PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jerrold Busby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucky Wasabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Busby
vs
Wasabi

189 cm
20
192 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Very confident

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jerrold Busby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucky Wasabi!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Busby misses with a low kick.
Busby misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Busby gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wasabi blocks an elbow strike.
Wasabi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wasabi misses with an elbow strike.

Busby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Busby 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.
Jerrold Busby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wasabi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Busby.
Busby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wasabi.
Wasabi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Busby.
Busby moves in looking to clinch but Wasabi pushes him off.
Busby throws a body kick that misses.
Busby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Busby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wasabi.

Busby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wasabi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Busby's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busby using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wasabi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Busby throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wasabi blocks it with crossed arms.
Busby is trying to break free.
Busby tries a knee to the head but Wasabi blocks it.
Wasabi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wasabi lands an elbow inside that Busby shrugs off.
Wasabi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wasabi lands an uppercut.
Wasabi is trying to maintain a safe position but Busby gets an underhook and turns Wasabi into the cage.
Wasabi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Busby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wasabi avoids the head kick by Busby.
Busby fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Busby.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Busby.
Wasabi slips under a jab from Busby.
Busby throws a series of punches but Wasabi moves out of range.
Busby is breathing heavily.
Busby tries to clinch but Wasabi is having none of it.
Busby misses with a leg kick.

Busby fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wasabi, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busby has had enough of the clinch but Wasabi keeps him there for the moment.
Wasabi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wasabi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Busby lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Wasabi.
Wasabi lands a body punch.
Wasabi lands a knee to the head.
Wasabi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wasabi swings wildly with an uppercut but Busby uses good head movement to avoid it.

Busby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Busby lands a left and a right that sends Wasabi crashing to the canvas! Busby dives into mount looking to finish!

Wasabi is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Busby controlling the position easily from mount.
Wasabi is still in real trouble! Can Busby finish him?
Busby has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasabi seems to have recovered his senses.
Busby breaks from Wasabi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Busby controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerrold Busby dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wasabi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Busby.
Busby fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wasabi manages to avoid it.
Busby scores with a jab.
Busby throws a front kick aimed at Wasabi's knee but Wasabi avoids it well.
Busby tries to clinch up but Wasabi circles away and keeps his distance.
Busby fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wasabi checks it well.
Wasabi avoids the body shot from Busby.
Busby tries to clinch up but Wasabi circles away and keeps his distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Busby, right into the meat.
Wasabi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Busby.
Wasabi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasabi swats away the attempt to clinch by Busby.
Wasabi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Busby.
Nice straight punches there by Busby. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Busby.
Busby misses with a leg kick.
Busby attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Busby wants to clinch up but Wasabi keeps it at a distance.
Wasabi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wasabi moves out of range of the body kick from Busby.
Busby looks to land a body kick but Wasabi moved away.
Busby wants to clinch up but Wasabi keeps it at a distance.
Busby misses with an uppercut. Wasabi saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wasabi slips a jab and a cross from Busby.
Busby misses with a straight left.
Busby tries to work over Wasabi's front leg with a kick but Wasabi checks it.
Busby throws a leg kick but Wasabi sees it coming and moves out of range.

