PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Bakunin (ranked 1163 p4p, 141 weight class) and Humbert Humbert (ranked 599 p4p, 74 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Humbert's choice of entrance music: Babylon 5. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bakunin
vs
Humbert

181 cm
32
178 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

170 cm
29
185 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Freebok (85% Laundry)
Groove Gear

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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikhail Bakunin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Humbert Humbert!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bakunin loads up on a big right hand but Humbert slips the punch.
Humbert's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bakunin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Humbert scrambles back to his feet.
Humbert avoids the body shot from Bakunin.
Humbert is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Humbert has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bakunin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Humbert throws out the jab.
Humbert tests Bakunin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bakunin lands with a shot to the body.
Bakunin lands a jab.
Bakunin cracks Humbert with a right hand to the side of the head.
Humbert lands with a straight right. Bakunin didn't see that one coming.
Bakunin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bakunin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Humbert scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Humbert loads up on a big right hand but Bakunin slips the punch.
Mikhail Bakunin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Humbert looks to score with a jab to the body but Bakunin is just out of range.
Bakunin looks to land a combination but Humbert avoids it well.
Bakunin lands with a straight right. Humbert didn't see that one coming.
Bakunin throws a right and a left that Humbert avoids nicely.
Humbert misses with an uppercut. Bakunin saw that one coming.
Humbert just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakunin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Humbert on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bakunin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Humbert displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bakunin throws out the jab.
Humbert tries to counter by closing the distance.
Bakunin misses with an uppercut
and Humbert counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bakunin stuns Humbert with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bakunin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheers as Bakunin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Humbert doesn't seem phased though.
Bakunin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Humbert counters with a shoot takedown. Bakunin fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bakunin manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Bakunin lands a hook that snaps the head of Humbert backwards.
Humbert tries to pull guard but Bakunin holds him up against the cage and eventually Humbert drops back down to his feet.

Humbert pulls guard effortlessly.
Bakunin wanted to stand there but Humbert had control of the position.
Humbert keeping full guard, as Bakunin tries to pass.

