PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Zoidberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Busta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trevor Busta has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Zoidberg
vs
Busta

190 cm
25
222 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

190 cm
22
215 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

5th Round

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Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Zoidberg!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trevor Busta!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zoidberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Busta circles away.
Zoidberg is looking to slow Busta down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Busta.
Zoidberg needs to keep his hands up - Busta had a free shot at his head there.
Zoidberg fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good work by Busta as he checks the leg kick.
Busta throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zoidberg stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A head kick misses from Zoidberg.
Zoidberg misses with a leg kick
and Busta counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zoidberg's knee momentarily.
Zoidberg throws a push kick but Busta slaps the foot to one side.
Busta thows a leg kick but Zoidberg checks it
and Zoidberg counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Busta throws a big shot that misses.
Busta moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from Busta.
A low kick from Zoidberg is predictable there
and Busta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Zoidberg thinking.
Busta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zoidberg was well out of range. Poor timing from Busta.
Busta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Busta checks a low kick from Zoidberg.
Busta lands a nice shot that snaps Zoidberg's head back.
Good exchange - Busta coming out on top.
Busta throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Busta throws a leg kick
and Zoidberg counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zoidberg. That's going to slow Busta down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zoidberg tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Busta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Busta checks a low kick from Zoidberg.
Busta missing with a left hand there. Zoidberg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A lazy body kick from Busta
and Zoidberg counters with a slapping leg kick.
Zoidberg looks to clinch
and Busta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Busta.
An inside leg kick from Busta misses.
Zoidberg moves in looking to clinch but Busta pushes him off.
A head kick from Zoidberg lands but Busta takes it in his stride.
Busta tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zoidberg will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busta throws a hook but Zoidberg avoids it easily.
Zoidberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Busta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zoidberg tries to clinch up
and Busta counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zoidberg's knee momentarily.
Zoidberg throws a leg kick
and Busta counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Busta misses with a low kick.
Busta throws a sloppy head kick
and Zoidberg counters with a nice leg kick.
Busta looks to land a right hand but Zoidberg moved out of range.
Zoidberg tries to land a front kick but Busta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Zoidberg throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Busta throws a lazy head kick
and Zoidberg counters with a nice kick to the body.
Zoidberg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Busta keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Zoidberg scoring well with a low kick there.
Busta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zoidberg is out of range and Busta settles back down.
Zoidberg tries to close the distance and clinch but Busta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Busta checks a leg kick.
Zoidberg misses with a kick to the body
and Busta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Busta checks a leg kick nicely.
Zoidberg gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Zoidberg takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Busta cracks Zoidberg with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zoidberg thows a leg kick but Busta checks it
and Zoidberg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zoidberg throws a head kick that half lands.
Busta looks to throw a body kick
and Zoidberg counters with a nice low kick that buckles Busta's knee momentarily.
Zoidberg throws a head kick that misses
and Busta counters with a nice body shot.
Zoidberg misses with an attempted mid kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Busta.
Zoidberg wants to clinch.
Busta fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busta throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zoidberg on the side of the head.
Zoidberg moves out of range as Busta strikes.
Busta stuns Zoidberg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zoidberg tries to clinch up
and Busta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Busta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zoidberg.
Sloppy strikes from Busta. Those never looked like landing.
Busta throws a leg kick
and Zoidberg counters with a solid body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zoidberg fails in his attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Busta misses the target.
Busta misses with a jab, cross combination.
Busta throws a head kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Busta misses the target.
Busta lands with a nice combination. Zoidberg backs away looking to recover.

