PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Crowley Osbourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arto Muna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Osbourne comes into the arena with Mr Crowley blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Osbourne
vs
Muna

175 cm
27
159 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

176 cm
26
162 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent, Inc.™
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crowley Osbourne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arto Muna!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Osbourne takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jab by Osbourne.
Muna misses with a body punch
and Osbourne counters with a left to the body.
Osbourne misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Muna connects with a right hand. Osbourne shakes it off.
Osbourne misses with a wild body shot.
Osbourne dives in and grabs Muna's left leg, looking for a takedown. Muna pushes down on Osbourne's head and hops out.
Both fighters circling a little - Muna finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Osbourne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Osbourne catches Muna with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Osbourne shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Muna as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Crowley Osbourne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muna connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muna rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Osbourne counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Muna swings for the body but Osbourne moves out of range.
A jab from Osbourne misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Osbourne ducks under a wild hook from Muna.
Muna moves away from the strike by Osbourne.
Muna looks to land a left hand but Osbourne moved out of range nicely.
Osbourne misses with a body shot.
Osbourne misses with a two punch combination.
Osbourne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Muna throws a combination that misses
and Osbourne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Muna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Osbourne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A swing and a miss from Muna.
Osbourne misses with an uppercut.
Osbourne throws a body punch but Muna moves out of range.
Osbourne lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Osbourne.
A jab from Muna does it's job there.
Muna moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Muna moves into range and connects with a jab.
Muna misses with a wild body shot.
Osbourne thows a body shot but no joy.
Muna fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muna throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Muna connects with the punch.
Osbourne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muna lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Osbourne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Osbourne's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Osbourne duly obliges.
Muna thows a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Osbourne misses its intended target.
Muna slips a jab and a cross from Osbourne.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Osbourne slips a jab from Muna.
A big left from Osbourne misses.
Muna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good exchange - Osbourne coming out on top.
Muna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arto Muna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muna scores with a jab to the body.
Muna misses with a double jab.
Muna slips a straight right by Osbourne.
Osbourne scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A clash of legs there as Muna blocks the low kick.
Muna lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Osbourne circles away quickly and effectively.
Osbourne just misses with a punch to the body.
Osbourne closes this distance looking for a takedown but Muna circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muna throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Muna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Muna misses with a hook. Osbourne ducked under it nicely.
Osbourne scores with a hook.
Osbourne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Muna throws out the jab.
Muna plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muna throws a hook but Osbourne blocks it.
Muna gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Muna misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Muna fails with a takedown attempt.
Muna throws a hook but Osbourne blocks it.
Osbourne connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Osbourne stuns Muna with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Osbourne throws the left hand but Muna avoids the punch easily.
Muna throws a right and a left that Osbourne avoids nicely.
Muna scores with the left hand. Osbourne knows he should have avoided that one.
Muna misses with a hook.
Osbourne throws a low kick but Muna avoids it.
Muna stuns Osbourne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Osbourne fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Muna misses with a wild combination.
Muna connects with the punch.
Muna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Osbourne just misses with a punch to the body.
Muna misses with a few strikes there.
Arto Muna seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Osbourne's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Muna connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Osbourne scrambles back to his feet.
Muna jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Muna throws a series of punches but Osbourne avoids them all with ease.
Muna fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Muna throws a jab but it's blocked by Osbourne.
Osbourne throws a body punch but Muna moves out of range.
Muna throws a jab when Osbourne was well out of range.
Osbourne staying out of range there.
Osbourne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Muna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Osbourne.
Muna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Osbourne.
Osbourne looks to land a left hand but Muna moved out of range nicely.
Muna throws a lazy uppercut
and Osbourne counters with a one-two to the body.
Muna connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muna cracks Osbourne with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Osbourne throws a big shot that misses.

Osbourne shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Osbourne throwing shots but Muna is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Osbourne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Muna defending well though.
Ground and pound from Osbourne.