Bakunin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humbert slips a jab from Bakunin.
Bakunin connects with a nice looking jab.
Bakunin jabs Humbert right on the nose. Humbert blinks but takes it well.
Bakunin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Humbert throws out the jab.
Humbert takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bakunin connects with a nice looking jab.
Humbert looks to score with a jab to the body but Bakunin is just out of range.
Humbert looks to throw the jab but Bakunin is out of range.
Humbert defending well as Bakunin loads up on a big left hand.
Humbert misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Bakunin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bakunin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bakunin.
Bakunin clobbers Humbert with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bakunin moves away from the strike by Humbert.
An attempted straight right counter from Bakunin misses the target.
Humbert throws a big shot that misses.
Humbert jabs Bakunin right on the nose. Bakunin blinks but takes it well.
Humbert tests Bakunin's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humbert takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bakunin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Humbert looks to land a right hand but Bakunin moved out of range.
Humbert fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bakunin manages to avoid it.
Bakunin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bakunin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Humbert slips under a jab.
Bakunin throws a jab but it's blocked by Humbert.
Humbert throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Humbert misses with a straight left.
Bakunin is looking to counter punch.
Humbert ducks under a wild hook from Bakunin.
Humbert lands a nice shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bakunin.
Humbert uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bakunin.
Humbert misses with a hook.
Humbert swings for the body but Bakunin moves out of range.
Bakunin digs a good body shot into Humbert's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Humbert misses.
Humbert looks to land a left hand but Bakunin moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin digs a good hook to Humbert's body.
Bakunin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Humbert on the side of the head.
A big left from Bakunin misses.
Humbert keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Humbert takes a swing at Bakunin's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Bakunin.
Humbert feints the counter takedown.
Humbert staying out of range there.
Bakunin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Humbert moves away.
Bakunin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bakunin lands with a shot to the body.
Bakunin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bakunin throws a head kick but Humbert moves out of range.
Bakunin swings for the body but Humbert moves out of range.
Humbert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bakunin moves away.
Bakunin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Humbert misses.
Bakunin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bakunin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bakunin looks to score with a jab to the body but Humbert is just out of range.
Bakunin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Humbert.
Humbert tries to counter by closing the distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Humbert lands a slapping body shot.
Humbert digs a good hook to Bakunin's body.
Bakunin misses with a body shot.
Bakunin misses with an uppercut
letting Humbert counter with a right hand.
Mikhail Bakunin is winning the standup battle so far.
Bakunin lands a nice hook to Humbert's body. Humbert takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bakunin blocks a jab.
Humbert has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Humbert there as he acknowledges the shot.
Humbert connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Humbert lands with a nice body punch.
Bakunin throws a jab when Humbert was well out of range.
Humbert misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bakunin.
Humbert throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Humbert misses with a wild body shot.
Bakunin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Humbert.
Humbert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bakunin moves away.
Bakunin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Humbert was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakunin.
Humbert throws an overhand right that lands on Bakunin's shoulder, as Bakunin tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bakunin takes a swing at Humbert's ribcage but misses.
Bakunin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakunin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Bakunin. Those never looked like landing.
Bakunin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nice uppercut there from Humbert.
Humbert throws a body shot but no joy.
Humbert keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bakunin misses with a looping left.
Humbert has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Humbert throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bakunin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bakunin misses with a hook.
Humbert changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Humbert slips a straight right by Bakunin.
Humbert swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bakunin staying out of range there.
Bakunin cracks Humbert with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Humbert's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bakunin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Humbert scrambles back to his feet.
Bakunin connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bakunin throws a body punch but Humbert moves out of range.
Humbert wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Humbert takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humbert dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Humbert drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bakunin misses with a looping right.
Humbert bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bakunin throws a body punch but Humbert moves out of range.
Humbert appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bakunin. Humbert does a little dance to reset his feet.
Humbert loads up on a big right hand but Bakunin slips the punch.
Humbert throws a body punch but Bakunin moves out of range.
It looked like Bakunin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bakunin lands a jab to the head.
Bakunin misses with a double jab.
Humbert is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bakunin with a body shot.
Humbert shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bakunin throws a body punch but Humbert moves out of range.
Bakunin avoids the body shot from Humbert.
Bakunin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bakunin swings for the body but Humbert moves out of range.
Bakunin digs a good body shot into Humbert's ribs.
Humbert swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Humbert ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bakunin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Humbert can do to turn this around?
Bakunin misses with an uppercut. Humbert saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin throws a hook but Humbert avoids it easily.
A jab from Bakunin does it's job there.
Humbert takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Humbert fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bakunin manages to avoid it.
Humbert throws a body punch but Bakunin moves out of range.
Bakunin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Humbert.
A little feinted left hand from Bakunin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bakunin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Humbert throws a body punch but Bakunin moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Bakunin.
Bakunin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Humbert doesn't seem bothered though.
Humbert uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bakunin.
Nice body punch from Humbert.
Bakunin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Humbert defending well as Bakunin loads up on a big left hand.
Bakunin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bakunin throws a body shot but no joy.
Bakunin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Humbert throws a big shot that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Bakunin misses its target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Humbert scores with a hook.
A big left from Bakunin misses.
Humbert bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bakunin's head.
Bakunin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Humbert rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bakunin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Humbert throws a body shot but no joy.
Bakunin connects with a body shot.
Humbert dips to his left and cracks Bakunin with an uppercut!
Bakunin misses with a body shot.
Humbert now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bakunin. Humbert does a little dance to reset his feet.
Humbert throws a shot from downtown. Bakunin moves away and avoids it.
Bakunin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Humbert sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bakunin throws a hook but Humbert avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Humbert fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bakunin blocks a jab.
Bakunin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Humbert.
Bakunin lands a nice hook to Humbert's body. Humbert takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Humbert scores with a body shot.
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 Mikhail Bakunin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Humbert looks to score with a jab to the body but Bakunin is just out of range.
Bakunin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Humbert.
Bakunin misses the jab.
Humbert is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Humbert on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Humbert digs a good hook to Bakunin's body.
Humbert keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Humbert scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bakunin moves out of range as Humbert strikes.
Humbert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bakunin moves away.
Bakunin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Humbert blocks a jab.
Bakunin loads up on a big right hand but Humbert slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakunin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Humbert is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bakunin rather than just go for the knockout.
Bakunin throws a body punch but Humbert moves out of range.
Bakunin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Humbert.
Bakunin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Humbert.
Bakunin misses with a straight right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Humbert.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humbert stuns Bakunin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bakunin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Humbert throws a shot from downtown. Bakunin moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Bakunin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice uppercut there from Bakunin.
A jab from Bakunin misses.
Humbert misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bakunin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Humbert takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bakunin slips under a jab.
Bakunin scores with a hook to the body. Humbert takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bakunin cracks Humbert with an open hand slap.
Nice defenses there by Bakunin.
A little feinted left hand from Bakunin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Humbert misses with a hook. Bakunin ducked under it nicely.
Humbert scores with a shot to the body.
Bakunin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Humbert finds it's way round the side to connect with Bakunin's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Humbert's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bakunin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Humbert scrambles back to his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Bakunin there.
Humbert takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humbert has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bakunin finds it's way round the side to connect with Humbert's head.
Bakunin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Humbert.
Humbert uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bakunin.
Humbert bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Humbert tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Humbert gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bakunin works the jab nicely.
Bakunin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheers as Bakunin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Humbert doesn't seem phased though.
Bakunin moves away from the strike by Humbert.
Bakunin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Humbert has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Humbert there as he acknowledges the shot.
Humbert moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Humbert looks to throw the jab but Bakunin is out of range.
Bakunin lands with an overhand left.
Bakunin loads up on a big right hand but Humbert slips the punch.
A jab from Bakunin does it's job there.
Bakunin misses with a body shot.
Humbert loads up on a big right hand but Bakunin slips the punch.
Humbert Humbert has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humbert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bakunin throws a looping overhand right but Humbert ducks down to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Bakunin.
Humbert throws a poor cross that misses
and Bakunin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Humbert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Bakunin misses the target.
Bakunin blocks a jab.
Bakunin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bakunin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Humbert manages to avoid it.
Mikhail Bakunin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bakunin dips to his left and cracks Humbert with an uppercut!
Bakunin scores with a nice strike.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bakunin.
Bakunin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Humbert takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Humbert waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bakunin.
Humbert lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bakunin tests Humbert's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Bakunin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Bakunin misses.
Humbert misses with a shot to the body
and Humbert takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Humbert takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bakunin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Humbert was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakunin.
Humbert slips under a jab.
Bakunin misses the shot to the body.
Humbert gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Humbert uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bakunin.
Humbert scores with a hook to the body. Bakunin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Humbert swings for the body but Bakunin moves out of range.
Bakunin jabs at Humbert's body.
Humbert displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bakunin throws out the jab.
Humbert is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Bakunin throws a jab but it's blocked by Humbert.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Humbert misses its intended target.
Bakunin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Humbert misses the shot to the body.
Humbert throws a jab but it's blocked by Bakunin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikhail Bakunin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bakunin 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikhail Bakunin!
Mikhail Bakunin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Humbert Humbert had this to say: 'the referee sucker punched me....did u see that !???'.