PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zab Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gavin Huber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huber comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Boom Boom Pow kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Judah
vs
Huber

171 cm
18
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

MMA's Best Nutrition
Combat Pro Design

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zab Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gavin Huber!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Huber shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Huber showed some decent athleticism there.
Huber lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Huber wants to control but Judah is keeping him busy.
Judah wants to get back to his feet.
Huber drops an elbow to the side of Judah's head.
Huber winds up and cracks Judah with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Huber has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Huber raining down shots from the mount!
Judah wants to get back to his feet.
Huber breaks from Judah's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Judah tries to buck Huber off but he can't manage it.
Huber cracks Judah with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Judah is squirming around, avoiding Huber's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah tries to buck Huber off but he can't manage it.
Judah on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Judah tries to get out of the position.
Huber controlling from the full mount.
Judah tries to buck Huber off but Huber takes his back!
Judah covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Judah wants to get back to his feet.
Huber lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Huber keeps control of the position easily here as Judah tries to buck him off.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
I looks like Huber might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

Huber is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Judah has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Huber scores with punches to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huber tries to keep control of the position but Judah is staying busy.
Judah controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Huber has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Huber.
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!
Judah holding both Huber 's hands and preventing any damage.
Huber tries to keep control of the position but Judah is staying busy.
Huber controls the action.
Judah controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Huber lands shots from the back.
Huber softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Judah knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Huber on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Judah is trying to get back to his feet but Huber has full control of the position and if anything, Judah has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Huber throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Judah!
Huber wants to control but Judah is keeping busy.

Huber working for a choke but Judah is defending well.
Huber looks gassed!
Huber trying to control momentarily.

Judah fending off the submission attempt from Huber.
Judah looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Judah staying busy and making it hard for Huber to control.
Judah holding both Huber 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huber struggling to keep hold of the position.
Judah is trying to get back to his feet but Huber has full control of the position and if anything, Judah has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Huber looking for the choke but no joy.
Judah is trying to stand back up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gavin Huber dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Huber looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Huber misses with a double jab.
Judah misses with a few strikes there.
Judah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Judah misses with a few strikes there.
Judah missing with a left hand there. Huber was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huber fails with the takedown.
Judah works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
No luck for Huber with that takedown attempt.
Zab Judah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gavin Huber.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huber needs to keep his hands up - Judah had a free shot at his head there.
Judah throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Huber shoots in but Judah avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Huber closes this distance looking for a takedown but Judah circles away.
Huber is breathing heavily.
A big left from Judah misses.
Huber tries for a takedown but Judah sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Judah lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Judah throws a jab when Huber was well out of range.
Judah circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Huber throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Judah to counter with a crisp jab.
Judah stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Huber gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Huber shoots in looking for a takedown. Judah tries to sprawl out of it but Huber keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Judah manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Huber drops his hands momentarily and Judah takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Judah throws a left and a right that both miss

and Huber counters with a takedown into side control.
Judah is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Huber is controlling him well.
Huber working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huber passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Judah!
Judah squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Huber controlling the position easily from mount.
You get the feeling that Judah really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The referee warns Judah that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Huber takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Judah is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Huber locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Judah is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gavin Huber!