PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zuko Haruhi (ranked 4805 p4p, 4686 weight class) and Teddy Cuddles (ranked 534 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Haruhi
vs
Cuddles

184 cm
25
180
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
170
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zuko Haruhi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Teddy Cuddles!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haruhi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jab, jab by Cuddles - just one landing.
Haruhi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Haruhi lands a head kick!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Haruhi. Cuddles shrugs it off though.
No joy there for Cuddles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haruhi jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Some wild striking there from Cuddles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cuddles lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Haruhi misses with an uppercut.
Haruhi misses the body punch
and Haruhi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cuddles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cuddles falls off balance throwing a combination
and Haruhi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Haruhi stalks Cuddles and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cuddles's face. Cuddles staggers backwards, shaken.

Cuddles is rocked!
Haruhi looks to score with a jab to the body but Cuddles is just out of range.
Cuddles unleashes a big counter combination but Haruhi bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cuddles is still on wobbly legs! Can Haruhi finish him?
Haruhi slips a jab and a cross from Cuddles.
Haruhi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cuddles seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuddles throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haruhi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haruhi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Teddy Cuddles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haruhi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cuddles digs a good hook to Haruhi's body.
Cuddles lands a really nice looking cross but Haruhi seems unphased.
Cuddles lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cuddles cracks Haruhi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Haruhi throws a combination. Cuddles tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Haruhi is breathing heavily.
No joy there for Cuddles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuddles comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Haruhi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cuddles. That did some damage!
Haruhi throws the kick towards the body but Cuddles avoids it.
Cuddles scores with a decent looking hook.
Cuddles throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Haruhi, right into the meat of the thigh.
Haruhi throws a series of punches but Cuddles avoids them all with ease.
Cuddles misses with a series of wild punches.
Haruhi misses with the combination.
Cuddles misses with a few strikes there.
A left lands for Cuddles.
A combination from Cuddles does no damage.
Haruhi lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cuddles throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Haruhi to counter with a crisp jab.
Cuddles lands a two punch combo.
Cuddles swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Haruhi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A punch combination from Cuddles misses.
Cuddles throws a shot to the body.
Haruhi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles throws a head kick that misses.
Haruhi lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cuddles throws a series of punches but Haruhi moves out of range.
Haruhi appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cuddles connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Haruhi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Haruhi throws a head kick but Cuddles moves out of range.
Cuddles tries to bum rush Haruhi with a series of wild strikes but Haruhi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cuddles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cuddles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cuddles scores with the left hand. Haruhi knows he should have avoided that one.
Haruhi lands an overhand right.
Sloppy strikes from Haruhi. Those never looked like landing.
Cuddles fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haruhi. Cuddles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cuddles is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Haruhi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cuddles lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuddles lands a jab-cross combination.
Good leg kick by Haruhi.
Haruhi takes one on the button.
Cuddles closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Haruhi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cuddles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haruhi throws a right and a left that Cuddles avoids nicely.
Cuddles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cuddles jabs Haruhi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Haruhi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cuddles throws a right hand that Haruhi ducks under and follows up with a left that Haruhi also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Cuddles.
Cuddles takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Teddy Cuddles dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cuddles scores with a decent looking hook.
Cuddles throws a series of punches but Haruhi avoids them all with ease.
Cuddles throws a series of punches but Haruhi moves out of range.
Cuddles throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cuddles takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cuddles takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Haruhi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cuddles looks to land a combination but Haruhi avoids it well.
Danga de danga de dang - Haruhi scores with a four punch combination!
Haruhi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cuddles throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
No joy there for Cuddles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cuddles takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haruhi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cuddles walks into a straight right hand from Haruhi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haruhi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zuko Haruhi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cuddles misses with a combination
letting Haruhi counter with a right hand.
Haruhi lands with a straight right. Cuddles didn't see that one coming.
Cuddles throws a right and a left that Haruhi avoids nicely.
Haruhi cracks Cuddles with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Haruhi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cuddles finds it's way round the side to connect with Haruhi's head.
Haruhi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Haruhi tests Cuddles's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cuddles takes a swing at Haruhi's ribcage but misses.
