PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zjues Xhombre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanu Mitzucuik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xhombre's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rock Superstar. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Xhombre
vs
Mitzucuik

198 cm
32
258 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

192 cm
23
245 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zjues Xhombre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kanu Mitzucuik!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitzucuik throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mitzucuik digs a good hook to Xhombre's body.
Mitzucuik takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Xhombre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Xhombre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mitzucuik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Xhombre misses with a straight right.
Kanu Mitzucuik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mitzucuik misses with a body shot.
Xhombre lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mitzucuik's sensitive parts.
Mitzucuik takes a swing at Xhombre's ribcage but misses.
Mitzucuik fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Xhombre throws a quick inside leg kick.
Xhombre throws a half hearted mid kick.
Xhombre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mitzucuik.
Mitzucuik misses with a body shot
and Xhombre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mitzucuik on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Xhombre. Xhombre obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Xhombre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Xhombre throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Mitzucuik counter with a right hand.
Xhombre throws a jab but it's blocked by Mitzucuik.
Mitzucuik pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Xhombre misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mitzucuik. Xhombre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mitzucuik swings away with a body shot that misses
and Xhombre counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mitzucuik swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Xhombre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mitzucuik counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mitzucuik showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Xhombre.
A punch combination from Mitzucuik misses.
Xhombre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mitzucuik.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xhombre drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mitzucuik slips a jab from Xhombre.
Mitzucuik goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Xhombre throws a jab when Mitzucuik was well out of range.
Xhombre loads up on a big right hand but Mitzucuik slips the punch.
The fighters circling - Xhombre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Xhombre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xhombre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mitzucuik.
Mitzucuik cracks a nice hook into Xhombre's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xhombre misses with an uppercut. Mitzucuik saw that one coming.
Mitzucuik misses with a shot to the body
and Xhombre counters with an inside leg kick.
Xhombre throws the left hand but Mitzucuik avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitzucuik looks to land a combination but Xhombre avoids it well.
Xhombre slips under a jab.
Xhombre moves out of range as Mitzucuik strikes.
Mitzucuik just misses with a punch to the body.
Mitzucuik scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Xhombre doesn't seem bothered though.
Xhombre slips under a jab.
Mitzucuik fails with a takedown attempt.
Mitzucuik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Xhombre.
Mitzucuik misses with a straight left.
Xhombre scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mitzucuik in his tracks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitzucuik on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mitzucuik looks to land a body kick but Xhombre moved away.
Mitzucuik ducks under a wild hook from Xhombre.
Mitzucuik misses with a straight left.
Mitzucuik throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice straight punches there by Xhombre. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Xhombre.
Mitzucuik fails to land with a series of punches.
Mitzucuik scores with a hook to the body. Xhombre takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Xhombre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Xhombre needs to keep his hands up - Mitzucuik had a free shot at his head there.
Mitzucuik misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mitzucuik uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Xhombre.
Xhombre misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Zjues Xhombre will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mitzucuik scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Xhombre doesn't seem bothered though.
Mitzucuik misses with a body shot.
Mitzucuik is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Xhombre rather than just go for the knockout.
Mitzucuik takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Xhombre throws a hook but Mitzucuik avoids it easily.
Mitzucuik throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Xhombre connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mitzucuik's hands.
Xhombre connects with a right hand. Mitzucuik shakes it off.
Xhombre missing with a left hand there. Mitzucuik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mitzucuik looks to score with a jab to the body but Xhombre is just out of range.
Xhombre throws a jab but it's blocked by Mitzucuik.
Mitzucuik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Xhombre was well out of range. Poor timing from Mitzucuik.
Zjues Xhombre is winning the standup battle so far.
Xhombre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mitzucuik throws out the jab.
Xhombre walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitzucuik blocks a jab.
Mitzucuik ducks under a wild hook from Xhombre.
Xhombre throws a jab but it's blocked by Mitzucuik.
Mitzucuik connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Xhombre cracks Mitzucuik with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mitzucuik fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Xhombre manages to avoid it.
Mitzucuik checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mitzucuik throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, jab by Mitzucuik - just one landing.
