PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake The (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Somore Fudge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The
vs
Fudge

191 cm
28
221 lbs
13 - 11 - 1

190 cm
26
223 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jake The!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Somore Fudge!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The motions for Fudge to come forward. The throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fudge.
Fudge misses with a wild body shot.
Fudge blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Fudge misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Fudge.
Fudge lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A low kick from Fudge is predictable there
and The connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fudge misses with a left hand
and The counters with a stiff right hand.
Somore Fudge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fudge misses with an uppercut.
Fudge throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and The counters with a leg kick.
Fudge scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The ducks under a wild hook from Fudge.
Fudge connects with a body shot that sends The's belly button to the back.
Fudge throws a leg kick that is checked
and The counters with an outside leg kick.
Fudge swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fudge throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The on the side of the head.
The throws a leg kick
and Fudge counters with a nice body shot.
Fudge scores with a hook to the body. The takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fudge throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fudge lands a nice looking body shot.
Somore Fudge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fudge blocks a head kick by The.
Fudge is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The.
A big left from The misses.
Fudge misses with a low kick.
The tries to move into range but Fudge moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fudge throws out the jab.
A low kick from The misses
and Fudge counters with a left to the body.
The scores with a leg kick.
The uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fudge.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The misses with a double jab.
The throws a leg kick
and Fudge counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fudge misses with a jab to the body
and The counters with a thumping low kick.
Fudge misses with a looping right.
Fudge throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Fudge throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The tries to clinch up.
A low kick from The misses
and Fudge counters with a series of strikes. The will be more careful next time no doubt.
The on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fudge lands with an uppercut that bounces The off the cage and back into range.
The scoring well with a low kick there.
The looks to land a combination but Fudge avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The is looking to clinch but Fudge is avoiding it.
Fudge connects with a solid leg kick.
Fudge fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A leg kick checked by Fudge.
Fudge bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fudge fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fudge misses with a body shot
and The makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fudge misses with a body kick.
Fudge bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fudge misses with a wild body shot.
Fudge misses with a hook
and The counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

The moves into range and clinches up with Fudge.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The lands a knee to the body.

The breaks the clinch.
Fudge throws a leg kick but The sees it coming and moves out of range.
The scoring well with a low kick there.
The stuns Fudge with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fudge uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fudge. Fudge circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fudge checks the leg kick.
Fudge looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The tries to work over Fudge's front leg with a kick but Fudge checks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The tries to close the distance and clinch but Fudge swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The.
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 Jake The will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The throws a leg kick but Fudge moved away.
Fudge digs a good hook to The's body.
The keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fudge.
Fudge's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fudge misses with a right hand
and The counters with a nice leg kick.
Fudge misses with a wild body shot.
Fudge walks into a stiff left hand from The.
An inside leg kick from The misses.
The throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fudge counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A right-left combo lands from Fudge.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fudge has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fudge ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fudge counters with a straight right hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fudge has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fudge and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fudge circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fudge takes a swing at The's ribcage but misses.
The tries to work over Fudge's front leg with a kick but Fudge checks it.
Fudge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fudge throws a leg kick but The sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fudge moves out of range of the strikes.
Fudge misses with an uppercut. The saw that one coming.
The lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fails in his attempt to clinch.
A cross from Fudge lands.
Fudge fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The delivers a nice body kick.
Fudge misses with a two punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The blocks a leg kick.
Fudge blocks a head kick by The.
Nice body punch from The.
The takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The fight stays on the outside here - The looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fudge.
The tries to work over Fudge's front leg with a kick but Fudge checks it.
The fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fudge.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fudge stuns The with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fudge scoring well with a low kick there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fudge darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fudge clobbers The with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fails with a takedown attempt.
Fudge fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The is looking to chop away at Fudge's legs.
Fudge pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The throws a leg kick
and The takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fudge throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The lands a leg kick that knocks Fudge off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fudge throws a leg kick
and The counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Fudge checks a low kick from The.
Fudge takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fudge lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The is looking to chop away at Fudge's legs.
Fudge connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between The's hands.
The defending well as Fudge loads up on a big left hand.
Fudge's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Fudge duly obliges.
Fudge lands a nice looking body shot.
Fudge scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. The doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from The.
The avoids the body shot from Fudge.
The tries to score with a low kick but Fudge moves his leg out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Somore Fudge showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Fudge is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fudge thows a leg kick but The checks it
and The counters with a body kick that stops Fudge in his tracks momentarily.
Fudge misses with a few strikes there.
No luck for The with that takedown attempt.
Fudge takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fudge swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fudge misses with a straight right.
The ducks under a wild hook from Fudge.
The ducks under a wild hook from Fudge.
Nice jab there from Fudge.
Fudge throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The is looking to chop away at Fudge's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fudge misses with a looping right.
Fudge wants to land a leg kick but The is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fudge checks a leg kick.
The defending well as Fudge loads up on a big left hand.
The looks to throw a body kick
and The takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fudge moves out of range of the body kick.
Fudge scores with a punch to the head.
A big right from Fudge misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by The. That's going to slow Fudge down.
Fudge takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fudge blocks a low kick nicely.
Fudge moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The moves in looking to clinch but Fudge pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fudge throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The looks to land a right hand but Fudge moved out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The tries for a takedown but Fudge sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The tries to work over Fudge's front leg with a kick but Fudge checks it.
Fudge jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fudge throws a series of punches but The moves out of range.
The misses with a low kick.
Fudge throws a body punch but The moves out of range.
Fudge throws a leg kick but The sees it coming and moves out of range.
The lands a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The checks a leg kick.
A left lands for Fudge.
Fudge lands with an overhand left.
Fudge misses with a hook.
The throws a nice outside leg kick.
The motions for Fudge to come forward. The throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fudge with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The throws a low kick but Fudge moves out of range easily.
Fudge swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fudge throws an off balance right hand
and The counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Somore Fudge seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch lands to the side of Fudge 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fudge digs a good body shot into The's ribs.
The feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fudge's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The misses with a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fudge waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The.
Fudge paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fudge has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The.
Fudge takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fudge sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fudge swings widly with a right hand
and The counters with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fudge is looking to land body kicks.
The lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fudge will feel that in the morning.
The getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jake The.
I think The has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Somore Fudge!
A victorious Somore Fudge thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.