PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Viduka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dee Bomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Viduka
vs
Bomb

176 cm
21
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harry Viduka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dee Bomb!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Viduka darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bomb wants to control but Viduka is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Viduka tries to stand and escape but Bomb actually recovers to full guard.

Bomb looking for a guillotine here but Viduka defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bomb doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Viduka wants to control from the top but Bomb keeps moving.
Viduka postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viduka tries to free his leg and advance position but Bomb is retaining full guard.
Bomb wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Viduka.

Viduka closes the distance and clinches.
Bomb wants to stall.

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

Viduka closes the distance and clinches.

Viduka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Viduka tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bomb swivels and escapes.
Viduka misses with a straight left.
Bomb checks the leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Bomb manages to pull guard.

Bomb looking for a guillotine here but Viduka defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bomb looking for a sweep. Not yet Bomb, not yet.
Bomb can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Viduka controls the pace.
Bomb wants to stand and escape but Viduka is having none of it.
Bomb looks gassed!
Bomb keeping moving, preventing Viduka from controlling successfully.
Viduka controlling from the top position.
Viduka trying to control but Bomb is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viduka trying to stand up but can't free himself from Bomb's guard.

Bomb wriggles free and stands up.
Bomb throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bomb tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Viduka counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Viduka with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bomb is trying to stand back up but Viduka is controlling him
Bomb is trying to control but can't.
Bomb tries to kick Viduka off in order to stand up. Viduka Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomb striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Bomb is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Viduka trying to control the action but Bomb is working from the bottom.
Bomb regains half guard.
Bomb pushes Viduka off looking to stand but Viduka dives back in and keeps control.
Bomb wants to control but Viduka is keeping busy.
Bomb wants to get back to full guard.
Bomb manages to get to full guard.
Bomb manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Viduka manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Viduka darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Viduka is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bomb is looking for a sweep. Viduka is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Viduka trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bomb looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bomb is breathing heavily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Viduka lands a nice short elbow.
Viduka is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Viduka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bomb keeps working.

That's two 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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Harry Viduka just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Viduka has closed the distance and engaged Bomb in a clinch.
Bomb wants to get back to striking at distance but Viduka won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Bomb.
Viduka has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bomb is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Viduka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bomb waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Viduka.
Bomb keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Viduka looks for a takedown but Bomb sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Viduka. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bomb has taken the fight to the clinch.

Bomb manages to break the clinch.
Bomb thuds a left hand into Viduka's body.

Bomb fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Viduka, pushing him back against the cage.
Bomb gets underhooks to prevent Viduka's takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bomb tries to break the clinch but Viduka is controlling the position.
Bomb has Viduka pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Viduka manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Viduka has hold of one of Bomb's legs. Bomb is fighting the takedown attempt but Viduka gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Viduka wants to control from the top but Bomb keeps moving.
Viduka stays in close to Bomb's body and controls the position.
Viduka trying to control the position from guard on top but Bomb is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Viduka is working Bomb over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Viduka controlling from the top position.

Viduka decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomb takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Viduka looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bomb!
Viduka tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bomb is looking to improve his position but Viduka isn't that keen on the idea.
Bomb is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Viduka breaks from Bomb's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Viduka takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Viduka takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Viduka dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bomb tries to clinch up
and Viduka counters with a thumping low kick.
Harry Viduka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice takedown defense from Bomb. No joy for Viduka on that attempt.
Viduka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Viduka scores with a body shot.
Bomb doesn't manage to clinch there - Viduka circles away.
A cross from Bomb lands.

Bomb darts in and clinches Viduka up against the cage.

Bomb escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Bomb does no damage.
Viduka throws a head kick that misses.
Bomb fails in his attempt to clinch.
Viduka fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Viduka blocks a head kick by Bomb.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bomb looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bomb tries to clinch but Viduka moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Bomb as Viduka shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Viduka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bomb closes the distance but Viduka moves to the side

and Viduka counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bomb controls Viduka momentarily but Viduka frees himself.
Viduka slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Viduka slows the pace down.
Viduka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bomb keeps working.

Viduka thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viduka happy to just control the position for now.

Viduka decides to stand back up.

Viduka darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Viduka there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Viduka wants to take a breather but Bomb is having none of it.
Viduka with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viduka has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Viduka stands up from half guard.

Bomb has taken the fight to the clinch.
Viduka lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Viduka breaks from the clinch.
Viduka shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bomb as he jumps to the side.

Viduka clinches.
Dee Bomb has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viduka tries for a takedown. No joy.
Viduka wants a takedown.

Viduka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bomb wants to clinch but Viduka slips to the side

and Viduka counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bomb's guard now.
Viduka sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bomb's guard.
Bomb is looking to escape.
Bomb wants to control but Viduka is keeping busy.

Bomb looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Viduka works his way into full mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bomb can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Viduka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Viduka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Viduka!