PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zmuga Bmohta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anfernee McCutchen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zmuga Bmohta has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bmohta
vs
McCutchen

186 cm
22
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

204 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zmuga Bmohta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anfernee McCutchen!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bmohta scores with a body shot.
Bmohta shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McCutchen as he jumps to the side.
McCutchen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McCutchen moves in looking to clinch but Bmohta pushes him off.
McCutchen wants to clinch up but Bmohta keeps it at a distance.
McCutchen slips a straight right by Bmohta.
Bmohta fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McCutchen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bmohta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Bmohta moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bmohta fails to land.
McCutchen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bmohta blocks it with crossed arms.
McCutchen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McCutchen looks gassed!
Bmohta avoiding damage as McCutchen throws knees to the body.
Bmohta is stalling here.
McCutchen prevents Bmohta from breaking the clinch.
Bmohta lands a nice uppercut.
Bmohta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McCutchen landing knees to the head.

Bmohta pulls guard.
Bmohta trying to control the position.
Bmohta wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bmohta tries to strike from the bottom.
Bmohta controlling the position.

Bmohta working for a triangle but McCutchen defends it easily.
Bmohta trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
McCutchen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bmohta. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bmohta wants to sweep but no luck.
McCutchenis looking to pass into half guard but Bmohta pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bmohta is in guard.
Bmohta trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bmohta wants to control from the top but McCutchen keeps moving.
Bmohta throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCutchen controlling the position.
Bmohta postures up in McCutchen's guard and throws a big left but McCutchen blocks it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
A head kick misses from McCutchen.
Bmohta jabs McCutchen right on the nose. McCutchen blinks but takes it well.
Bmohta cracks McCutchen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McCutchen tries to clinch but Bmohta moves away

and Bmohta holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bmohta is trying to break free.
Bmohta tries to break the clinch but McCutchen is controlling the position.
McCutchen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

McCutchen breaks the clinch.
McCutchen tries to clinch but Bmohta moves away
enabling Bmohta to counter with a crisp jab.
McCutchen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bmohta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bmohta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from McCutchen. No joy for Bmohta on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCutchen looks to clinch
and Bmohta counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McCutchen moves in looking to clinch but Bmohta pushes him off.

McCutchen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McCutchen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McCutchen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bmohta's face.
McCutchen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bmohta avoiding damage as McCutchen throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Bmohta.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

McCutchen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bmohta throws a big shot that misses.
McCutchen tries to clinch but Bmohta moves out of range.
McCutchen misses with a hook. Bmohta ducked under it nicely.
McCutchen wants to clinch.
Bmohta swats away the attempt to clinch by McCutchen.

That's four 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.
McCutchen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McCutchen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bmohta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCutchen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bmohta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bmohta misses with a low kick.
Bmohta keeps the fight on the outside.
McCutchen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bmohta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCutchen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bmohta tries to clinch up.
Bmohta fails to land with a series of punches.
Bmohta missing with a left hand there. McCutchen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCutchen drops his hands momentarily and Bmohta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zmuga Bmohta dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McCutchen moves into range and clinches up with Bmohta.
A shot in the inside from Bmohta.
McCutchen lands an elbow inside that Bmohta shrugs off.
Bmohta is trying to break the clinch but McCutchen has him pressed against the cage.
McCutchen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bmohta lands a right hand that snaps the head of McCutchen backwards.
McCutchen throws a knee to the head but misses.
McCutchen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bmohta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bmohta managing to block the knees to the body from McCutchen.
McCutchen misses with a knee strike.
Bmohta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McCutchen stalling in the clinch but Bmohta improves position.
Bmohta lands a shot to the body.
Knees to the body from McCutchen.
Bmohta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCutchen prevents Bmohta from breaking the clinch.

McCutchen manages to break the clinch.
Bmohta connects with the punch.

