PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Herman Mudgett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uri Haber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mudgett
vs
Haber

183 cm
24
182 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

182 cm
22
176 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Herman Mudgett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Uri Haber!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mudgett misses the jab.
Haber misses with the combination.
Mudgett appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mudgett throws an overhand right that lands on Haber's shoulder, as Haber tries to avoid the shot.
Haber tries a quick counter leg kick but Mudgett is wise to it.
Mudgett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mudgett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haber.
A slow jab from Haber misses its intended target.
Sloppy strikes from Mudgett. Those never looked like landing.
Mudgett misses the jab.
Mudgett looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Haber slips under a jab from Mudgett.
Haber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mudgett moves away.
Mudgett scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Uri Haber has been cut.
Haber avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mudgett throws a poor cross that misses
and Haber counters with a slapping leg kick.
Haber walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mudgett fails to land with a series of punches.
Mudgett throws a looping overhand right but Haber ducks down to avoid it.
Mudgett lands a nice hook to Haber's body. Haber takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mudgett misses with an uppercut. Haber saw that one coming.
Mudgett tries to move into range but Haber moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Haber there.
Herman Mudgett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mudgett throws a looping overhand right but Haber ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haber with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Haber.
Mudgett is looking to counter punch.
Mudgett looks to land a left hand but Haber moved out of range nicely.
Mudgett throws a solid leg kick but Haber takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mudgett.
Mudgett just misses with a punch to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Haber has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Mudgett swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Haber takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mudgett misses with a right hand
and Haber makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mudgett swings widly with a right hand
and Mudgett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Haber cracks Mudgett with a right hand to the side of the head.
Haber lands with a good body shot.
Haber gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mudgett.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mudgett looks to land a left hand but Haber moved out of range nicely.
Haber thinks about the counter body kick.
Haber cracks Mudgett with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mudgett misses with a double jab

and Haber counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mudgett won't be happy with that.
Mudgett is letting Haber control him for a moment.

Haber goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Mudgett rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Haber's guard! Nice work there by Mudgett!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haber has a closed guard, preventing Mudgett from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haber looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mudgett is one step ahead there.
Mudgett would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Mudgett stands up and waves to Haber to follow him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haber waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mudgett.
Haber connects with the punch.
Mudgett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mudgett takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Haber throws a body shot but no joy.
Mudgett takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Haber looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mudgett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Haber slips under a jab from Mudgett.
Haber tries to clinch but Mudgett is having none of it.
Haber slips under a jab from Mudgett.
Haber jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mudgett misses with a few strikes there.
Mudgett scores with a nice strike.
Haber ducks under a wild hook from Mudgett.
Haber is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mudgett had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haber slips a jab and a cross from Mudgett.
Herman Mudgett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Haber just misses with a punch to the body.
Haber swings for the body but Mudgett moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mudgett misses with a straight left.

Haber shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Haber showed some decent athleticism there.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mudgett kicks Haber off and gets back to his feet.
Haber shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mudgett as he avoids it easily.
Mudgett tried to score with a low kick but Haber checks it.
Haber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mudgett misses with a body punch
and Haber counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mudgett misses with the combination.
Haber ducks under a wild hook from Mudgett.
Mudgett misses with a hook
and Haber counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mudgett throws a right and a left that Haber avoids nicely.
Haber throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mudgett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mudgett swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herman Mudgett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uri Haber's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mudgett misses with a two punch combination.
Haber steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mudgett.
Haber looks to score with a jab to the body but Mudgett is just out of range.
Mudgett takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mudgett throws a jab when Haber was well out of range.
Haber moves away from the strike by Mudgett.
A big left from Mudgett misses.
Haber looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mudgett. Haber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mudgett misses with a series of wild punches.
Mudgett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haber can do to turn this around?
Haber moves out of range of the strikes.
Haber scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Haber slips a straight right by Mudgett.
Haber fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mudgett throws a combination that misses
and Haber counters with a nice uppercut.
Mudgett misses with a left hand
and Haber counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mudgett thinking.
Mudgett fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Haber checks it well.
The fighters circling - Mudgett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haber wants to counter the offense by Mudgett and move into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haber scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haber thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice jab there from Mudgett.
Haber throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mudgett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Haber.
Haber tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mudgett was well out of range. Poor timing from Haber.
Mudgett swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Haber lands a two punch combo.
Haber cracks a nice hook into Mudgett's ribs.
Mudgett jabs Haber right on the nose. Haber blinks but takes it well.
Haber takes a swing at Mudgett's ribcage but misses.
Haber is looking to slow Mudgett down with leg kicks.
A punch combination from Mudgett misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mudgett misses with a straight left.
Mudgett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mudgett looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Haber avoids the body shot from Mudgett.
Herman Mudgett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mudgett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haber.
Haber misses with a body shot.
Haber moves away from the strike by Mudgett.
Mudgett scores with a sloppy right hand. Haber should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Haber finds it's way through Mudgett's defenses.
Mudgett misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Mudgett misses the target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Haber.
Mudgett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Haber shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Herman Mudgett is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Haber.
A jab lands there for Mudgett.
Haber lands a jab to Mudgett's midsection.
Haber dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haber moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Haber avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Haber misses with a looping left.
Haber throws a head kick that misses.
Haber slips a jab from Mudgett.
Mudgett blocks a head kick by Haber.
Haber looks to score with a jab to the body but Mudgett is just out of range.
A big right from Mudgett misses.
Mudgett throws a jab but it's blocked by Haber.
Haber wants to counter the offense by Mudgett and move into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mudgett lands with an uppercut that bounces Haber off the cage and back into range.
Mudgett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mudgett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Haber gets the takedown into side control.

