PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Bloom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bum Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bloom
vs
Love

172 cm
22
140 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

176 cm
19
154 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Cage Wars Nutrition
Cage Wars Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Orlando Bloom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bum Love!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Love gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bloom trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bloom would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Bloom sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Bloom gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Love is looking to clinch.
Bloom fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Love avoids it really well and circles away.

Bloom drives through and clinches with Love against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloom lands a right hand that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Love jumps guard but Bloom stands there with Love around his waist. Love gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Bloom manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Love accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Love trying to control but Bloom is working from the bottom.
Love looking to pass the guard.
Bloom is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Love is controlling him.
Love preventing the sweep.

Bloom manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Bloom shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Love pinned against the cage. Love gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Love tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bloom makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bloom gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bloom is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Love pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Orlando Bloom. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bloom is breathing heavily.

Bloom drags the fight down to the ground.
Bloom working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Love.
Bloom pulls Love in close to his closed guard and prevents Love from doing any damage or advancing position.
Love stands and throws Bloom's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Bloom is not content to let Love control the position.
Bloom tries to escape but Love is in control.
Love trying to control the position but Bloom is working away.
Bloom tries to escape but Love is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Love tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Love tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Love looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sloppy strikes there by Love.
Bloom struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Love is trying to get an arm triangle but Bloom is defending well.

Love tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Love has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bloom manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Love is keen to just control but Bloom is a slippery customer.
Love is looking to advance position but Bloom won't allow it.
Love is keen to just control but Bloom is a slippery customer.

Bloom pushes Love off and gets back to his feet.

Bloom closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orlando Bloom dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bloom clinches.
Bloom working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bloom lands a nice uppercut.
A knee to the head by Bloom.

It looks like Bum Love has been cut.
Love gets underhooks to prevent Bloom's takedown attempt.
Bloom lands an uppercut.

Bloom pulls guard effortlessly.
Bloom looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Love drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bloom dives on top into guard.

Bloom stands up and waves to Love to follow him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Bloom rushes Love and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloom drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Bloom pulls guard successfully.
Bloom looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Love trying to control but Bloom is working from the bottom.

Bloom is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Love tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bloom avoids it.
Bloom lands a hook that snaps the head of Love backwards.
A short right from Bloom on the inside.
Bloom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Bloom.
Bloom connects with a knee to the head.
Bloom lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bloom lands a right hand.

Bloom has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Love is trying to keep an underhook but Bloom manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Bloom stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Bloom moves in looking to clinch but Love pushes him off.
Love takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Bloom has managed to clinch.
Love wants a takedown.

Bloom gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bloom engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bloom gets to his feet. Love looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Bloom moves into the clinch.
Love wants to get back to striking at distance but Bloom won't allow it.
Love is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bloom gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bloom pushes Love back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bloom creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Bloom ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bloom no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Love won't allow Bloom to sweep him here.
Love wants to pass the guard but Bloom is keeping the position.
Orlando Bloom overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bloom manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bloom is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Bloom gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bloom scores with a shot to the side of Love's head.
Bloom working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bloom changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Love fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Orlando Bloom. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bloom clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Bloom jumps guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orlando Bloom dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bum Love'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. This is the final round!

Love wants to clinch

and Bloom counters by clinching up.

Bloom manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Bloom has his feet on Love's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Love throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bloom's waist but Bloom gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Love off to one side.

Bloom closes the distance and pushes Love back into the cage.
Bloom stops a takedown attempt from Love.
Bloom lands a damaging elbow.
Bloom lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Love takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bloom scores a nice knee to the body.
Bloom lands a shoulder strike.

Bloom jumps into guard, dragging Love to the mat.

Bloom pushes Love off and gets back to his feet.
Bloom turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bloom darts in and clinches Love up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bloom creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bloom.
Bloom creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Love's defenses.
Bloom working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bloom with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Bloom manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Bloom scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Bloom moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bloom.
Love fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Orlando Bloom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bum Love.
Bloom working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloom drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Love gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bloom connects with a nasty looking knee right to Love's face.
A knee to the head by Bloom.
Bloom lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bloom lands a hook that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Love is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bloom is keeping busy.

Bloom manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Bloom tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bloom keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Love missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bloom is pulling down on Love's head to control his posture.
Bloom keeping full guard, as Love tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bloom has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Love off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Bloom shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bloom showed some decent athleticism there.

Love looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Love wants to get back to full guard.
Bloom passes to full mount!
Bloom content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bloom stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Bum Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Bloom clinches with his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bloom lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Orlando Bloom is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bloom.
Bloom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Love can do to turn this around?
Bloom is leaning against Love and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Orlando Bloom showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bloom has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Orlando Bloom!