PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jet Hemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alphonso Bobo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hemi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Satyricon - Fuel For Hatred. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Hemi
vs
Bobo

168 cm
27
140 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

175 cm
26
143 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Alcatraz Apparel
Vikai Gear

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jet Hemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Alphonso Bobo!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hemi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hemi misses with the combination.
Hemi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bobo manages to avoid it.
Hemi misses with a wild body shot.
Bobo fakes the leg kick and cracks Hemi in the body.
Hemi just misses with a punch to the body.
Bobo throws a shot to the body.
Hemi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bobo circles away quickly and effectively.
Hemi throws a body punch but Bobo moves out of range.
Bobo scores with a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bobo.
Bobo throws a body punch but Hemi moves out of range.
Bobo throws a body punch but Hemi moves out of range.
Hemi misses the shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hemi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bobo counters with an inside leg kick.
Hemi is looking to wear down Bobo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bobo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bobo keeps Hemi at a distance using the push kick.
Hemi throws a body punch but Bobo moves out of range.
Bobo misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bobo.
A little feinted left hand from Hemi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hemi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bobo.
Bobo looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Bobo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hemi on the side of the head.
A lazy left from Bobo finds it's target.
Bobo scores with a head kick.
Bobo connects with a body shot.
Hemi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Hemi is rocked!
Hemi looks to land a combination but Bobo avoids it well.
Oh Hemi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hemi jabs Bobo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hemi seems to have got his legs back now.
Hemi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bobo can pounce on him.
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!
Bobo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bobo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hemi lands a nice looking body shot.
Bobo throws a sloppy head kick and Hemi moves out of range easily.
Bobo misses with a head kick.
Hemi throws a hook but Bobo avoids it easily.
Hemi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hemi wants to slow Bobo down by chopping away at his legs.
Hemi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bobo blocks a jab.
Bobo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hemi's sensitive parts.
Bobo lands a head kick!
Bobo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bobo thuds his shin into the meat of Hemi's side.
Hemi misses with a body kick.
Bobo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Bobo clinches.
Bobo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bobo blocks an uppercut.
Bobo blocks an uppercut.
Hemi tries to throw a body punch but Bobo avoids it by throwing Hemi back against the cage.
Bobo misses with some punches.
Hemi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bobo's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bobo.
Hemi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bobo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hemi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hemi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hemi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hemi avoiding damage as Bobo throws knees to the body.
Hemi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hemi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bobo controlling the action here for a moment.
Hemi digs a right hand underneath Bobo's ribcage. Bobo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hemi letting Bobo take a breather here.
Bobo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bobo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hemi backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Bobo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hemi prevents a body shot from Bobo.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hemi.
Hemi blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Bobo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hemi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hemi tries a body shot but Bobo blocks it.
Hemi managing to block the knees to the body from Bobo.
Hemi lands with a light punch inside.
Hemi misses with the head strike.
Hemi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hemi blocking some punches.
Bobo throws a punch but it's blocked by Hemi.
Bobo blocks a body shot from Hemi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bobo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bobo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hemi is leaning against Bobo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hemi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bobo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hemi blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alphonso Bobo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

An inside leg kick from Bobo misses.
Bobo lands a jab to Hemi's midsection.
Hemi throws a looping overhand right but Bobo ducks down to avoid it.
Bobo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Alphonso Bobo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hemi throws a right hand that Bobo ducks under and follows up with a left that Bobo also avoids with ease.
Bobo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hemi throws out the jab.
Bobo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hemi.
Bobo lands a head kick!
Bobo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hemi misses with a looping left.
Some bone on bone action there as Bobo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hemi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bobo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bobo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hemi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Bobo.
A big left from Bobo misses.
Hemi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bobo looks to land a left hand but Hemi moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bobo lands a high kick!
Bobo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hemi scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Alphonso Bobo has been cut.
Hemi throws a hook but Bobo avoids it easily.
Bobo throws a head kick but Hemi moves out of range.
Hemi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bobo steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Bobo throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hemi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hemi throws a lazy uppercut
and Bobo counters with an outside leg kick.
Bobo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hemi.
Bobo checks the leg kick.
Bobo throws a head kick but Hemi moves out of range.
Hemi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jet Hemi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheers as Hemi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bobo doesn't seem phased though.
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!
Hemi tries to bum rush Bobo with a series of wild strikes but Bobo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bobo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bobo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobo throws a hook but Hemi avoids it easily.
Hemi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bobo checks a leg kick.
Hemi swats away the attempt to clinch by Bobo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bobo.
Hemi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hemi fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bobo rushes Hemi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hemi scores with a shoulder strike.
Bobo throws a punch but it's blocked by Hemi.
Bobo managing to block the knees to the body from Hemi.
Hemi lands with a light punch inside.
Hemi misses with a knee strike.
Alphonso Bobo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hemi blocking some punches.
Bobo misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bobo.
Hemi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bobo backwards.
Hemi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Bobo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hemi.
Bobo misses with some punches.
Hemi trying to land knees to the body.
Bobo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hemi missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Hemi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bobo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hemi has a couple of punches blocked by Bobo.
Bobo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hemi is defending well for now.
Bobo lands a nice knee to the body.
Bobo lands a nice knee to the body.
Bobo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bobo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hemi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bobo landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hemi fails to land.
Bobo lands a left hand.
Bobo stalling against the cage.
Bobo landing knees to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bobo 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.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bobo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hemi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bobo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hemi's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hemi.
Hemi misses with a body punch.
Hemi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hemi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hemi misses with a knee to the head.
Hemi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alphonso Bobo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alphonso Bobo's cut.
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. This is the final round!

A thudding body kick lands there by Bobo!
Hemi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bobo is looking for the big counter here.
Bobo connects with a high kick.
Hemi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bobo.
Bobo scores with a kick to the body.
Bobo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bobo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hemi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hemi misses with the combination.
Bobo staying out of range there.
Hemi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hemi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bobo tries a quick counter leg kick but Hemi is wise to it.
Hemi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bobo manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circle, before Bobo throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Hemi's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Bobo lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Alphonso Bobo!
After the fight, Alphonso Bobo was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.