PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Bob
vs
Munoz

180 cm
23
200 lbs
3 - 14 - 1

187 cm
25
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Hell's Kitchen Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Joe Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Hector Munoz!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

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

Munoz is trying to trip Bob. He has hold of a leg but Bob is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Munoz persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Munoz wants to get up but he can't break Bob's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Munoz gets to his feet - Bob follows without any prompting.
Munoz tries to clinch but Bob is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Munoz clinches.
Munoz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bob pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bob is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bob is breathing heavily.
Bob tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Munoz smiles and moves away.

Munoz clinches with his opponent.

Munoz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bob shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Munoz sprawls well. Munoz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bob gets slowly back to his feet.

Munoz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Munoz decides to stand back up. Munoz steps back and let's Bob get back to his feet.

Munoz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bob to the mat! Bob manages to get full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Munoz stands up from Bob's guard - Munoz perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Munoz shoots in for a double leg but Bob sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Munoz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Munoz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bob knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Munoz on the ground.
Still in half guard, Munoz seems content to control.

Munoz gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Munoz forces Bob back against the cage and clinches.
Munoz lands with a short shot to the head.

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

Munoz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bob tries for a takedown but Munoz manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Bob. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Munoz successfully pulls guard.
Munoz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munoz looking for a sweep. Not yet Munoz, not yet.
Bob lands a couple of elbows.
Bob is looking to work some ground and pound but Munoz has wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Munoz is on top in guard.
Munoz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bob works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bob tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Munoz stands up from Bob's guard - Munoz perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bob stuffs the takedown.
Munoz looks for a takedown but Bob sprawls well.
Munoz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bob lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bob.
Munoz dives in and grabs Bob's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bob pushes down on Munoz's head and hops out.
Bob misses with a combination

and Munoz counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bob's guard now.

Munoz decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bob, up you get!
Bob avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bob throws a right and a left that both miss.

Munoz has managed to clinch.

Munoz manages to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munoz keeping moving, preventing Bob from controlling successfully.
Bob is really struggling to control Munoz but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Bob content to stall in guard here.
Bob looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Munoz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

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

Munoz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Munoz slips under a jab from Bob.

Munoz closes the distance and clinches.
Munoz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bob's efforts to push away.

Munoz gets control of Bob's arms and successfully pulls guard. Munoz will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Munoz is trying to keep Bob in close.

Munoz pushes Bob off and scrambles back to his feet.

Munoz clinches.

Munoz breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Munoz moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Munoz manages to break the clinch.

Munoz forces Bob back against the cage and clinches.

Munoz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Munoz forces Bob back against the cage and clinches.

Munoz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Munoz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Munoz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Munoz is stalling here.

Munoz breaks the clinch.
Munoz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Munoz closes the distance and clinches.
Munoz with a knee to the head.
Bob is trying to break the clinch but Munoz has him pressed against the cage.

Munoz gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bob is trying to maintain the position but Munoz is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob tries to get to full guard but Munoz has control of the leg.
Bob trying to control here.
Munoz passes the guard and advances to mount!
Munoz with a couple of short strikes.
Munoz trying to control but Bob is having none of it.
Munoz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bob hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bob wants to control but Munoz is having none of it.
Munoz is landing with some decent strikes but Bob is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Munoz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bob's face.
Munoz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Munoz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A nice elbow there by Munoz.
Bob is in all sorts of trouble here.
Munoz misses with a head shot.
Munoz punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Poor strikes thrown by Munoz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bob is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Munoz swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Bob is now in Munoz's guard. A big mistake from Munoz there, giving up the dominant position!

Munoz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Bob decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Munoz, up you get!

Munoz scores a takedown into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Munoz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bob misses with a combination

and Munoz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Munoz breaks from the clinch.

Munoz moves into the clinch successfully.

Munoz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Munoz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Bob to counter with a crisp jab.

Munoz drives through and clinches with Bob against the cage.
Bob working hard to break the clinch.

Munoz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Munoz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Munoz wants to sweep but no luck.
Bob pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Munoz is keeping the position for now.
Munoz looking to control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Munoz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bob throws a strike but Munoz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bob is trying to keep Munoz in close.

Munoz gets to his feet. Bob looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Munoz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Bob as Munoz shoots in.

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

Munoz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Munoz manages to break the clinch.
Munoz dives in and grabs Bob's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bob pushes down on Munoz's head and hops out.
Joe Bob has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hector Munoz.
Bob displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Munoz.
Bob tries a low kick but Munoz avoids it.
Munoz wants to clinch.
Munoz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bob keeps the fight on the outside.
Munoz misses with a takedown attempt - Bob sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Munoz clinches up against the cage.
Munoz lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Munoz decides to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz is controlling Bob's posture.

Bob avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Munoz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bob wants to pass the guard but Munoz is keeping the position.

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.
Munoz is trying to control the position but Bob postures up.
Hector Munoz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bob stopping the sweep attempt from Munoz.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bob sitting in guard, not really doing much.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Munoz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Munoz 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Munoz!