PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Smokudju Womba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taj al Din (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Womba comes to the cage accompanied by Ludacris - Blueberry Yum Yum. al Din has chosen قنب هندي as his entrance music. 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.

Womba
vs
al Din

185 cm
34
215 lbs
36 - 6 - 1

187 cm
33
209 lbs
43 - 7 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hellbent
Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Conviction
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Smokudju Womba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taj al Din!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Din lands a jab.
al Din dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
al Din with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Womba to score with a decent uppercut.
al Din ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Womba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by al Din.
Womba shoots in for a double leg but al Din sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
al Din throws a jab when Womba was well out of range.
al Din feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wombas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Womba looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from al Din.
Womba stuns al Din with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Taj al Din seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
al Din buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Womba finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A left lands for al Din.
al Din goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
al Din's jab looks to have found its range, popping Womba under the eye.
Womba takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
al Din motions for Womba to come forward. al Din throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Womba uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before al Din has time to react.
al Din thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din lands the left hand.
al Din walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Womba misses the shot to the body.
al Din throws a shot from downtown. Womba moves away and avoids it.
Womba staying out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Womba.
al Din tries to work over Womba's front leg with a kick but Womba checks it.
Womba moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
al Din blocks a jab.
al Din lands a nice leg kick that just misses Womba's sensitive parts.
al Din swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Womba.
Womba tries a head kick but it misses.
Taj al Din is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Womba misses.
Womba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but al Din moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
al Din walks into a jab.
al Din throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
al Din throws a hook to the side of Womba's head but Womba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Womba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
al Din connects with a solid leg kick.
al Din ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Womba moves away.
Womba looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Womba throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from al Din. Womba does a little dance to reset his feet.

Womba throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. al Din was covering up waiting for the punch and Womba finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
al Din is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Womba scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Womba pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. al Din is keeping the position for now.
Womba loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
al Din working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Womba.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Din has control of Womba's left arm, preventing Womba from doing any damage.
Womba throwing strikes but missing.
Womba trying to control the position from guard on top but al Din is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Womba with a flurry of punches that miss.
Womba tries to free his leg and advance position but al Din is retaining full guard.
al Din pulls Womba in close to prevent any damage.
al Din trying to control the position.
Womba is in close to al Din's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Womba pushing down on al Din's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Womba working the head and body with strikes.
al Din gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Womba trying to control the position from guard on top but al Din is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
al Din is trying to keep Womba in close.
Womba keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of al Din's head.
Womba is looking to work some ground and pound but al Din has wrist control.
Womba trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Womba throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
al Din keeping full guard, as Womba tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Din is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Womba wants to control from the top but al Din keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Taj al Din will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Womba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Womba misses with a takedown attempt - al Din sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A big left from al Din misses.
Taj al Din seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Womba on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
al Din misses with a body shot.
al Din cracks the inside of Womba's front leg.
al Din moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nice sprawl there from al Din as Womba shoots in.
al Din throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
al Din throws a right and a left that Womba avoids nicely.
Womba takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Womba takes one to the side of the head.
Womba tries a low kick but al Din avoids it.
al Din throws a push kick but Womba slaps the foot to one side.
al Din lands a leg kick that knocks Womba off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din looks for the body kick but Womba saw that one coming.
al Din checks the leg kick nicely there.
Womba moves away from the strike by al Din.
al Din misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from al Din misses its intended target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Womba checks a leg kick.
Womba slips a jab from al Din.
al Din thows a left - swing and a miss!
Womba blocks a head kick by al Din.
al Din doesn't manage to clinch there - Womba circles away.
al Din displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Womba.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Smokudju Womba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Womba feints a jab promting al Din to slip. Womba then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. al Din slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
al Din misses with a low kick.
Womba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from al Din.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Womba misses with an uppercut.
al Din throws a jab when Womba was well out of range.
Womba throws a quick inside leg kick.
Womba ducks under a wild hook from al Din.
al Din doesn't manage to clinch there - Womba circles away.
Womba on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
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!
Womba walks into a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from al Din.
al Din throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Womba throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
al Din lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A telegraphed right hand from Womba misses the target.
al Din throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A slow jab from Womba misses its intended target.
Womba moves out of range of the leg kick from al Din.
al Din swings widly with a right hand

