PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akimbo Jabbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dusty Rhodes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rhodes has chosen Freebird as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Akimbo Jabbar has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Akimbo Jabbar seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jabbar
vs
Rhodes

217 cm
25
260 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

190 cm
22
259 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akimbo Jabbar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dusty Rhodes!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabbar tries to clinch up.

Rhodes has Jabbar up against the cage in a clinch.
Jabbar looking for a takedown.
Rhodes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jabbar is trying to break the clinch but Rhodes is controlling him.
Jabbar blocks an elbow strike.
Jabbar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rhodes tries a knee to the head but Jabbar blocks it.
Jabbar managing to block the knees to the body from Rhodes.

Rhodes works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Jabbar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rhodes connects with a couple of short punches.
Jabbar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jabbar is trying to control the position but Rhodes postures up.

Jabbar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rhodes is aware though and is defending well.
Jabbar looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jabbar lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rhodes!

Jabbar with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar won't let Rhodes get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Jabbar avoids the attempt from Rhodes to control.
Jabbar looking to ground and pound but Rhodes is blocking nicely.

Jabbar is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Rhodes has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Rhodes is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Rhodes wants to control but Jabbar is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jabbar prevents Rhodes from getting the reversal.
Jabbar landing strikes from the mount.

It looks like Dusty Rhodes has been cut.
Jabbar landing shots from mount.

Jabbar jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Rhodes manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Rhodes dodges the ground and pound from Jabbar.
Rhodes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rhodes defending against the ground and pound.
Jabbar is working Rhodes over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rhodes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jabbar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Jabbar is trying to get an arm triangle but Rhodes is defending well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rhodes can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Rhodes is avoiding damage well.
Jabbar creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Rhodes sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Rhodes is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Jabbar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Rhodes has escaped the position, nice work there.
Rhodes avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jabbar.
Jabbar postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
An elbow from Jabbar crashes against the mat.
The ground and pound from Jabbar seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar working the ground and pound but Rhodes is defending the strikes.
Jabbar tries to score with some ground and pound. Rhodes controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Jabbar wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rhodes, who protects the arm well.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
No luck for Rhodes with that takedown attempt.
Jabbar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rhodes looks gassed!
Jabbar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rhodes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jabbar has a takedown stuffed.
Jabbar tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rhodes sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jabbar somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akimbo Jabbar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jabbar shoots in for a double leg but Rhodes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jabbar lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rhodes tries to clinch up.
Jabbar circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jabbar counters with a head kick. That will keep Rhodes thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akimbo Jabbar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dusty Rhodes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rhodes takes the fight into the clinch.
Jabbar is working for takedown but Rhodes is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rhodes lands a nice elbow.
Jabbar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rhodes walks away with a smile on his face. Jabbar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jabbar scoring well with a low kick there.

Rhodes shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jabbar slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rhodes must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jabbar controlling the position.
Jabbar 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.

Jabbar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jabbar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jabbar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rhodes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Jabbar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rhodes defends well.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jabbar is on top in guard.
Rhodes keeping full guard, as Jabbar tries to pass.
Rhodes keeping moving, preventing Jabbar from controlling successfully.
Jabbar stands and throws Rhodes's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ground and pound from Jabbar seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar lands some shots froms side control.
Rhodes is looking to reverse the position.
Jabbar misses with the ground and pound.
Akimbo Jabbar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jabbar throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jabbar lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Rhodes down.
Jabbar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rhodes keeps working.
Jabbar is chipping away with strikes.
Rhodes takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jabbar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rhodes keeps working.

Jabbar looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jabbar 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rhodes keeps working.
Jabbar sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Rhodes is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jabbar misses with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jabbar trying to control the action but Rhodes is working from the bottom.

Jabbar is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rhodes knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Rhodes avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jabbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jabbar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rhodes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rhodes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jabbar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That has opened up Dusty Rhodes's cut even more.

Jabbar tries to keep at a distance but Rhodes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jabbar fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akimbo Jabbar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jabbar jumps guard and drags Rhodes to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Jabbar looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rhodes lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rhodes won't allow Jabbar to sweep him here.
Jabbar trying to keep a closed guard but Rhodes is proving a slippery customer.
Rhodes stopping the sweep attempt from Jabbar.

Jabbar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akimbo Jabbar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dusty Rhodes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Jabbar gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rhodes to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jabbar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rhodes is controlling him.
Jabbar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rhodes's guard.
Rhodes looking for a sweep. Not yet Rhodes, not yet.

Jabbar is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Rhodes keeping moving, preventing Jabbar from controlling successfully.
Jabbar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabbar is looking to work some ground and pound but Rhodes has wrist control.
Rhodes controlling Jabbar's posture.
Jabbar tries to free his leg and advance position but Rhodes is retaining full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Rhodes clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Rhodes fails to land.
Rhodes missing with knees to the body.
Rhodes lands a damaging elbow.
Jabbar avoiding damage as Rhodes throws knees to the body.
Jabbar lands a left hand.
Rhodes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jabbar blocks an elbow strike.
Jabbar changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rhodes fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Jabbar clinches up against the cage.
Jabbar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rhodes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rhodes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jabbar is defending well for now.
Jabbar has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rhodes avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akimbo Jabbar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jabbar avoids the elbow strike from Rhodes, against the cage.
Jabbar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rhodes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar blocks the elbow strike.
Jabbar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rhodes tries to land knees in the clinch but Jabbar avoids the damage to the body.
Jabbar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rhodes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jabbar avoids a wild elbow strike from Rhodes.
Jabbar tries a knee to the head but Rhodes blocks it.

Rhodes tightens his grip and picks Jabbar up, before dumping him to the ground. Jabbar manages to land in guard.
Rhodes lands a couple of elbows.
Jabbar looking to control.

Jabbar looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Rhodes is defending well. Jabbar quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Rhodes has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Jabbar celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Akimbo Jabbar!