PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bronco Buster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bronco Buster told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Bickle
vs
Buster

176 cm
24
184 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

179 cm
27
180 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Crippler's Corner

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Bickle !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bronco Buster!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buster dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bickle throws a nice looking combination but Buster bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Buster misses with a body kick.

Bickle gets a clinch.
Bickle blocks an elbow strike.
Bickle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Buster landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Buster leaning his opponent against the cage.
Buster looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buster blocks it with crossed arms.
Buster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Buster dodges an elbow strike from Bickle .
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Buster.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buster blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bickle .
Bickle avoiding damage as Buster throws knees to the body.
Bickle cracks Buster with a nice body shot.
Bickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buster.
Bickle with a knee to the head.
Bickle lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Buster.
Bickle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bickle tries a body shot but Buster blocks it.
Bickle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bickle .

It looks like Bronco Buster has been cut.
Bickle misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle lands with a right to the head.
Bickle lands an elbow that stopped Buster in his tracks for a moment.
Buster blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bickle digs a right hand underneath Buster's ribcage. Buster let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bickle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bickle lands an elbow inside.
Bickle missing with knees to the body.
Buster lands a left hand.
Buster is working Bickle over against the cage.
Buster pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bickle misses with a body punch.
Bickle is pressed up against the cage. Buster has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bickle down to the mat. Bickle avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Buster lands with a kick to the temple. Bickle shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buster takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bickle blocks the body kick.
Bickle wants to land a leg kick but Buster is out of range.
Buster misses with a leg kick
and Bickle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Buster throws a low kick but Bickle avoids it.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Buster paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Buster showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bickle .
Buster misses with a hook. Bickle ducked under it nicely.
Buster misses with a wild body shot.
Bickle throws the kick towards the body but Buster avoids it.
Buster has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Buster there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bickle blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Buster.
Bickle thuds a left hand into Buster's body.
Bickle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab from Buster does it's job there.
Bickle throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Buster thuds a left hand into Bickle 's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bickle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Buster misses with an uppercut.
Bickle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Buster manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Buster looks to score with a jab to the body but Bickle is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bickle feints and then cracks Buster's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buster down.
Bickle wants to land a leg kick but Buster is out of range.
That kick from Buster tenderised Bickle 's leg. Bickle is trying to keep his angry face on.
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 Travis Bickle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bronco Buster's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bickle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Buster sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bickle throws a right hand that misses
and Bickle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut there from Buster.
Buster just misses with a punch to the body.
Buster keeps Bickle at a distance using the push kick.
Buster looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Buster tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bickle was well out of range. Poor timing from Buster.
Buster fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Buster avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bickle throws a hook but Buster blocks it.
Buster scores with a body shot.
Bickle throws an off balance right hand
and Buster counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bickle thinking.
Buster misses with a leg kick
enabling Bickle to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buster takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buster throws a body punch but Bickle moves out of range.
Bickle thows a left - swing and a miss!

Bickle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Buster tries to land a knee to the head but Bickle blocks with his arms.
Buster tries a body shot but Bickle blocks it.
Bickle avoids a wild elbow strike from Buster.
Buster blocks an uppercut.
Bickle is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bickle .
A right handed body shot lands from Bickle .
Buster blocks an elbow strike from Bickle .
Bickle gets underhooks to prevent Buster's takedown attempt.
Travis Bickle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bronco Buster.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buster's elbow.
Buster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bickle 's elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bickle lands an elbow just above Buster 's eye.
Buster takes an elbow to the temple.
Bickle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Buster drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buster blocks the elbow strike.
Bickle blocks a body shot from Buster.
Buster avoids a wild elbow strike from Bickle .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buster stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Travis Bickle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bickle misses with a knee to the head.
Bickle can't find room to land a body shot as Buster controls the action.
Buster throws a head punch that misses.
Bickle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Buster fails to land.
Bickle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buster blocks a body shot from Bickle .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Buster.
Nice elbow from Buster.
Buster lands a nice elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Buster takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle lands an elbow just above Buster 's eye.
Bickle prevents a body shot from Buster.
Bickle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bickle lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bickle pushes Buster back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bickle avoids the elbow strike from Buster, against the cage.
Bickle misses with a knee strike.
Buster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bickle 's elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buster is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bickle gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Buster.
Buster has Bickle pushed against the cage.
Bickle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Travis Bickle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bronco Buster's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Bickle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bickle moves out of range as Buster strikes.
Buster throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bickle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Buster slips a jab from Bickle .
Buster shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Buster is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bickle rather than just go for the knockout.
Bickle moves forwards but Buster connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Buster throws a lazy uppercut
and Bickle counters with a straight right hand.
Bickle dodges the punch combination from Buster.
Bickle finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bickle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Buster takes a swing at Bickle 's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buster throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bickle lands a nice looking body shot.
Buster ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bickle moves away.

Bickle has closed the distance and engaged Buster in a clinch.
Buster looking to slow down the pace here.
Bickle lands an elbow just above Buster 's eye.
Buster blocks the elbow strike.

Buster escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Buster throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bickle .
Buster connects with a jab.
Bickle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Buster.
Buster just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buster staying out of range there.
A bone on bone clash there as Bickle blocks the leg kick.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Buster swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Buster misses with an uppercut
and Bickle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Buster misses with a head kick.
Bickle fakes the leg kick and cracks Buster in the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That kick from Bickle tenderised Buster's leg. Buster is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bickle throws a body kick that misses.
Buster lands a leg kick that knocks Bickle off balance momentarily.
Buster tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bickle was well out of range. Poor timing from Buster.
Buster tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buster fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bickle is out of range.
Buster will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bickle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Buster has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Buster and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jab, jab by Bickle - just one landing.
Bickle misses with a body kick.
Buster throws a shot from downtown. Bickle moves away and avoids it.
Bronco Buster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bickle lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bickle lands the left hand.
Bickle gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Buster.
Bickle throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Buster misses with a few strikes there.
Bickle thuds his right hand into Buster's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That kick from Bickle tenderised Buster's leg. Buster is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buster will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bickle takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Buster takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bickle keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bickle scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bickle throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Buster to counter with a crisp jab.

Bickle takes the fight into the clinch.
Buster is trying to break the clinch but Bickle is controlling him.
Bickle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Buster backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Buster.

And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Bickle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bickle , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Bickle !
After winning the bout, Travis Bickle thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.