Mudgett explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mudgett walks forward, straight into a front kick from Haber.
Haber misses with a straight right.
Haber misses with a low kick.
Haber scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mudgett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haber.
Mudgett moves out of range as Haber strikes.
Haber slips a jab and a cross from Mudgett.
Mudgett takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Haber jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mudgett throws a big shot that misses.
Haber looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Haber moves away from the strike by Mudgett.
Haber lands with a good body shot.
Haber goes for a double leg but Mudgett avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Mudgett continues to drive forward.
An attempted straight right counter from Mudgett misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mudgett connects with a right hand. Haber shakes it off.
Mudgett lands a jab to the nose.
Mudgett misses with the combination.
Mudgett scores with a shot to the body.
Haber throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mudgett loads up on a big right hand but Haber slips the punch.
Haber takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Haber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mudgett.

Haber scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mudgett is pushing Haber's head away, looking to escape. Haber manages to hold on to the position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Haber tries for a kimura but Mudgett is defending well.
Haber is staying tight to Mudgett's torso, preventing him from escaping.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Herman Mudgett will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Uri Haber'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!

Haber takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mudgett misses with a left hand
and Haber counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mudgett lands the left hand.
Mudgett lands a glancing blow to the side of Haber's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Mudgett misses the target.
Mudgett with a nice cross.
Haber shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mudgett as he jumps to the side.
Haber sizes up Mudgett with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Haber throws an overhand right that lands on Mudgett's shoulder, as Mudgett tries to avoid the shot.
Mudgett throws a combination. Haber tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mudgett takes a swing at Haber's ribcage but misses.
Haber connects with a nice looking jab.
A big right from Mudgett misses.
Mudgett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mudgett misses with a combination
and Haber counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As Mudgett backs off Haber throws a huge counter combo but Mudgett manages to avoid it all.
Haber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Haber's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mudgett connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Haber scrambles back to his feet.
Haber misses with a hook. Mudgett ducked under it nicely.
Mudgett throws a nice looking combination but Haber bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haber scores with a sloppy right hand. Mudgett should have avoided that one.
Haber jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mudgett goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Haber jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mudgett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Haber.
Mudgett throws the left hand but Haber avoids the punch easily.
Haber moves out of range as Mudgett strikes.
Haber drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mudgett defends it well.
Mudgett throws a big shot that misses.
Haber slips a straight right by Mudgett.
Mudgett takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Haber uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mudgett.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Haber swings for the body but Mudgett moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Haber lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mudgett doesn't seem phased though.
Mudgett lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haber circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mudgett's corner calls for a 1-2. Mudgett obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mudgett. Haber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haber slips under a jab.
Haber tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Haber paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mudgett misses the jab.
Mudgett takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Haber listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Haber throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mudgett looks to throw the jab but Haber is out of range.
Mudgett looks to land a right hand but Haber moved out of range.
Haber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mudgett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haber.
It seemed like Haber was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mudgett looks to land a left hand but Haber moved out of range nicely.
Haber only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Haber lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Haber connects with a body shot.
Mudgett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haber.
Haber throws a quick inside leg kick.
Haber has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mudgett throws a looping overhand right but Haber ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mudgett takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Haber takes one to the chin there.
Mudgett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haber.
A jab from Haber misses.
Haber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mudgett moves away.
Mudgett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mudgett moves out of range of the strikes.
Mudgett misses with a looping right.
Mudgett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mudgett throws an off balance right hand
and Haber counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mudgett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haber.
Mudgett throws a nice looking combination but Haber bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mudgett.
Haber is looking to clinch but Mudgett is avoiding it.
Haber throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jab by Haber.
Mudgett throws a poor cross that misses
letting Haber counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Mudgett misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mudgett stuffs the takedown.
Some wild striking there from Mudgett.
Mudgett loads up on a big right hand but Haber slips the punch.
Nice cross by Mudgett.
Haber scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mudgett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haber let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mudgett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haber.
Haber moves out of range as Mudgett strikes.

Haber fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Mudgett to the ground. Haber is now in Mudgett's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mudgett keeping full guard, as Haber tries to pass.
Uri Haber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haber trying to move into half guard but instead Mudgett has managed to sweep!

The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mudgett trying to stand up but can't free himself from Haber's guard.
Mudgett trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Herman Mudgett.
Well Mudgett 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herman Mudgett!
Herman Mudgett thanked the fans post fight for their support.