swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mugabe is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mania had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Mania lands a nice shot that snaps Mugabe's head back.
Mugabe loads up on a big right hand but Mania slips the punch.
Mugabe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A combination from Mugabe does no damage.
Good leg kick by Mania there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Mugabe.
Mugabe throws a right and a left that Mania avoids nicely.
Mania fakes the leg kick and cracks Mugabe in the body.
Mania bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mugabe's head backwards.
Mugabe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Mania holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mania lands an uppercut.
Mugabe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mugabe can't break the clinch.
Mania scores with a shoulder strike.
Mugabe is trying to break the clinch but Mania has him pressed against the cage.
Mania lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Rob Mugabe has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mania comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mugabe wants to get back to striking at distance but Mania won't allow it.
Mugabe takes an elbow to the temple.
Mugabe can't break the clinch.
Mania manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mugabe takes an elbow to the temple.
Mugabe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mugabe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mania landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mania gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
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 Horse Mania will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mania, as that shot connected.
Mania scoring well with a low kick there.
Mania uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mugabe.

Mania closes the distance and clinches.
Mania throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mugabe is trying to break the clinch but Mania has him pressed against the cage.
Mania blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Mania.
Mania effectively controlling the action here.
Mania lands an elbow inside.
Mania blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mania lands a damaging elbow.
Mania misses with an elbow strike.
Mugabe cracks Mania with a nice body shot.
Mugabe working hard to break the clinch.
Mugabe blocks an elbow strike from Mania.
Mugabe avoids a wild elbow strike from Mania.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mania stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mania lands an elbow just above Mugabe 's eye.

Mugabe manages to break the clinch.
Mugabe sizes up Mania with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mugabe throws a big shot that misses.
Mugabe with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mania goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mania bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mugabe.
Mugabe misses with a wild body shot.
Mania thows a body kick. Mugabe tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mugabe throws a hook but Mania blocks it.
Mugabe takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mugabe staying out of range there.
Mania takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mugabe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mania looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mania misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Mania misses.
A cross from Mania lands.
Mugabe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mania lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mugabe takes a step back to recover.

Mania clinches up with Mugabe and pushes him back against the cage.
Mania lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mania throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mania throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mugabe misses with a punch on the inside.

Mugabe breaks the clinch.
Mania wants to clinch up but Mugabe keeps it at a distance.
Mugabe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mania moves away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mugabe darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mugabe fails to land with a series of punches.
Mania scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mugabe lands a nice hook to Mania's body. Mania takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mugabe throws a looping overhand right but Mania ducks down to avoid it.
Mania connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab lands there for Mugabe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mugabe misses with an uppercut.
Mania steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mugabe.
Mugabe misses with a combination
and Mania counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mugabe's knee momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Mugabe.
Mugabe throws a nice looking combination but Mania bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Mugabe.
A big right from Mania misses.

Mania clinches up against the cage.
Mania stalling the fight.
Mania tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Mania.
Mania tries to land a knee to the head but Mugabe blocks with his arms.
Mania comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mania keeps control of Mugabe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mania misses with an elbow strike.
Mugabe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mania creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Mania fails to land.

Mugabe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mugabe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mugabe is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mania missing with a left hand there. Mugabe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mugabe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mania momentarily.
Mugabe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mugabe lands with a nice combination. Mania backs away looking to recover.
Mania ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rob Mugabe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mugabe throws a hook but Mania blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mugabe looks to land a left hand but Mania moved out of range nicely.
Mugabe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mania fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mugabe manages to avoid it.
Mania misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mania.
Mania jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mugabe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mugabe dips to his left and cracks Mania with an uppercut!
Mugabe blocks a jab.
Mugabe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mugabe takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mugabe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mania fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mugabe.
Mugabe lunges at Mania with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mania's hand.
Mania slips under a jab from Mugabe.
Mania looks to land a body kick but Mugabe moved away.
Mugabe misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Mugabe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

A jab from Mugabe misses.
Rob Mugabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mania throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mugabe just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mugabe. Mania does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mugabe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Mania fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mugabe, pushing him back against the cage.
Mugabe avoids a wild elbow strike from Mania.
Mugabe blocks an elbow strike.
Mugabe dodges an elbow strike from Mania.
Mania trying to control the position but instead, Mugabe has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mania into the cage.
Mugabe being controlled against the cage.
A short uppercut from Mugabe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mania looking to throw knees to the head but Mugabe is blocking nicely.
Mania has Mugabe pressed against the cage, preventing Mugabe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mugabe takes an elbow to the temple.
A short left from Mania.

Mugabe breaks from the clinch.
Mugabe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters circling a little - Mania finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mania throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mania showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mugabe.
Mugabe lands a two punch combo.
Mania moves out of range of the body kick.
Mugabe looks to throw the jab but Mania is out of range.
Mugabe misses the jab.
Mugabe staying out of range there.
Rob Mugabe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mania.
Mugabe scores with the left hand. Mania knows he should have avoided that one.
Mugabe throws a series of punches but Mania moves out of range.
Mania lands a head kick. Mugabe smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mania thows a body shot but no joy.
Mania throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mania bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mania misses with a wild body shot.
Mania connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mugabe. Mugabe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mania buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mugabe lands a nice hook to Mania's body. Mania takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mania looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mania scores with a shot to the body.
Mania is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A head kick from Mania lands but Mugabe takes it in his stride.
Mania scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mania lands a jab to the nose.
Mugabe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mania misses with a looping right.
Mania cracks the inside of Mugabe's front leg.
Mania slips a straight right by Mugabe.
Mugabe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mania slips a jab from Mugabe.
Mugabe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mania misses with a wild body shot.
Mania throws a body punch but Mugabe moves out of range.
No joy there for Mugabe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Mugabe tries to keep at a distance but Mania has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mania scores with a knee to the head.
Mania pushes Mugabe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mugabe has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mania.
Nice elbow from Mania.
Mania lands an elbow inside.
Mania keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mugabe's efforts to push away.
Mania throws an elbow that misses.
Mania utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mania unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mugabe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mugabe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mania has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Maybe Mania would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Mania seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Mugabe is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Mania lands an elbow inside.
Mania creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mania keeps control of Mugabe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mugabe tries to break the clinch but Mania is controlling the position.
Mugabe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mania gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Mugabe breaks the clinch.
Mania gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mugabe.
Mugabe thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Mugabe misses.
Mugabe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mugabe misses with a few strikes there.

Mania closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mania lands an elbow just above Mugabe 's eye.
Mania is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mugabe tries a body shot but Mania blocks it.
Mania unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mania with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mugabe dodges an elbow strike from Mania.
Mania slows down the pace here.
Mania lands an elbow inside.
Mugabe blocks an elbow strike from Mania.
Mania creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mugabe's defenses.
Mania misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mugabe.
Mugabe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mugabe tries to circle away but Mania has him pinned against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mania.
Mugabe lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mugabe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mania prevents Mugabe from breaking the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Horse Mania showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mania 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Horse Mania!