PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bill Ding Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happy Bimbu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bill Ding Junior could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Happy Bimbu's chin.

Ding Junior
vs
Bimbu

180 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Ding Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Happy Bimbu!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ding Junior looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Ding Junior moves into the clinch.
Bimbu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ding Junior tries for a takedown but Bimbu manages to get underhooks.

Ding Junior breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ding Junior tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bimbu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bimbu throws out a leg kick but Ding Junior moves out of range and Bimbu only half commits.
Ding Junior tries to clinch there but Bimbu circles away.
Bimbu tries to clinch there but Ding Junior circles away.
Bimbu cracks Ding Junior with a good jab.
Bimbu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bimbu lands with a light punch inside.

Ding Junior escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bimbu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bimbu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ding Junior tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ding Junior circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ding Junior closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bimbu circles away.
Bimbu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ding Junior.
Ding Junior is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bimbu scores with a jab to the head.
Ding Junior tries to clinch up but Bimbu circles away and keeps his distance.
Happy Bimbu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ding Junior changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bimbu tries to avoid it but Ding Junior manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bimbu to the ground. Bimbu escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Ding Junior. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ding Junior slips a jab and a cross from Bimbu.
Ding Junior fails to land the takedown.
Ding Junior is breathing heavily.

Bimbu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ding Junior, pushing him back against the cage.

Bimbu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ding Junior gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bimbu throws a series of strikes that have Ding Junior backpedaling.
Bimbu lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bimbu scores with a sloppy right hand. Ding Junior should have avoided that one.

Ding Junior is rocked!
Ding Junior avoids a punch combination nicely.

Bimbu closes the distance and pushes Ding Junior back into the cage.
Bimbu has Ding Junior pressed against the cage.

Bimbu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bimbu scores with a jab. Ding Junior acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bimbu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Bimbu clinches with his opponent.
Bimbu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bimbu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bimbu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ding Junior.

Bimbu breaks the clinch.
A cross from Bimbu lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ding Junior tries to close the distance and clinch but Bimbu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ding Junior takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ding Junior blocks a head kick by Bimbu.
Ding Junior showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bimbu.

Ding Junior tries to keep at a distance but Bimbu has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bimbu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ding Junior changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bimbu tries to avoid it but Ding Junior manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bimbu to the ground. Bimbu escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bimbu throws a series of strikes that have Ding Junior backpedaling.
Ding Junior misses with a looping right.

Bimbu clinches with his opponent.

Bimbu breaks from the clinch.
Bimbu connects with a high kick.

Bimbu has taken the fight to the clinch.

Bimbu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Happy Bimbu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bimbu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Bimbu breaks from the clinch.
Bimbu misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ding Junior is looking to clinch.
Ding Junior moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Bimbu darts in and clinches Ding Junior up against the cage.

Bimbu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bimbu drives through and clinches with Ding Junior against the cage.

Bimbu manages to break the clinch.
Ding Junior showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bimbu.
Bimbu moves out of range of the strikes.
Bimbu stalks Ding Junior and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ding Junior's face. Ding Junior staggers backwards, shaken.
Bimbu scores with a hook to the body. Ding Junior takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bimbu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ding Junior in his tracks.
Bimbu throws a series of strikes that have Ding Junior backpedaling.

Ding Junior tries to keep at a distance but Bimbu has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bimbu breaks from the clinch.

Bimbu rushes Ding Junior and presses him up against the cage.

Bimbu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bimbu jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ding Junior shoots in but no luck this time.

Ding Junior tries to keep at a distance but Bimbu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ding Junior is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Bimbu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Bimbu drives through and clinches with Ding Junior against the cage.

Bimbu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ding Junior has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ding Junior on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ding Junior fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bimbu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bimbu throws a head kick that misses.

Ding Junior tries to keep at a distance but Bimbu has taken the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ding Junior looking to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bimbu digs a right hand into Ding Junior's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ding Junior's gas tank.

Bimbu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bimbu rushes Ding Junior and presses him up against the cage.

Bimbu manages to break the clinch.
Ding Junior is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happy Bimbu dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ding Junior is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bimbu.
Bimbu lands with a cross.
Bimbu slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ding Junior takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bimbu tries to clinch but Ding Junior moves out of range.
Bimbu needs to keep his hands up - Ding Junior had a free shot at his head there.
Ding Junior slips a jab and a cross from Bimbu.
Horrible takedown by Ding Junior or perhaps it was just good defense by Bimbu which made him look bad.

Bimbu gets a clinch.
Ding Junior wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bimbu lands with a right to the head.
Bimbu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ding Junior or not.
Bimbu stalling.
A body shot lands from Bimbu.

