PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zhang Zhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Rubble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Zhu
vs
Rubble

178 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
198 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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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 New York, Zhang Zhu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barney Rubble!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Rubble looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zhu dives in and grabs Rubble's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rubble pushes down on Zhu's head and hops out.
Zhu tries to clinch up

and Rubble counters by clinching up.
Rubble scores a nice knee to the body.
Zhu takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Zhang Zhu has been cut.
Rubble lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rubble using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zhu is breathing heavily.
Rubble lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rubble scores a nice knee to the body.
Rubble working Zhu over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rubble lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Rubble.

Zhu is rocked!

Zhang Zhu's cut is getting worse.
Rubble lands an elbow inside.
Oh Zhu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Rubble drops Zhu with a big knee straight up the middle! Zhu is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Rubble closes the distance looking to clinch

and Zhu counters by clinching up.
Rubble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zhu seems to have got his legs back now.
Rubble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rubble connects with a knee to the head.
Rubble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rubble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zhu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Zhu takes an elbow to the temple.

Zhang Zhu's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A knee to the head by Rubble.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zhu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rubble working Zhu over with knees to the body.
Zhu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rubble.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rubble lands a damaging elbow.
Rubble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rubble lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Rubble.
Zhu misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rubble.
Zhu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rubble utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rubble landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rubble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zhu jumps guard but Rubble stands there with Zhu around his waist. Zhu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rubble landing knees to the body.
Rubble scores a nice knee to the body.
Rubble keeps control of Zhu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zhu avoids it.
Rubble tries a knee to the head but Zhu blocks it.
Zhu misses with a knee strike.
Rubble using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zhu tries to pull guard but Rubble holds him up against the cage and eventually Zhu drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zhang Zhu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rubble landing knees to the head.
Zhu's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rubble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zhu takes an elbow to the temple.
A knee to the head by Rubble.
Nice elbow from Rubble.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rubble lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rubble lands a good knee to the midsection. Zhu won't want to take too many of those.
Rubble avoids a wild elbow strike from Zhu.
Zhu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rubble smiles and moves away.
Rubble fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rubble drives through and clinches with Zhu against the cage.
Rubble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zhu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rubble walks away with a smile on his face. Zhu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Rubble gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zhu avoids it.
Rubble with a knee to the head.
Rubble connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zhu's face.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rubble missing with knees to the body.
Rubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zhu is trying to break the clinch but Rubble has him pressed against the cage.
Rubble lands an elbow just above Zhu 's eye.
Rubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zhu blocks it with crossed arms.

Zhu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rubble tries to clinch but Zhu moves out of range.
Rubble is looking to clinch.
Rubble fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zhu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Rubble has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhu pushes off an throws an elbow but Rubble leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rubble creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zhu's defenses.
Rubble landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zhu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rubble landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Rubble.
Rubble landing knees to the head.
Rubble lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Zhu is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rubble gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zhu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zhu is trying to force a seperation but Rubble has the dominant position.
Zhu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rubble scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rubble.
Zhu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rubble blocks it with crossed arms.
Rubble lands a knee to the head.
Rubble lands a damaging elbow.
Zhu wants a takedown but no success here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rubble obliges.
Zhu wants a takedown.
Rubble lands an elbow inside.
Rubble utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rubble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zhu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Rubble dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zhang Zhu's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Zhu throws a leg kick but Rubble moved away.
Rubble tries to clinch up.

Rubble clinches up with Zhu and pushes him back against the cage.
Zhu is trying to break the clinch but Rubble is controlling him.
Rubble has Zhu pressed against the cage, preventing Zhu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zhu goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rubble prevents it.
Knees to the body from Rubble.
Rubble lands an elbow just above Zhu 's eye.
Zhu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rubble.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zhu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rubble lands a nice knee to the body.
Rubble lands an elbow inside that Zhu shrugs off.
Rubble connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zhu's face.
Rubble keeps control of Zhu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rubble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rubble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rubble working Zhu over with knees to the body.
Zhu tries to pull guard but Rubble won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zhu fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zhang Zhu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rubble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rubble lands an elbow that stopped Zhu in his tracks for a moment.
Zhu wants to get back to striking at distance but Rubble won't allow it.
Rubble landing knees to the body.
Zhu is looking to break free of the clinch but Rubble has double underhooks.
Rubble connects with a knee to the head.
Rubble has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zhu tries to pull guard but Rubble won't allow it.
Rubble scores a nice knee to the body.
Zhu dodges an elbow strike from Rubble.
Zhu tries to land a knee to the head but Rubble blocks with his arms.
Rubble lands an elbow just above Zhu 's eye.
Zhu can't get the takedown.
Rubble crunches a lovely knee into Zhu's ribcage.
Rubble lands a knee to the head.
Rubble throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zhu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rubble has him pressed against the cage.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zhu avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Zhu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zhu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zhu tries to pull guard but Rubble holds him up against the cage and eventually Zhu drops back down to his feet.
Zhu fails to pull guard.
Rubble with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zhu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zhu has Rubble pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rubble manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zhu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rubble's brow.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zhu goes for a takedown attempt but Rubble pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rubble looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rubble tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zhu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rubble tries to clinch there but Zhu circles away.
Zhu keeps the fight on the outside.
Zhu throws a head kick that misses.
Zhu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Rubble closes the distance and clinches.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the head but Zhu blocks with his arms.
Zhu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rubble landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubble landing knees to the head.
Rubble lands a knee to the head.
Zhu jumps guard but Rubble stands there with Zhu around his waist. Zhu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rubble lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rubble tries to land a knee to the head but Zhu blocks with his arms.
Rubble lands an elbow that stopped Zhu in his tracks for a moment.
Zhu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rubble walks away with a smile on his face. Zhu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rubble closes the distance but Zhu moves to the side