It looks like John Zoidberg has been cut.
Busta misses with a body punch

and Zoidberg moves into the clinch.
Zoidberg misses with an elbow strike.
Busta misses with a body punch.
Busta slows down the pace here.
Busta pushes Zoidberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zoidberg misses with an elbow over the top.
Zoidberg tries a knee to the head but Busta blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zoidberg with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Busta leaning against his opponent.
Zoidberg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zoidberg tries to land a knee to the head but Busta blocks with his arms.
Zoidberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Busta throws a punch but it's blocked by Zoidberg.
Zoidberg lands a knee to the body.
Zoidberg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Busta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zoidberg throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A low kick from Zoidberg is predictable there
and Busta counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zoidberg's knee momentarily.
An inside leg kick lands from Zoidberg.
Zoidberg lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Busta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zoidberg will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Busta misses with a leg kick
and Zoidberg counters with a good low kick that Busta was not able to check.
Busta throws a nice inside leg kick.

Zoidberg pushes Busta up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Busta.
Busta scores with a shot to the side of Zoidberg's head.
Busta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Busta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zoidberg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zoidberg scores with a knee to the head.
Busta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Busta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zoidberg lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short body shot lands from Busta as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zoidberg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Busta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zoidberg looking to throw knees to the head but Busta is blocking nicely.
Zoidberg tries to land a knee to the head but Busta blocks with his arms.
Zoidberg with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zoidberg misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Busta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Zoidberg's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Busta misses with a straight left.
Zoidberg moves to clinch but Busta breaks away
and Busta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Busta thows a body shot but no joy.
Busta misses with a looping left.
Busta tried to score with a low kick but Zoidberg checks it.
Zoidberg attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Busta missing with a left hand there. Zoidberg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A low kick from Zoidberg is predictable there
and Busta counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Busta fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zoidberg.
Busta throws a looping overhand right but Zoidberg ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zoidberg takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Busta misses with a body kick.
Zoidberg staying out of range there.
Zoidberg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Busta throws out the jab.
Zoidberg ducks under a wild hook from Busta.
Zoidberg misses with the body kick
and Busta counters with a two punch combo.
Zoidberg shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Busta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Busta thows a leg kick but Zoidberg checks it

and Zoidberg counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Zoidberg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busta working aggressively here.
Busta is trying to break the clinch but Zoidberg is controlling him.
Busta working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Busta breaks from the clinch.
Busta connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Busta. Zoidberg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Busta cracks Zoidberg with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Busta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Busta keeps the fight on the outside.
Zoidberg lands a nice looking kick to the body. Busta takes a step back to recover.
Zoidberg tries to clinch but Busta is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoidberg misses with a kick to the body
and Busta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Zoidberg throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Zoidberg moves forwards but Busta connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Trevor Busta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Busta throws a wild body kick that Zoidberg sees coming a mile off.
Busta throws a leg kick but Zoidberg sees it coming and moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zoidberg lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Busta has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Busta and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Busta throws a jab but it's blocked by Zoidberg.
Busta throws a leg kick
and Zoidberg counters with a solid body kick.
Busta bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zoidberg's head.
Zoidberg walks into a left hand.
Zoidberg throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zoidberg tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Busta counter with a right hand.
Busta throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Busta throws a hook but Zoidberg blocks it.
Busta throws a leg kick that is checked
and Zoidberg counters with a good low kick that Busta was not able to check.
Busta loads up on a big right hand but Zoidberg slips the punch.
Zoidberg is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Busta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Busta throws out a loose jab but Zoidberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zoidberg throws a leg kick
and Busta counters with a low kick, right behind Zoidberg 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Busta really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Zoidberg's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Zoidberg tries to clinch but Busta moves away
and Busta counters with a big head kick but Zoidberg shrugs it off.
Zoidberg tries to clinch but Busta moves away
and Busta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Busta scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zoidberg doesn't seem bothered though.
Busta throws a leg kick
and Zoidberg counters with a head kick. That will keep Busta thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A low kick from Busta misses
and Zoidberg makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Busta really felt that one!
Zoidberg throws a leg kick
and Busta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Busta checks a leg kick.
Zoidberg wants to clinch but Busta slips to the side
and Busta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Busta connects with a crisp jab.
Busta throws a leg kick
and Zoidberg counters with a leg kick.
Busta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zoidberg sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoidberg sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Zoidberg throws a low kick but it's checked well by Busta.
Busta throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zoidberg stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Zoidberg takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