Osbourne seems to be looking for submissions.
Osbourne takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Osbourne working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muna is not content to let Osbourne control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Osbourne connects with a nice short shot to Muna's temple.
Osbourne sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Muna avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Osbourne.
Osbourne throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Osbourne trying to control the action but Muna is working from the bottom.
Muna trying to control from the bottom.
Osbourne wants to take a breather but Muna is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Muna trying to control but Osbourne postures up.
Osbourne thows a huge punch but Muna dodges it nicely.
Osbourne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Muna defending well though.
Muna wants to control but Osbourne is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Muna is trying to get back to full guard.
Muna keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Osbourne is just content to waste time from the top position. Muna takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crowley Osbourne dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Osbourne closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Osbourne thows a body shot but no joy.
Muna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Osbourne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Muna misses its intended target.
Osbourne misses with a double jab.
Osbourne swings away with a body shot that misses
and Muna counters with a nice leg kick.
Muna misses with an uppercut
and Osbourne counters with a left to the body.
Muna throws a body punch but Osbourne moves out of range.
Muna fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Osbourne sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Muna looks to land a combination but Osbourne avoids it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Muna misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muna throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Osbourne loads up on a big right hand but Muna slips the punch.
Muna moves into range and connects with a jab.
Muna loads up on a big right hand but Osbourne slips the punch.
Muna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch combination from Muna misses.
Osbourne throws a body punch but Muna moves out of range.
Osbourne listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Osbourne. Muna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Osbourne goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Muna ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Muna catches Osbourne with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Osbourne loads up on a big right hand but Muna slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Osbourne.
Muna cracks Osbourne with an open hand slap.
Muna throws a series of punches but Osbourne moves out of range.
Osbourne slips under a jab.
Osbourne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muna keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Osbourne.
Muna throws a series of punches but Osbourne avoids them all with ease.
Muna lands a head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Osbourne takes one to the chin there.
Osbourne misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Osbourne misses.
Muna throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Osbourne shoots in for a double leg but Muna sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Muna.
Muna throws a combination that misses
letting Osbourne counter with a right hand.
Osbourne misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Muna on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Osbourne shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Muna defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Crowley Osbourne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Osbourne.
Muna throws a looping overhand right but Osbourne ducks down to avoid it.
Muna stalks Osbourne and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Osbourne's face. Osbourne staggers backwards, shaken.
Muna throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muna lands a slapping body shot.
Osbourne slips a straight right by Muna.
Osbourne slips a jab and a cross from Muna.
Osbourne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Osbourne misses with an uppercut.
Osbourne tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muna moves out of range of the strikes.
Osbourne shoots in but Muna avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Osbourne sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Osbourne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muna fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Muna throws a push kick but Osbourne slaps the foot to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arto Muna really 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.

Osbourne changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Muna misses with a two punch combination.
Osbourne fails with a takedown attempt.
Osbourne moves away from the strike by Muna.
Muna throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Osbourne.
A swing and a miss from Muna.
Muna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Osbourne.
No luck for Osbourne with that takedown attempt.
Muna dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Muna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Osbourne.
Osbourne fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Crowley Osbourne. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muna throws a series of punches but Osbourne avoids them all with ease.
Osbourne moves out of range of the body kick from Muna.
Decent striking displayed by Osbourne there.
Osbourne needs to keep his hands up - Muna had a free shot at his head there.
Muna throws a series of punches but Osbourne moves out of range.
Muna misses the jab.
Osbourne shoots in looking for a takedown but Muna manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Osbourne's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Muna dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Muna, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Muna throws a right hand that Osbourne ducks under and follows up with a left that Osbourne also avoids with ease.
Muna lands a jab to Osbourne's midsection.
Osbourne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Arto Muna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muna lands with a slapping head kick.
Muna thuds his right hand into Osbourne's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Muna misses with a left hand
and Osbourne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Osbourne takes a swing at Muna's ribcage but misses.
Osbourne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Muna manages to avoid it.

Osbourne scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muna gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Muna is pressing down on Osbourne's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Muna looking for subs off his back but Osbourne has passed one foot through into half guard.
Osbourne throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muna blocking the ground and pound attempt from Osbourne.

Muna looking for submissions off his back.
Osbourne thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Osbourne is looking to take a break and control but Muna is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Osbourne throwing shots but Muna is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Osbourne lands a nice short elbow.

Osbourne is working for a kimura but Muna is defending it quite comfortably.
Osbourne is keen to just control but Muna is a slippery customer.
Muna wants to control but Osbourne is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Osbourne working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Crowley Osbourne will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Muna swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Osbourne counters with a left to the body.
Muna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Osbourne tries for a takedown but Muna sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Muna with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Osbourne cracks Muna with an open hand slap.
Muna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Osbourne manages to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Muna. Beautiful body shot.
Osbourne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Muna.
Muna throws a leg kick

and Osbourne counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Osbourne keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Muna's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Osbourne trying to control the position from guard on top but Muna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Osbourne's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muna pulls Osbourne in close to prevent any damage.
Osbourne with a flurry of punches that miss.
Osbourne lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Muna looking to hit a scissor sweep but Osbourne is one step ahead there.
Osbourne trying to control but Muna is working from the bottom.
Osbourne controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne trying to control but Muna is working from the bottom.
Muna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Osbourne.
Muna is trying to control the position but Osbourne postures up.
Muna managing to control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Muna misses with a straight left.
Muna avoids a punch combination nicely.
Osbourne fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Muna avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne moves away from the strike by Muna.
Muna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Osbourne.
Muna digs a good hook to Osbourne's body.
Muna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Muna connects with a leg kick. Osbourne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A telegraphed right hand from Muna misses the target.
Osbourne looks for a takedown but Muna sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Crowley Osbourne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Osbourne misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muna misses with a series of wild punches.
Muna scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Muna throws a right and a left that Osbourne avoids nicely.
Muna throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
No joy there for Osbourne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Osbourne shoots for a double leg takedown but Muna sprawls well. He's pushed Osbourne's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Muna throws a body punch but Osbourne moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Muna looks for the body kick but Osbourne saw that one coming.
Muna keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Muna throws a right and a left that Osbourne avoids nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Crowley Osbourne.
I think Osbourne 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 48:47
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Crowley Osbourne!
Crowley Osbourne retains his lightweight title!