PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Oompa Loompa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfredo Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loompa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Faded. Oompa Loompa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Alfredo Torres's chin.

Loompa
vs
Torres

153 cm
30
139 lbs
29 - 11 - 0

168 cm
32
145 lbs
26 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oompa Loompa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfredo Torres!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loompa throws out a loose jab but Torres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loompa is looking to score with low kicks.
Torres loads up on a big right hand but Loompa slips the punch.
Loompa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Torres checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Loompa throws a lazy right hand but Torres sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Loompa connects with a solid leg kick.
Loompa ducks under a wild hook from Torres.
Torres throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Loompa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice jab there from Loompa.
A jab from Torres misses.
Loompa slips a jab from Torres.
Torres explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Loompa throws a front kick aimed at Torres's knee but Torres avoids it well.
Loompa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Loompa moves out of range of the leg kick from Torres.
Loompa seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Loompa moves into the clinch.
Torres scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torres jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Loompa walks away with a smile on his face. Torres gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A leg kick checked by Loompa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres misses the shot to the body.

Torres drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Loompa looking for a sweep. Not yet Loompa, not yet.
Torres wants to stand and escape but instead Loompa has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Torres is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Torres is looking for a triangle but Loompa pushes his legs off easily.
Loompa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Torres wants to improve his position but instead Loompa has moved into half guard.
Loompa takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres is trying to get back to full guard.
Loompa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Torres is looking to improve his position.
Loompa 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.
Torres is staying active underneath Loompa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Torres is looking to improve his position.

Torres looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Torres regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Torres looking to control.
Loompa preventing the sweep.

Torres has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Loompa can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Torres is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Torres is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A bone on bone clash there as Torres blocks the leg kick.

Loompa pushes Torres up against the cage in a clinch.
Torres scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loompa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Loompa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Torres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Torres lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Torres lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Loompa backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Loompa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torres misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Loompa.
Torres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loompa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torres throws a head punch that misses.
Torres misses with a punch to the body.
Torres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Torres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alfredo Torres will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Torres just misses with a punch to the body.
Loompa attempts a counter takedown but Torres avoids it well and moves away.
Loompa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Loompa half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Loompa throws an overhand right that lands on Torres's shoulder, as Torres tries to avoid the shot.
Torres lunges at Loompa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Loompa's hand.
Torres throws a hook to the side of Loompa's head but Loompa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Torres tries to land a leg kick but Loompa saw it coming and moves away.
Torres checks a low kick from Loompa.
A jab from Loompa finds it's way through Torres's defenses.
Torres misses the jab.
Loompa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Loompa moves into the clinch.
Torres lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Loompa backwards.
Torres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Loompa tries a body shot but Torres blocks it.

Torres jumps guard and drags Loompa to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loompa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Torres has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Loompa has passed into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Loompa wants to control but Torres is keeping him busy.
Torres managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Loompa.
Torres taking a bit of punishment here - Loompa scoring with strikes.
Loompa advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Loompa tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Torres tries to reverse the position but Loompa maintains control.
Loompa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres tries to reverse the position but Loompa maintains control.
Torres is still trying to improve position.
Torres gets back to half guard.
Loompa stalling.
Oompa Loompa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Torres wants to improve his position but Loompa is controlling well.
Torres is not content to let Loompa control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres wants to sweep but Loompa has passed to side control!
Torres gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Torres is looking to improve his position but Loompa isn't that keen on the idea.
Torres sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Loompa is looking to take a break and control but Torres is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Torres tries to roll over but Loompa keeps him under control.
Torres is staying active underneath Loompa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loompa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Loompa is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Loompa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Torres is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Loompa moves into full mount! Torres won't be happy about that!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Loompa lands a big elbow.
Torres slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oompa Loompa dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Torres moves out of range as Loompa strikes.
Torres moves forwards but Loompa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Torres pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Loompa throws a quick inside leg kick.

Torres tries to sprawl but Loompa drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Torres tries to get to full guard but Loompa has control of the leg.

Loompa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Torres is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres is looking to stand up but Loompa isn't so interested in that idea.
Loompa stopping the sweep attempt from Torres.
Loompa throwing strikes from guard but Torres blocks nicely.
Loompa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Torres is trying to control the position but Loompa postures up.

Torres is looking for a triangle here but Loompa uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Loompa looks up at the clock and then as Torres takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Loompa smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Torres is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Loompa pulls his head out easily.
Torres tries to roll over but Loompa keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Loompa is thwarting Torres's attempts to control the position.
Torres wants to get back to full guard but Loompa has mounted him!
Loompa trying to control but Torres is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres is in all sorts of trouble here.
Loompa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Loompa wants to control the action but instead Torres gets a body lock and reverses into Loompa's guard! Nice work!
Torres would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Torres decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Loompa, up you get!
Alfredo Torres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loompa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Torres 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres clobbers Loompa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Loompa throws a jab when Torres was well out of range.
Loompa cracks the inside of Torres's front leg.
Torres throws an overhand right that lands on Loompa's shoulder, as Loompa tries to avoid the shot.
Alfredo Torres seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Loompa shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torres is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Loompa's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Loompa's back!
Loompa prevents his opponent from getting back to his feet.
Torres has the hooks in. Loompa is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Torres trying to control.
Loompa is really stuck here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oompa Loompa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Loompa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oompa Loompa!
After winning the bout, Oompa Loompa thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.