PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sheikh Hasina Wazed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Rubble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wazed comes to the cage accompanied by Mercedes Sosa - Como la Cigarra. Rubble has chosen Rage Against The Machine - No Shelter as his entrance music. Sheikh Hasina Wazed has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hasina Wazed
vs
Rubble

176 cm
24
141 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

150 cm
20
140 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sheikh Hasina Wazed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Barney Rubble!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rubble tries to land a leg kick but Wazed saw it coming and moves away.

Wazed gets tackled into the cage by Rubble. Rubble maintains the clinch.
Wazed avoids a wild elbow strike from Rubble.
Rubble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wazed.
Rubble tries a knee to the head but Wazed blocks it.
The referee calls for Wazed to work.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rubble lands a good knee to the midsection. Wazed won't want to take too many of those.
Wazed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rubble with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rubble throws an elbow but misses.
Wazed trying to control the position but instead, Rubble has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wazed into the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rubble.
Rubble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rubble putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wazed in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rubble using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wazed avoiding damage as Rubble throws knees to the body.
Rubble pushes off an throws an elbow but Wazed leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Wazed trying to control the position but instead, Rubble has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wazed into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubble tries to land knees in the clinch but Wazed avoids the damage to the body.
Rubble looking to throw knees to the head but Wazed is blocking nicely.
Rubble lands an elbow just above Wazed 's eye.
Rubble misses with a knee to the head.
Rubble lands a nice elbow.
Wazed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rubble tries to land knees in the clinch but Wazed avoids the damage to the body.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wazed avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wazed tries to throw a body punch but Rubble avoids it by throwing Wazed back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rubble.
Wazed avoiding damage as Rubble throws knees to the body.
Rubble working Wazed over with knees to the body.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wazed avoiding damage as Rubble throws knees to the body.
Rubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wazed managing to block the knees to the body from Rubble.
Wazed taking a breather.
Rubble missing with knees to the body.
Wazed looking for a takedown.
Rubble lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rubble obliges.
Rubble misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rubble.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rubble landing knees to the body.
Wazed managing to block the knees to the body from Rubble.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wazed lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rubble lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rubble.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wazed avoids it.
Rubble lands an elbow inside.
Wazed takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Rubble dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from Rubble. Wazed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wazed tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rubble turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rubble comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rubble loads up on a big right hand but Wazed slips the punch.
Wazed shoots in looking for a takedown. Rubble tries to sprawl out of it but Wazed keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rubble manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wazed tries for a takedown but Rubble sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wazed looks to score with a jab to the body but Rubble is just out of range.
Rubble tries to clinch there but Wazed circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rubble clinches with his opponent.
Wazed can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sheikh Hasina Wazed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rubble creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wazed is trying to break free.
Wazed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rubble working Wazed over with knees to the body.
Wazed trying to control the position but instead, Rubble has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wazed into the cage.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Rubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rubble misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubble crunches a lovely knee into Wazed's ribcage.
Barney Rubble seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rubble putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wazed in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wazed takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wazed takes an elbow to the temple.
Rubble is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wazed is trying to break the clinch but Rubble has him pressed against the cage.
Rubble tries to land knees in the clinch but Wazed avoids the damage to the body.
Wazed managing to block the knees to the body from Rubble.
Rubble crunches a lovely knee into Wazed's ribcage.
Rubble putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wazed in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wazed managing to block the knees to the body from Rubble.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wazed avoiding damage as Rubble throws knees to the body.
Rubble lands an elbow just above Wazed 's eye.
Rubble lands a knee to the head.
Rubble has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rubble working Wazed over with knees to the body.
Rubble looking to throw knees to the head but Wazed is blocking nicely.
Rubble lands a good knee to the midsection. Wazed won't want to take too many of those.
Rubble throws an elbow that misses.
Rubble unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wazed lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rubble lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rubble with a knee to the head.
Rubble lands a good knee to the midsection. Wazed won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubble lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wazed takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Rubble landing knees to the body.
Rubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wazed dodges an elbow strike from Rubble.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Rubble misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rubble obliges.

Wazed gets a trip takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Rubble showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Rubble swings for the body but Wazed moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wazed.
Wazed walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rubble lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wazed will feel that in the morning.
No luck for Wazed with that takedown attempt.
Wazed misses with an uppercut. Rubble saw that one coming.
Wazed shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sheikh Hasina Wazed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rubble is looking to slow Wazed down with leg kicks.
Rubble connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble doesn't manage to clinch there - Wazed circles away.
Wazed shoots in looking for a takedown. Rubble tries to sprawl out of it but Wazed keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rubble manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Rubble moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rubble.
Rubble missing with knees to the body.
Rubble lands a damaging elbow.
Rubble using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rubble working Wazed over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Rubble.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wazed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rubble landing knees to the body.
Rubble landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rubble lands an elbow just above Wazed 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rubble obliges.
Wazed takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wazed blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wazed blocks it with crossed arms.
Wazed is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rubble gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubble lands a knee to the body.
Wazed takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rubble misses with a knee strike.
Wazed takes an elbow to the temple.
Rubble landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wazed is looking for a takedown.
Barney Rubble is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wazed takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rubble landing knees to the body.
Rubble with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wazed content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Wazed takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wazed goes for a takedown attempt but Rubble pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rubble lands with a right hand.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rubble. Wazed shrugs it off though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barney Rubble comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rubble winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barney Rubble!
Barney Rubble thanked the fans post fight for their support.