PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Macunai Maicow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BamBam Rubble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rubble's choice of entrance music: Eruption. 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.

Maicow
vs
Rubble

180 cm
22
264 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
225 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Macunai Maicow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, BamBam Rubble!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maicow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maicow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Maicow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maicow misses with a knee strike.
Rubble is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Maicow lands a damaging elbow.
Maicow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rubble pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rubble wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maicow has him pressed against the cage.
Maicow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maicow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rubble's defenses.
Maicow lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like BamBam Rubble has been cut.
Maicow looking to throw knees to the head but Rubble is blocking nicely.
Maicow prevents Rubble from breaking the clinch.
Maicow avoids the elbow strike from Rubble, against the cage.
Maicow gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maicow lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Rubble has had enough of the clinch but Maicow keeps him there for the moment.
Rubble misses with a punch to the body.
Maicow misses with a knee to the head.
Maicow misses with a knee to the head.
Maicow is breathing heavily.
Maicow keeps control of Rubble as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rubble is trying to break the clinch but Maicow has him pressed against the cage.
Maicow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maicow lands a nice elbow.
Maicow throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rubble misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maicow lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rubble has had enough of the clinch but Maicow keeps him there for the moment.
Rubble tries to land knees in the clinch but Maicow avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maicow blocking some punches.
Rubble can't break the clinch.
Maicow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rubble's defenses.
Rubble wants to break free but Maicow has control.
Rubble has had enough of the clinch but Maicow keeps him there for the moment.
Rubble misses with a knee to the head.
Maicow misses with a knee to the head.
Rubble can't break the clinch.
Maicow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maicow misses with an elbow over the top.
A short left from Rubble.
Maicow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rubble lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rubble wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rubble tries to break the clinch but Maicow is controlling the position.
Rubble is trying to break free.
Rubble pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Maicow misses with a knee to the head.
Rubble is trying to break free.
Rubble looking to stall.
Rubble is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Rubble pushes off an throws an elbow but Maicow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Maicow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rubble wants to get back to striking at distance but Maicow won't allow it.
Rubble tries to break the clinch but Maicow is controlling the position.
Rubble looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rubble misses with some punches.
Maicow lands a damaging elbow.
Rubble goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maicow keeps control of Rubble as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rubble is trying to break the clinch but Maicow has him pressed against the cage.
Maicow managing to block the knees to the body from Rubble.
Rubble lands a nice knee to the body.
Rubble takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maicow lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Maicow lands a nice elbow.
Maicow gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rubble is trying to break free.
Rubble wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rubble tries to break the clinch but Maicow is controlling the position.
Rubble missing with knees to the body.
Maicow with a knee to the head.
Maicow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maicow with a knee to the head.
Rubble tries to land knees in the clinch but Maicow avoids the damage to the body.
Maicow connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubble takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maicow.
Rubble looking to stall.
Maicow lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rubble throws a head punch that misses.
Maicow lands a damaging elbow.
Maicow lands an elbow just above Rubble 's eye.
Rubble tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maicow's elbow.
Maicow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rubble blocks it with crossed arms.
Rubble can't break the clinch.
Maicow lands a knee to the head.
Maicow lands a damaging elbow.
Rubble wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maicow has him pressed against the cage.
Rubble is looking to break free of the clinch but Maicow has double underhooks.
Maicow lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Rubble wants to get back to striking at distance but Maicow won't allow it.
Rubble fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maicow lands a knee to the head.
Maicow prevents Rubble from breaking the clinch.
Maicow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maicow with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maicow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maicow keeps control of Rubble as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rubble has had enough of the clinch but Maicow keeps him there for the moment.
Rubble tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maicow's elbow.
Rubble can't break the clinch.
Maicow connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Rubble takes an elbow to the forehead.
Maicow tries to land a knee to the head but Rubble blocks with his arms.
Maicow lands a nice elbow.
Rubble wants to get back to striking at distance but Maicow won't allow it.
Maicow lands an elbow inside.
Rubble can't break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Maicow.
Maicow lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Maicow landing knees to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rubble throws an elbow but misses.
Maicow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rubble tries to throw a body punch but Maicow avoids it by throwing Rubble back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Maicow lands a knee to the head.
Maicow lands a knee to the head.
Maicow gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rubble takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Maicow throws an elbow but misses.
Rubble wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maicow has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Macunai Maicow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on BamBam Rubble'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.

