PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bumbaclot Rasta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Hulbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rasta comes to the cage accompanied by Young Forever by Jay-Z. Hulbert has chosen eminem you dont know as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rasta
vs
Hulbert

197 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bumbaclot Rasta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sam Hulbert!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hulbert throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rasta.
Rasta throws a chopping leg kick but Hulbert manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hulbert throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Hulbert does no damage.

Rasta shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Rasta is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Hulbert has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Hulbert!
Rasta working a defensive guard here.
Rasta manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hulbert manages to get himself to full guard.
Rasta postures up in Hulbert's guard and throws a big left but Hulbert blocks it.
Hulbert utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rasta working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rasta might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hulbert preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasta scoring with punches to the head and body.

Rasta is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hulbert is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hulbert has escaped and now he's on top!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rasta is on top in guard.
Rasta lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hulbert working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rasta.
Hulbert working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rasta.
Rasta scoring with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rasta accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rasta is in close to Hulbert's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rasta throws a strike but Hulbert rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hulbert postures up in Rasta's guard and throws a big left but Rasta blocks it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rasta is on top in guard.
Rasta scoring with some ground and pound.
Hulbert looks gassed!
Rasta passes Hulbert's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rasta is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rasta is looking to stall here but Hulbert recovers full guard.
Rasta pushes down on Hulbert's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Well, if Rasta is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Rasta lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasta lands with a punch from half guard.
Rasta looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rasta perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rasta seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hulbert for as long as he can get away with.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rasta moves into full mount! Hulbert won't be happy about that!
Rasta lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bumbaclot Rasta dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rasta shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rasta showed some decent athleticism there.
Rasta throwing shots but Hulbert is blocking nicely.
Rasta has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rasta looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hulbert with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rasta working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rasta is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Rasta landing strikes from the mount.
Hulbert is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee warns Hulbert that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rasta unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Hulbert wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Rasta celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bumbaclot Rasta!
Our winner, Bumbaclot Rasta, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.