PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lucky Charm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Texas Trash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Charm
vs
Trash

150 cm
28
142 lbs
15 - 23 - 0

170 cm
30
140 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 15 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lucky Charm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Texas Trash!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Charm closes the distance and pushes Trash back into the cage.
Trash is trying to force a seperation but Charm has the dominant position.
Charm lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Charm keeps control of Trash as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Charm's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Charm thows a body shot but no joy.
Charm throws a left and a right that both miss
and Charm takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Charm keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trash.
Trash misses with a looping left.
A jab from Trash misses.
Sloppy strikes from Charm. Those never looked like landing.
Charm misses with a two punch combination.
Charm dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trash. That did some damage!
Charm with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Trash to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charm connects with a looping right hand.
Charm tries to clinch but Trash moves out of range.
Charm throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Trash checks a low kick from Charm.
Good leg kick by Charm there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Trash showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Charm.
Charm fails in his attempt to clinch.
Trash showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Charm.
Trash jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Charm connects with a solid leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Charm!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trash fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A slapping leg kick lands for Charm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trash misses with the combination.
Charm rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trash moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trash throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Charm.
Charm missing with a left hand there. Trash was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Charm throws a leg kick that misses.
Trash scores with a hook.
Charm throws the kick towards the body but Trash avoids it.
Charm throws a lazy right hand but Trash sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Charm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Charm feints a jab promting Trash to slip. Charm then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Trash slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Charm tries to clinch up but Trash circles away and keeps his distance.
Charm swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charm misses with a two punch combination.
Lucky Charm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charm misses with a two punch combination.
Trash cracks Charm with a right hand to the side of the head.
A left and a right from Charm both land. Nice combination.
Trash missing with a left hand there. Charm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Charm tries to clinch but Trash is having none of it.
Trash avoids a punch combination nicely.
Trash avoids the head kick by Charm.
Charm tries to clinch up.
Trash cracks Charm with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Charm misses with a double jab
and Trash counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trash 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charm shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Trash has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Charm throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Charm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice uppercut lands for Trash. That snapped Charm's head back.
Trash scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Charm misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trash scores with a jab.
Charm lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trash circles away quickly and effectively.
Charm falls off balance throwing a combination
and Charm takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trash scores with a jab. Charm acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charm tries to close the distance and clinch up but Trash swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Charm misses with a jab, cross combination.
Charm throws a series of punches but Trash avoids them all with ease.
Trash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucky Charm dominated that 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.

Trash moves out of range as Charm throws a body kick.
Charm misses with a double jab.

Charm has Trash up against the cage in a clinch.

Charm's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Charm misses with a two punch combination.
Charm fails to land with a series of punches.
Trash misses the shot to the body.
Charm is looking to land body kicks.
Trash's jab looks to have found its range, popping Charm under the eye.
A combination from Charm does no damage.
Charm throws a right and a left that both miss.
Charm throws a wild body kick that Trash sees coming a mile off.
Lucky Charm is winning the standup battle so far.
Trash scores with a decent looking hook.
Charm tries to clinch up but Trash circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charm swinging wildly here.
Trash throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Charm throws a right and a left that Trash avoids nicely.
Charm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trash.
Charm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Trash manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Charm will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Charm is looking to clinch.
Charm wants to clinch up but Trash keeps it at a distance.
Charm walks into a stiff left hand from Trash.
Trash shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Trash throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trash lands the left hand.
Trash waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Charm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charm walks into a left hand.
Trash is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Charm throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Charm there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A bone on bone clash there as Trash blocks the leg kick.
Trash with a nice cross.
Trash darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
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!
Trash lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Trash throws out a loose jab but Charm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trash takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Charm throws out a leg kick but Trash moves out of range and Charm only half commits.
Trash throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Charm lands a head kick. Trash smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Trash changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Trash misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charm lands with a slapping head kick.
Trash fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Trash chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Charm can pounce on him.
Charm misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Charm lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Charm throws a series of punches but Trash moves out of range.

Charm has taken the fight to the clinch.

Charm breaks the clinch.
Charm scores with the left hand. Trash knows he should have avoided that one.
Trash digs a good hook to Charm's body.
A solid body kick from Charm.
Charm lands a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charm misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A combination from Charm does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trash shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Charm defends it nicely.
Charm slips under a jab.
Charm pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Charm with a hook.
Charm uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trash.
Charm tries to land a leg kick but Trash saw it coming and moves away.
Trash misses with a wild body shot.
Some wild striking there from Charm.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trash checks a leg kick.
Trash connects with a body shot that sends Charm's belly button to the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucky Charm 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. This is the final round!

A decent looking cross lands there for Charm.
Trash blocks a head kick by Charm.
Charm throws a combination that misses
and Trash counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trash swats away the attempt to clinch by Charm.
Lucky Charm is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trash takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Trash checks a leg kick.
Trash waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Charm.
Trash lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Trash's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Charm misses with a low kick.
Charm misses with a few strikes there.
Trash swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charm falls off balance throwing a combination
and Trash counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trash sizes up Charm with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Trash both land. Nice combination.
Nice defenses there by Charm.
Charm connects with an inside leg kick.
Trash jabs Charm to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Charm takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Charm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charm goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Charm tries to clinch but Trash is having none of it.
Trash misses with an uppercut. Charm saw that one coming.

Charm clinches up against the cage.
Charm keeps control of Trash as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Trash breaks the clinch.
Charm moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trash tests Charm's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Charm takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Charm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Trash manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charm misses with a jab, cross combination.
Trash throws a big shot that misses.
Trash waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Charm.
Charm throws a right hand that Trash ducks under and follows up with a left that Trash also avoids with ease.
Charm tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot by Charm.
Charm steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trash.
Charm takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Trash loads up on a big right hand but Charm slips the punch.
Trash connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Charm looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Charm moves away from the strike by Trash.
A jab from Trash misses.
Trash throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Charm stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Charm misses with a double jab.
Trash swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Charm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trash manages to avoid it.
Charm ducks under a wild hook from Trash.
Trash closes the distance and clinches up with Charm, looking for a takedown. Trash pushes Charm against the cage but Charm circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A big right from Trash misses.
Charm misses with a series of wild punches.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Charm. Trash shrugs it off though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charm works over Trash's head and body with a nice combination.
Trash avoids the body shot from Charm.
Danga de danga de dang - Charm scores with a four punch combination!
Charm misses with a series of wild punches.
Charm misses with a two punch combination.
Lucky Charm is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charm fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Charm takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Trash misses with an uppercut. Charm saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trash slips a jab and a cross from Charm.
Charm takes a swing at Trash's ribcage but misses.
Texas Trash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trash fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Charm looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Charm looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

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 Lucky Charm.
Well Charm 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucky Charm!