Maicow tries a head kick but it misses.
Maicow steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rubble. That one must have hurt.
Rubble throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Maicow's head.
Rubble keeps the fight on the outside.

Maicow darts in and clinches Rubble up against the cage.
Rubble trying to land knees to the body.
Rubble wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maicow prevents Rubble from breaking the clinch.
Maicow throws an elbow that misses.
Maicow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rubble can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rubble.
Rubble lands with a left to the head.
Rubble wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rubble wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maicow landing knees to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rubble misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rubble is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maicow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rubble is looking to break free of the clinch but Maicow has double underhooks.
Rubble has had enough of the clinch but Maicow keeps him there for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maicow avoiding damage as Rubble throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maicow with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rubble is trying to break the clinch but Maicow has him pressed against the cage.
Maicow lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Rubble is looking to break free of the clinch but Maicow has double underhooks.
Rubble trying to control the position but instead, Maicow has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rubble into the cage.
Rubble takes an elbow to the temple.
Maicow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rubble wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maicow has him pressed against the cage.
Maicow lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maicow landing knees to the head.
Maicow avoiding damage as Rubble throws knees to the body.
Rubble has had enough of the clinch but Maicow keeps him there for the moment.
Rubble takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rubble is looking to break free of the clinch but Maicow has double underhooks.
Maicow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maicow lands a damaging elbow.
Maicow misses with a knee to the head.
Maicow connects with a knee to the head.
Maicow lands an elbow just above Rubble 's eye.
Rubble wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maicow has him pressed against the cage.
Maicow lands an elbow inside.
Rubble is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Maicow lands a nice elbow.
Maicow lands a knee to the head.
Maicow lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maicow lands a nice elbow.
Rubble is trying to break free.
Maicow lands an elbow inside.
Maicow lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Maicow lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Maicow looking to throw knees to the head but Rubble is blocking nicely.
Rubble wants to stall.
Maicow with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maicow lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maicow misses with an elbow strike.

Rubble breaks from the clinch.
Rubble circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rubble wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Maicow doesn't manage to clinch there - Rubble circles away.
Rubble lets loose with a powerful body kick. Maicow will feel that in the morning.
Maicow throws a lazy head kick
and Rubble counters with a big head kick but Maicow shrugs it off.
Rubble wants to clinch.
Maicow throws a sloppy head kick
and Rubble counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubble bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Maicow clinches.
Maicow blocks the elbow strike.
Rubble misses with a knee to the head.
Maicow lands an elbow inside.
Maicow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rubble fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Maicow.
Maicow prevents Rubble from breaking the clinch.
Rubble tries to land knees in the clinch but Maicow avoids the damage to the body.
Maicow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rubble misses with a punch to the body.
Rubble misses with a punch on the inside.
Maicow prevents a body shot from Rubble.
Maicow tries to land a knee to the head but Rubble blocks with his arms.
Maicow landing knees to the head.
Maicow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maicow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rubble's defenses.
Rubble wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maicow has him pressed against the cage.
Maicow with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maicow lands a damaging elbow.
Rubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rubble swings wildly with an uppercut but Maicow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rubble wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Maicow lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Maicow lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Rubble working aggressively here.
Maicow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rubble swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maicow tries to land a knee to the head but Rubble blocks with his arms.
Rubble wants to get back to striking at distance but Maicow won't allow it.
Maicow lands an elbow just above Rubble 's eye.
Maicow lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Maicow.
Maicow blocking some punches.
Maicow tries to land a knee to the head but Rubble blocks with his arms.
Maicow scores with a knee to the head.
Rubble tries to land knees in the clinch but Maicow avoids the damage to the body.
Rubble takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rubble wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rubble wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rubble takes an elbow to the forehead.
Maicow prevents Rubble from breaking the clinch.
Maicow with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maicow throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BamBam Rubble showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on BamBam Rubble'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!

