PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Muntz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Layne Fields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Muntz
vs
Fields

182 cm
28
198 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

192 cm
33
197 lbs
18 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nelson Muntz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Layne Fields!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fields takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fields tries to clinch there but Muntz circles away.
Muntz works the jab nicely.
Muntz swats away the attempt to clinch by Fields.
Fields ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Fields has Muntz up against the cage in a clinch.
Fields misses with a knee strike.
Fields lands a nice knee to the body.
Muntz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fields looking to throw knees to the head but Muntz is blocking nicely.
Fields keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muntz's efforts to push away.
Fields throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Muntz blocks it with crossed arms.
Fields gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Nelson Muntz has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muntz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Muntz is trying to break the clinch but Fields is controlling him.
Muntz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Fields manages to break the clinch.
Muntz cracks Fields with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Fields throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Muntz blocks a head kick by Fields.
Fields misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fields keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muntz throws a body punch but Fields moves out of range.
Muntz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fields uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Muntz.
Nice shot by Muntz.
Fields fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muntz swings for the body but Fields moves out of range.
Muntz keeps the fight on the outside.
Layne Fields seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Fields misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Fields darts in and clinches Muntz up against the cage.
Muntz is trying to break free.
Muntz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fields misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fields throws an elbow that misses.

Muntz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fields ducks under a wild hook from Muntz.
Fields pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Muntz misses with an uppercut.
Fields fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fields tries to clinch but Muntz moves out of range.
Fields tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Muntz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Layne Fields has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fields ducks under a wild hook from Muntz.
Muntz tries to bum rush Fields with a series of wild strikes but Fields uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Muntz works over Fields's head and body with a nice combination.
Fields's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Muntz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fields scrambles back to his feet.
Fields blocks a jab.
Fields moves in looking to clinch but Muntz pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muntz. Fields does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Muntz, as that shot connected.
Muntz slips a jab and a cross from Fields.
Muntz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fields tries to clinch there but Muntz circles away.
Fields drops his hands momentarily and Muntz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fields tries to clinch but Muntz moves out of range.
Muntz sizes up Fields with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Muntz slips under a jab from Fields.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muntz thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fields takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fields moves to clinch but Muntz breaks away
and Muntz counters with a left to the body.
Fields takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fields tries to clinch but Muntz is having none of it.
Fields is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fields defending well as Muntz loads up on a big left hand.
Muntz feints a jab promting Fields to slip. Muntz then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fields slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Muntz misses the jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Muntz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Muntz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A swing and a miss from Muntz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nelson Muntz dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A big right from Fields misses.
Fields tries to clinch
and Muntz counters with a straight right hand.
Muntz scores with a jab. Fields acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Muntz scores with a jab to the body.
Fields scores with a jab to the head.
Fields throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Muntz throws a series of punches but Fields avoids them all with ease.
Fields tries to clinch there but Muntz circles away.
Nelson Muntz is winning the standup battle so far.
Fields throws a solid leg kick but Muntz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fields.
Muntz misses with a body shot.
Fields tries to close the distance and clinch but Muntz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Muntz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fields takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Muntz throws a hook to the side of Fields's head but Fields sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Muntz, as that shot connected.
Muntz connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fields darts in trying to clinch
and Muntz counters with a nice uppercut.
Fields tries to clinch up but Muntz circles away and keeps his distance.
Muntz thows a body shot but no joy.
Fields tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muntz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fields scores with a head kick. Muntz tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Muntz lands a lovely overhand right.
Fields is looking to clinch.
Fields wants to clinch up but Muntz keeps it at a distance.
Muntz looks to score with a jab to the body but Fields is just out of range.
Fields ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Fields clinches with his opponent.
Fields creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Muntz's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muntz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fields is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Muntz is defending well for now.
Fields misses with a knee to the head.
Fields tries to land knees in the clinch but Muntz avoids the damage to the body.
Fields is leaning against Muntz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fields tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Muntz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fields misses with a looping right.
Muntz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That has opened up Layne Fields's cut even more.
Fields slips under a jab from Muntz.
Muntz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Muntz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fields.
Muntz throws a nice looking combination but Fields bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Muntz just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fields looks to land a right hand but Muntz moved out of range.
Fields wants to clinch.
Muntz misses with a straight right.
Muntz swings for the body but Fields moves out of range.
Muntz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fields throws a head kick but Muntz moves out of range.
Muntz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Fields counter with a right hand.
Muntz swats away the attempt to clinch by Fields.
Muntz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Fields, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fields scores with a jab. Muntz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fields tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Muntz counters with a three punch combo that has Fields backing up. Fields nods at Muntz to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fields uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muntz.
Fields takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Muntz swings for the body but Fields moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muntz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fields moves away.
Muntz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Fields. That one must have hurt.
Fields scores with a nice right hand.
Muntz moves out of range of the leg kick from Fields.
Muntz throws a body punch but Fields moves out of range.
Fields fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fields throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fields throws a head kick that Muntz semi-blocks.
Fields tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fields takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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 Nelson Muntz will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!

Muntz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fields has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fields uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muntz.
Fields doesn't manage to clinch there - Muntz circles away.
Fields defending well as Muntz loads up on a big left hand.
Fields defending well as Muntz loads up on a big left hand.

Fields has closed the distance and engaged Muntz in a clinch.
Fields tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muntz's elbow.

Fields breaks the clinch.
A combination from Muntz does no damage.
Fields ducks under a wild hook from Muntz.
Fields throws a chopping leg kick but Muntz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fields tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muntz tries to circle away but Fields has him pinned against the cage.

Muntz breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fields looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Muntz misses.
Muntz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Muntz swats away the attempt to clinch by Fields.
Fields tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muntz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muntz misses with a looping left.
Fields tries to clinch up.
Muntz lands with a cross.
Fields lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Muntz at a distance.
Muntz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Muntz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Muntz.
Fields tries to clinch but Muntz moves out of range.
Fields tries to clinch up.
Fields fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muntz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Muntz misses the shot to the body.
Muntz stalks Fields and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fields's face. Fields staggers backwards, shaken.

The cut above Layne Fields's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fields tries to clinch up but Muntz circles away and keeps his distance.
Fields slips a jab from Muntz.
Fields is looking to clinch but Muntz is avoiding it.
Muntz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fields.
Muntz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fields.
Muntz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fields misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muntz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fields keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Muntz.
Muntz fails to land with a series of punches.
Fields tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Muntz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muntz throws a right and a left that Fields avoids nicely.
Muntz scores with the left hand. Fields knows he should have avoided that one.

Fields pushes Muntz up against the cage in a clinch.
Fields fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fields tries to land knees in the clinch but Muntz avoids the damage to the body.
I was talking to Muntz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Fields swings wildly with an uppercut but Muntz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fields looking to stall.
Muntz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Layne Fields has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muntz has Fields pressed against the cage, preventing Fields from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fields gets through Muntz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Muntz is looking to break free of the clinch but Fields has double underhooks.
Fields keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muntz's efforts to push away.
Fields manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Muntz dodges an elbow strike from Fields.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fields throws an elbow that misses.
Fields swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Muntz avoids a wild elbow strike from Fields.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nelson Muntz.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Muntz, 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nelson Muntz!
Nelson Muntz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.