PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ho Lulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TheNewYork Dumbass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). TheNewYork Dumbass has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lulu
vs
Dumbass

215 cm
30
275 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

187 cm
21
273 lbs
10 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite 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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ho Lulu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, TheNewYork Dumbass!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dumbass avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dumbass has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Lulu is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Lulu tries to close the distance and clinch but Dumbass swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lulu closes the distance but Dumbass moves to the side
letting Dumbass counter with a right hand.
Dumbass circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dumbass counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lulu wants to clinch but Dumbass slips to the side
and Dumbass counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lulu tries to clinch up but Dumbass circles away and keeps his distance.
Lulu tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dumbass makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dumbass circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dumbass counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lulu wants to clinch but Dumbass slips to the side
and Dumbass counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Lulu moves into the clinch.
Lulu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dumbass's efforts to push away.
Dumbass is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dumbass lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lulu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dumbass misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dumbass blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dumbass being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lulu gets through Dumbass's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dumbass is looking to break free of the clinch but Lulu has double underhooks.
Lulu is pushing Dumbass up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lulu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lulu blocks an uppercut.
Lulu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like TheNewYork Dumbass has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lulu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Come on Lulu - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dumbass can't find room to land a body shot as Lulu controls the action.
Dumbass lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lulu backwards.
Lulu lands a nice elbow.
Lulu holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lulu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumbass blocks the elbow strike.
Dumbass lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dumbass throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dumbass is trying to break the clinch but Lulu is controlling him.
Dumbass trying to stall but Lulu improves his position.
Dumbass wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dumbass tries to throw a body punch but Lulu avoids it by throwing Dumbass back against the cage.
Dumbass managing to block the knees to the body from Lulu.
Lulu has Dumbass pressed against the cage.
Dumbass wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lulu has him pressed against the cage.
Dumbass tries to land a knee to the head but Lulu blocks with his arms.
Dumbass working hard to break the clinch.
Lulu blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lulu.
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!
Dumbass dodges an elbow strike from Lulu.
Dumbass tries a body shot but Lulu blocks it.

Dumbass breaks from the clinch.
Lulu tries to clinch but Dumbass moves away
enabling Dumbass to counter with a crisp jab.
Ho Lulu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lulu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dumbass avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lulu wants to clinch up but Dumbass keeps it at a distance.
Lulu tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dumbass counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lulu tries to clinch up
and Dumbass counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lulu thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TheNewYork Dumbass dominated that round.
The cut man is working on TheNewYork Dumbass's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lulu darts in trying to clinch
and Dumbass cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lulu tries to clinch
and Dumbass counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lulu thinking.
Dumbass circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dumbass counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lulu tries to clinch up
and Dumbass counters with a nice body shot.
TheNewYork Dumbass seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lulu doesn't manage to clinch there - Dumbass circles away.
Lulu misses with a left hand
and Dumbass makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dumbass avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice shot lands for Lulu.

Lulu pushes Dumbass up against the cage in a clinch.
Dumbass misses with a hook from the clinch.

Dumbass pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lulu wants to clinch.
Lulu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dumbass paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lulu wants to clinch
and Dumbass counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lulu fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lulu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lulu tries to close the distance and clinch but Dumbass swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dumbass.
Lulu crunches a lovely knee into Dumbass's ribcage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dumbass creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dumbass lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lulu misses with an elbow over the top.
Dumbass goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lulu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dumbass managing to block the knees to the body from Lulu.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dumbass.
Lulu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lulu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lulu manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lulu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lulu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lulu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dumbass.
Nice body punch from Dumbass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lulu stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lulu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
TheNewYork Dumbass seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dumbass works on Lulu's body with a couple of short punches.
Dumbass avoids a wild elbow strike from Lulu.
Dumbass working hard to break the clinch.
Dumbass has a couple of punches blocked by Lulu.
Dumbass working hard to break the clinch.
Dumbass tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lulu's elbow.
Dumbass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dumbass tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lulu's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lulu.
Lulu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lulu has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dumbass creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Lulu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dumbass lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lulu.
Dumbass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TheNewYork Dumbass showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on TheNewYork Dumbass's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Lulu tries to clinch but Dumbass moves away
and Dumbass counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lulu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lulu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dumbass paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lulu wants to clinch.
Lulu moves to clinch but Dumbass breaks away
and Dumbass counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Dumbass gets tackled into the cage by Lulu. Lulu maintains the clinch.
Dumbass is trying to break the clinch but Lulu is controlling him.
Lulu lands an uppercut.
Lulu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lulu throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dumbass tries a knee to the head but Lulu blocks it.
Dumbass throws a punch but it's blocked by Lulu.
Lulu pushes Dumbass back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dumbass tries to land a knee to the head but Lulu blocks with his arms.
Dumbass wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lulu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lulu lands a nice elbow.
Dumbass works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dumbass lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lulu pushes off an throws an elbow but Dumbass leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dumbass taking a breather.
Dumbass lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dumbass trying to control the position but instead, Lulu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dumbass into the cage.
Dumbass missing with knees to the body.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lulu wants to clinch.
Lulu tries to clinch up
and Dumbass counters with a series of strikes. Lulu will be more careful next time no doubt.

Lulu is rocked!

Lulu takes the fight into the clinch.
Lulu misses with a punch to the body.
Dumbass lands a nice knee to the body.
Dumbass lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Dumbass.
Dumbass lands with a right to the head.
Lulu swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dumbass tries to break the clinch but Lulu is controlling the position.
Lulu trying to stall but Dumbass improves his position.
Dumbass lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Dumbass.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dumbass.
A head punch on the inside from Dumbass fails to land.

Dumbass drops Lulu onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Lulu is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Lulu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dumbass cracks Lulu with a nice body shot.
Dumbass creates a bit of distance and cracks Lulu with a massive left hook! Lulu crumples out of camera shot, completely unconscious! He's been Nelmarked! Dumbass stares at him for a moment then struts over to his corner, victorious.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). TheNewYork Dumbass!