PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mitch Hoberman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Incredius Roundius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Incredius Roundius has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hoberman
vs
Roundius

182 cm
28
193 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

190 cm
25
199 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mitch Hoberman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Incredius Roundius!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoberman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hoberman.
Hoberman avoids the head kick by Roundius.
Roundius looks to score with a jab to the body but Hoberman is just out of range.
Hoberman wants to clinch.

Hoberman rushes Roundius and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hoberman tries to land knees in the clinch but Roundius avoids the damage to the body.
Roundius can't break the clinch.
Hoberman tries to land knees in the clinch but Roundius avoids the damage to the body.
Hoberman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roundius is defending well for now.
Roundius throws a head punch that misses.
Hoberman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roundius.
Hoberman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roundius.
Hoberman pushes off an throws an elbow but Roundius leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hoberman looking to throw knees to the head but Roundius is blocking nicely.
Roundius managing to block the knees to the body from Hoberman.
Hoberman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roundius tries to break the clinch but Hoberman is controlling the position.
Hoberman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roundius misses with an elbow over the top.
Hoberman connects with a knee to the head.
Hoberman effectively controlling the action here.
Roundius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roundius blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roundius has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Roundius tries a body shot but Hoberman blocks it.
Hoberman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoberman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roundius lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hoberman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Roundius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoberman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roundius pushes off an throws an elbow but Hoberman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roundius lands with a short shot to the head.
Roundius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoberman's elbow.
Roundius wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hoberman looking to throw knees to the head but Roundius is blocking nicely.
Hoberman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Roundius works on Hoberman's body with a couple of short punches.
Roundius trying to land knees to the body.
Roundius wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hoberman has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Roundius.
A knee to the head by Hoberman.
Roundius lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Roundius avoiding damage as Hoberman throws knees to the body.
Roundius lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hoberman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoberman tries to stall but Roundius uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hoberman throws an elbow but it misses.
A hook to the body from Roundius.

Roundius breaks from the clinch.
Roundius lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Roundius.

It looks like Mitch Hoberman has been cut.
Roundius throws a leg kick

and Hoberman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hoberman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roundius lands a damaging elbow.
Roundius works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Roundius avoiding damage as Hoberman throws knees to the body.
Roundius is working Hoberman over against the cage.
Hoberman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roundius tries a body shot but Hoberman blocks it.
Roundius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoberman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roundius lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Roundius.
Roundius is trying to break free.
Roundius lands a body punch.
Roundius lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hoberman backwards.
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!
Roundius tries to break free but Hoberman pushes him back against the cage.
Hoberman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roundius.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roundius misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roundius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Roundius.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hoberman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roundius.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoberman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hoberman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Roundius tries a body shot but Hoberman blocks it.
Hoberman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roundius has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoberman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Roundius in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hoberman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoberman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoberman is breathing heavily.
Hoberman connects with a knee to the head.
Roundius lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roundius lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hoberman misses with a knee to the head.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roundius avoids it.
Roundius is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoberman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roundius's defenses.
Roundius misses with a body punch.
Hoberman tries to land knees in the clinch but Roundius avoids the damage to the body.
Roundius tries to circle away but Hoberman has him pinned against the cage.
Hoberman tries to land knees in the clinch but Roundius avoids the damage to the body.
Roundius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoberman's elbow.
Hoberman trying to land knees to the body.
Hoberman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roundius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roundius is leaning against Hoberman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Roundius has a couple of punches blocked by Hoberman.
Hoberman managing to block the knees to the body from Roundius.
Roundius misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roundius wants to break the clinch but can't.

Roundius pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roundius gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Hoberman to counter with a crisp jab.
Roundius avoids the head kick by Hoberman.
Roundius misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Incredius Roundius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roundius throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoberman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Roundius looks to land a body kick but Hoberman moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mitch Hoberman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mitch Hoberman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hoberman avoids a kick to the body.
Roundius throws a leg kick
and Hoberman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Roundius throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hoberman's head.
Roundius blocks a jab.
Roundius throws a lazy head kick
and Hoberman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Roundius in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hoberman doesn't manage to clinch there - Roundius circles away.
Roundius misses with a body shot

and Hoberman counters with a head kick that drops Roundius to the mat! Roundius scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Mitch Hoberman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hoberman instigates a clinch.
Hoberman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roundius.
Roundius misses with a punch to the body.
Hoberman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roundius lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hoberman.
Hoberman blocking some punches.
Hoberman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roundius is defending well for now.
Roundius struggles to land a body shot inside as Hoberman controls his hands.
Roundius takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roundius is breathing heavily.
Hoberman lands an elbow that stopped Roundius in his tracks for a moment.
Hoberman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hoberman blocks a body shot from Roundius.
Hoberman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hoberman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hoberman throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoberman connects with a knee to the head.
Hoberman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roundius's defenses.
Hoberman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Roundius wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hoberman.
Hoberman landing knees to the body.
Hoberman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hoberman controlling the action here for a moment.
Hoberman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoberman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Roundius's face.