and Zhu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Zhu tries for a takedown. No joy.
Zhu looking for a takedown.
Rubble landing knees to the head.
Rubble lands an elbow that stopped Zhu in his tracks for a moment.
Zhu fails to pull guard.
Zhu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rubble walks away with a smile on his face. Zhu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rubble tries to clinch

and Zhu counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rubble's guard now.
Rubble is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zhu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhu throws a strike but Rubble rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rubble content to stall in guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rubble postures up in Zhu's guard and throws a big left but Zhu blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Rubble showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Zhang Zhu's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rubble has closed the distance and engaged Zhu in a clinch.
Zhu stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Zhu tries to pull guard but Rubble won't allow it.
Rubble is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zhu is defending well for now.
Zhu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rubble has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rubble working Zhu over with knees to the body.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rubble obliges.
Zhu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rubble.
Rubble lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Rubble.
Knees to the body from Rubble.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zhu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zhu avoiding damage as Rubble throws knees to the body.
Barney Rubble seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rubble landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zhu tries to circle away but Rubble has him pinned against the cage.
Rubble lands a good knee to the midsection. Zhu won't want to take too many of those.
Zhu looking to throw knees to the head but Rubble is blocking nicely.
Rubble lands an elbow inside.
Rubble lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zhu pushes off an throws an elbow but Rubble leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rubble is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble lands an elbow inside that Zhu shrugs off.
Zhu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Zhu tries to pull guard but Rubble holds him up against the cage and eventually Zhu drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zhang Zhu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zhu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rubble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rubble lands a knee to the head.
Zhu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zhu jumps guard but Rubble stands there with Zhu around his waist. Zhu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Zhu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rubble tries to clinch there but Zhu circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rubble looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Rubble moves into the clinch.

Zhu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barney Rubble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rubble tries to clinch up but Zhu circles away and keeps his distance.
Zhu throws a head kick that misses.
Rubble tries to clinch up but Zhu circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Rubble takes the fight into the clinch.
Rubble lands an elbow inside.
Rubble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rubble is pressed up against the cage. Zhu has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rubble down to the mat. Rubble avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Zhu circles away from the clinch attempt

and Zhu counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Zhu.
Rubble landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zhu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rubble lands a knee to the head.
Rubble lands an elbow that stopped Zhu in his tracks for a moment.
Zhu takes an elbow to the temple.
Zhu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rubble scores a nice knee to the body.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Rubble throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rubble lands an elbow inside.
Zhu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rubble walks away with a smile on his face. Zhu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rubble tries to clinch up but Zhu circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhu shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Rubble rushes Zhu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rubble lands an elbow just above Zhu 's eye.
Zhu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rubble lands an elbow that stopped Zhu in his tracks for a moment.
Rubble lands a good knee to the midsection. Zhu won't want to take too many of those.
Zhu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rubble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zhu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rubble connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zhu's face.
Rubble misses with a knee strike.
Rubble lands a damaging elbow.
Zhu has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rubble is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Zhu is looking to break free of the clinch but Rubble has double underhooks.
Zhu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zhu tries to pull guard but Rubble won't allow it.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Rubble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zhu tries to break free but Rubble pushes him back against the cage.
Rubble lands a good knee to the midsection. Zhu won't want to take too many of those.
Zhu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zhu is trying to break free.
Rubble lands a damaging elbow.
Zhang Zhu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barney Rubble is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Rubble.
Rubble lands a nice elbow.
Zhu tries to break free but Rubble pushes him back against the cage.
Rubble trying to land knees to the body.
Rubble landing knees to the head.
Zhu has Rubble pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rubble manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Zhu tries to land a knee to the head but Rubble blocks with his arms.
Zhu trying to land knees to the body.
Rubble crunches a lovely knee into Zhu's ribcage.
Rubble connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zhu's face.
Zhu goes for a takedown attempt but Rubble pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rubble looks to clinch

and Zhu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Zhu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zhu wants to get back to striking at distance but Rubble won't allow it.
Zhu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the head but Zhu blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhu avoids the elbow strike from Rubble, against the cage.
Rubble lands a good knee to the midsection. Zhu won't want to take too many of those.
Zhu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Zhu fails to pull guard.
Rubble lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barney Rubble comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rubble winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barney Rubble!