PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zwuanga Umbumba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Umbumba
vs
Hawkins

196 cm
25
280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
24
250 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zwuanga Umbumba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Hawkins!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umbumba moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hawkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Umbumba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Hawkins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hawkins tries to clinch up.
Hawkins tries to bum rush Umbumba with a series of wild strikes but Umbumba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hawkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Umbumba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Umbumba shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hawkins pinned against the cage. Hawkins gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hawkins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawkins is looking to clinch.
Umbumba looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hawkins is fending him off so far but Umbumba persists. Nope, Hawkins circles away and we're back to standing.
Hawkins moves in looking to clinch but Umbumba pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hawkins. Umbumba does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Umbumba on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Zwuanga Umbumba has been cut.
Umbumba moves away from the strike by Hawkins.

Umbumba fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hawkins sprawls well initially but Umbumba persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Umbumba is breathing heavily.
Umbumba not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hawkins wants to get back to his feet.
Hawkins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Umbumba.
Umbumba prevents Hawkins from standing back up.
Hawkins is refusing to be controlled, as Umbumba sits in half guard.
Hawkins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hawkins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Umbumba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Umbumba.
Umbumba missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hawkins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Umbumba.
Hawkins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Umbumba.
Umbumba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hawkins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Umbumba takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Umbumba scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Umbumba thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Umbumba lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Umbumba is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Umbumba is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umbumba slips a nice elbow through Hawkins's hands, connecting with Hawkins's forehead.
Hawkins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Umbumba. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Umbumba not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Umbumba lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hawkins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Umbumba.
Umbumba working over Hawkins with some ground and pound. Hawkins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hawkins is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Umbumba scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Umbumba there.
Hawkins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Umbumba.
Umbumba seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Umbumba looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Umbumba scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Umbumba scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Umbumba is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Umbumba is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Umbumba is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Umbumba is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hawkins has hold of Umbumba's hands but Umbumba slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Umbumba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Umbumba is nestled in close to Hawkins, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Umbumba scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Umbumba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Umbumba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hawkins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hawkins taking some punishment here, with Umbumba in his half guard.
Umbumba slows the pace down in half guard.
Umbumba lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Umbumba scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Umbumba there.
Umbumba scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Umbumba scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawkins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Umbumba is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hawkins taking some punishment here, with Umbumba in his half guard.
Umbumba working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Umbumba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hawkins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Umbumba lands with a punch from half guard.
Umbumba is nestled in close to Hawkins, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Umbumba is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Umbumba scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Umbumba scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Umbumba looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hawkins taking some punishment here, with Umbumba in his half guard.
Umbumba scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Umbumba.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins taking some punishment here, with Umbumba in his half guard.
Umbumba is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hawkins is trying to stand back up but Umbumba is controlling him
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Umbumba lands a nice short elbow.
Umbumba working Hawkins over with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Umbumba frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Umbumba in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Umbumba.
Umbumba lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hawkins hang on?
Umbumba scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Umbumba fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Umbumba scoring with strikes but Hawkins is staying in there.
Umbumba with good strikes from the mount here!
Umbumba can't control as he wanted to and Hawkins manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Umbumba scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Umbumba lands with a punch from half guard.
Umbumba working over Hawkins with some ground and pound. Hawkins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Umbumba seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hawkins taking some punishment here, with Umbumba in his half guard.
Umbumba is nestled in close to Hawkins, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zwuanga Umbumba dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zwuanga Umbumba's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Umbumba connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hawkins momentarily.
Umbumba shoots in for a takedown but Hawkins shows good takedown defense.
Hawkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Umbumba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hawkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hawkins.
Hawkins connects with a crisp jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Umbumba shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hawkins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Umbumba on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins lands the left hand.
Hawkins misses with a series of wild punches.
Hawkins tries to clinch but Umbumba moves out of range.
Hawkins lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Umbumba backs up against the ropes.

Umbumba drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Umbumba cracks Hawkins with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Umbumba working the body and head with strikes.
Umbumba working the body and head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umbumba misses with the ground and pound.
Umbumba working the ground and pound from side control.
Umbumba creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hawkins takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Hawkins on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Umbumba fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Hawkins wants to get back to his feet but Umbumba drags him back down.
Umbumba working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Umbumba prevents Hawkins from escaping the position.
Umbumba working the ground and pound.
Umbumba working the body and head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umbumba lands a decent elbow from side control.
Umbumba working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Umbumba landing strikes.
A lull in the action here.
Umbumba is working Hawkins over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hawkins is not content to let Umbumba control the position.
Umbumba working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umbumba lands some shots froms side control.
Umbumba in side control lands a decent elbow.
Zwuanga Umbumba overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hawkins takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Umbumba in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hawkins is trying to get back to his feet.
Hawkins bucks up and tries to throw Umbumba off but instead Umbumba has got his back!
Hawkins is trying to remain composed but Umbumba is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Umbumba. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Umbumba is punishing Hawkins with some ground and pound.
Hawkins grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Can Hawkins hold on?! Umbumba is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Umbumba 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.
Umbumba is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Umbumba gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Umbumba gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Umbumba apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Umbumba looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hawkins is fending him off so far but Umbumba persists. Nope, Hawkins circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zwuanga Umbumba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good shot there by Hawkins.
Umbumba shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hawkins sprawls well. Hawkins wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Umbumba gets slowly back to his feet.
No luck for Umbumba with that takedown attempt.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Umbumba throws a hook but Hawkins avoids it easily.
Umbumba avoids the head kick by Hawkins.
Umbumba fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jason Hawkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Umbumba shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hawkins but Hawkins pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Umbumba defending well as Hawkins loads up on a big left hand.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Umbumba shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hawkins is trying to defend but Umbumba finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Umbumba seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hawkins 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.
Umbumba is trying to control the action in half guard but Hawkins is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Umbumba working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Umbumba stops Hawkins from getting back to his feet.
Umbumba lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Umbumba keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Umbumba there.
Umbumba stalling away here and it's allowed Hawkins to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Umbumba trying to control the position from guard on top but Hawkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Umbumba lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Umbumba working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hawkins's head.
Umbumba connects with a couple of short punches.
Umbumba working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hawkins's head.
Umbumba makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Umbumba landing some decent shots from guard.
Hawkins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Umbumba with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hawkins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Umbumba prevents Hawkins from getting back to his feet.
Umbumba advances to half guard.
Umbumba perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Umbumba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawkins can do to turn this around?
Umbumba looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jason Hawkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zwuanga Umbumba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Umbumba controlling the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zwuanga Umbumba showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Umbumba has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Zwuanga Umbumba!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Zwuanga Umbumba!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Zwuanga Umbumba!

Zwuanga Umbumba wins by unanimous decision!