It looks like Incredius Roundius has been cut.
Hoberman tries to land knees in the clinch but Roundius avoids the damage to the body.
Hoberman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roundius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoberman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roundius lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Roundius softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roundius tries to throw a body punch but Hoberman avoids it by throwing Roundius back against the cage.
Roundius scores with a knee to the head.
Roundius blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoberman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hoberman lands a nice elbow from 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!
Roundius lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hoberman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roundius avoids it.
A right hand to the body from Roundius.
Hoberman leaning against his opponent.
Roundius blocks the elbow strike.
Hoberman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roundius avoids it.
Roundius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roundius working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Roundius fails to land.

Roundius breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hoberman thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Roundius if he has to take too many more of those.
Hoberman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body kick there by Hoberman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roundius takes a kick to the side of the head.
Roundius takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Hoberman clinches up with Roundius and pushes him back against the cage.
Hoberman stalling against the cage.
Roundius trying to stall but Hoberman improves his position.
Roundius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hoberman leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hoberman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mitch Hoberman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Roundius working hard to break the clinch.
Roundius throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hoberman lands an elbow inside.
Hoberman tries to land knees in the clinch but Roundius avoids the damage to the body.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roundius avoids it.
Hoberman tries a knee to the head but Roundius blocks it.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoberman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short body shot lands from Roundius as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoberman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hoberman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roundius looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roundius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roundius is working Hoberman over against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hoberman.
Hoberman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoberman lands a damaging elbow.
Hoberman working Roundius over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roundius takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roundius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Hoberman.
Roundius takes an elbow to the temple.
Hoberman misses with a knee to the head.
Roundius tries to work over Hoberman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hoberman tries a knee to the head but Roundius blocks it.
Hoberman lands a damaging elbow.
Roundius can't find room to land a body shot as Hoberman controls the action.
Roundius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hoberman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitch Hoberman dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hoberman misses with the combination.

Hoberman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Roundius lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hoberman lands a good knee to the midsection. Roundius won't want to take too many of those.
Hoberman tries a knee to the head but Roundius blocks it.
Roundius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Roundius manages to break the clinch.
Roundius walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Roundius pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hoberman tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Hoberman.
A head kick by Roundius misses
and Hoberman counters with a head kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hoberman - that will leave a mark!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hoberman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mitch Hoberman is winning the standup battle so far.
Roundius circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hoberman works over Roundius's head and body with a nice combination.
Hoberman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Roundius throws a leg kick
and Hoberman counters with a big head kick but Roundius shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoberman tries to clinch up but Roundius circles away and keeps his distance.
Hoberman avoids the head kick by Roundius.
Hoberman misses with a few strikes there.
Hoberman moves out of range of the leg kick from Roundius.
Roundius has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hoberman.
Hoberman stalks Roundius and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Roundius's face. Roundius staggers backwards, shaken.
Hoberman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roundius can do to turn this around?
Hoberman throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Roundius.
Roundius throws a combination that misses
and Hoberman counters with a head kick.
Roundius takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Roundius looks to throw a body kick
and Hoberman counters with a head kick.

Hoberman gets a clinch.
Hoberman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Roundius misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Roundius.
Roundius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hoberman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roundius blocks it with crossed arms.
Roundius lands a body punch in the clinch.
Roundius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoberman's elbow.
Incredius Roundius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoberman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roundius is defending well for now.
Roundius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roundius lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hoberman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hoberman lands a nice elbow.
Hoberman with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Roundius blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roundius avoids it.
Roundius leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hoberman tries to land knees in the clinch but Roundius avoids the damage to the body.
Roundius with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roundius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoberman's elbow.
Roundius presses Hoberman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roundius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hoberman misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoberman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Roundius avoiding damage as Hoberman throws knees to the body.
Roundius working aggressively here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hoberman.
Hoberman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roundius is defending well for now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Roundius.
Roundius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roundius avoids it.
Hoberman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roundius.
Hoberman tries to land a knee to the head but Roundius blocks with his arms.
Roundius can't break the clinch.
Roundius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roundius lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hoberman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roundius.
Roundius lands a shoulder strike.
Roundius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roundius pushes off an throws an elbow but Hoberman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roundius lands a shot to the body.
Hoberman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roundius.
A head punch on the inside from Roundius fails to land.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Roundius lands with a slapping head kick.
Roundius throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hoberman.
Roundius throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hoberman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roundius lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hoberman's sensitive parts.
Hoberman tries to clinch up but Roundius circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick by Roundius misses
and Hoberman counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hoberman throws a head kick that misses.
Mitch Hoberman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hoberman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Roundius throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hoberman counters with a three punch combo that has Roundius backing up. Roundius nods at Hoberman to acknowledge the strikes.
Hoberman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Roundius closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hoberman throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roundius connects with a body shot that sends Hoberman's belly button to the back.
Hoberman throws a body kick that misses.
Hoberman slips under a jab.
Hoberman lands a head kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mitch Hoberman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hoberman 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mitch Hoberman!