PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sure Victory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobo Gazumbos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Victory
vs
Gazumbos

185 cm
19
170 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

172 cm
21
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid 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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sure Victory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobo Gazumbos!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victory looks to land a combination but Gazumbos avoids it well.
Gazumbos slips a jab and a cross from Victory.
Gazumbos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Victory counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Victory moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Victory throws a right and a left that Gazumbos avoids nicely.
Gazumbos misses with a right hand
and Victory counters with a two punch combo.
Victory misses with a series of wild punches.
Victory dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Some wild striking there from Victory.
Gazumbos looks to land a left hand but Victory moved out of range nicely.
Victory uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gazumbos.
Victory dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Victory feints a jab promting Gazumbos to slip. Victory then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gazumbos slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Victory lands with a nice body punch.
Victory fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gazumbos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
No joy there for Victory, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Victory misses with a two punch combination.
Gazumbos slips a jab and a cross from Victory.
Gazumbos misses with a right hand
and Victory counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gazumbos misses with a body punch
and Victory connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Victory, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Victory misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Victory.
Gazumbos dodges the punch combination from Victory.
Gazumbos slips a jab and a cross from Victory.
Victory lands a nice shot to the body.
Gazumbos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gazumbos throws an off balance right hand
and Victory connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gazumbos looks gassed!
Gazumbos misses with an uppercut
and Victory counters with a right hand to the body.
Victory is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Victory with a hook.
Gazumbos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Victory misses with a series of wild punches.
Gazumbos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Victory.
Victory throws a series of strikes that have Gazumbos backpedaling.
Victory displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Victory's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Victory duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gazumbos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Victory.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Victory looks to land a combination. Gazumbos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Victory connects with a body shot.
Victory works over Gazumbos's head and body with a nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victory throws a series of punches but Gazumbos avoids them all with ease.
Victory throws a combination. Gazumbos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gazumbos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Victory is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Victory stalks Gazumbos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gazumbos's face. Gazumbos staggers backwards, shaken.
Victory fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Victory tries to bum rush Gazumbos with a series of wild strikes but Gazumbos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Victory throws a series of punches but Gazumbos moves out of range.
Victory shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gazumbos eats them both and turns towards Victory to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A nice combination there by Victory.
A lazy left from Victory finds it's target.
Victory jabs at Gazumbos's body.
Victory throws a right and a left that both miss.
Victory looks to land a combination but Gazumbos avoids it well.
Victory fails to land with a series of punches.
Victory pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gazumbos back to the cage. Victory follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Victory fails to land with a series of punches.
Gazumbos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gazumbos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Victory stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victory misses with the combination.
Gazumbos has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Victory closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A combination from Victory does no damage.
Victory is working the combinations to good effect here.
Victory will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Victory shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gazumbos eats them both and turns towards Victory to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gazumbos misses with a lunging right hand
letting Victory counter with a right hand.
Nice sprawl there from Victory as Gazumbos shoots in.
Victory connects with a body shot.
Gazumbos misses with a lunging right hand
and Victory counters with a three punch combo that has Gazumbos backing up. Gazumbos nods at Victory to acknowledge the strikes.
No joy there for Victory, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Victory falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gazumbos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Victory thuds his right hand into Gazumbos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gazumbos lands a jab to the head.
Victory stalks Gazumbos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gazumbos's face. Gazumbos staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victory scores with a hook to the body. Gazumbos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Victory misses with a series of wild punches.
Victory works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gazumbos misses with a two punch combination.
Gazumbos misses with a left hand
and Victory counters with a left and a right that stings Gazumbos.
Gazumbos digs a good body shot into Victory's ribs.
Gazumbos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Victory swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Victory cracks Gazumbos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gazumbos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gazumbos duly obliges.
Gazumbos throws a hook but Victory avoids it easily.
Bobo Gazumbos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Victory throws a right and a left that both miss.
Victory on the wrong end of a nice hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gazumbos misses with a body shot.
Gazumbos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Victory throws a series of punches but Gazumbos moves out of range.
Gazumbos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sure Victory dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Victory defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gazumbos.
Some wild striking there from Victory.
Victory fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Victory looks to land a combination but Gazumbos avoids it well.
Victory throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gazumbos misses with a body punch
and Victory counters with a left and a right that stings Gazumbos.
Victory connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gazumbos momentarily.
Victory throws a nice looking combination but Gazumbos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Victory misses with a two punch combination.
Victory lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Victory.
Victory with a jab.
Victory scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Victory misses with a double jab.
Victory tries to bum rush Gazumbos with a series of wild strikes but Gazumbos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Victory pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Victory lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gazumbos throws an off balance right hand
and Victory counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gazumbos thinking.
Some wild striking there from Victory.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gazumbos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gazumbos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Victory counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slow jab from Gazumbos misses its intended target.
Gazumbos throws a poor cross that misses
and Victory counters with a left and a right that stings Gazumbos.
Victory swinging wildly here.
Gazumbos throws an off balance right hand
and Victory counters with a straight right hand.
Gazumbos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gazumbos. Victory does a little dance to reset his feet.
A lazy left from Victory finds it's target.
The fighters circling - Gazumbos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Victory throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gazumbos scores with a nice head shot.
Victory looks to land a combination but Gazumbos avoids it well.
Victory closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gazumbos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Victory throws a series of punches but Gazumbos avoids them all with ease.
Gazumbos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Victory.