Mitzucuik looks to score with a jab to the body but Xhombre is just out of range.
Xhombre misses with a hook.
Jab from Xhombre.
Mitzucuik swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zjues Xhombre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xhombre turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mitzucuik scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Xhombre throws a right hand that misses
and Mitzucuik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xhombre feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mitzucuiks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice takedown defense from Xhombre. No joy for Mitzucuik on that attempt.
Xhombre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mitzucuik throws out the jab.
Mitzucuik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Xhombre.
Xhombre misses with a left hand
and Mitzucuik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Xhombre - that will leave a mark!
Nice jab there from Mitzucuik.
Mitzucuik swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Xhombre.
Mitzucuik lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitzucuik takes one to the chin there.
Xhombre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mitzucuik takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mitzucuik uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Xhombre.
Xhombre throws a combination that misses
enabling Mitzucuik to counter with a crisp jab.
Xhombre misses with an uppercut.
Xhombre lands a jab to the head.
Mitzucuik scores with a jab.
Xhombre avoids a kick to the body.
Xhombre explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Xhombre misses with a lunging right hand
and Mitzucuik counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Xhombre thinking.
Mitzucuik throws a right and a left that Xhombre avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitzucuik displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Xhombre throws out the jab.
Horrible takedown by Mitzucuik or perhaps it was just good defense by Xhombre which made him look bad.
A combination from Xhombre does no damage.
Mitzucuik will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mitzucuik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xhombre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Xhombre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mitzucuik looks to score with a jab to the body but Xhombre is just out of range.
Xhombre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mitzucuik throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Zjues Xhombre will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Xhombre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Xhombre digs a good hook to Mitzucuik's body.
A cross from Xhombre lands.
Xhombre misses with a straight right.
Mitzucuik misses the jab.
Xhombre scoring well with a low kick there.
Xhombre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Xhombre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Xhombre misses with a body kick.
Xhombre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good shot there by Mitzucuik.
Mitzucuik steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Xhombre.
Mitzucuik tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Xhombre misses.
Xhombre throws a jab when Mitzucuik was well out of range.
Xhombre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Xhombre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mitzucuik moves away.
Mitzucuik scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Xhombre missing with a left hand there. Mitzucuik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mitzucuik throws out a powerful jab.
Xhombre looks to land a left hand but Mitzucuik moved out of range nicely.
Xhombre throws a hook but Mitzucuik blocks it.
Xhombre throws a shot from downtown. Mitzucuik moves away and avoids it.
Mitzucuik thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitzucuik swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Xhombre.
Mitzucuik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Xhombre.
Xhombre misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from Xhombre.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mitzucuik.
Mitzucuik steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Xhombre.
Xhombre throws the left hand but Mitzucuik avoids the punch easily.
Mitzucuik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Xhombre.
Xhombre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Xhombre misses the jab.
Mitzucuik throws a right hand that Xhombre ducks under and follows up with a left that Xhombre also avoids with ease.
Kanu Mitzucuik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xhombre misses with an uppercut.
Xhombre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Xhombre misses with a hook.
Mitzucuik takes a swing at Xhombre's ribcage but misses.
That kick from Xhombre tenderised Mitzucuik's leg. Mitzucuik is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mitzucuik looks to land a right hand but Xhombre moved out of range.
Mitzucuik bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Xhombre's head.
Xhombre missing with a left hand there. Mitzucuik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Xhombre misses with a head kick.
Xhombre throws an overhand right that lands on Mitzucuik's shoulder, as Mitzucuik tries to avoid the shot.
Xhombre throws a hook but Mitzucuik blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xhombre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mitzucuik circles away quickly and effectively.
Mitzucuik throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Xhombre stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mitzucuik misses with a looping left.
Xhombre misses with a looping left.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Xhombre, as that shot connected.
Xhombre moves out of range of the strikes.
Xhombre lands with a straight right. Mitzucuik didn't see that one coming.
Xhombre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xhombre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mitzucuik.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mitzucuik scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Xhombre bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Xhombre tries to move into range but Mitzucuik moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zjues Xhombre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Xhombre 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Zjues Xhombre!
Zjues Xhombre seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.