PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robert York (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rumble Bman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

York
vs
Bman

178 cm
23
177 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

182 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Robert York!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rumble Bman!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
York throws a leg kick but Bman moved away.
Bman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
York showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bman.
York dodges the punch combination from Bman.
Bman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and York counters with a head kick.
York scores with a head kick.
Bman digs a good hook to York's body.
Bman misses with a wild combination.
A combination from York does no damage.
York tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bman misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Bman.
Bman slips a straight right by York.
Bman misses with a wild combination.
York misses with a body shot
letting Bman counter with a right hand.
Bman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but York moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Bman misses.
Bman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bman avoids the head kick by York.
A slapping body kick lands there for York.
York will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
York looks to throw the jab but Bman is out of range.
York swinging wildly here.
Bman throws a right and a left that York avoids nicely.
York fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Some wild striking there from Bman.
No joy there for Bman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
York moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
York sizes up Bman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
York is looking to clinch but Bman is avoiding it.

York clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

York breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bman misses with a lunging right hand
and York counters with a two punch combo.
York throws a nice looking combination but Bman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A shot to the body from Bman misses
and York counters with a good, hard body kick but Bman shrugs it off.
Bman misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from York.
Bman falls off balance throwing a combination
and York counters with a solid body kick.
Bman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and York counters with a big head kick but Bman shrugs it off.
York connects with a high kick.
Bman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
York misses with a body shot.
Bman takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bman throws a body punch but York moves out of range.
York misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice defenses there by Bman.
Bman throws a combination that misses
and York counters with a head kick. That will keep Bman thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
York pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bman misses with a shot to the body

and York counters by clinching up.
A right handed body shot lands from York.
York stalls.
Bman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
York misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bman wants to break free but York has control.
Bman stalling in the clinch but York improves position.

York manages to break the clinch.
York throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and York connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bman looks to throw the jab but York is out of range.
Bman throws an off balance right hand
and York counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bman throws a right hand that misses
and York counters with a three punch combo that has Bman backing up. Bman nods at York to acknowledge the strikes.
York bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bman falls off balance throwing a combination
letting York counter with a right hand.
Bman tries to bum rush York with a series of wild strikes but York uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
York swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but York manages to avoid it.
Bman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
York scores with a jab to the body.
York rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from York does it's job there.

York drives through and clinches with Bman against the cage.
York lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee calls for York to work.
Bman is trying to force a seperation but York has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert York dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bman falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling York to counter with a crisp jab.
Bman misses with a combination
and York counters with a head kick.
Bman lands a head shot.
Bman throws a big shot that misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for York.
Robert York is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bman looks to land a combination. York sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and York counters with a left to the body.
Bman throws a lazy uppercut
and York counters with a lovely shot to the body.
York throws a nice looking combination but Bman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bman throws a left and a right that both miss
and York counters with a head kick.
Bman moves out of range of the body kick.
York throws a right and a left that Bman avoids nicely.
Bman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bman is breathing heavily.
Bman misses with a series of wild punches.
York tries to close the distance and clinch but Bman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bman throws an overhand right that lands on York's shoulder, as York tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by York.
York has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bman works York's body with a nice hook.
York cracks the inside of Bman's front leg.
A slow jab from Bman misses its intended target.
York connects with a body shot that sends Bman's belly button to the back.
Bman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
York throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
York misses with a combination
and Bman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
York fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from York misses.
York misses with a series of wild punches.
Bman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and York counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bman misses with a wild combination.
A jab from York misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
York misses with a double jab.
York fails to land with a series of punches.
Bman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bman throws a left and a right that both miss
and York counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bman thinking.
Bman misses with the combination.
York throws a right and a left that Bman avoids nicely.

York forces Bman back against the cage and clinches.
York has Bman pressed against the cage.
York lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bman backwards.
York lands a body shot in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bman wants to break free but York has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bman trying to control the position but instead, York has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bman into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
York lands with a light punch inside.
York landing knees to the head.

It looks like Rumble Bman has been cut.
Bman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but York has him pressed against the cage.

York manages to break the clinch.
York looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bman looks to score with a jab to the body but York is just out of range.
York swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
York lands a head shot.
Bman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bman swinging wildly here.
York lands a jab-cross combination.
Bman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
York showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bman.
York waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bman.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bman, as that shot connected.
York throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bman stalks York and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into York's face. York staggers backwards, shaken.
York moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
York scores with a sloppy right hand. Bman should have avoided that one.
York loads up on a big right hand but Bman slips the punch.
A head kick misses from York.
York misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bman.
Robert York is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice body kick from York.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
York uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert York dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rumble Bman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Bman lands a jab.

York gets in close and instigates a clinch.
York fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
York is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down York.
York keeps control of Bman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bman tries to break the clinch but York is controlling the position.
Bman is trying to break free.
York stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with York for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Robert York.
York throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bman falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
York cracks the inside of Bman's front leg.
Bman swings widly with a right hand
and York counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
York thows a body kick. Bman tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A combination from Bman does no damage.
York jabs Bman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by York.
Bman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bman moves away from the strike by York.
York dodges the punch combination from Bman.
Bman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by York.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
York throws a right and a left that Bman avoids nicely.
A combination from Bman does no damage.
Bman throws an off balance right hand
and York counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
York misses with the combination.
Bman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bman steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from York. That one must have hurt.
York scores with a sloppy right hand. Bman should have avoided that one.
York lands a nice looking body kick.
York lands a nice looking body shot.
York lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
York scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
York misses with a double jab.
Bman walks into a left hand.
York misses with a looping right.
Good shot there by York.
York gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bman.
York dodges the punch combination from Bman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
York keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
York slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
York throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Bman to counter with a crisp jab.
Bman has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from York.
York throws a body punch but Bman moves out of range.
York throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
York throws an off balance right hand
and Bman counters with a nice uppercut.
York connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bman. Bman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A jab from Bman finds it's way through York's defenses.
York keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
York scores with a nice right hand.
York throws a nice looking combination but Bman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
York throws a nice head kick!
Bman with a jab.
A lazy left from York finds it's target.
A punch combination from Bman misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bman.
York throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

York gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bman is trying to push York away but York has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

York's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
York throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bman on the side of the head.
Bman slips a jab and a cross from York.
York fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
York throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Bman to counter with a crisp jab.
Bman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bman throws a combination that misses
and York counters with an inside leg kick.
Bman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by York.
York misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bman counters with a two punch combo.
Bman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
York misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rumble Bman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robert York is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
York is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

York moves into range and clinches up with Bman.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robert York showed his dominance in that final round.
Well York 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert York!