That's two 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.
Gazumbos throws a right hand that misses
letting Victory counter with a right hand.
Victory throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gazumbos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gazumbos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Victory cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gazumbos throws a body punch but Victory moves out of range.
Gazumbos throws a poor cross that misses
and Victory counters with a one-two to the body.
Gazumbos misses with an uppercut
and Victory counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Victory slips a jab from Gazumbos.
Gazumbos tries to clinch but Victory is having none of it.
A big right from Gazumbos misses.
A swing and a miss from Gazumbos.
Victory misses with a two punch combination.
Gazumbos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Victory cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gazumbos throws a lazy uppercut
and Victory counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Victory connects with a jab.
Victory throws a nice looking combination but Gazumbos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gazumbos is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Gazumbos dodges the punch combination from Victory.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victory throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gazumbos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gazumbos takes a swing at Victory's ribcage but misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Gazumbos might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Victory has got the better of the exchanges.
Gazumbos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Victory moves away.
Gazumbos swings for the body but Victory moves out of range.
Victory looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gazumbos misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Victory counter with a right hand.
Gazumbos misses with a straight right.
Gazumbos misses with a right hand
and Victory counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gazumbos dips to his left and cracks Victory with an uppercut!
Victory just misses with a punch to the body.
Gazumbos misses with an uppercut
and Victory counters with a straight right hand.
Gazumbos misses the shot to the body.
Gazumbos tries to bum rush Victory with a series of wild strikes but Victory uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Victory throws a right and a left that both miss.
Victory uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gazumbos.
Victory goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Victory swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gazumbos misses with a hook.
Victory scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Victory on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gazumbos throws a lazy uppercut
and Victory counters with a series of strikes. Gazumbos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Victory shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gazumbos eats them both and turns towards Victory to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gazumbos throws a lazy uppercut
and Victory counters with a straight right hand.
Gazumbos lands a right hook to the body.
Victory avoids the body shot from Gazumbos.
Victory displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gazumbos throws out the jab.
Sure Victory is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gazumbos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Victory moves away.
Gazumbos throws an off balance right hand
and Victory makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gazumbos throws an off balance right hand
and Victory counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gazumbos throws an off balance right hand
and Victory counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gazumbos shoots in but no luck this time.
Gazumbos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Victory counters with a one-two to the body.
Victory moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sure Victory dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Gazumbos. Victory does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donk. Gazumbos catches Victory right on the button with a cross.
Gazumbos throws a hook to the side of Victory's head but Victory sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Victory throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Victory fails to land with a series of punches.
Victory keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Victory paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Victory moves out of range of the strikes.
Victory connects with a solid leg kick.
Victory looks to land a combination but Gazumbos avoids it well.
A punch lands to the side of Gazumbos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Victory misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victory fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gazumbos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Victory moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A left lands for Victory.
Victory attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Victory stalks Gazumbos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gazumbos's face. Gazumbos staggers backwards, shaken.
Gazumbos throws a nice looking combination but Victory bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victory connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gazumbos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Victory cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gazumbos misses with a lunging right hand
and Victory connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gazumbos misses with an uppercut
and Victory counters with a nice uppercut.
Gazumbos misses with an uppercut
and Gazumbos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Victory pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gazumbos back to the cage. Victory follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Victory throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gazumbos.
Victory takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
No joy there for Victory, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gazumbos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Victory scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gazumbos misses with a hook
and Victory counters with a stiff right hand.
Victory lands a jab-cross combination.
Gazumbos misses with an uppercut
and Victory counters with a two punch combo.
Gazumbos misses with the combination.
Victory misses with a few strikes there.
Gazumbos throws a lazy uppercut
and Victory counters with a right hand to the body.

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.
Victory lands a jab-cross combination.
Victory looks to land a combination but Gazumbos avoids it well.
Sure Victory is winning the standup battle so far.
Victory throws out a powerful jab.
Victory throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gazumbos blocks a head kick by Victory.
Victory throws a right hand that Gazumbos ducks under and follows up with a left that Gazumbos also avoids with ease.
Gazumbos tries to clinch up.
Victory moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Victory misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gazumbos misses with a straight left.
Gazumbos misses the body punch
and Victory connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Victory is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gazumbos can do to turn this around?
Victory keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab lands there for Gazumbos.
Victory avoids the body shot from Gazumbos.
Victory uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gazumbos.
Gazumbos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gazumbos misses with a left hand
and Victory connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gazumbos misses with a wild body shot.
Gazumbos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gazumbos misses with a lunging right hand
and Victory cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Victory swings for the body but Gazumbos moves out of range.
Victory scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gazumbos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gazumbos misses with a left hand
and Victory counters with a left and a right that stings Gazumbos.
The crowd cheers as Victory lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gazumbos doesn't seem phased though.
Gazumbos falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Victory counter with a right hand.
Gazumbos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Victory counters with a nice uppercut.
Victory will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gazumbos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Victory finds it's way round the side to connect with Gazumbos's head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Victory.
Gazumbos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Decent striking displayed by Victory there.
Gazumbos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Victory moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Victory misses with a few strikes there.
Victory dodges the punch combination from Gazumbos.
Victory misses with a double jab.
Gazumbos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Victory counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gazumbos throws an off balance right hand
and Victory counters with a nice body shot.
Gazumbos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Victory.
Victory lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gazumbos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Victory counters with a three punch combo that has Gazumbos backing up. Gazumbos nods at Victory to acknowledge the strikes.
Victory jabs Gazumbos right on the nose. Gazumbos blinks but takes it well.
Gazumbos swings widly with a right hand
and Victory counters with a series of strikes. Gazumbos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Victory falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gazumbos counters with a two punch combo.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gazumbos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Victory counters with a two punch combo.
Victory feints a jab promting Gazumbos to slip. Victory then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gazumbos slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bobo Gazumbos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Victory looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sure Victory showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Victory has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sure Victory!