PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Buster Bluth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Juarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buster Bluth has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bluth
vs
Juarez

185 cm
20
192 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

182 cm
21
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Namunamu Clothing

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Buster Bluth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Juarez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bluth misses with a body kick.
Juarez darts in trying to clinch

and Bluth holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bluth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Juarez blocks it with crossed arms.
Bluth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Juarez is defending well for now.
Juarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Juarez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bluth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Juarez avoids it.
Bluth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Juarez blocks it with crossed arms.

Bluth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Juarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bluth circles away quickly and effectively.
Bluth is looking to chop away at Juarez's legs.
Bluth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bluth moves out of range of the body kick.
Juarez tries to clinch but Bluth is having none of it.
Juarez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Juarez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bluth misses with a looping right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bluth.
Bluth is looking to slow Juarez down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juarez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Juarez tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bluth defends well and Juarez ends up having to push Bluth into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bluth scores a nice knee to the body.
Bluth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Juarez works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Juarez looks winded!
Bluth wants to stand up but Juarez is controlling him.
Bluth looking for a sweep. Not yet Bluth, not yet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bluth keeping moving, preventing Juarez from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bluth is on top in guard.
Bluth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bluth wanted to stand there but Juarez had control of the position.
Bluth keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Juarez's head.
Bluth trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bluth stops Juarez from standing up.
Bluth is stalling in the full guard.

Bluth stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Bluth fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Juarez dodges the punch combination from Bluth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bluth circles away quickly and effectively.
Juarez fails with a takedown attempt.
Buster Bluth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Juarez.
Bluth connects with a right hand. Juarez shakes it off.
Juarez loads up on a big right hand but Bluth slips the punch.

Juarez forces Bluth back against the cage and clinches.

Juarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Juarez swinging wildly here.
Bluth leaves Juarez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bluth turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've been informed that Juarez has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Bluth throws a leg kick which misses Juarez's front leg but catches the back leg as Juarez tries to avoid it.
Juarez 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.
Bluth stuffs the takedown attempt from Juarez. Juarez gets slowly back to his feet.
Bluth bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Juarez's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bluth throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Juarez fails to land the takedown.
Juarez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Juarez tries to clinch but Bluth is having none of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bluth. That's going to slow Juarez down.
Juarez shoots for a double leg takedown but Bluth sprawls well. He's pushed Juarez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bluth.
Bluth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Bluth forces Juarez back against the cage and clinches.
Our sources have told us that Bluth has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Bluth working Juarez over with knees to the body.

Bluth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bluth scoring well with a low kick there.
Bluth goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Juarez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Bluth has closed the distance and engaged Juarez in a clinch.
Juarez is trying to push Bluth away but Bluth has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Bluth dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bluth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Juarez controlling the action here for a moment.
Bluth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Juarez avoids it.

Bluth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bluth avoids the head kick by Juarez.
Juarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Juarez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Juarez doesn't manage to clinch there - Bluth circles away.
Bluth lands a nice looking body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bluth.
Bluth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bluth connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Bluth.
Bluth connects with an inside leg kick.

Bluth clinches with his opponent.
Juarez is breathing heavily.
Bluth connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jason Juarez has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bluth crunches a lovely knee into Juarez's ribcage.
Bluth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Juarez is defending well for now.

Bluth breaks the clinch.
Juarez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice uppercut there from Bluth.
Bluth misses with a wild combination.
Bluth scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid body kick from Bluth.
Bluth keeps the fight on the outside.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bluth, right into the meat.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bluth!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bluth throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bluth lands a head kick!
Bluth dodges the punch combination from Juarez.
Bluth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Juarez can do to turn this around?
Bluth throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Bluth.
Bluth connects with a solid leg kick.

