PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Congo Ashantie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heimo Hulahula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ashantie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Congo Ashanti. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ashantie
vs
Hulahula

189 cm
34
234 lbs
37 - 15 - 1

176 cm
38
204 lbs
38 - 19 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Cynical Truth
GREEN!160

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 37 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Congo Ashantie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heimo Hulahula!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Ashantie.
Hulahula misses with a left hand
and Ashantie counters with an inside leg kick.
Ashantie lands a lovely overhand right.
Ashantie motions for Hulahula to come forward. Ashantie throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A leg kick checked by Hulahula.
Ashantie plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ashantie feints and then cracks Hulahula's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hulahula down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ashantie. That's going to slow Hulahula down.
Ashantie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hulahula to score with a decent uppercut.
Ashantie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ashantie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hulahula sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashantie throws out a leg kick but Hulahula moves out of range and Ashantie only half commits.
Ashantie wants to clinch but Hulahula slips to the side
and Hulahula counters with a leg kick.
Ashantie misses with a series of wild punches.
Hulahula pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ashantie moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ashantie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hulahula.
Ashantie works Hulahula's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ashantie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hulahula looking to slow down the pace here.
Hulahula lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hulahula blocks an uppercut.
Ashantie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hulahula blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hulahula.
Hulahula tries to throw a body punch but Ashantie avoids it by throwing Hulahula back against the cage.
Ashantie working aggressively here.
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!
Hulahula tries to circle away but Ashantie has him pinned against the cage.
Ashantie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ashantie prevents a body shot from Hulahula.

Hulahula breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hulahula pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hulahula was well out of range. Poor timing from Ashantie.
Hulahula avoids the head kick by Ashantie.
Hulahula uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ashantie.
Ashantie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hulahula ducks under a wild hook from Ashantie.
Hulahula lands with a kick to the temple. Ashantie shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ashantie throws a leg kick that misses.
Ashantie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hulahula manages to avoid it.
Hulahula moves out of range of the body kick from Ashantie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie is looking to clinch but Hulahula is avoiding it.
Ashantie attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ashantie attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hulahula throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hulahula throws a head kick that misses.
Ashantie throws the kick towards the body but Hulahula avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ashantie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hulahula tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Congo Ashantie dominated that round.
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.

Hulahula takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ashantie is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Congo Ashantie is winning the standup battle so far.
Ashantie throws an overhand right that lands on Hulahula's shoulder, as Hulahula tries to avoid the shot.
Congo Ashantie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ashantie takes a swing at Hulahula's ribcage but misses.
Ashantie throws a leg kick but Hulahula checks it.
Hulahula takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hulahula avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ashantie does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hulahula tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ashantie tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hulahula makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hulahula slips a straight right by Ashantie.
Ashantie tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hulahula connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ashantie misses with a leg kick
and Hulahula counters with a good low kick that Ashantie was not able to check.
Hulahula lands a head shot.
Ashantie fails in his attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Ashantie.
Hulahula takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie is looking to clinch but Hulahula is avoiding it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hulahula in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Ashantie scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from Ashantie does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ashantie fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hulahula is out of range.
Ashantie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hulahula swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ashantie throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hulahula counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ashantie is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A head kick misses from Hulahula.
Hulahula shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Heimo Hulahula is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie throws a lazy uppercut
and Hulahula counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Hulahula misses its intended target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ashantie checks a leg kick.
Hulahula misses with a head kick.
Ashantie throws a hook but Hulahula blocks it.
Ashantie lands with a kick to the temple. Hulahula shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ashantie scores with a jab. Hulahula acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Hulahula is rocked!
Ashantie throws a sloppy head kick and Hulahula moves out of range easily.
Hulahula scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ashantie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ashantie misses with a looping right.
Hulahula steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ashantie.
Ashantie wants to slow Hulahula down by chopping away at his legs.
Ashantie tries a head kick but it misses.
Ashantie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hulahula blocks a jab.
Ashantie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Congo Ashantie dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ashantie looks to land a right hand but Hulahula moved out of range.
Hulahula throws a head kick but Ashantie moves out of range.
Ashantie lands with a good body shot.
Ashantie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hulahula was well out of range. Poor timing from Ashantie.
Ashantie throws a head kick that misses
and Hulahula counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ashantie misses with a wild body shot.
Ashantie throws a sloppy head kick and Hulahula moves out of range easily.
Hulahula with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Ashantie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashantie swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ashantie misses with a hook to the body
and Hulahula makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A big left from Hulahula misses.
Ashantie attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ashantie tried to score with a low kick but Hulahula checks it.
Ashantie lands a leg kick that knocks Hulahula off balance momentarily.
Ashantie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ashantie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heimo Hulahula has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hulahula.
Hulahula ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ashantie moves in looking to clinch but Hulahula pushes him off.
Hulahula keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ashantie misses the body punch
and Hulahula counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ashantie connects with a jab.
Hulahula throws a body punch but Ashantie moves out of range.
Ashantie throws a sloppy head kick and Hulahula moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie misses with a looping right.
Hulahula takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ashantie missing with a left hand there. Hulahula was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hulahula throws a sloppy head kick and Ashantie moves out of range easily.
Ashantie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hulahula can do to turn this around?
Ashantie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ashantie misses with a head kick.
Ashantie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ashantie throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie tries to clinch up
and Hulahula counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ashantie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hulahula was well out of range. Poor timing from Ashantie.
Hulahula throws a low kick, looking for Ashantie's leg but Ashantie calmly moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ashantie thuds his right hand into Hulahula's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ashantie, right into the meat.
Ashantie blocks a head kick by Hulahula.

And that's the end of the fight!
Congo Ashantie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ashantie 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Congo Ashantie!
A relieved looking Congo Ashantie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.