PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hatt Mughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angola Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Mughes
vs
Bob

173 cm
19
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
183 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hatt Mughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Angola Bob!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bob throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick from Bob lands but Mughes takes it in his stride.
Bob tries to close the distance and clinch but Mughes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bob cracks the inside of Mughes's front leg.
Mughes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bob.
Bob throws a head kick but Mughes moves out of range.
A solid body kick from Bob.
Mughes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Mughes gets the takedown into side control.
Bob controls the position for a moment.

Mughes is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bob is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Mughes in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Mughes landing a few strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bob gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Mughes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mughes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bob moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bob is pulling down on Mughes's head to control his posture.

Bob scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Mughes misses with a wild body shot.
Bob tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bob pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Angola Bob is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mughes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bob.

Mughes closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mughes lands in his opponent's guard.
Mughes landing some decent shots from guard.
Mughes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bob works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob pulls Mughes in close to his closed guard and prevents Mughes from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mughes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mughes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mughes won't allow Bob to sweep him here.
Mughes throwing strikes but missing.
Bob pulls Mughes in close to prevent any damage.
Mughes with a flurry of punches that miss.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bob throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mughes.
Bob tries a head kick but it misses.
Bob works Mughes's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob throws a head kick that misses.
Mughes throws a hook but Bob avoids it easily.
Bob will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mughes takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mughes moves out of range of the body kick from Bob.
Mughes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bob.
Mughes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bob but Bob pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bob turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bob throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mughes misses with a body punch
and Bob counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mughes is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bob moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mughes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mughes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mughes misses with a body shot.
Bob punishes Mughes's body with a nice straight punch.
Bob fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mughes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bob.
Bob lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob lands a right hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bob.
Mughes is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mughes waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bob.

Bob gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Mughes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mughes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mughes throws a big right hand that misses.
Mughes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mughes thows a big elbow that misses.
Mughes stopping the sweep attempt from Bob.
Bob working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mughes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bob pulls Mughes in close to prevent any damage.
Mughes scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angola Bob dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bob gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bob lands a nice elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mughes misses with a punch to the body.
Bob works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bob lands a damaging elbow.
Bob is pressed up against the cage. Mughes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bob down to the mat. Bob avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bob lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bob tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bob doesn't manage to clinch there - Mughes circles away.
Bob throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bob fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mughes manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bob.
Bob tests Mughes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bob throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bob avoids the body shot from Mughes.

Mughes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mughes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Mughes throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bob because Mughes loaded up on that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob is looking to improve his position but Mughes isn't that keen on the idea.
Mughes punching from mount but Bob doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bob tries to hold on but Mughes postures up.
Mughes is landing with some decent strikes but Bob is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Mughes scoring with strikes but Bob is staying in there.
Mughes landing strikes from the mount.
Bob sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Mughes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bob gets back to full guard.
Mughes throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob working a defensive guard here.
Mughes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mughes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bob controlling the position.
Mughes throws a strike but Bob rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bob passes into half guard.
Bob is breathing heavily.
Mughes tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Bob is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mughes misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob prevents Mughes from improving his position.
Mughes flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Bob blocks the strikes from Mughes.

Mughes looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bob fakes the leg kick and cracks Mughes in the body.
Angola Bob seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bob lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bob fakes the leg kick and cracks Mughes in the body.
Bob lands with a slapping head kick.
Bob throws a leg kick which misses Mughes's front leg but catches the back leg as Mughes tries to avoid it.
Mughes is looking to wear down Bob with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bob lands a nice hook to Mughes's body. Mughes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bob lands a nice looking body kick.
A left lands for Bob.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bob has closed the distance and engaged Mughes in a clinch.
Bob lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mughes throws a punch but it's blocked by Bob.
Mughes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mughes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bobs head.
Bob lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bob lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bob keeps control of Mughes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bob lands an elbow just above Mughes 's eye.
Mughes will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bob crunches a lovely knee into Mughes's ribcage.
Bob lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bob lands a nice elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bob gets through Mughes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bob creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mughes's defenses.
Mughes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bob lands an elbow that stopped Mughes in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bob lands an elbow that stopped Mughes in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Bob.
Still in the clinch, Bob scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bob.
Bob blocking some punches.
Bob lands an elbow just above Mughes 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angola Bob showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Mughes darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bob keeping control of the position.
Bob works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bob has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mughes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bob takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mughes passes Bob's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bob is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

Mughes is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bob defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Mughes.
Mughes is working Bob over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mughes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mughes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Mughes thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mughes stops Bob from standing up.
Bob manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Mughes swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

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.
Mughes is looking to get to half guard.
Bob controlling from mount.
Mughes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bob sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bob wants to control the pace but Mughes is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mughes swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bob prevents Mughes from getting the reversal.
Bob looking to control and managing it successfully.
Mughes flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Mughes is working to get back to half guard.
Bob tries to control but Mughes wriggling away.
Bob blocks Mughes's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's four 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.
Bob content just to control the position here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mughes is trying to escape the mount.
Angola Bob is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bob looking to control but Mughes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hatt Mughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mughes is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bob tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Angola Bob.
I've got Bob winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angola Bob!