PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Busta Rhymsodia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conors Bitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rhymsodia
vs
Bitch

165 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
148 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Busta Rhymsodia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conors Bitch!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bitch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Bitch closes the distance and clinches.
Bitch lands a right hand.
Rhymsodia presses Bitch against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bitch swings wildly with an uppercut but Rhymsodia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bitch misses with a hook to the ribs.

Rhymsodia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rhymsodia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bitch throws a shot from downtown. Rhymsodia moves away and avoids it.
Rhymsodia misses with a looping left.
A jab from Rhymsodia does it's job there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhymsodia drops his hands momentarily and Bitch takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bitch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bitch walks into a left hand.

Bitch is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rhymsodia swats away the attempt to clinch by Bitch.
Bitch is still on wobbly legs! Can Rhymsodia finish him?
Rhymsodia punishes Bitch's body with a nice straight punch.
Bitch seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bitch misses with a looping left.
Rhymsodia misses with a straight right.

Bitch clinches up against the cage.
Bitch scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rhymsodia looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rhymsodia blocking some punches.
Rhymsodia blocks an uppercut.
Rhymsodia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bitch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rhymsodia wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rhymsodia can't break the clinch.
Rhymsodia blocks a body shot from Bitch.
Bitch throws a head punch that misses.
Rhymsodia can't break the clinch.
Rhymsodia looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bitch is leaning against Rhymsodia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bitch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rhymsodia tries to break the clinch but Bitch is controlling the position.

Rhymsodia manages to break the clinch.

Bitch moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Rhymsodia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bitch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bitch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rhymsodia backwards.
Bitch misses with a punch on the inside.
Rhymsodia wants to break free but Bitch has control.
Bitch throws a punch but it's blocked by Rhymsodia.
Bitch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bitch swings wildly with an uppercut but Rhymsodia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhymsodia has had enough of the clinch but Bitch keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rhymsodia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice cross by Rhymsodia.
The fighters circling - Bitch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bitch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bitch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bitch tries to counter with a clinch but Rhymsodia shakes him off and moves away.
Bitch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rhymsodia.
Rhymsodia connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bitch closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rhymsodia lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bitch avoids the body shot from Rhymsodia.
Bitch tries to counter with a clinch but Rhymsodia shakes him off and moves away.
Jab from Rhymsodia.
Busta Rhymsodia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bitch closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rhymsodia working hard to break the clinch.
We've been informed that Bitch has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Rhymsodia is trying to break the clinch but Bitch has him pressed against the cage.
Bitch has Rhymsodia pressed against the cage, preventing Rhymsodia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rhymsodia trying to control the position but instead, Bitch has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rhymsodia into the cage.

Bitch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhymsodia lands an overhand right.
Bitch doesn't manage to clinch there - Rhymsodia circles away.
Rhymsodia takes one on the button.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bitch darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Bitch gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rhymsodia can't break the clinch.
Rhymsodia working hard to break the clinch.
Rhymsodia looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Rhymsodia breaks the clinch.
Bitch closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rhymsodia counters with a straight right hand.
Bitch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Conors Bitch will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rhymsodia throws the left hand but Bitch avoids the punch easily.
Rhymsodia throws a jab when Bitch was well out of range.
Bitch tries to counter with a clinch but Rhymsodia shakes him off and moves away.
Bitch scores with the left hand. Rhymsodia knows he should have avoided that one.
Bitch takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Bitch moves into range and clinches up with Rhymsodia.
Bitch misses with the head strike.
Rhymsodia tries to circle away but Bitch has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rhymsodia.
Bitch misses with a punch on the inside.
Bitch throws a punch but it's blocked by Rhymsodia.

Rhymsodia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhymsodia misses with a looping left.
Bitch steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rhymsodia.
Rhymsodia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bitch scores with a nice right hand.
Rhymsodia connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rhymsodia misses with an uppercut. Bitch saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bitch ducks under a wild hook from Rhymsodia.
Rhymsodia avoids the body shot from Bitch.
Rhymsodia seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bitch!
Rhymsodia with a jab.
Rhymsodia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rhymsodia throws a jab when Bitch was well out of range.
Rhymsodia throws a jab when Bitch was well out of range.
Bitch looks to land a left hand but Rhymsodia moved out of range nicely.
Rhymsodia is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bitch scores with a nice strike.
Bitch lands a nice shot that snaps Rhymsodia's head back.
Good standup being displayed there by Rhymsodia as he connects with a hook.
Bitch scores with a jab. Rhymsodia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rhymsodia lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rhymsodia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bitch moves away.
Bitch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bitch takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhymsodia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bitch.
Bitch misses with a hook.
Bitch tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rhymsodia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rhymsodia feinted with a counter takedown.
Rhymsodia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bitch manages to avoid it.
Bitch throws a shot from downtown. Rhymsodia moves away and avoids it.
Rhymsodia looks to throw the jab but Bitch is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Bitch. Those never looked like landing.
Rhymsodia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bitch looks to throw the jab but Rhymsodia is out of range.
Rhymsodia throwing a counter right hand but Bitch manages to avoid it.
Bitch slips under a jab from Rhymsodia.
Bitch slips a jab from Rhymsodia.
Bitch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bitch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rhymsodia throws out the jab.
Rhymsodia throws out a loose jab but Bitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bitch steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rhymsodia.
Bitch throws a big shot that misses.
Bitch misses with a straight left.
Rhymsodia is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bitch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhymsodia throws an overhand right that lands on Bitch's shoulder, as Bitch tries to avoid the shot.
Bitch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rhymsodia was well out of range. Poor timing from Bitch.
Rhymsodia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bitch.
Bitch thuds his right hand into Rhymsodia's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bitch lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rhymsodia swats away the attempt to clinch by Bitch.
Rhymsodia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bitch misses with a straight left.
Rhymsodia throws out a loose jab but Bitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bitch lunges at Rhymsodia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rhymsodia's hand.
Bitch throws a looping overhand right but Rhymsodia ducks down to avoid it.
Rhymsodia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bitch takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Rhymsodia misses.
Rhymsodia with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bitch misses with an uppercut.
Busta Rhymsodia is winning the standup battle so far.
Rhymsodia misses with an uppercut.
Rhymsodia throws a jab when Bitch was well out of range.
Bitch looks to score with a jab to the body but Rhymsodia is just out of range.
Bitch misses with a straight left.
Bitch is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bitch just misses with a punch to the body.
Rhymsodia lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Bitch falls backwards - clearly groggy! Rhymsodia dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Busta Rhymsodia!