PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Rumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Rumble has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Ho
vs
Rumble

180 cm
25
195 lbs
7 - 7 - 1

190 cm
26
195 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Malicestar

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Ricky Ho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Rumble!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rumble connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ho. Ho circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho looks to land a left hand but Rumble moved out of range nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Ho. Those never looked like landing.
Rumble jabs Ho to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A punch combination from Ho misses.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Rumble avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho tries to bum rush Rumble with a series of wild strikes but Rumble uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rumble ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ho moves away.
Rumble fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ho takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rumble changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rumble moves out of range of the body kick.
Rumble wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ho tries to work over Rumble's front leg with a kick but Rumble checks it.
Rumble is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ho rather than just go for the knockout.
Rumble scores with a shot to the body.
Ho throws a front kick aimed at Rumble's knee but Rumble avoids it well.
Rumble takes a swing at Ho's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rumble is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ho.
Ho shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rumble eats them both and turns towards Ho to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A cross from Ho lands.
Ho swinging wildly here.
Ho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho blocks a jab.
Ho blocks a jab.
Ho scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ho misses with the combination.
Ho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rumble was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Rumble dominated that round.
That's time! Ho's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ho misses with a hook.
Ho misses with a body shot
and Rumble counters with a straight right hand.
Joe Rumble seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho jabs at Rumble's body.
Ricky Ho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ho fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rumble on the side of the head.
Rumble thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho fails to land with a series of punches.
Ho ducks under a wild hook from Rumble.
Ho misses with a few strikes there.
Ho connects with a single shot there.
Rumble showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ho.
Rumble misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rumble lands with a shot to the body.
Rumble ducks under a wild hook from Ho.
Rumble just misses with a punch to the body.
Rumble looks to score with a jab to the body but Ho is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ho thuds a left hand into Rumble's body.
Rumble misses with a wild body shot.
Rumble waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ho.
Ho misses with a wild combination.
Ho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ho scores with a nice head shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Ho scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Ho dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rumble tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho was well out of range. Poor timing from Rumble.
Rumble 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.
Ho displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A swing and a miss from Rumble.
Ho tries a low kick but Rumble avoids it.
Ho on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rumble uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho.
Ho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rumble checks a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Rumble. That snapped Ho's head back.

It looks like Ricky Ho has been cut.
Rumble throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ho ducks under a wild hook from Rumble.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho throws a low kick but Rumble avoids it.
Rumble avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rumble lands a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Rumble. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho throws a series of punches but Rumble moves out of range.
Ho attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rumble pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ho misses with a right hand
and Rumble counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rumble is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ho.
Rumble swings widly with a right hand
enabling Ho to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ho lunges at Rumble with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rumble's hand.
Ho throws a hook to the side of Rumble's head but Rumble sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Rumble comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rumble has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Rumble!