PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Soor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brumbazz Hulendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Soor
vs
Hulendez

190 cm
20
250 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

200 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fred Soor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brumbazz Hulendez!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Dean Styles and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hulendez misses with a jab, cross combination.

Soor fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hulendez sprawls well initially but Soor persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Soor is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hulendez defends it well.
Hulendez holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Hulendez is trying to get back to full guard.
Hulendez preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Soor frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Soor avoids the attempt from Hulendez to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soor trying to control but Hulendez is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Soor working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Soor is going olschool here, as he tries to force Hulendez to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hulendez shrugs it off.
Soor prevents Hulendez from getting the reversal.

Soor with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Soor is breathing heavily.
Hulendez is trying desperately to improve position.
Hulendez regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hulendez controlling the position well.
Soor trying to control from half guard but Hulendez is working away.
Hulendez tries to get to full guard but Soor has control of the leg.
Soor trying to control from half guard but Hulendez is working away.
Soor not doing much here.
Hulendez trying to control but Soor postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hulendez lands with a nice body punch.
Hulendez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brumbazz Hulendez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hulendez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Soor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hulendez misses with a wild combination.

Hulendez rushes Soor and presses him up against the cage.

Hulendez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hulendez throws a series of punches but Soor moves out of range.
Soor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hulendez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hulendez fails to land with a series of punches.
Hulendez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice cross by Hulendez.

It looks like Fred Soor has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hulendez misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Hulendez does no damage.
Hulendez lands with a nice combination. Soor backs away looking to recover.
Hulendez throws a series of punches but Soor moves out of range.
Brumbazz Hulendez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soor dodges the punch combination from Hulendez.
Hulendez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Soor.
Hulendez misses with a series of wild punches.
Hulendez scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hulendez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hulendez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hulendez throws a series of punches but Soor avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brumbazz Hulendez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fred Soor's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hulendez misses with a two punch combination.
Hulendez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Soor drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Soor is looking to take a break and control but Hulendez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hulendez struggling a bit here.
Soor tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Soor trying to control the action but Hulendez is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hulendez is trying to control Soor's posture but Soor avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Soor thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hulendez sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Hulendez is pressing down on Soor's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Hulendez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Soor preventing the sweep.
Hulendez is pulling down on Soor's head to control his posture.

Soor drops back looking for a leg! Hulendez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hulendez manages to kick Soor off! Soor jumps back into Hulendez's guard.
Hulendez controlling Soor's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hulendez looking for a sweep. Not yet Hulendez, not yet.
Hulendez is adopting a defensive guard.
Soor trying to control the position from guard on top but Hulendez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hulendez is pulling down on Soor's head. It's preventing any offense from Soor, at least for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hulendez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soor tries to roll over but Hulendez keeps him under control.
Hulendez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Hulendez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

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.

Despite being in the dominant position, Brumbazz Hulendez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hulendez throws a nice looking combination but Soor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Hulendez.
Hulendez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Soor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hulendez as he jumps to the side.
Hulendez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hulendez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Soor shoots for a takedown but Hulendez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hulendez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Soor.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hulendez!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brumbazz Hulendez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fred Soor's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hulendez scores with a body shot.
Soor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brumbazz Hulendez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hulendez throws a right and a left that Soor avoids nicely.
Hulendez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Soor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hulendez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Soor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A head kick misses from Hulendez.
Hulendez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Soor rather than just go for the knockout.
Hulendez throws a nice looking combination but Soor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hulendez misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Soor fails to land the takedown.
Hulendez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hulendez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Soor fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Soor. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hulendez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Soor.
Hulendez stuffs the takedown.
A punch combination from Hulendez misses.
Hulendez misses with the combination.

Soor looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hulendez seems keen to control Soor's posture.
Hulendez keeping moving, preventing Soor from controlling successfully.
Hulendez has Soor pulled in close to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hulendez keeping moving, preventing Soor from controlling successfully.
Hulendez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hulendez controlling Soor's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hulendez is on top in guard.

Soor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hulendez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Soor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hulendez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Soor working for a triangle but Hulendez defends it easily.
Hulendez stays in close to Soor's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Despite being in the dominant position, Brumbazz Hulendez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Soor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hulendez.
Some wild striking there from Hulendez.
Hulendez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hulendez swinging wilding here.
Fred Soor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brumbazz Hulendez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Soor tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hulendez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Soor somewhat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brumbazz Hulendez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hulendez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brumbazz Hulendez!