Bmohta has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McCutchen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bmohta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bmohta tries to pull guard but McCutchen won't allow it.
A short right from Bmohta on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bmohta will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McCutchen up against the cage.
McCutchen looking to throw knees to the head but Bmohta is blocking nicely.
Bmohta leaning against his opponent.
Bmohta lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Bmohta.
McCutchen pushes off an throws an elbow but Bmohta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Bmohta lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
McCutchen wants to control but Bmohta is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bmohta thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McCutchen's head.
Bmohta prevents McCutchen from improving his position.
McCutchen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bmohta is working away from the top position though.
Bmohta wants to take a breather but McCutchen is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCutchen is trying is best to control the position here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Bmohta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bmohta jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
McCutchen tries to clinch up
and Bmohta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCutchen tries to close the distance and clinch but Bmohta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCutchen needs to keep his hands up - Bmohta had a free shot at his head there.
McCutchen misses the jab.
A head kick misses from McCutchen.
Bmohta punishes McCutchen's body with a nice straight punch.
Bmohta lands a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCutchen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bmohta lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Anfernee McCutchen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bmohta blocks a head kick by McCutchen.
McCutchen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bmohta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCutchen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McCutchen wants to clinch.
A big left from Bmohta misses.
Bmohta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bmohta shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McCutchen as he avoids it easily.
McCutchen tries to clinch there but Bmohta circles away.
McCutchen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McCutchen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
McCutchen fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCutchen throws a head kick that half lands.
Bmohta scores with the left hand. McCutchen knows he should have avoided that one.
Bmohta throws a head kick that misses.
McCutchen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McCutchen looks to clinch
and Bmohta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bmohta takes a kick to the side of the head.
McCutchen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bmohta counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McCutchen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zmuga Bmohta dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

McCutchen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bmohta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCutchen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Bmohta drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
McCutchen wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Check out the look on Bmohta's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
McCutchen dodges the ground and pound from Bmohta.
McCutchen misses with a strike from the bottom.
McCutchen tries to improve position but can't.
Bmohta has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Bmohta is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, McCutchen has escaped the position, nice work there.
McCutchen prevents Bmohta from improving position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCutchen sneaks back into half guard.
McCutchen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bmohta wants to control from the top but McCutchen keeps moving.
Bmohta prevents McCutchen from getting back to his feet.
Bmohta pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McCutchen is keeping the position for now.
McCutchen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bmohta postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bmohta is pushing down on McCutchen's leg trying to pass to half guard. McCutchen is fighting to maintain full guard but Bmohta has managed to sneak the leg through.
McCutchen gets full guard.
McCutchen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bmohta postures up in McCutchen's guard and throws a big left but McCutchen blocks it.
Bmohta with a nice head shot there.
McCutchen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bmohta is controlling him.
Bmohta throwing strikes but missing.
McCutchen trying to keep a closed guard but Bmohta is proving a slippery customer.
Bmohta is pushing down on McCutchen's leg trying to pass to half guard. McCutchen is fighting to maintain full guard but Bmohta has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bmohta prevents McCutchen from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
McCutchen misses with a head kick.
McCutchen closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Bmohta counter with a right hand.
McCutchen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bmohta counters with a left and a right that stings McCutchen.
Bmohta throws a jab but it's blocked by McCutchen.
Bmohta just misses with a punch to the body.
Anfernee McCutchen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCutchen closes the distance but Bmohta moves to the side
and McCutchen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bmohta has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McCutchen.
A jab from Bmohta misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
McCutchen blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McCutchen tries to land a knee to the head but Bmohta blocks with his arms.
Bmohta tries to stall but McCutchen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McCutchen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McCutchen throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by McCutchen.
McCutchen misses with a knee strike.
Bmohta wants to break free but McCutchen has control.
Bmohta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bmohta takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCutchen tries a knee to the head but Bmohta blocks it.
McCutchen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McCutchen blocks an elbow strike from Bmohta.
Bmohta blocks an elbow strike.
McCutchen just leaning against Bmohta, taking a breather.
McCutchen keeps control of Bmohta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McCutchen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bmohta being controlled against the cage.
Bmohta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McCutchen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zmuga Bmohta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McCutchen tries to land knees in the clinch but Bmohta avoids the damage to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zmuga Bmohta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bmohta, 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zmuga Bmohta!