Bimbu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bimbu has closed the distance and engaged Ding Junior in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bimbu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Bimbu manages to break the clinch.
Bimbu scores with a jab to the body.
Ding Junior walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bimbu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ding Junior doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ding Junior on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ding Junior walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bimbu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ding Junior shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bimbu pinned against the cage. Bimbu gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bimbu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ding Junior stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bimbu.
Bimbu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bimbu scores with a sloppy right hand. Ding Junior should have avoided that one.
Ding Junior gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bimbu.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Ding Junior. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Nice uppercut there from Bimbu.
Ding Junior looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ding Junior gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bill Ding Junior is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bimbu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ding Junior on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Bimbu moves into range and clinches up with Ding Junior.
Bimbu scores with a shot to the side of Ding Junior's head.

Bimbu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bimbu instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ding Junior just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bimbu's brow.

Bimbu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bimbu cracks Ding Junior with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bimbu cracks Ding Junior with an open hand slap.
Ding Junior dodges the punch combination from Bimbu.
Bimbu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Ding Junior closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Bimbu breaks the clinch.
Bimbu scores with a jab to the body.
Bimbu misses with a kick to the body.
Ding Junior's corner calls for a 1-2. Ding Junior obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Bimbu darts in and clinches Ding Junior up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bimbu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ding Junior backwards.
Ding Junior is trying to break the clinch but Bimbu has him pressed against the cage.
Bimbu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bimbu is stalling here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ding Junior looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Ding Junior. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ding Junior looking to slow down the pace here.

Bimbu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bimbu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Bimbu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ding Junior, pushing him back against the cage.

Bimbu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Bimbu does it's job there.
Bimbu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Happy Bimbu seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Ding Junior shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ding Junior was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bimbu tries to improve his position but instead Ding Junior has taken his back!
Ding Junior tries to get the hooks in deep but Bimbu pushed the leg off.
Ding Junior has the hooks in. Bimbu is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

Bimbu defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Bimbu wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ding Junior is not going to allow Bimbu to sit and survive in this position.
Ding Junior controls the action.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ding Junior trying to control momentarily.
Ding Junior is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bimbu is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ding Junior has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Bimbu has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Bimbu looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happy Bimbu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ding Junior will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ding Junior on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bimbu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bimbu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ding Junior fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bimbu lands with an uppercut that bounces Ding Junior off the cage and back into rage.
Bimbu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bimbu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ding Junior.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Ding Junior. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bimbu clinches up against the cage.
Bimbu digs a right hand underneath Ding Junior's ribcage. Ding Junior let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Bimbu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bimbu has taken the fight to the clinch.

Bimbu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bimbu throws a good cross that connects.
Bimbu with a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bimbu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bimbu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bimbu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ding Junior shoots in but Bimbu avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Bimbu closes the distance and clinches.
Bimbu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bimbu.
A short uppercut from Bimbu.
Ding Junior has had enough of the clinch but Bimbu keeps him there for the moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bimbu avoiding damage.

Ding Junior has clasped his hands together around Bimbu's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Bimbu prevents Ding Junior from improving position.

Ding Junior tries for a kimura but Bimbu is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ding Junior wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bimbu keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bimbu is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bimbu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ding Junior. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bimbu is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Ding Junior's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Ding Junior looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
It looks like Ding Junior is going to stand back up.
Bimbu is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bimbu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A good leg kick by Bimbu.

Bimbu closes the distance and clinches.

Bimbu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bimbu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bimbu misses with a wild combination.
Bimbu jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Ding Junior has closed the distance and engaged Bimbu in a clinch.
Ding Junior can't break the clinch.

Bimbu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bimbu stuns Ding Junior with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bimbu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bimbu tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Ding Junior counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bimbu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bimbu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ding Junior lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Ding Junior pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bimbu throws a series of punches but Ding Junior moves out of range.
Bimbu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bimbu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ding Junior momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Bimbu.
Bimbu just misses with a punch to the body.
Bimbu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ding Junior connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bimbu swats away the attempt to clinch by Ding Junior.
Bimbu scores with a nice right hand.
Ding Junior tries to clinch but Bimbu moves out of range.
Bimbu misses with a two punch combination.
Ding Junior is looking to clinch.
Ding Junior tries to clinch but Bimbu is having none of it.
Happy Bimbu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Bimbu closes the distance and clinches.
Bimbu avoiding damage as Ding Junior throws knees to the body.
Bimbu lands an uppercut.

Bimbu breaks the clinch.
Bimbu digs a good hook to Ding Junior's body.
Bimbu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bimbu lands a jab-cross combination.
Bill Ding Junior has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Ding Junior moves into range and clinches up with Bimbu.

And that's the end of the fight!
Happy Bimbu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bimbu 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Happy Bimbu!