PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirty Bumb (ranked 0 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.

Blaze
vs
Bumb

180 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johny Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dirty Bumb!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bumb fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blaze, pushing him back against the cage.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bumb lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Bumb breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blaze defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bumb.
Bumb throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Blaze's waist but Blaze gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bumb off to one side.
Blaze tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bumb counters by moving into the clinch.

Bumb breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blaze displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bumb.
Johny Blaze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirty Bumb.
Bumb misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Blaze wants to clinch

and Bumb counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from Bumb.
A shot in the inside from Bumb.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Bumb lands with a light punch inside.
Bumb is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blaze is defending well for now.
Bumb lands a right hand.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.

Bumb pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze looks to clinch

and Bumb counters by moving into the clinch.
Blaze misses with a knee strike.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Blaze blocks the elbow strike.
Bumb misses with a knee to the head.
Bumb looks gassed!
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bumb blocks it with crossed arms.
Bumb misses with an elbow over the top.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bumb blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bumb breaks from the clinch.
Blaze tries to clinch

and Bumb counters by clinching up.

Bumb manages to break the clinch.
Blaze avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blaze closes the distance looking to clinch

and Bumb moves into the clinch.
Bumb is trying to break the clinch but Blaze has him pressed against the cage.
Bumb lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Blaze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bumb has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.
Bumb is trying to break free.
Bumb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blazes head.
A short right from Bumb on the inside.
Bumb tries to break the clinch but Blaze is controlling the position.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Blaze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bumb has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bumb wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blaze misses with a knee strike.
Bumb lands a left hand.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blaze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bumb lands a left hand.
Blaze misses with a knee strike.

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.
Bumb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blazes head.
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bumb blocks it with crossed arms.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.

Bumb pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Blaze wants it to stay on the feet.
Blaze tries to clinch but Bumb moves away

and Bumb moves into the clinch.
Blaze keeps control of Bumb as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Bumb lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bumb's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blaze tries to clinch but Bumb moves out of range.
Blaze fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bumb circles away from the clinch attempt

and Bumb holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bumb lands with a short shot to the head.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.
Bumb lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bumb pushes Blaze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bumb is leaning against Blaze and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.

Bumb breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bumb fails to land the takedown.
Blaze closes the distance but Bumb moves to the side
and Bumb counters with a head kick.
Blaze darts in trying to clinch

and Bumb counters by clinching up.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.
Blaze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bumb lands a right hand.
A short right from Bumb on the inside.
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bumb blocks it with crossed arms.
Bumb lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.

Bumb's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bumb avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bumb swats away the attempt to clinch by Blaze.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch but Bumb swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaze tries to clinch but Bumb is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bumb swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blaze tries to clinch but Bumb is having none of it.
Blaze tries to clinch up.
Blaze tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bumb counters by clinching up.
Blaze throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaze.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bumb digs a right hand into Blaze's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blaze's gas tank.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.
Blaze misses with a knee strike.
Bumb scores with a hook to the body.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bumb scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bumb tries to land knees in the clinch but Blaze avoids the damage to the body.
Bumb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Bumb pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bumb paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Bumb has taken the fight to the clinch.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.

Bumb breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blaze wants to clinch but Bumb slips to the side

and Bumb counters by clinching up.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirty Bumb dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bumb paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bumb misses with the combination.
Bumb misses with a hook.
Blaze closes the distance but Bumb moves to the side

and Bumb counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bumb blocks it with crossed arms.
Bumb lands a shoulder strike.
Blaze avoiding damage as Bumb throws knees to the body.