Bluth closes the distance and pushes Juarez back into the cage.
Bluth gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Bluth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A right-left combo lands from Juarez.
Bluth scoring well with a low kick there.
Bluth looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bluth throws a leg kick which misses Juarez's front leg but catches the back leg as Juarez tries to avoid it.
Bluth explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bluth.
Juarez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Buster Bluth is winning the standup battle so far.
Bluth bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bluth chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bluth connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Juarez gets tackled into the cage by Bluth. Bluth maintains the clinch.
Bluth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bluth landing knees to the head.
Bluth lands a knee to the body.
Juarez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bluth is keeping busy.

Bluth breaks the clinch.

Bluth darts in and clinches Juarez up against the cage.
Bluth looking to throw knees to the head but Juarez is blocking nicely.
Bluth is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bluth tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bluth utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bluth misses with a knee strike.

Bluth breaks the clinch.
Juarez takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bluth finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Juarez misses with a combination
and Bluth counters with a solid body kick.
Bluth lands with a kick to the ribs.
Juarez tries to clinch there but Bluth circles away.
Juarez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Buster Bluth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Juarez tries to clinch but Bluth is having none of it.
Juarez looks to land a body kick but Bluth moved away.
Good leg kick by Bluth there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Juarez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bluth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Juarez moves forwards but Bluth connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bluth throws a head kick that Juarez semi-blocks.

Juarez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Juarez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bluth is controlling Juarez's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Bluth dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jason Juarez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Bluth throws a quick inside leg kick.
Juarez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bluth circles away quickly and effectively.
Juarez throws a nice looking combination but Bluth bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bluth has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Horrible takedown by Juarez or perhaps it was just good defense by Bluth which made him look bad.
Bluth scores with a kick to the body.

Bluth has closed the distance and engaged Juarez in a clinch.

Bluth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Juarez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bluth - the referee stops the clock and Juarez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bluth. Juarez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Juarez shoots for a takedown but Bluth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bluth scores with a jab. Juarez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bluth.
Juarez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bluth cracks the inside of Juarez's front leg.

Bluth has Juarez up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bluth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bluth lands with a kick to the temple. Juarez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Buster Bluth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Juarez closes the distance but Bluth moves to the side
and Bluth counters with an outside leg kick.
Juarez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bluth.

Bluth has taken the fight to the clinch.
Juarez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Bluth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bluth moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bluth.
Bluth feints and then cracks Juarez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Juarez down.
Bluth cracks the inside of Juarez's front leg.
Juarez shoots in for a takedown but Bluth shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Buster Bluth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Juarez.
Bluth scores with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bluth lands a leg kick that knocks Juarez off balance momentarily.
Bluth connects with a leg kick. Juarez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bluth buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bluth.
Juarez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bluth.
Bluth lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bluth thuds his shin into the meat of Juarez's side.
Juarez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bluth.
Bluth thumps Juarez with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bluth.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bluth. That's going to slow Juarez down.
Bluth tests Juarez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bluth lands a nice leg kick that just misses Juarez's sensitive parts.
Bluth lands a high kick!
Bluth slips a jab and a cross from Juarez.
Bluth lands a head kick. Juarez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bluth misses with a wild combination.
Juarez misses with a takedown attempt - Bluth sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bluth fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Juarez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
An inside leg kick lands from Bluth.
Juarez dives in and grabs Bluth's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bluth pushes down on Juarez's head and hops out.
Bluth lands with a nice body kick.

Bluth moves into the clinch successfully.
Bluth putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Juarez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bluth tries a knee to the head but Juarez blocks it.
A knee to the head by Bluth.
Juarez misses with a body punch.
Juarez can't get the takedown.
Bluth lands an elbow that stopped Juarez in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bluth putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Juarez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bluth with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bluth keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Juarez's efforts to push away.

Juarez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Juarez tries to clinch there but Bluth circles away.
Buster Bluth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Juarez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Juarez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bluth swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Juarez darts in and clinches Bluth up against the cage.

Bluth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bluth keeps the fight on the outside.
Buster Bluth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bluth showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Juarez.
Bluth cracks the inside of Juarez's front leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Buster Bluth showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bluth has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buster Bluth!