PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Battling Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cocky Balboner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ace of Base - Beautiful Life. Balboner is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: You're The Best Around. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bob
vs
Balboner

180 cm
21
195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

181 cm
25
192 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Battling Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cocky Balboner!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboner misses with a hook.
Bob slips under a jab.
Bob keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Bob bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bob fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bob working the head and body with strikes.
Balboner is looking for a sweep.
Balboner is pushing Bob's head away, looking to escape. Bob manages to hold on to the position though.
Bob in side control lands a decent elbow.
Balboner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bob. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Balboner is trying to buck Bob off.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bob in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bob 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.
Bob in side control, throwing shots but Balboner defends.
Balboner tries to escape but Bob is in control.
Bob cracks Balboner with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bob is working Balboner over with some ground and pound from side control.
Balboner managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bob.
Bob scores with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The strikes coming from Bob are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bob wants to lay and pray for a moment but Balboner keeps working.

Bob working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboner is not content to let Bob control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Balboner can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bob prevents Balboner from escaping the position.
Balboner is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Bob lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balboner pushes Bob away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Bob gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bob wants to lay and pray for a moment but Balboner keeps working.
Bob working the head with strikes.

Bob is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Balboner has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob in side control lands a decent elbow.
Balboner tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bob wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bob cracks Balboner with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bob creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Balboner sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Balboner is trying to buck Bob off.
Balboner dodges the ground and pound from Bob.
Balboner wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Bob looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboner takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bob prevents Balboner from escaping the position.
Bob creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Bob working the ground and pound.
The ground and pound from Bob seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Balboner is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bob lands some shots froms side control.
Bob in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Bob is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Balboner has escaped the position, nice work there.
Balboner takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboner is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Balboner's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bob throws an elbow but Balboner slips to the side and avoids it well.
Bob tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bob happy to just control the position for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bob wants to lay and pray for a moment but Balboner keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Battling Bob dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Balboner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Bob looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bob working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Balboner avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bob in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bob thows a big elbow that misses.
Bob pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Balboner is keeping the position for now.
Bob throwing strikes but missing.
Bob lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Balboner wants to sweep here but Bob controlling him for the moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Balboner lands with a shot to the body.
Balboner looks to land a right hand but Bob moved out of range.
Bob shoots in for a takedown but Balboner shows good takedown defense.
Bob rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balboner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bob ducks under a wild hook from Balboner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bob sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Bob shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Balboner's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Balboner is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Battling Bob overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Balboner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Balboner looking to control.
Balboner keeping moving, preventing Bob from controlling successfully.
Balboner avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bob won't allow Balboner to get back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Bob shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Balboner napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Balboner takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob grinds an elbow into Balboner's temple.
Balboner wants to get back to his feet but Bob drags him back down.
Balboner is letting Bob control him for a moment.
Balboner is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Bob asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Balboner is not content to let Bob control the position.
Balboner keeping his opponent close.
Balboner tries to bench press Bob off him but Bob keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Balboner to see if he's OK.
Bob in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bob creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Balboner sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Bob in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bob taking a breather here.
Balboner is not content to let Bob control the position.
Balboner controls the position for a moment.
Balboner is not content to let Bob control the position.
Bob throws a strike aimed at the side of Balboner's head but Balboner avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bob scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Balboner to see if he's OK.
Balboner is not content to let Bob control the position.
Balboner avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bob.

Bob looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Balboner is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bob is controlling him well.
Bob working the ground and pound from side control.
Bob landing strikes.
Balboner is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Bob has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Bob postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Bob trying to control the action but Balboner is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bob closes the distance and clinches up with Balboner, looking for a takedown. Bob pushes Balboner against the cage but Balboner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bob lands a jab.
Bob moves out of range as Balboner strikes.
Balboner misses the shot to the body.
Balboner just misses with a punch to the body.
Balboner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bob slips a jab from Balboner.
Bob avoids a punch combination nicely.

Bob has managed to clinch.
Balboner can't break the clinch.
Balboner tries to break free but Bob pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bob changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Balboner fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bob steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Balboner.
Bob throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Balboner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bob moves away.
Bob wants to clinch up but Balboner keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Balboner misses its intended target.
Bob shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Balboner but Balboner pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Battling Bob. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bob shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Balboner tries to buck Bob off but he can't manage it.
Balboner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bob controlling the pace for now.
Bob has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Balboner's face.
Bob fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bob won't let Balboner get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Bob working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Bob tries to control but Balboner wriggling away.
Balboner wants to try and get back to his feet.
Cocky Balboner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Balboner is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboner is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bob landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bob lands a nice shot to the head.
Bob looking to finish Balboner with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balboner!
Bob is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Bob connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Balboner working to try and regain half guard.
Bob lands a big elbow.
Bob controlling from the full mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bob landing punches.
Balboner is in a horrible position here. Bob smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob with the ground and pound from mount.

Bob looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Bob looking for a guillotine from mount but Balboner is having none of it.
Bob sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Balboner wants to get back to his feet.
Bob punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bob lands with some strikes.
Bob is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balboner can do to turn this around?
Bob working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bob scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob lands a big elbow.
Bob unloading with bombs!
Bob scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Balboner?
Balboner is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bob landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bob wants to control the pace but Balboner is squirming around nicely.
Balboner is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bob landing shots from mount.
Balboner swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bob lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bob trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Balboner throws some wild strikes from the bottom.
Bob cracks Balboner with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bob lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Battling Bob showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bob, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Battling Bob!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Battling Bob!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Battling Bob!

Battling Bob wins by unanimous decision!