Busby pushes Wasabi up against the cage in a clinch.
Busby softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wasabi is looking to control Busby's arms but Busby gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wasabi has his back to the cage.
Busby throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wasabi lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wasabi tries to land knees in the clinch but Busby avoids the damage to the body.
Wasabi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Busby is looking to break free of the clinch but Wasabi has double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wasabi.
Busby misses with a knee to the head.
Wasabi misses with a knee strike.
Busby lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Busby blocks an elbow strike from Wasabi.
Wasabi avoiding damage as Busby throws knees to the body.
Busby connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wasabi's face.
Wasabi crunches a lovely knee into Busby's ribcage.
Wasabi scores with a knee to the head.
Wasabi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Busby lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Busby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wasabi missing with knees to the body.
Busby working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busby with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Busby using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Busby gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Busby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wasabi.
Busby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Busby lands a left hand.
Wasabi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Busby misses with a knee strike.
Wasabi keeps control of Busby as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Busby has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Wasabi tries to land a knee to the head but Busby blocks with his arms.
Busby pushes off an throws an elbow but Wasabi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wasabi is trying to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Busby throws an elbow but misses.
Busby managing to block the knees to the body from Wasabi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Busby.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Busby just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wasabi's brow.
Busby misses with a knee to the head.
Busby lands a hook that snaps the head of Wasabi backwards.
Busby tries to land a knee to the head but Wasabi blocks with his arms.
Busby lands a hook to the side of the head.
Busby has Wasabi pushed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Wasabi.
Wasabi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Busby managing to block the knees to the body from Wasabi.
Wasabi misses with some punches.
Busby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wasabi crunches a lovely knee into Busby's ribcage.

Busby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Busby darts in and clinches Wasabi up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Busby.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wasabi misses with a knee to the head.
Busby using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wasabi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Busby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Busby, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Busby takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Busby tries to clinch up.
Busby throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Busby throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Busby thuds a left hand into Wasabi's body.
A swing and a miss from Busby.
Busby wants to clinch up but Wasabi keeps it at a distance.
Busby throws a right hand that Wasabi ducks under and follows up with a left that Wasabi also avoids with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wasabi keeps the fight on the outside.
Busby tries a head kick but it misses.
Wasabi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerrold Busby dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice body punch from Busby.
Busby chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Busby tries to score with a low kick but Wasabi moves his leg out of the way.
Wasabi checks a low kick from Busby.
Busby throws a leg kick but Wasabi moved away.
Wasabi misses the body punch
and Wasabi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Busby rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wasabi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Busby's corner calls for a 1-2. Busby obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Wasabi is rocked!

Busby takes the fight into the clinch.
Wasabi is still on wobbly legs! Can Busby finish him?
Lucky Wasabi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Busby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wasabi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Busby's brow.
Wasabi seems to have recovered his senses.
Wasabi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wasabi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Busby blocks it with crossed arms.
Wasabi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wasabi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wasabi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Busby lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Busby leaning against his opponent.
Busby is trying to break the clinch but Wasabi has him pressed against the cage.

Busby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busby feints and then cracks Wasabi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wasabi down.
Jerrold Busby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Busby misses with a looping left.
Busby throws a hook but Wasabi avoids it easily.
Wasabi blocks a head kick by Busby.
Wasabi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Busby slips under a jab.
Busby tries to clinch up but Wasabi circles away and keeps his distance.
Busby fails to land with a series of punches.
Busby misses with a series of wild punches.
Wasabi checks a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Busby looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Busby throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wasabi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Busby misses with a few strikes there.
Busby throws a lazy uppercut
and Wasabi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Busby fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wasabi manages to avoid it.
Busby throws a leg kick
enabling Wasabi to counter with a crisp jab.
Wasabi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Busby.
An inside leg kick from Busby misses.
Wasabi tries a head kick but it misses.
Wasabi avoids the head kick by Busby.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wasabi checks a leg kick.
Wasabi digs a good body shot into Busby's ribs.
Busby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Busby throws a right hand that misses
and Wasabi counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busby tries to clinch but Wasabi is having none of it.
Busby tries to clinch up.
Wasabi drops his hands momentarily and Busby takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wasabi ducks under a wild hook from Busby.
Wasabi avoids the head kick by Busby.
Wasabi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wasabi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Busby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wasabi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Busby is keeping busy.
Wasabi looking to throw knees to the head but Busby is blocking nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Busby.
Busby avoiding damage as Wasabi throws knees to the body.
Wasabi tries a knee to the head but Busby blocks it.

Busby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Busby rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Busby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Busby misses with a double jab
and Wasabi counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Busby! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Wasabi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucky Wasabi!