PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bumble Bman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Huber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bman comes to the cage accompanied by Why can't we be friends?. Huber has chosen Stronger - Kanye West as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bman
vs
Huber

180 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

187 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bumble Bman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cody Huber!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huber has a takedown stuffed.
Bman tries to clinch but Huber moves away
and Huber counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bman is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Huber shoots in but no luck this time.

Huber looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bman looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bman throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Bman wants to stand up but Huber is controlling him.
Huber wants to control from the top but Bman keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Huber stands and steps away. Bman gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bman wants to clinch up but Huber keeps it at a distance.

Huber dives in and scores a takedown into Bman's guard.
Huber wants to control from the top but Bman keeps moving.
Huber tries to free his leg and advance position but Bman is retaining full guard.

Huber stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Bman has Huber up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bman.
Bman is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huber is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bman pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bumble Bman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cody Huber.
Huber goes for a takedown attempt but Bman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Huber fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Huber looks gassed!
Huber has a takedown stuffed.

Bman drives through and clinches with Huber against the cage.
Bman looking to throw knees to the head but Huber is blocking nicely.
Huber has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huber's face.
Huber has Bman pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bman manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bman controlling the action here for a moment.
Huber is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bman pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Huber takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bman misses with a knee strike.
Bman landing knees to the head.
Bman tries to land a knee to the head but Huber blocks with his arms.
Bman looking to throw knees to the head but Huber is blocking nicely.
Bman just leaning against Huber, taking a breather.
Huber tries to break the clinch but Bman is controlling the position.
Bman lands a nice elbow.
Bman gets underhooks to prevent Huber's takedown attempt.
Bman stalling in the clinch but Huber improves position.
Bman lands a damaging elbow.
Bman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Huber misses with the head strike.
Bman misses with a knee strike.
Bman is trying to stall.
Huber looking for a takedown.
Huber avoiding damage as Bman throws knees to the body.
Bman misses with an elbow over the top.
Huber gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bman tries a knee to the head but Huber blocks it.

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.
Huber has Bman pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bman manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bman landing knees to the head.
Bman slows down the pace here.
Bman scores with a knee to the head.
Bman is trying to maintain a safe position but Huber gets an underhook and turns Bman into the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bman.
Huber has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bman gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Huber.
Bman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bman content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Huber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bman controlling the action here for a moment.
Bman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Huber avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Huber dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bman defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Huber.
Huber tries for a takedown but Bman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Huber moves to clinch but Bman breaks away
and Bman counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bman tries to clinch there but Huber circles away.
Huber scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Huber tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bman sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Huber somewhat.
Bumble Bman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cody Huber.
Bman connects with an inside leg kick.
Bman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Huber paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bman has closed the distance and engaged Huber in a clinch.
Huber wants a takedown.
Bman working Huber over with knees to the body.
Huber takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bman trying to control the position but instead, Huber has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bman into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Huber's defenses.
Bman prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bman has Huber pushed against the cage.
Bman lands a good knee to the midsection. Huber won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Bman.
Bman tries a knee to the head but Huber blocks it.
Knees to the body from Bman.
Bman crunches a lovely knee into Huber's ribcage.

Huber breaks the clinch.
Bman misses with a wild combination.
Bman tries to clinch up.
Bman tries to clinch there but Huber circles away.
Bman moves out of range of the leg kick from Huber.

Bman has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Huber jumps guard but Bman stands there with Huber around his waist. Huber gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Huber is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bman tries to land knees in the clinch but Huber avoids the damage to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Huber.
Huber is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bman pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Nice elbow from Bman.
Bman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huber blocks it with crossed arms.
Bman tries to stall but Huber uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Huber tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bman smiles and moves away.
Huber fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bman lands with a slapping head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bman tries to close the distance and clinch but Huber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Huber shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bman as he avoids it easily.
Bman shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Huber eats them both and turns towards Bman to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice body kick from Bman.
Bman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cody Huber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Huber fails to land the takedown.
Bman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Huber.
Bman tries to clinch but Huber is having none of it.
Bumble Bman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Huber throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bman counters by moving into the clinch.
Bman controlling the action here for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Huber as Bman tries to tie him up.
Bman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Huber avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Huber tries to pull guard but Bman won't allow it.
Huber tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bman tries to land a knee to the head but Huber blocks with his arms.
Huber can't get the takedown.
Bman working Huber over with knees to the body.
Bman scores with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Huber fails to pull guard.
Bman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bman lands an elbow just above Huber 's eye.
Bman is trying to maintain a safe position but Huber gets an underhook and turns Bman into the cage.
Huber fails to pull guard.
Bman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Huber avoids it.

Huber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Huber will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bumble Bman dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Huber throws a sloppy head kick

and Bman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Huber is trying to break the clinch but Bman is controlling him.
Huber lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Huber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bumble Bman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huber fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Bman darts in and clinches Huber up against the cage.
Huber takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Huber wants a takedown but no success here.
Bman scores a nice knee to the body.
Bman has Huber pushed against the cage.
Huber has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bumble Bman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cody Huber.
Bman crunches a lovely knee into Huber's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bman lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huber blocks it with crossed arms.
Huber goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bman prevents it.
Bman trying to stall but Huber improves his position.
Bman stops a takedown attempt from Huber.
Bman is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Huber looking for a takedown.
Bman controlling the action here for a moment.
Bman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Huber has Bman pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bman manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Huber is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bman pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Huber being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Huber avoiding damage as Bman throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Huber's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bman displaying some good clinch control by pressing Huber up against the cage.
Bman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Huber is defending well for now.

Huber gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Huber looking to pass the guard.
Huber is pushing down on Bman's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bman is fighting to maintain full guard but Huber has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bman trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huber winds up and cracks Bman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bman is looking for a sweep. Huber is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Huber not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Huber missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Huber really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Huber seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bman does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Huber wants to free his trapped foot but Bman is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bman is staying active underneath Huber, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

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.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Bman has one foot on Huber's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Huber shoots in looking for a takedown but Bman manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Huber's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Huber avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Huber manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bman on his heels. He'll look to pass Bman's guard now, I'm sure.
Bman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Huber tries to roll over but Bman keeps him under control.
Huber has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bman is working away from the top position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bumble Bman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bman 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bumble Bman!