PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hi Beautiful (ranked 23562 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Bush (ranked 23451 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.

Beautiful
vs
Bush

183 cm
21
200 lbs
5 - 11 - 2

183 cm
21
200 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hi Beautiful!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Bush!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Beautiful drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Bush throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Beautiful avoids the body shot from Bush.

Bush closes the distance and pushes Beautiful back into the cage.
Bush lands a body punch in the clinch.
Beautiful will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bush up against the cage.
Bush tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush tries to score a body lock takedown but Beautiful shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bush letting Beautiful take a breather here.
Beautiful trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Beautiful is stalling here.
Beautiful misses with a punch to the body.
Beautiful can't find room to land a body shot as Bush controls the action.
Beautiful tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beautiful tries a body shot but Bush blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush blocks a body shot from Beautiful.
Beautiful misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Beautiful doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Bush manages to break the clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Beautiful.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Beautiful stands up.
Bush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Bush looks to move away, Beautiful throws a big counter combo but Bush just gets out of the way.
Bush stuffs the takedown.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Beautiful shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bush defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Bush dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bush fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beautiful was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Beautiful tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bush sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Beautiful somewhat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bush.

Beautiful throws Bush to one side and escapes!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bush darts in and clinches Beautiful up against the cage.
Bush wants to break free but Beautiful has control.
Beautiful tries to throw a body punch but Bush avoids it by throwing Beautiful back against the cage.
Beautiful fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beautiful unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bush misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bush tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bush struggles to land a body shot inside as Beautiful controls his hands.
Beautiful is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bush pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hi Beautiful. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beautiful can't find room to land a body shot as Bush controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bush tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beautiful's elbow.
Bush misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bush tries to throw a body punch but Beautiful avoids it by throwing Bush back against the cage.
Beautiful looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Beautiful tries a body shot but Bush blocks it.

That's four 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.
Beautiful lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bush backwards.
Bush prevents a body shot from Beautiful.

Bush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beautiful darts in looking for a takedown but Bush gets double underhooks and turns Beautiful into the cage.
Bush is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Beautiful with a body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Beautiful tries for a takedown but Bush sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Beautiful closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
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 Hi Beautiful will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bush closes the distance and pushes Beautiful back into the cage.
Bush misses with a body punch.
Beautiful tries a body shot but Bush blocks it.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bush clinches up against the cage.
Bush is pressed up against the cage. Beautiful has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bush down to the mat. Bush avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bush clinches.
Bush is working Beautiful over against the cage.
Bush misses with a body punch.
Bush tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beautiful's elbow.
Beautiful tries a body shot but Bush blocks it.
Beautiful misses with a shot to the kidneys.

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.
Beautiful tries to throw a body punch but Bush avoids it by throwing Beautiful back against the cage.
Beautiful tries to throw a body punch but Bush avoids it by throwing Beautiful back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bush throws an elbow but misses.
Bush takes a knee to the side of the body.
Beautiful tries for a takedown but Bush manages to get underhooks.
Bush misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beautiful tries to throw a body punch but Bush avoids it by throwing Beautiful back against the cage.
The referee calls for Beautiful to work.
Bush tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bush struggles to land a body shot inside as Beautiful controls his hands.
Bush tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

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.
Nice body punch from Beautiful - that landed with a thud.
Beautiful tries a body shot but Bush blocks it.
Bush works on Beautiful's body with a couple of short punches.
Beautiful struggles to land a body shot inside as Bush controls his hands.
Bush tries a body shot but Beautiful blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bush misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Bush comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bush 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Bush!