PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Hibbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Munna Psychedelia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Munna Psychedelia will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hibbert
vs
Psychedelia

188 cm
25
250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

168 cm
20
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Hibbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Munna Psychedelia!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hibbert fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Psychedelia avoids it really well and circles away.
Psychedelia circles away from the clinch attempt
and Psychedelia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Psychedelia fails with the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Psychedelia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hibbert lands with a straight right. Psychedelia didn't see that one coming.
Tommy Hibbert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Psychedelia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Hibbert gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hibbert.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Psychedelia is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hibbert gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hibbert has Psychedelia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Psychedelia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Psychedelia is trying to push Hibbert away but Hibbert has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hibbert working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hibbert lands a right hand.

Hibbert wants the takedown. Psychedelia is fighting it off but Hibbert persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Psychedelia's guard against the cage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Psychedelia had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hibbert defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Psychedelia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hibbert prevents Psychedelia from getting back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hibbert accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Psychedelia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hibbert with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Psychedelia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Psychedelia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hibbert is one step ahead there.
Hibbert postures up in Psychedelia's guard and throws a big left but Psychedelia blocks it.
Hibbert postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hibbert is fighting to break Psychedelia's control of his arms but Psychedelia is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hibbert scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hibbert postures up and lands a big shot to Psychedelia's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hibbert lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hibbert is looking to work some ground and pound but Psychedelia has wrist control.
Hibbert with a nice head shot there.
Hibbert is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hibbert trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hibbert loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hibbert trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hibbert will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Psychedelia lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hibbert!
Psychedelia looks winded!
Psychedelia sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psychedelia prevents Hibbert from getting the reversal.
Psychedelia wants to control the pace but Hibbert is squirming around nicely.
Hibbert is in all sorts of trouble here.
Psychedelia throwing strikes but Hibbert uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psychedelia looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Munna Psychedelia was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Hibbert closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Psychedelia quickly recovers to half guard.
Hibbert could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hibbert looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Psychedelia with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Psychedelia wants to get back to his feet.
Hibbert throwing shots but Psychedelia is blocking nicely.
Hibbert looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Psychedelia with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Psychedelia wants to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hibbert lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Psychedelia trying to control but Hibbert postures up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hibbert lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Hibbert dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hibbert fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Psychedelia avoids it really well and circles away.

Hibbert closes the distance and clinches.
Hibbert lands with a short shot to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Psychedelia.
Hibbert wants a takedown.
Hibbert keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Psychedelia's efforts to push away.
Psychedelia working hard to break the clinch.
Hibbert tries to work over Psychedelia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Psychedelia jumps guard but Hibbert stands there with Psychedelia around his waist. Psychedelia gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hibbert doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hibbert tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hibbert is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Hibbert. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Psychedelia is trying to drag Hibbert to the mat but Hibbert just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hibbert blocks a body shot from Psychedelia.

Hibbert has Psychedelia pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Hibbert pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Psychedelia tumbling to the mat - Hibbert dives into Psychedelia's guard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hibbert here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hibbert with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hibbert is looking to work some ground and pound but Psychedelia has wrist control.
Hibbert keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Psychedelia's head.
Hibbert throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hibbert with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hibbert passes Psychedelia's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Psychedelia is positioning himself well to prevent Hibbert advancing to mount.
Hibbert looks to land a strike but Psychedelia avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Tommy Hibbert overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hibbert throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Psychedelia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hibbert trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Psychedelia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hibbert scoring with some ground and pound.
Hibbert pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Psychedelia is keeping the position for now.
Hibbert throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hibbert postures up in Psychedelia's guard and throws a big left but Psychedelia blocks it.
Psychedelia trying to control the position here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Psychedelia is on top in guard.
Psychedelia is breathing heavily.

Hibbert uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psychedelia dives in and grabs Hibbert's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hibbert pushes down on Psychedelia's head and hops out.
Hibbert looks for a takedown but Psychedelia sprawls well.

Hibbert tries to keep at a distance but Psychedelia has taken the fight into the clinch.

Hibbert has picked Psychedelia up - he's going for a ride! Hibbert dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Hibbert scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hibbert working over Psychedelia with some ground and pound. Psychedelia looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hibbert thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Psychedelia's head.
Hibbert 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.
Psychedelia avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hibbert.
Psychedelia blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hibbert.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psychedelia wants to improve his position but Hibbert is controlling well.
Hibbert working Psychedelia over with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ground and pound from Hibbert.
Hibbert missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Hibbert there.
Hibbert thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Psychedelia's head.

Psychedelia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hibbert working Psychedelia over with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hibbert is nestled in close to Psychedelia, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Psychedelia is trying to maintain the position but Hibbert is very close to passing his half guard.
Hibbert drops an elbow to the side of Psychedelia's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Hibbert dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hibbert looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hibbert works over Psychedelia with some ground and pound from guard.
Hibbert stands and throws Psychedelia's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Psychedelia dodges the ground and pound from Hibbert.
Psychedelia struggling a bit here.
Psychedelia is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Psychedelia takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Psychedelia pushes Hibbert away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hibbert gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Psychedelia takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Psychedelia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hibbert working the head and body with strikes.
Hibbert scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Psychedelia tries to bench press Hibbert off him but Hibbert keeps the position.
Hibbert is chipping away with strikes.
Psychedelia taking a bit of punishment here - Hibbert scoring with strikes.
Hibbert looks up at the clock and then as Psychedelia takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hibbert smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hibbert lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Psychedelia down.
Hibbert scoring with punches and elbows.
Hibbert lands a decent elbow from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Check out the look on Hibbert's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hibbert cracks Psychedelia with a big right hand but Psychedelia just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hibbert connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Psychedelia some visible discomfort.
Hibbert lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hibbert cracks Psychedelia with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hibbert cracks Psychedelia with a big elbow.
Psychedelia on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hibbert lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hibbert working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hibbert in side control lands a decent elbow.
Psychedelia is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hibbert working the head and body with strikes.
Hibbert working the ground and pound.
Hibbert is putting a hurting on Psychedelia here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hibbert grinds an elbow into Psychedelia's temple.

Psychedelia is rocked!
Hibbert cracks Psychedelia with a big elbow.
Psychedelia is still in real trouble! Can Hibbert finish him?
Hibbert works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hibbert cracks Psychedelia with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Hibbert immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Psychedelia is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Hibbert!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Hibbert!