Cuddles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Haruhi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Left hook, right uppercut from Cuddles.
Teddy Cuddles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cuddles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Haruhi swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cuddles throws a nice looking combination but Haruhi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cuddles misses with a straight right.
Cuddles throws a nice looking combination but Haruhi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haruhi scores with a head kick. Cuddles tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cuddles throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Haruhi throws a right hand that Cuddles ducks under and follows up with a left that Cuddles also avoids with ease.
Haruhi throws a leg kick but Cuddles checks it.
Cuddles throws a nice looking combination but Haruhi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cuddles throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Haruhi was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cuddles takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cuddles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cuddles fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Cuddles.
Cuddles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Haruhi throws a head kick that half lands.
Haruhi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cuddles misses with a double jab
and Haruhi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Haruhi throws a head kick that misses.
Cuddles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haruhi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cuddles just manages to avoid it.
Cuddles throws a nice looking combination but Haruhi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haruhi delivers a nice body kick.
Haruhi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Haruhi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cuddles lunges at Haruhi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Haruhi's hand.
Cuddles fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haruhi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cuddles.
Cuddles connects with a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Haruhi there.
Haruhi scoring well with a low kick there.
No joy there for Cuddles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cuddles swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Haruhi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Haruhi tries to bum rush Cuddles with a series of wild strikes but Cuddles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cuddles has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Haruhi.
Cuddles throws a nice looking combination but Haruhi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cuddles avoids the head kick by Haruhi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Cuddles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haruhi slips a jab and a cross from Cuddles.
Cuddles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haruhi manages to avoid it.
Haruhi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cuddles is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
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 Zuko Haruhi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Left hook, right uppercut from Cuddles.
Haruhi lands with a kick to the temple. Cuddles shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cuddles is looking to land body kicks.
Cuddles's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Haruhi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cuddles takes a step back to recover.
Haruhi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cuddles.
Haruhi throws a right and a left that Cuddles avoids nicely.
Haruhi throws a sloppy head kick and Cuddles moves out of range easily.
Cuddles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haruhi.
Haruhi scores with a sloppy right hand. Cuddles should have avoided that one.
Cuddles has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cuddles scores with a one two! Haruhi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cuddles lands with a hook. Haruhi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cuddles feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Haruhis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cuddles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Haruhi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cuddles if he has to take too many more of those.
Haruhi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuddles fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haruhi on the side of the head.
Haruhi misses with a few strikes there.
Cuddles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cuddles smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Haruhi lands a jab to Cuddles's midsection.
Cuddles misses with a two punch combination.
Cuddles ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Haruhi lands a leg kick that knocks Cuddles off balance momentarily.
Cuddles throws a combination. Haruhi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cuddles moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuddles misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haruhi throws out the jab.
Cuddles pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Haruhi back to the cage. Cuddles follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cuddles throws a right hand that Haruhi ducks under and follows up with a left that Haruhi also avoids with ease.
Cuddles scores with a sloppy right hand. Haruhi should have avoided that one.
A left and a right from Cuddles both land. Nice combination.
Haruhi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cuddles fails to land with a series of punches.
Cuddles connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Haruhi's hands.
Haruhi scores with a head kick. Cuddles tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cuddles lands a two punch combo.
Cuddles misses with a body shot.
Cuddles stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cuddles takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Cuddles.
Haruhi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cuddles misses the shot to the body.
Haruhi thinks about countering with a body kick.
Haruhi misses with a body shot.
Cuddles lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cuddles.
Haruhi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick misses from Haruhi.
Haruhi misses with a head kick.
Cuddles stuns Haruhi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cuddles listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Haruhi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cuddles!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haruhi throws a series of punches but Cuddles avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot by Haruhi.
Cuddles feints a jab promting Haruhi to slip. Cuddles then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Haruhi slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Haruhi scores with a nice body kick.
Cuddles moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Haruhi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cuddles works over Haruhi's head and body with a nice combination.
A shot to the liver by Haruhi. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cuddles lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cuddles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cuddles gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Haruhi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Teddy Cuddles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cuddles has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teddy Cuddles!
Teddy Cuddles tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.