John Zoidberg's cut is getting worse.
Busta walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zoidberg checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Busta throws a front kick aimed at Zoidberg's knee but Zoidberg avoids it well.
Zoidberg wants to clinch
and Zoidberg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Zoidberg drives through and clinches with Busta against the cage.
Zoidberg looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Busta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busta swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zoidberg.
Busta scores with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of Zoidberg 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Busta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zoidberg darts in trying to clinch
and Busta counters with a good, hard body kick but Zoidberg shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Busta throws a right and a left that both miss.
Busta lands with a hook. Zoidberg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zoidberg misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busta looks to throw a body kick

and Zoidberg counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Zoidberg.
Busta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zoidberg has Busta pressed against the cage, preventing Busta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Busta trying to control the position but instead, Zoidberg has worked for underhooks and has pushed Busta into the cage.
Busta will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zoidberg up against the cage.
Busta lands with a right to the head.
Busta lands a nice shot to the body.

Busta breaks from the clinch.
Busta connects with a good right hand that stumbles Zoidberg. Zoidberg circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Zoidberg slips under a jab from Busta.
Zoidberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Busta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Busta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Busta is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Busta throws a body punch but Zoidberg moves out of range.
Busta has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Zoidberg.
Busta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A low kick from Busta is predictable there
and Zoidberg counters with a nice low kick that buckles Busta's knee momentarily.
Zoidberg lands a high kick!
Good exchange - Busta coming out on top.
A head kick misses from Busta.
Zoidberg fails with an attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zoidberg connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Busta connects with a solid leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zoidberg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Busta dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on John Zoidberg's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Busta throws a nice outside leg kick.
Busta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Busta.
Busta lands a jab to the head.
Busta lands a leg kick that knocks Zoidberg off balance momentarily.
Busta throws a right and a left that Zoidberg avoids nicely.
Busta lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Busta scores with a jab.
Zoidberg gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Busta counters with a stiff right hand.
Busta attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zoidberg blocks a head kick by Busta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zoidberg.
A low kick from Busta misses
and Zoidberg counters with a head kick. That will keep Busta thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Busta digs a good hook to Zoidberg's body.
Busta misses with a body shot.
Busta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Busta throws a head kick that half lands.
Zoidberg ducks under a wild hook from Busta.
Busta lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zoidberg circles away quickly and effectively.
Zoidberg's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Busta connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zoidberg scrambles back to his feet.

John Zoidberg's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Zoidberg tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Busta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
John Zoidberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Busta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Busta missing with a left hand there. Zoidberg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Busta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zoidberg looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Busta misses with the combination.
Zoidberg slips under a jab.
Busta throws a low kick, looking for Zoidberg's leg but Zoidberg calmly moves out of range.
Zoidberg moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoidberg connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick from Zoidberg misses.

Zoidberg has closed the distance and engaged Busta in a clinch.
Zoidberg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Busta.
Zoidberg misses with a knee strike.
Zoidberg lands a nice knee to the body.
Zoidberg tries a knee to the head but Busta blocks it.
Zoidberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Busta throws a punch but it's blocked by Zoidberg.
Zoidberg has Busta pressed against the cage, preventing Busta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Busta takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zoidberg crunches a lovely knee into Busta's ribcage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Busta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zoidberg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zoidberg letting Busta take a breather here.
Busta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Busta.
Zoidberg landing knees to the head.
Busta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Busta breaks from the clinch.
Busta throws a nice outside leg kick.
Busta connects with a crisp jab.
Zoidberg walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Busta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Trevor Busta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice body punch from Busta.
Busta misses with a hook. Zoidberg ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Busta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Good work by Zoidberg as he checks the leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trevor Busta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Busta 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 45:50
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 45:50
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trevor Busta!
Trevor Busta is the new light heavyweight champion!