and Womba counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Womba.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Womba is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
al Din not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Womba throwing strikes from guard but al Din blocks nicely.
Womba chips away with some ground and pound.
al Din keeping full guard, as Womba tries to pass.
Smokudju Womba overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
al Din trying to keep a closed guard but Womba is proving a slippery customer.
Womba landing with the ground and pound.
Womba throwing strikes but missing.
Womba slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Din controlling the position well.
al Din is trying to maintain the position but Womba is very close to passing his half guard.
Womba looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Womba is working for a submission of some sort.
al Din is trying to maintain the position but Womba is very close to passing his half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Womba trying to mount his opponent but al Din defends it.
al Din manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taj al Din showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Womba throws an overhand right that lands on al Din's shoulder, as al Din tries to avoid the shot.
Womba connects with an inside leg kick.
Womba ducks under a wild hook from al Din.
al Din scores with a nice head shot.
Womba tries to score with a low kick but al Din moves his leg out of the way.
Womba closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
al Din misses with a body shot.
al Din stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Womba.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Womba connects with a body shot that sends al Din's belly button to the back.
Womba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from al Din.
Womba misses with an uppercut. al Din saw that one coming.
Womba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Womba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
al Din misses with a body kick.
al Din lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Womba takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Womba walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. al Din checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Womba throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around al Din's waist but al Din gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Womba off to one side.
al Din is looking to clinch but Womba is avoiding it.
Womba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
al Din throws a right hand that misses

and Womba counters with a nice double leg into guard.
al Din pulls Womba in close to prevent any damage.
Womba pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. al Din is keeping the position for now.
Womba is looking to work some ground and pound but al Din has wrist control.
al Din is pulling down on Womba's head to control his posture.
al Din is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Taj al Din has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from al Din 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 Womba has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Womba and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
al Din connects with a body shot.
Womba moves out of range as al Din throws a body kick.
al Din checks the leg kick nicely there.
al Din throws a sloppy head kick and Womba moves out of range easily.
Womba shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has al Din pinned against the cage. al Din gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
al Din cracks a nice hook into Womba's ribs.
al Din fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Womba manages to avoid it.
Womba shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
al Din throws a lazy right hand but Womba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
al Din waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Womba.
al Din misses with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Womba on the wrong end of a nice hook.
al Din throws a body kick that misses.
Womba throws a nice inside leg kick.
al Din connects with a jab.

A momentary lapse in concentration from al Din enables Womba to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. al Din manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
al Din working a defensive guard here.
al Din working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Womba.
al Din utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
al Din pulls Womba in to control the position.
al Din controls Womba momentarily but Womba frees himself.
Womba lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Womba makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
al Din looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Din has Womba pulled in close to control his posture.
Womba is looking to work some ground and pound but al Din has wrist control.
al Din controlling the position.
Womba connects with a couple of short punches.
al Din can't keep his opponent in guard - Womba advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Womba not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
al Din wants to get back to full guard.

Womba is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
al Din has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Womba looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Womba sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. al Din defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Taj al Din just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A low kick from al Din is predictable there

and Womba counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
al Din is trying to control but can't.
al Din manages to get to full guard.
al Din utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Womba 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.
Womba stands up over al Din, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Womba pushing down on al Din's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Womba trying to pass the guard but al Din defending well.
al Din wants to control but Womba is keeping busy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Womba working the head and body with strikes.
al Din is looking to improve his position.
Womba throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Womba wants to work for an arm triangle but al Din is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Womba moves into full mount! al Din won't be happy about that!
al Din takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Womba with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Womba landing strikes from the mount.
al Din is in all sorts of trouble here.
al Din is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Womba throwing strikes here but al Din is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
al Din is in a horrible position here. Womba smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

al Din is rocked!
Womba postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt al Din bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Womba and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Smokudju Womba!
Smokudju Womba retains his light heavyweight title!
Post fight, Smokudju Womba stared into the camera and said 'Much respect to Taj and his manager! Good fight!'.
In defeat, Taj al Din stepped up to the mic, saying '"You are a worthy adversary and the better fighter today. May we meet again." Taj bows his head, exits the cage.'.