PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Red Rum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ma Liang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Rum
vs
Liang

190 cm
22
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Red Rum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ma Liang!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liang swinging wilding here.
Liang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rum dodges the punch combination from Liang.
Liang throws a series of punches but Rum moves out of range.
Liang misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liang misses with a two punch combination.
Liang stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rum.
Rum scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Liang takes a kick to the side of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rum.

Rum gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rum avoiding damage.
Rum lands a nice knee to the body.
Liang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rum tries to land a knee to the head but Liang blocks with his arms.
Rum taking a breather.
Rum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rum trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rum misses with a knee strike.
Liang blocks an elbow strike.
Rum stalling the fight.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Rum for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A knee to the head by Rum.
Rum is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Liang is trying to break free.
Rum stalling.
Liang wants to get back to striking at distance but Rum won't allow it.
Rum taking a breather.
Rum lands a knee to the head.
Rum trying to land knees to the body.
Rum scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rum controlling the action here for a moment.
Liang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rum stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Red Rum.
Rum dodges the punch combination from Liang.
Rum tries to clinch there but Liang circles away.
No joy there for Liang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Liang misses with a series of wild punches.
Ma Liang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Liang misses.
Rum is looking to clinch but Liang is avoiding it.
Liang throws a nice looking combination but Rum bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Liang does no damage.
A good leg kick by Rum.
Liang throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rum cracks the inside of Liang's front leg.
Liang misses with a series of wild punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Liang looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rum gets a clinch.
The referee calls for Rum to work.
Rum using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Liang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rum throws an elbow that misses.
Rum throws an elbow that misses.
Rum landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Liang takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liang.
Rum lands a knee to the body.
Rum tries to land a knee to the head but Liang blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Liang's brow.
Rum unloads a knee to the mid-section. Liang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rum using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Liang should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Rum's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liang.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rum tries to land a knee to the head but Liang blocks with his arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Liang throws a right hand that Rum ducks under and follows up with a left that Rum also avoids with ease.
Liang misses with a series of wild punches.
Liang misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liang fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Liang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Rum has managed to clinch.
Rum stalls.
Rum gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stalling in the clinch from Rum.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Red Rum.
Liang throws a nice looking combination but Rum bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Rum gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rum content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rum lands a knee to the body.
Rum scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ma Liang has been cut.
Rum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rum scores a nice knee to the body.
Red Rum has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Liang is breathing heavily.
Rum stalling the fight.
Rum landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The referee calls for Rum to work.
Liang wants to break free but Rum has control.
Rum content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rum using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rum is stalling here.
Liang takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rum misses with a punch on the inside.
Rum landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Rum.
Rum stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Red Rum.
Liang lands a jab-cross combination.

Rum darts in and clinches Liang up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liang.
Rum throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liang letting Rum take a breather here.
Rum looking to stall.
Rum crunches a lovely knee into Liang's ribcage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rum missing with knees to the body.
Rum taking a breather.
Rum with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rum.
Rum trying to stall but Liang improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Red Rum.
Rum slips a jab and a cross from Liang.
Rum fails with an attempt to clinch.

Rum has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liang blocks it with crossed arms.
Rum tries to land a knee to the head but Liang blocks with his arms.
Liang is looking to break free of the clinch but Rum has double underhooks.
Liang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Liang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Liang tries to break the clinch but Rum is controlling the position.
Liang tries to break the clinch but Rum is controlling the position.
Rum trying to land knees to the body.
Rum misses with a knee strike.
Rum is trying to maintain a safe position but Liang gets an underhook and turns Rum into the cage.
Liang is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Rum dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ma Liang'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. This is the final round!

Liang throws a one two combo.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rum.
Rum slips a jab and a cross from Liang.
Rum dodges the punch combination from Liang.
No joy there for Liang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good leg kick by Rum there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Liang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rum throws out the jab.

Rum clinches with his opponent.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rum - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Rum.
Rum tries a knee to the head but Liang blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rum pushes off an throws an elbow but Liang leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rum takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Liang is trying to break the clinch but Rum has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rum stalling against the cage.
Rum tries to land knees in the clinch but Liang avoids the damage to the body.
Liang is looking to break free of the clinch but Rum has double underhooks.
Rum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rum connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liang's face.
Rum tries to land knees in the clinch but Liang avoids the damage to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Rum.
Rum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liang.
Liang is looking to break free of the clinch but Rum has double underhooks.
Liang tries to break the clinch but Rum is controlling the position.
Rum connects with a nasty looking knee right to Liang's face.
Rum pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Liang wants to break free but Rum has control.
Liang wants to get back to striking at distance but Rum won't allow it.
Liang wants to break free but Rum has control.
Liang is trying to break the clinch but Rum has him pressed against the cage.
Rum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Liang has had enough of the clinch but Rum keeps him there for the moment.
Rum is trying to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Rum.
Liang wants to break free but Rum has control.
Rum pressing his opponent against the cage.
Liang wants to break free but Rum has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rum landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Liang managing to block the knees to the body from Rum.
Rum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rum wants to stall.
Rum landing knees to the body.
Rum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Liang is looking to break free of the clinch but Rum has double underhooks.
Rum tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rum missing with knees to the body.
Rum stalling in the clinch but Liang improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rum tries to land a knee to the head but Liang blocks with his arms.
Liang tries to break the clinch but Rum is controlling the position.
Liang has had enough of the clinch but Rum keeps him there for the moment.
Rum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rum is trying to maintain a safe position but Liang gets an underhook and turns Rum into the cage.
Liang has had enough of the clinch but Rum keeps him there for the moment.
Rum tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rum can't find room to land a body shot as Liang controls the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Liang is trying to break free.
Rum stalling.
Ma Liang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rum's elbow.
Liang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Red Rum showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rum 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Red Rum!