PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Busch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Underhill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Underhill comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chimaira - Warpath kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mike Underhill told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Busch
vs
Underhill

197 cm
24
272 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
235 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Harry Busch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Underhill!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Busch thows a body shot but no joy.
Busch lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Underhill lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Busch changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Busch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Busch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Busch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Underhill was well out of range. Poor timing from Busch.
Nice body punch from Busch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Busch lands a really nice looking cross but Underhill seems unphased.
Underhill jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Busch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Underhill.
Underhill bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Busch with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Underhill to score with a decent uppercut.
Harry Busch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Busch stuffs the takedown attempt from Underhill. Underhill gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busch throws out a loose jab but Underhill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Underhill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Underhill connects with a jab.
Underhill throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Busch stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Underhill takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Busch with a hook.
Busch is looking to wear down Underhill with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Underhill misses with a straight left.

Busch pushes Underhill up against the cage in a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Busch.
Busch lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Underhill backwards.
Busch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Busch cracks Underhill with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busch lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Underhill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Busch working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Underhill has a couple of punches blocked by Busch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Busch as the two fighters clinch.
Underhill looks gassed!
Busch digs a right hand underneath Underhill's ribcage. Underhill let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Busch stalling in the clinch.
Busch digs a right hand into Underhill's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Underhill's gas tank.
The referee calls for Busch to work.
A short body shot lands from Busch as the two fighters clinch.
Busch lands with a right to the head.
Busch lands a right hand.
Busch lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Busch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Underhill letting Busch take a breather here.
Busch blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Underhill fails to land.
Nice body punch from Busch.
Busch throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Underhill.
A left hand lands to the body for Busch.
Busch stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Busch is pushing Underhill up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Busch lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Busch gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Underhill regains guard.
Busch throws a strike but Underhill rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Underhill looking to sit in guard and control but Busch gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Underhill looking to hit a scissor sweep but Busch is one step ahead there.
Busch content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Underhill wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Busch 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.

Underhill avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Busch throws a big shot that misses.
Underhill misses with a wild body shot.
Busch misses with a body punch
and Underhill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Busch misses with a body shot
and Underhill counters with a straight right hand.
Busch looks to score with a jab to the body but Underhill is just out of range.
Busch misses with a hook. Underhill ducked under it nicely.
Busch misses with a combination
and Busch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A punch lands to the side of Busch 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Underhill is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Underhill shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Busch's guard.
Busch has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Busch wants to stand and escape but Underhill is having none of it.
Underhill throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Underhill accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Busch can't keep his opponent in guard - Underhill advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Busch keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Underhill lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underhill is thwarting Busch's attempts to control the position.
Busch makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Busch.
Underhill is working Busch over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Underhill missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Underhill wants to pass the guard but Busch is keeping the position.
Underhill trying to control but Busch is working from the bottom.
Underhill must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Underhill loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Underhill missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Underhill connects with a couple of short punches.
Busch working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Underhill.
Busch wants to hit a switch here but Underhill passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Busch there!
Busch regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Busch wants to get back to his feet.
Busch wants to improve his position but Underhill is controlling well.
Underhill trying to control from half guard but Busch is working away.
Busch wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Underhill showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Underhill moves out of range as Busch strikes.
Underhill with a hook.
Busch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Busch throws a body punch but Underhill moves out of range.
Busch ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Underhill moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A swing and a miss from Underhill.
Busch catches Underhill with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Underhill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Busch swinging wildly here.
Busch tries to clinch but Underhill moves away
and Underhill counters with a nice uppercut.
Underhill lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busch misses with a hook. Underhill ducked under it nicely.
Busch takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Underhill keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Busch.
Underhill works Busch's body with a nice hook.
Busch lands with an overhand left.
A punch lands to the side of Busch 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Busch clinches but Underhill breaks the clinch
and Underhill counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Busch is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Harry Busch is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Busch misses.
Busch misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Underhill throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Underhill fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Underhill scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Underhill moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Harry Busch has been cut.
Busch walks into a stiff left hand from Underhill.

Underhill decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Underhill content to control rather than advance.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Underhill connects with a nice short shot to Busch's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Underhill content to control rather than advance.
Busch is not content to let Underhill control the position.
Underhill thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Underhill working the head and body with strikes.
Busch keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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.
Underhill throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Busch gets full guard.
Busch has Underhill pulled in close to control his posture.
Busch tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Busch keeping moving, preventing Underhill from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Underhill tries to free his leg and advance position but Busch is retaining full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Underhill comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Underhill has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Underhill!