PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barney Gumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Askren's choice of entrance music: wave after wave mr probs. Barney Gumble is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Gumble
vs
Askren

185 cm
27
270 lbs
17 - 0 - 0

166 cm
27
272 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Atlantis
Vikai Gear

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 17 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Barney Gumble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Benny Askren!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Askren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gumble.

Askren gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Askren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gumble lands a right hand that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Gumble misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gumble lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Askren struggles to land a body shot inside as Gumble controls his hands.
Gumble scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Gumble.
Askren takes a shot to the head.
Gumble fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gumble misses with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Gumble.
Gumble swings wildly with an uppercut but Askren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gumble goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Askren looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gumble tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren has a couple of punches blocked by Gumble.
Gumble misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gumble lands a nice uppercut.
Gumble lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Askren blocking some punches.
Askren misses with an elbow strike.
Askren misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Gumble fails to land.
Gumble scores with a shot to the side of Askren's head.
Gumble lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Gumble lands with a short shot to the head.
Gumble tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gumble digs a right hand into Askren's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Askren's gas tank.
Askren looks winded!
Gumble misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gumble has a couple of punches blocked by Askren.
A nice left hand lands by Gumble.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gumble has a couple of punches blocked by Askren.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gumble misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gumble lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gumble lands a hook that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Gumble throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Askrens head.
Gumble tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Askren's elbow.
Gumble misses with a punch on the inside.
I was talking to Gumble's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gumble misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gumble misses with some punches.
Gumble tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gumble lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gumble pushes Askren back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gumble throws a head punch that misses.
Gumble lands a shoulder strike.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gumble throws a punch but it's blocked by Askren.
Gumble tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Askren's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gumble lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gumble fails to land.
Gumble dodges an elbow strike from Askren.
Gumble lands a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Gumble as the two fighters clinch.
Gumble lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Gumble scores with a hook to the body.
We've been informed that Askren has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Gumble lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gumble lands a shoulder strike.
Gumble lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Askren.
Gumble avoids the elbow strike from Askren, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gumble - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Gumble scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gumble lands a right hand that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Askren's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gumble tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Askren.
Askren blocking some punches.
Gumble tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gumble lands a right hand that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Gumble lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hand to the body from Gumble.
Gumble misses with a punch on the inside.
Gumble lands with a left to the head.
Gumble has a couple of punches blocked by Askren.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A short right from Gumble.
Gumble can't find room to land a body shot as Askren controls the action.
Gumble misses with a punch on the inside.
Gumble working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Gumble.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gumble misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Gumble 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.

Gumble feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Askren crashing to the mat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Barney Gumble!
A relieved looking Barney Gumble thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Benny Askren stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you .. This guy and his manager are Both Studs.'.