PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Fubar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Jay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fubar
vs
Jay

180 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dustin Fubar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Jay!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fubar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jay manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jay lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jay misses with a double jab.
A combination from Jay does no damage.
Fubar tries to clinch but Jay moves out of range.

Fubar clinches up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Fubar.
Fubar prevents Jay from breaking the clinch.
Fubar stalling the fight.
Fubar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Fubar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fubar digs a right hand underneath Jay's ribcage. Jay let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fubar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jay wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fubar has him pressed against the cage.
Fubar dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fubar wants to break free but Jay has control.
Jay tries to circle away but Fubar has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fubar slowing the pace effectively.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fubar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fubar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jay has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fubar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jay backwards.

Jay breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fubar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jay swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fubar circles away quickly and effectively.
Fubar tries to clinch but Jay is having none of it.
Fubar doesn't manage to clinch there - Jay circles away.
Jay throws a right and a left that Fubar avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Jay. Those never looked like landing.
Jay swinging wildly here.
Fubar wants to clinch.
Fubar doesn't manage to clinch there - Jay circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fubar closes the distance and pushes Jay back into the cage.
Fubar drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jay wants to break free but Fubar has control.
Fubar displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jay up against the cage.

Jay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jay misses with a wild combination.

Fubar forces Jay back against the cage and clinches.
Fubar slows down the pace here.
Fubar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jay backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fubar.
Jay is looking for a takedown.
Jay blocking some punches.
Fubar gets through Jay's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fubar can't find room to land a body shot as Jay controls the action.
Fubar pushes Jay back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fubar cracks Jay with a nice body shot.
Jay tries to circle away but Fubar has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fubar is looking to break free of the clinch but Jay has double underhooks.
Fubar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Jay escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jay scores with a leg kick.
Jay swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fubar tries to close the distance and clinch but Jay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fubar tries to clinch but Jay is having none of it.
Fubar is looking to clinch.
Fubar tries to clinch but Jay is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fubar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jay swinging wildly here.
Fubar checks a low kick from Jay.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fubar tries to clinch up but Jay circles away and keeps his distance.
Fubar tries to clinch there but Jay circles away.

Fubar clinches with his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Fubar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fubar gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fubar.
Fubar has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jay avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Fubar struggles to land a body shot inside as Jay controls his hands.
Fubar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jay's elbow.
Fubar tries to throw a body punch but Jay avoids it by throwing Fubar back against the cage.
Fubar misses with a body punch.
Jay is trying to break the clinch but Fubar is controlling him.

Jay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Joe Jay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Fubar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jay wants to get back to striking at distance but Fubar won't allow it.
Fubar has Jay pressed against the cage, preventing Jay from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fubar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jay wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fubar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fubar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fubar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jay's efforts to push away.
Fubar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jay is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Fubar is trying to break the clinch but Jay is controlling him.
Fubar is trying to break the clinch but Jay is controlling him.
Fubar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jay's elbow.
Jay fails to pull guard.
Fubar tries to circle away but Jay has him pinned against the cage.
Fubar slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fubar tries to work over Jay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jay wants to break free but Fubar has control.
Fubar pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dustin Fubar.
Jay misses with a series of wild punches.
Jay attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jay fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fubar checks it well.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fubar checks a leg kick.
Jay thumps Fubar with a low kick.
Fubar is looking to clinch but Jay is avoiding it.
Fubar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fubar wants to clinch.
Fubar fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay misses with a double jab

and Fubar counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fubar.
Jay wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fubar has him pressed against the cage.
Fubar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jay takes a shot to the head.
Fubar tries to throw a body punch but Jay avoids it by throwing Fubar back against the cage.
Fubar stalling.
Dustin Fubar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fubar seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Fubar throws a punch but it's blocked by Jay.

Jay breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fubar checks the leg kick.
Jay buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fubar is looking to clinch.
Jay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fubar circles away quickly and effectively.

Fubar closes the distance and clinches.
Fubar lands an uppercut.
Fubar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jay tries to break the clinch but Fubar is controlling the position.
Jay prevents a body shot from Fubar.
Jay is looking to break free of the clinch but Fubar has double underhooks.
Fubar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fubar.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jay has had enough of the clinch but Fubar keeps him there for the moment.
Fubar swings wildly with an uppercut but Jay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fubar can't find room to land a body shot as Jay controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Fubar dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Fubar tries to clinch up but Jay circles away and keeps his distance.
Fubar wants to clinch.
Jay rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fubar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fubar tries to clinch but Jay is having none of it.
Jay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fubar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jay swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fubar tries to clinch up.
Jay throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fubar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fubar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fubar looks to clinch
and Jay counters with a two punch combo.
Jay throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fubar.
Jay tries to bum rush Fubar with a series of wild strikes but Fubar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fubar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fubar tries to clinch but Jay moves out of range.
Jay shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fubar but Fubar pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jay throws a nice looking combination but Fubar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jay takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fubar moves into the clinch successfully.
Fubar lands a nice uppercut.
Fubar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fubar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jay backwards.
Fubar scores with a shoulder strike.
Fubar digs a right hand underneath Jay's ribcage. Jay let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fubar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jays head.
Fubar misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Fubar.
Fubar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jay up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Fubar for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay can't break the clinch.
Fubar stalling in the clinch.
Jay wants to get back to striking at distance but Fubar won't allow it.
Fubar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fubar misses with a body punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fubar lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Jay is fighting off a takedown attempt but Fubar is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Jay to the mat. Jay regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Fubar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fubar sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fubar chips away with some ground and pound.
Fubar lands a couple of elbows.

Jay looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fubar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fubar throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fubar is in close to Jay's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fubar tries to free his leg and advance position but Jay is retaining full guard.
Fubar has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fubar trying to control the position from guard on top but Jay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jay preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fubar wants to control from the top but Jay keeps moving.
Fubar controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jay trying to keep a closed guard but Fubar is proving a slippery customer.
Joe Jay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Fubar fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dustin Fubar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fubar, 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight for Dustin Fubar!
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight for Dustin Fubar!
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight for Dustin Fubar!

Dustin Fubar wins by unanimous decision!