PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akimbo Jabbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brumbazz Hulendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akimbo Jabbar had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Jabbar
vs
Hulendez

217 cm
27
267 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

200 cm
26
284 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akimbo Jabbar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brumbazz Hulendez!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabbar scores with a head kick.
Jabbar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jabbar is looking to clinch but Hulendez is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hulendez. Jabbar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jabbar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jabbar tries to clinch but Hulendez is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabbar tries to clinch up but Hulendez circles away and keeps his distance.
Hulendez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jabbar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hulendez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar shoots and misses

and Hulendez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jabbar!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akimbo Jabbar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jabbar keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Hulendez working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Hulendez looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jabbar wants to control but Hulendez is having none of it.
Jabbar is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jabbar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hulendez trying to control from half guard but Jabbar is working away.

Jabbar looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar wants to get back to his feet.
Jabbar trying to control from the bottom.
Jabbar regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hulendez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jabbar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jabbar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hulendez's guard.
Jabbar sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hulendez's guard.
Jabbar thows a huge punch but Hulendez dodges it nicely.
Hulendez is looking to improve his position.
Hulendez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hulendez seems keen to control Jabbar's posture.

Jabbar drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Hulendez manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Jabbar has Hulendez in his guard.
Hulendez trying to control the position from guard on top but Jabbar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jabbar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hulendez looking to pass the guard.

Jabbar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hulendez lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hulendez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
What's Jabbar going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Jabbar tries to improve position but can't.
Hulendez is working Jabbar over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hulendez tries to advance to mount but Jabbar denies him.
Jabbar gets back to half guard.
Jabbar has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hulendez is working away from the top position though.

Hulendez seems to be working for a kimura but Jabbar defends the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jabbar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hulendez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brumbazz Hulendez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jabbar closes the distance looking to clinch

and Hulendez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jabbar won't be happy with that.
Jabbar is throwing a few token shots, despite Hulendez being in side control.
Jabbar tries to bench press Hulendez off him but Hulendez keeps the position.
Hulendez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jabbar keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar tries to lock up and control but Hulendez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hulendez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hulendez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jabbar?
Jabbar regains half guard.
Jabbar taking some punishment here, with Hulendez in his half guard.

Jabbar is defending against the submission attempts here by Hulendez.
Hulendez working Jabbar over with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jabbar moves into full guard.
Jabbar tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hulendez stands and throws Jabbar's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jabbar is looking for a sweep.

Hulendez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hulendez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hulendez is breathing heavily.
Jabbar is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hulendez off and has taken his back!
Jabbar scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
You can see the frustration on Hulendez's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

Jabbar working for a choke but Hulendez is defending well.
Hulendez manages to scramble and ends up in full guard, under a barage of strikes . Great composure from Hulendez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar won't allow Hulendez to sweep him here.
Hulendez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jabbar wants to control from the top but Hulendez keeps moving.
Brumbazz Hulendez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jabbar slips nicely into half guard.
Hulendez trying to control but Jabbar postures up.

Jabbar is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hulendez has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jabbar prevents Hulendez from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Jabbar is looking for a kimura here.
Hulendez gets full guard.
Jabbar throwing strikes but missing.
Hulendez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hulendez passes to full mount!
Jabbar sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brumbazz Hulendez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hulendez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jabbar throwing strikes but missing.
Jabbar preventing the sweep.
Hulendez keeping full guard, as Jabbar tries to pass.
Jabbar passes Hulendez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ground and pound from Jabbar.

Jabbar is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hulendez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hulendez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hulendez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hulendez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jabbar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hulendez is trying to get back to full guard.

Jabbar wants to work for an arm triangle but Hulendez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jabbar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hulendez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jabbar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Jabbar is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hulendez has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jabbar is trying to control the action in half guard but Hulendez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jabbar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hulendez tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jabbar thows a huge punch but Hulendez dodges it nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jabbar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hulendez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hulendez preventing the sweep.
Hulendez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Hulendez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jabbar has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hulendez has managed to get both his arms back between Jabbar's legs - danger averted.

Hulendez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jabbar is trying to control the position but Hulendez postures up.
Hulendez trying to control but Jabbar is working from the bottom.
Hulendez with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jabbar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hulendez stops Jabbar from standing up.
Hulendez passes into half guard.
Hulendez scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Hulendez is trying to work for a kimura but Jabbar is defending well.
Jabbar is looking to improve his position.
Jabbar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Jabbar had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hulendez defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hulendez tries to free his leg and advance position but Jabbar is retaining full guard.
Jabbar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Jabbar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hulendez is in close to Jabbar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hulendez cracks Jabbar with a solid left hand.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jabbar is on top in guard.
Jabbar stopping the sweep attempt from Hulendez.
Akimbo Jabbar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Jabbar postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Hulendez is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Jabbar, into his guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brumbazz Hulendez.
I've got Hulendez 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brumbazz Hulendez!