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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Alexeyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Gumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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188 cm
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280 lbs
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185 cm
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270 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andrei Alexeyev! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Barney Gumble! The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Alexeyev keeps the fight on the outside. Gumble clinches up with Alexeyev and pushes him back against the cage. Alexeyev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alexeyev takes the fight into the clinch. A head punch blocked on the inside by Alexeyev. Alexeyev manages to break the clinch.
Gumble doesn't manage to clinch there - Alexeyev circles away.
Gumble tries to move into range but Alexeyev moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Barney Gumble has been cut. Alexeyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gumble manages to avoid it. Gumble tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Gumble uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alexeyev. Gumble tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Alexeyev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Gumble moves in looking to clinch but Alexeyev pushes him off. Alexeyev takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Gumble walks into a left hand. Gumble avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Alexeyev swats away the attempt to clinch by Gumble. Gumble misses with a right hand and Alexeyev counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gumble catches Alexeyev with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Andrei Alexeyev has been cut. Gumble looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Gumble doesn't manage to clinch there - Alexeyev circles away.
Alexeyev pushes Gumble up against the cage in a clinch. Gumble tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alexeyev's elbow. Alexeyev wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gumble. Gumble struggles to land a body shot inside as Alexeyev controls his hands.
Alexeyev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alexeyev scores with a shot to the side of Gumble's head. Gumble throws a punch but it's blocked by Alexeyev. 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! Gumble lands a body punch in the clinch. Alexeyev blocking some punches.
Alexeyev wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gumble has him pressed against the cage. Gumble tries to work over Alexeyev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Gumble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gumble misses with a body punch.
Alexeyev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Gumble swings wildly with an uppercut but Alexeyev uses good head movement to avoid it. Alexeyev missing with knees to the body.
Gumble should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Alexeyev lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Gumble fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gumble goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alexeyev manages to break the clinch.
Alexeyev moves into the clinch. Gumble tries to work over Alexeyev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Alexeyev wants to break free but Gumble has control.
Alexeyev looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio. Alexeyev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gumble tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alexeyev's elbow. Gumble lands with a short head shot on the inside. Alexeyev throws an elbow but it misses.
Alexeyev breaks the clinch.
Alexeyev tries to move into range but Gumble moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Gumble forces Alexeyev back against the cage and clinches. Gumble misses with a body punch.
Alexeyev working hard to break the clinch. Gumble goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alexeyev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Alexeyev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Alexeyev cracks Gumble with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Gumble fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gumble looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Gumble closes the distance and clinches. Gumble softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Gumble has eaten all the pies! Gumble throws a punch but it's blocked by Alexeyev. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gumble. Alexeyev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Gumble is looking to clinch. Alexeyev misses with a straight right. Gumble throws a good cross that connects.
Andrei Alexeyev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Alexeyev swats away the attempt to clinch by Gumble. Gumble doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Alexeyev swats away the attempt to clinch by Gumble.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gumble throws a hook but Alexeyev avoids it easily. Gumble uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alexeyev.
Gumble avoids the body shot from Alexeyev.
Gumble steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alexeyev. Alexeyev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gumble counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gumble. Gumble has a couple of punches blocked by Alexeyev.
Alexeyev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Gumble misses with a punch to the body.
Gumble has a couple of punches blocked by Alexeyev.
Alexeyev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Alexeyev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gumble throws a jab when Alexeyev was well out of range. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Gumble tries to clinch up but Alexeyev circles away and keeps his distance. Gumble is looking to clinch but Alexeyev is avoiding it.
Gumble is looking to clinch. Alexeyev misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Barney Gumble will probably get the nod. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gumble stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Alexeyev fails to land with a series of punches.
Gumble wants to clinch up but Alexeyev keeps it at a distance. Alexeyev slips under a jab from Gumble. Gumble throws a jab but it's blocked by Alexeyev. Gumble lands a lovely overhand right. Alexeyev keeps the fight on the outside. Alexeyev circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gumble fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alexeyev, pushing him back against the cage. Alexeyev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Gumble throws a looping overhand right but Alexeyev ducks down to avoid it. Alexeyev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gumble tries to clinch up. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Gumble goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Barney Gumble seems to be getting the better of the standup. Alexeyev looks to throw the jab but Gumble is out of range. Alexeyev cracks Gumble with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Alexeyev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gumble scores with a decent looking hook.
Andrei Alexeyev's cut is getting worse. Alexeyev moves into the clinch. Alexeyev blocking some punches.
Gumble blocks an elbow strike. Alexeyev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Alexeyev connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gumble momentarily.
Alexeyev closes the distance and clinches. Alexeyev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alexeyev working hard to break the clinch. Alexeyev misses with an elbow over the top. Gumble misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gumble. Gumble fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gumble tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alexeyev's elbow. Gumble swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action! Gumble misses with a short punch on the inside. Gumble working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Alexeyev manages to break the clinch.
A big left from Gumble misses. Alexeyev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alexeyev closes the distance and pushes Gumble back into the cage. Gumble digs a right hand underneath Alexeyev's ribcage. Alexeyev let out a lung full of air as it connected. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Gumble digs a right hand underneath Alexeyev's ribcage. Alexeyev let out a lung full of air as it connected. Still in the clinch, Gumble scores with a nice short uppercut. Good body shot from Gumble.
Alexeyev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gumble pushes Alexeyev back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Gumble misses with a hook from the clinch. Gumble pushes Alexeyev back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Gumble lands a right hand. Gumble lands a shoulder strike. Alexeyev's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Andrei Alexeyev's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Gumble goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gumble fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gumble lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gumble misses with a hook from the clinch. A short body shot lands from Gumble as the two fighters clinch.
Gumble lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Gumble tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Gumble scores with a nice hook to the head. 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! Gumble lands with a light punch inside. A quick uppercut on the inside from Gumble.
Jeez, Andrei Alexeyev's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked. Gumble lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alexeyev backwards. Gumble works on Alexeyev's body with a couple of short punches. Gumble has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Gumble is working Alexeyev over against the cage. Gumble gets through Alexeyev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Alexeyev prevents a body shot from Gumble. A nice right hand lands inside from Gumble. Gumble lands with a light punch inside.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Andrei Alexeyev's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Barney Gumble!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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