PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Rumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Blair (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.

Rumble
vs
Blair

190 cm
26
195 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

197 cm
33
192 lbs
25 - 15 - 1

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Rumble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Blair!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rumble throws a looping overhand right but Blair ducks down to avoid it.
Blair tests Rumble's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blair takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rumble just misses with a punch to the body.
Rumble connects with a body shot.
Rumble comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Blair misses with a straight right.
Jab from Blair.
Rumble throws a shot from downtown. Blair moves away and avoids it.
Rumble misses with a wild body shot.
Blair throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rumble has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rumble there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rumble slips a straight right by Blair.
Blair throws a hook but Rumble blocks it.
Blair's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rumble under the eye.
Blair slips a jab from Rumble.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blair throws a hook but Rumble blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rumble cracks Blair with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rumble displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blair throws out the jab.
Blair misses with a looping left.
Rumble throws a good cross that connects.
Nice body punch from Rumble.
Blair slips a jab and a cross from Rumble.
Rumble misses with a looping right.
Blair scores with a jab.
A jab from Rumble finds it's way through Blair's defenses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rumble.
Rumble swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rumble tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blair was well out of range. Poor timing from Rumble.
Rumble connects with a looping right hand.
Blair uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rumble.
Blair might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rumble staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blair throws a hook but Rumble avoids it easily.
Blair waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rumble.
Rumble scores with a decent looking hook.
A cross from Rumble lands.
Blair throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rumble defending well as Blair loads up on a big left hand.
Blair missing with a left hand there. Rumble was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blair lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Blair fails to land with a series of punches.
Blair misses with an uppercut.
Blair throws out a loose jab but Rumble uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blair misses with a hook.
Blair connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rumble with a nice cross.
Blair misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rumble throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blair tries to bum rush Rumble with a series of wild strikes but Rumble uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big left from Rumble misses.
Rumble moves out of range as Blair strikes.
Blair avoids the body shot from Rumble.
Rumble takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rumble swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blair throws a hook to the side of Rumble's head but Rumble sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good exchange - Blair coming out on top.
Blair slips a straight right by Rumble.
Rumble scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rumble blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Rumble.
A cross from Rumble lands.
Rumble keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rumble keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rumble fails to land with a series of punches.
Rumble scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blair displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rumble throws out the jab.
Rumble looks to land a combination but Blair avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blair jabs Rumble right on the nose. Rumble blinks but takes it well.
Blair ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blair scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Blair throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rumble moves out of range as Blair strikes.
Rumble moves away from the strike by Blair.
Rumble throws a looping overhand right but Blair ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blair throws a jab but it's blocked by Rumble.
Blair throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rumble throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Joe Rumble will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rumble slips under a jab.
Rumble connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Blair in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Blair punishes Rumble's body with a nice straight punch.
Blair takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Blair misses with a body shot.
A jab from Blair finds it's way through Rumble's defenses.
Rumble misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blair slips a straight right by Rumble.
Blair cracks Rumble with an open hand slap.
Rumble misses the shot to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Blair.
Rumble misses the shot to the body.
Blair cracks Rumble with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rumble doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blair lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rumble thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blair thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rumble fails to land with a series of punches.
Rumble scores with a jab.
Rumble swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blair counters with a one-two to the body.
Blair closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Blair ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rumble moves away.
Rumble throws a jab but it's blocked by Blair.
Rumble shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Blair throws a poor cross that misses
and Rumble cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Blair finds it's way through Rumble's defenses.
Blair misses with a few strikes there.
A big right from Rumble misses.
Rumble takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blair looks to score with a jab to the body but Rumble is just out of range.
A big left from Blair misses.
Blair misses with a looping right.
Rumble throws out a loose jab but Blair uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rumble takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blair missing with a left hand there. Rumble was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blair connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jab from Rumble.
Blair missing with a left hand there. Rumble was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rumble scores with a jab to the body.
Rumble lands with a hook. Blair tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rumble. Blair does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blair looks to score with a jab to the body but Rumble is just out of range.
Rumble displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blair throws out the jab.
Rumble displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blair throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair throws a jab but it's blocked by Rumble.
Blair has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rumble finds it's way round the side to connect with Blair's head.
Rumble throws out a loose jab but Blair uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rumble lands a slapping body shot.
Blair misses with the combination.
Blair ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rumble moves away.
A punch combination from Rumble misses.
Rumble throws a shot from downtown. Blair moves away and avoids it.
Blair tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rumble was well out of range. Poor timing from Blair.
Blair waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rumble.
Rumble jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blair pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blair is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rumble.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair misses with an uppercut
and Rumble counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Rumble misses.
Rumble avoids the body shot from Blair.
Blair blocks a jab.
Blair takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rumble is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Blair misses with an uppercut. Rumble saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blair misses the jab.
Rumble scores with the left hand. Blair knows he should have avoided that one.
Blair throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blair has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rumble. Blair does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rumble throws the left hand but Blair avoids the punch easily.
Blair on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rumble misses with a body punch
and Blair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jimmy Blair will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Blair misses with a hook. Rumble ducked under it nicely.
Rumble will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Joe Rumble is winning the standup battle so far.
Rumble looks to throw the jab but Blair is out of range.
Rumble ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rumble thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blair looks for the body kick but Rumble saw that one coming.
Blair moves out of range as Rumble strikes.
Rumble looks to score with a jab to the body but Blair is just out of range.
Blair swings widly with a right hand
and Rumble counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rumble misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blair throws a series of punches but Rumble avoids them all with ease.
Rumble looks to land a right hand but Blair moved out of range.
Blair ducks under a wild hook from Rumble.
Sloppy strikes from Rumble. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Blair.
Rumble misses the jab.
Rumble pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blair throws a poor cross that misses
and Rumble counters with a three punch combo that has Blair backing up. Blair nods at Rumble to acknowledge the strikes.
Rumble misses with an uppercut. Blair saw that one coming.
Rumble lands with a shot to the body.
Rumble looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fighters circling - Blair throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rumble tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blair was well out of range. Poor timing from Rumble.
Blair throws a right hand that misses
and Rumble counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rumble misses with an uppercut
and Blair counters with a one-two to the body.
Blair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rumble gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sloppy strikes from Blair. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rumble throws a combination. Blair tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blair misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rumble.
Blair misses the shot to the body.
Blair uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rumble.
Rumble thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blair connects with a body shot that sends Rumble's belly button to the back.
Rumble sizes up Blair with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Blair moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rumble connects with the punch.
Blair slips a straight right by Rumble.
Rumble slips under a jab.
Blair cracks Rumble with a good jab.
Blair looks to land a right hand but Rumble moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rumble uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blair.
Rumble moves out of range of the strikes.
Rumble throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blair stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Blair misses with a straight left.
Rumble takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Danga de danga de dang - Rumble scores with a four punch combination!
Rumble is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rumble scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Blair connects with a nice looking jab.
Blair throws a big shot that misses.
A combination from Blair does no damage.
Rumble swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blair throws a hook to the side of Rumble's head but Rumble sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rumble jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rumble just misses with a punch to the body.
Rumble misses with a two punch combination.
Rumble misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blair.
Rumble is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blair punishes Rumble's body with a nice straight punch.
Rumble misses with a looping right.
Rumble ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blair moves away.
Blair takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rumble uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Blair has time to react.
Blair avoids the body shot from Rumble.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rumble lands with an overhand left.
Rumble is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blair.
Blair misses with an uppercut. Rumble saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Rumble showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rumble 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 Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28

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