PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dave Amber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladivar Zubrowka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Amber
vs
Zubrowka

180 cm
21
180 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

177 cm
22
185 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Amber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Vladivar Zubrowka!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Amber gets a clinch.
A short right from Amber.
Amber holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Zubrowka breaks the clinch.
Zubrowka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Amber goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Amber avoids the head kick by Zubrowka.

Amber has Zubrowka up against the cage in a clinch.
Amber avoids the elbow strike from Zubrowka, against the cage.
Amber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zubrowka misses with a knee to the head.
Amber lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Amber lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Amber avoiding damage as Zubrowka throws knees to the body.
Zubrowka landing knees to the head.
Zubrowka tries to land a knee to the head but Amber blocks with his arms.
Zubrowka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Zubrowka breaks from the clinch.
Zubrowka is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Amber.
Amber misses with a few strikes there.

Amber pushes Zubrowka up against the cage in a clinch.
Amber is looking to break free of the clinch but Zubrowka has double underhooks.
Amber looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zubrowka is trying to break the clinch but Amber has him pressed against the cage.
Amber lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zubrowka prevents Amber from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Amber breaks from the clinch.
Amber looks for the body kick but Zubrowka saw that one coming.
Amber throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Zubrowka looks gassed!
Zubrowka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Amber counters with a nice uppercut.

Amber moves into range and clinches up with Zubrowka.
Zubrowka wants to get back to striking at distance but Amber won't allow it.
Zubrowka unloads a knee to the mid-section. Amber lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zubrowka missing with knees to the body.
Amber lands a hook that snaps the head of Zubrowka backwards.
A short right from Amber on the inside.

Amber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zubrowka on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Amber swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vladivar Zubrowka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Amber moves into range and clinches up with Zubrowka.
Zubrowka tries to break the clinch but Amber is controlling the position.
Amber throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Amber's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zubrowka on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Amber forces Zubrowka back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zubrowka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Amber.
Amber scores with a shoulder strike.
Amber lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amber misses with a body kick.
Zubrowka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Amber scores with the left hand. Zubrowka knows he should have avoided that one.
Amber tried to score with a low kick but Zubrowka checks it.
Amber throws a nice looking combination but Zubrowka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Zubrowka.

Amber rushes Zubrowka and presses him up against the cage.
Zubrowka wants to break free but Amber has control.
Amber has Zubrowka pressed against the cage.

Zubrowka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Amber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zubrowka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Amber scores with a one two! Zubrowka had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Zubrowka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zubrowka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Amber avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Amber gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Amber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Amber throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zubrowkas head.
Amber missing with knees to the body.
Amber is leaning against Zubrowka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zubrowka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Zubrowka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Amber throws a head kick but Zubrowka moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Amber scores with a jab.
Zubrowka misses with a double jab
and Amber counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Amber's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Amber duly obliges.
Amber throws a series of strikes that have Zubrowka backpedaling.
Amber keeps the fight on the outside.

Amber rushes Zubrowka and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Zubrowka's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Amber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Amber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Amber lands a body shot.
Amber misses with a jab, cross combination.
Amber avoids a punch combination nicely.
Amber throws the kick towards the body but Zubrowka avoids it.
Amber avoids the head kick by Zubrowka.
Zubrowka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Amber closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amber lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zubrowka backwards.
Zubrowka throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Amber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zubrowka takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Zubrowka has closed the distance and engaged Amber in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zubrowka lands an elbow that stopped Amber in his tracks for a moment.
Zubrowka tries a knee to the head but Amber blocks it.
Zubrowka managing to block the knees to the body from Amber.

Amber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Amber throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Amber looks to land a combination. Zubrowka sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Amber is working the combinations to good effect here.
Amber with a nice cross.
Amber thuds a left hand into Zubrowka's body.

Amber closes the distance and clinches.
Amber is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zubrowka being controlled against the cage.
Amber tries a knee to the head but Zubrowka blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Amber scores with a shoulder strike.
Amber wants to get back to striking at distance but Zubrowka won't allow it.

Amber breaks from the clinch.

Amber moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Amber dominated that round.
That's time! Amber's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Amber misses with a body kick.
Amber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Amber throws a right hand that Zubrowka ducks under and follows up with a left that Zubrowka also avoids with ease.
Dave Amber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zubrowka misses with a few strikes there.
Zubrowka blocks the body kick.
Zubrowka tries to clinch but Amber moves away
and Amber counters with a stiff right hand.
Zubrowka throws a solid leg kick but Amber takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zubrowka.
Amber sizes up Zubrowka with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Amber throws a one two combo.
Amber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zubrowka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zubrowka misses with a low kick.

Amber gets a clinch.
Amber is looking to break free of the clinch but Zubrowka has double underhooks.
Amber lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zubrowka backwards.

Amber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Amber dodges the punch combination from Zubrowka.
Amber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zubrowka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zubrowka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Amber checks a leg kick.
Zubrowka misses with a combination

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amber pushes Zubrowka back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Zubrowka tries to circle away but Amber has him pinned against the cage.
Zubrowka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zubrowka is breathing heavily.
Amber is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zubrowka is keeping busy.
Amber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zubrowka.

Zubrowka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zubrowka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Amber.
Zubrowka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Amber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Amber has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Zubrowka.
Zubrowka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Amber doesn't manage to clinch there - Zubrowka circles away.
Zubrowka lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Amber fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zubrowka is out of range.
Zubrowka throws a right and a left that Amber avoids nicely.
Zubrowka checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zubrowka tries a head kick but it misses.
Zubrowka lands with a slapping head kick.
Zubrowka scores with a leg kick.
Amber scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zubrowka moves out of range of the body kick.
Zubrowka is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Amber.
Zubrowka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Amber keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Amber keeps the fight on the outside.
Amber scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Amber circles away from the clinch attempt
and Amber counters with a series of strikes. Zubrowka will be more careful next time no doubt.
Amber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zubrowka tries to bum rush Amber with a series of wild strikes but Amber uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zubrowka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Amber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Amber showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zubrowka.
Amber is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zubrowka can do to turn this around?

Zubrowka has Amber up against the cage in a clinch.
Zubrowka trying to land knees to the body.
Zubrowka tries to land knees in the clinch but Amber avoids the damage to the body.
Zubrowka tries to break the clinch but Amber is controlling the position.

Zubrowka breaks from the clinch.
Zubrowka has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A punch combination from Amber misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zubrowka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Amber looks to land a combination. Zubrowka sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Zubrowka wants to clinch
and Amber counters with a big head kick but Zubrowka shrugs it off.
A right-left combo lands from Amber.
Amber scores with a nice head shot.
Amber throws a combination. Zubrowka tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Zubrowka is rocked!
Zubrowka throws a head kick that misses.
Zubrowka is still on wobbly legs! Can Amber finish him?
Amber throws a series of strikes that have Zubrowka backpedaling.

Amber has taken the fight to the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zubrowka tries to break the clinch but Amber is controlling the position.
Zubrowka takes a shot to the head.

Amber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Amber scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Amber is looking to clinch.
Amber lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Amber throws a right and a left that both miss.
Amber rushes Zubrowka with punches - Zubrowka moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Zubrowka goes down! Amber follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Amber!