Rubble plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rubble goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rubble tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maicow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rubble misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight stays on the outside here - Rubble looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maicow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Maicow scores with a head kick.

Maicow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maicow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rubble's defenses.
Maicow lands an elbow that stopped Rubble in his tracks for a moment.
Rubble can't break the clinch.
Maicow lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Maicow gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maicow lands a damaging elbow.
Maicow with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rubble wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maicow misses with a knee strike.
Maicow misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rubble misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rubble wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rubble throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maicow connects with a knee to the head.
Rubble blocks an elbow strike from Maicow.
Maicow letting Rubble take a breather here.
Maicow misses with a knee strike.
Maicow using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rubble has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maicow misses with a knee strike.
Maicow keeps control of Rubble as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maicow tries a knee to the head but Rubble blocks it.
Rubble has had enough of the clinch but Maicow keeps him there for the moment.
Maicow prevents Rubble from breaking the clinch.
Maicow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maicow using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rubble has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maicow lands an elbow inside.
Rubble tries to break the clinch but Maicow is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Maicow.
Maicow lands a nice elbow.
Maicow lands a knee to the head.
Rubble tries a knee to the head but Maicow blocks it.
Rubble fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Maicow.
A head punch on the inside from Rubble fails to land.
Rubble tries to land knees in the clinch but Maicow avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Maicow lands a nice elbow.
Maicow lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Rubble wants to break free but Maicow has control.
Nice elbow from Maicow.
Rubble tries to throw a body punch but Maicow avoids it by throwing Rubble back against the cage.
Rubble trying to land knees to the body.
Maicow connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rubble's face.
Maicow lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Maicow with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Rubble breaks the clinch.
A head kick by Maicow misses
enabling Rubble to counter with a crisp jab.
Rubble throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rubble!
Maicow tries to clinch but Rubble moves away
and Rubble counters with a series of strikes. Maicow will be more careful next time no doubt.
Maicow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maicow wants to clinch but Rubble slips to the side
and Rubble counters with a good low kick that Maicow was not able to check.
Rubble tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maicow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rubble looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maicow throws a sloppy head kick
and Rubble counters with a two punch combo.
Maicow tries to clinch up.
Maicow on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maicow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maicow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rubble throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maicow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rubble scores with a kick to the body.
Rubble shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Maicow swats away the attempt to clinch by Rubble.
Maicow is looking to clinch.
Rubble is looking to clinch.
Rubble throws a quick inside leg kick.
Macunai Maicow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maicow doesn't manage to clinch there - Rubble circles away.
Maicow is looking to clinch.
Rubble scores with a nice body kick.
Rubble scores with a one two! Maicow had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rubble moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Maicow clinches with his opponent.
Maicow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rubble blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maicow lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maicow prevents Rubble from breaking the clinch.
Maicow tries a knee to the head but Rubble blocks it.
Rubble takes an elbow to the forehead.
Maicow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maicow scores with a knee to the head.
Rubble is trying to break free.
Rubble is trying to break free.
Maicow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maicow lands an elbow just above Rubble 's eye.
Maicow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maicow lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Maicow.
Maicow lands a knee to the head.
Maicow with a knee to the head.
Maicow lands an elbow just above Rubble 's eye.
Maicow prevents Rubble from breaking the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maicow lands an elbow inside that Rubble shrugs off.
Rubble is looking to break free of the clinch but Maicow has double underhooks.
Rubble wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maicow has him pressed against the cage.
Maicow landing knees to the head.
Rubble tries to break the clinch but Maicow is controlling the position.
Rubble wants to break the clinch but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to BamBam Rubble.
I think Rubble has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Macunai Maicow!