PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leif Eirikson (ranked 590 p4p, 29 weight class) and Christian Mubango (ranked 804 p4p, 32 weight class). Eirikson comes to the cage accompanied by If I had a heart. Mubango has chosen Jessie J - Bang Bang as his entrance music. Christian Mubango has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Eirikson
vs
Mubango

196 cm
35
299 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

197 cm
35
218 lbs
22 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leif Eirikson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Mubango!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eirikson needs to keep his hands up - Mubango had a free shot at his head there.
Eirikson misses with a left hand
and Mubango counters with a nice kick to the body.
Eirikson throws an off balance right hand
and Mubango counters with a body kick that stops Eirikson in his tracks momentarily.
Mubango motions for Eirikson to come forward. Mubango throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Eirikson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mubango.
Eirikson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mubango sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mubango fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Eirikson manages to avoid it.
Eirikson is looking for a counter combo.
Eirikson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Christian Mubango has been cut.
Mubango lands a leg kick that knocks Eirikson off balance momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mubango.
Mubango throws a shot from downtown. Eirikson moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Eirikson misses the target.
Eirikson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mubango does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Eirikson throws a body shot but no joy.
Christian Mubango seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Eirikson. Mubango does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mubango displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eirikson throws out the jab.
Eirikson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Mubango closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Eirikson quickly recovers to half guard.

Eirikson pushes Mubango off and gets back to his feet.
Leif Eirikson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Eirikson misses its intended target.
Mubango lands a really nice looking cross but Eirikson seems unphased.
Mubango just misses with a punch to the body.
Mubango keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eirikson.
Eirikson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Mubango misses.
Mubango throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mubango slips a straight right by Eirikson.
Mubango slips under a jab from Eirikson.
Mubango throws out a counter right but Eirikson avoids it with no problem.
Eirikson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mubango dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mubango fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Eirikson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A telegraphed right hand from Eirikson misses the target.
Eirikson looks to land a right hand but Mubango moved out of range.
Eirikson jabs Mubango to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eirikson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mubango scores with a jab to the jaw.
Eirikson misses with a few strikes there.
Mubango slips under a jab from Eirikson.
Mubango looks to land a body kick but Eirikson moved away.
Eirikson slaps away a takedown attempt from Mubango, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Eirikson throwing a counter right hand but Mubango manages to avoid it.
Eirikson misses the shot to the body.
Eirikson defending well as Mubango loads up on a big left hand.
Mubango lands a nice leg kick that just misses Eirikson's sensitive parts.
Mubango has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Mubango throws an overhand right that lands on Eirikson's shoulder, as Eirikson tries to avoid the shot.
Eirikson looks to land a right hand but Mubango moved out of range.
Eirikson moves out of range of the body kick from Mubango.
Eirikson lands a head shot.
Nice defenses there by Mubango.
Eirikson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mubango was well out of range. Poor timing from Eirikson.
Mubango counters with a body kick.
Eirikson misses with an uppercut

and Mubango counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eirikson desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Mubango missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mubango thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mubango has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Eirikson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mubango.
The fighters are battling for position here. Eirikson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Mubango cracks Eirikson with a solid left hand.
Mubango working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mubango throwing strikes but missing.
Mubango is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mubango throwing strikes from guard but Eirikson blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mubango scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Eirikson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Mubango throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mubango working some strikes from top position.
Mubango trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mubango throws an elbow that misses. Eirikson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mubango's guard. Nice move by Eirikson!

Eirikson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Eirikson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Christian Mubango will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Christian Mubango's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mubango connects with a leg kick. Eirikson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Eirikson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mubango manages to avoid it.
Christian Mubango seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mubango catches Eirikson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Eirikson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mubango.
Mubango is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mubango is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mubango rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Eirikson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mubango throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mubango connects with the punch.
Mubango just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mubango missing with a left hand there. Eirikson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mubango throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mubango is looking to clinch.
Mubango has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Eirikson misses with an uppercut.
Mubango swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Mubango dives in and scores a takedown into Eirikson's guard.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eirikson avoids the body shot from Mubango.
Eirikson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mubango circles away quickly and effectively.
Mubango misses with a body kick.
Mubango loads up on a big right hand but Eirikson slips the punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Mubango as he connects with a hook.
Eirikson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mubango cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eirikson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mubango.
Eirikson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mubango jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mubango lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Eirikson is rocked!

It looks like Leif Eirikson has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eirikson walks straight into a right hand from Mubango - that's dropped him! Mubango jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Eirikson from any more punishment! Eirikson complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Christian Mubango!
Our winner, Christian Mubango, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Leif Eirikson was interviewed post fight and said 'The unwise man is awake all night worries over and again. When morning rises he is restless still, his burden as before. '.