Bumb breaks the clinch.
Bumb circles away from the clinch attempt

and Bumb counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bumb.
Bumb gets through Blaze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.
Bumb works on Blaze's body with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.
Bumb lands with a right to the head.
Bumb misses with a punch to the body.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bumb gets through Blaze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bumb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bumb can't break the clinch.
Bumb stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bumb lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Bumb wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blaze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bumb has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bumb misses with a body punch.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bumb.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.
Bumb trying to land knees to the body.
Bumb lands a nice shot to the body.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bumb lands with a left to the head.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blaze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bumb has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Bumb manages to break the clinch.
Bumb shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Blaze as he avoids it easily.
Blaze looks to clinch
and Bumb counters with a big head kick but Blaze shrugs it off.
Blaze wants to clinch

and Bumb counters by moving into the clinch.
Bumb pushes Blaze back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.
Bumb scores with a nice hook to the head.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bumb lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Bumb misses with an elbow strike.
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bumb blocks it with crossed arms.

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.
Bumb throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bumb swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bumb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blazes head.
Bumb tries to break free but Blaze pushes him back against the cage.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Bumb.
Bumb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaze avoids it.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.
Bumb is working Blaze over against the cage.

Bumb escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blaze doesn't manage to clinch there - Bumb circles away.
Blaze tries to clinch but Bumb moves out of range.
Bumb closes the distance and clinches up with Blaze, looking for a takedown. Bumb pushes Blaze against the cage but Blaze circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Blaze fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blaze tries to clinch

and Bumb counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Bumb pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze wants to clinch.
Blaze is looking to clinch.
Bumb swats away the attempt to clinch by Blaze.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze closes the distance but Bumb moves to the side

and Bumb counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bumb.
Blaze blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bumb tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A hook to the body from Bumb.
Blaze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze keeps control of Bumb as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bumb blocks it with crossed arms.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blaze misses with a knee strike.
Bumb lands a body shot.
Bumb is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blaze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bumb has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bumb misses with a knee strike.
Bumb lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bumb doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.

Bumb pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze wants to clinch

and Bumb holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Bumb breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blaze doesn't manage to clinch there - Bumb circles away.
Blaze tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Bumb counters by clinching up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bumb digs a right hand underneath Blaze's ribcage. Blaze let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bumb misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Bumb manages to break the clinch.
Blaze moves in looking to clinch but Bumb pushes him off.
Bumb shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johny Blaze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirty Bumb.
Blaze is looking to clinch.
Blaze tries to clinch but Bumb moves away

and Bumb moves into the clinch.
Bumb stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blaze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bumb has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Bumb is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bumb.
Blaze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bumb has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bumb.
Bumb using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blaze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blaze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bumb tries to land knees in the clinch but Blaze avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Bumb.
Bumb has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bumb throws an elbow but misses.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.

Bumb escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirty Bumb showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Blaze tries to clinch up but Bumb circles away and keeps his distance.
Blaze wants to clinch.
Blaze tries to clinch up

and Bumb holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bumb lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bumb pushes Blaze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bumb lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bumb creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bumb wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blaze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bumb has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blaze takes a shot to the head.
Bumb works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bumb lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Bumb breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaze wants to clinch

and Bumb counters by clinching up.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Bumb breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blaze tries to clinch

and Bumb holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Bumb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bumb gets through Blaze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bumb pushes Blaze back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bumb is looking to break free of the clinch but Blaze has double underhooks.
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bumb blocks it with crossed arms.

Bumb's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blaze tries to clinch

and Bumb counters by moving into the clinch.
Bumb lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bumb lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bumb lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bumb is trying to break free.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Bumb blocks with his arms.
Nice body punch from Bumb - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bumb.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Bumb blocks it.

Bumb breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blaze clinches but Bumb breaks the clinch

and Bumb counters by clinching up.
Bumb lands with a light punch inside.
Bumb has had enough of the clinch but Blaze keeps him there for the moment.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bumb lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Bumb escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blaze tries to clinch but Bumb moves away

so Bumb counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Blaze is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Johny Blaze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze wants to sweep here but Bumb controlling him for the moment.

Blaze working for a triangle but Bumb defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bumb wants to pass the guard but Blaze is keeping the position.
Blaze is trying to control the position from the bottom.

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.
Dirty Bumb is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bumb really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blaze. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Blaze fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blaze tries to grapple but his opponent circles

so Bumb counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Blaze striking from his own guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dirty Bumb comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bumb 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirty Bumb!