PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Albert Klump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goku Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klump comes to the cage accompanied by HEY HEY HEY. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Klump
vs
Dragon

198 cm
23
285 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
280 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Convicted

Golden Lilium

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Albert Klump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Goku Dragon!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klump swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dragon shoots for a takedown but Klump saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Klump misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Klump.
Nice takedown defense from Klump. No joy for Dragon on that attempt.
Klump throws a right and a left that Dragon avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Klump throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dragon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Albert Klump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Goku Dragon.
Klump throws a jab when Dragon was well out of range.
Klump throws a shot from downtown. Dragon moves away and avoids it.
Klump looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Klump does no damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Dragon gets the takedown into side control.

Dragon is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Klump has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dragon in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Dragon swings around for an armbar but Klump sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Dragon's guard.
Dragon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Klump is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragon is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dragon looks gassed!
Dragon will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Dragon wants to improve his position but instead Klump has moved into half guard.
Dragon gets back to full guard.
Klump wants to stand but Dragon has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dragon wants to sweep but no luck.

Klump stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Klump loads up on a big right hand but Dragon slips the punch.
Klump looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Klump rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dragon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Dragon shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dragon showed some decent athleticism there.
Dragon 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.
Dragon slips a nice elbow through Klump's hands, connecting with Klump's forehead.
Klump avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dragon.
Dragon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Klump tries to kick Dragon off but Dragon keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Dragon throws a strike but Klump avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Dragon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Klump works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dragon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dragon tries to free his leg and advance position but Klump is retaining full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dragon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Klump throws a series of punches but Dragon avoids them all with ease.
Dragon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klump.
Klump works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Klump rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dragon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Klump throws a right and a left that Dragon avoids nicely.

Dragon closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Dragon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dragon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Klump pushes Dragon away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Dragon gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragon throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Klump is trying to buck Dragon off.

Dragon thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Dragon prevents Klump from escaping the position.
Dragon looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Klump is avoiding damage well.
Klump is trying to buck Dragon off.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Dragon gets a takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goku Dragon dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Klump misses with a straight right.
Dragon looks for a takedown but Klump sprawls well.
Dragon closes this distance looking for a takedown but Klump circles away.
Klump misses with a two punch combination.
Klump misses with the combination.
Dragon tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Klump swivels and escapes.
Albert Klump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Goku Dragon.
No joy there for Klump, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Klump misses with a wild combination.
Dragon shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klump throws a right and a left that Dragon avoids nicely.
Klump scores with a one two! Dragon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Klump throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Goku Dragon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dragon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Klump lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragon shoots in for a double leg but Klump sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dragon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klump.
Dragon shoots for a takedown but Klump saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Some wild striking there from Klump.
Klump throws out a loose jab but Dragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Albert Klump is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dragon gets the takedown into side control.
Klump parries the strikes from Dragon easily there. Dragon is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Klump to escape.
Dragon is trying to move to mount but Klump reverses beautifully and ends up in Dragon's guard.
Klump has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Klump stopping the sweep attempt from Dragon.
Klump wants to stand but Dragon is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klump preventing the sweep.
Klump would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Dragon lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Klump!

Dragon has control of Klump's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Klump regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klump taking shots to the head.
Dragon trying to control but Klump is having none of it.
Dragon sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dragon looking to ground and pound but Klump is blocking nicely.
BOOM! Dragon connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Klump wants to try and get back to his feet.
Dragon punching from mount but Klump doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Dragon thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Klump wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dragon.
Dragon lands a big elbow.

Dragon is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Klump has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Klump!

Dragon working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Klump has passed into half guard!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dragon tries to roll over but Klump keeps him under control.
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 Albert Klump will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Klump!
Klump misses with the combination.
Dragon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dragon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dragon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Klump scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Klump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Klump looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dragon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dragon tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Klump swivels and escapes.
Albert Klump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Goku Dragon.
Dragon shoots in for a takedown but Klump shows good takedown defense.
Klump works the jab nicely.
Klump throws a nice looking combination but Dragon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Dragon forces Klump back against the cage and clinches.
Klump stops a takedown attempt from Dragon.
Dragon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Klump has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klump has had enough of the clinch but Dragon keeps him there for the moment.
Klump prevents the takedown attempt.
Klump wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dragon has him pressed against the cage.
Dragon tries for a takedown but Klump manages to get underhooks.

Klump manages to break the clinch.
Klump throws a series of punches but Dragon avoids them all with ease.
Dragon shoots in but Klump avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Klump is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dragon shoots for a takedown but Klump saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Dragon looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Klump!
Dragon thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klump squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Dragon landing shots from mount.
Klump's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Dragon unloads with some shots from mount but Klump bucks and avoids them well.

Dragon goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Klump is on top in guard.
Dragon wants to sweep here but Klump controlling him for the moment.

Dragon has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Klump can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragon throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Dragon throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dragon wants to sweep here but Klump controlling him for the moment.
Klump has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Dragon is proving hard to escape from.

Dragon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Klump goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dragon shoots in but Klump avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Klump throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Dragon fails with the takedown.
Klump stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Horrible takedown by Dragon or perhaps it was just good defense by Klump which made him look bad.
Klump lands with an overhand left.
Klump misses with a jab, cross combination.

Dragon feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klump preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Klump utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dragon wants to pass the guard but Klump is keeping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Albert Klump showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Klump has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Goku Dragon!