PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hip Hop (ranked 1119 p4p, 1415 weight class) and Britt Cubbedge (ranked 136 p4p, 168 weight class). Hop comes to the cage accompanied by Hard in Da Paint. Cubbedge comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hop
vs
Cubbedge

200 cm
28
246
21 - 8 - 0

196 cm
28
260
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Sportivité
KAISER Nutrition - Q160

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 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hip Hop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Britt Cubbedge !
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cubbedge misses with a looping right.
Britt Cubbedge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cubbedge bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cubbedge scores with a nice right hand.

Cubbedge closes the distance and clinches.
Cubbedge blocking some punches.
Hop scores with a shoulder strike.
Hop lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cubbedge tries to throw a body punch but Hop avoids it by throwing Cubbedge back against the cage.
Hop swings wildly with an uppercut but Cubbedge uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cubbedge blocks an uppercut.
Hop tries to throw a body punch but Cubbedge avoids it by throwing Hop back against the cage.
Cubbedge working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cubbedge lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cubbedge blocks a body shot from Hop.
Cubbedge 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cubbedge swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cubbedge goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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!
Cubbedge blocking some punches.
Hop struggles to land a body shot inside as Cubbedge controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cubbedge lands a hook that snaps the head of Hop backwards.

Cubbedge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cubbedge tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hop was well out of range. Poor timing from Cubbedge .
Hop motions for Cubbedge to come forward. Hop throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cubbedge misses with a wild body shot.
Cubbedge swings for the body but Hop moves out of range.
Cubbedge throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cubbedge throws a sloppy body shot
and Hop counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Britt Cubbedge has been cut.
Cubbedge misses with an uppercut.
Hop swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jab from Hop.
A slow jab from Cubbedge misses its intended target.
Hop jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Cubbedge throws a jab when Hop was well out of range.
Cubbedge darts in trying to clinch
and Hop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hop on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cubbedge throws a poor cross that misses
and Hop counters with a left to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cubbedge lands an overhand right.
Cubbedge tries to clinch up
and Hop counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cubbedge looks winded!

Hop cracks Cubbedge with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Cubbedge looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Hop finish him?

Cubbedge is rocked!
Cubbedge drops his hands momentarily. Hop doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Cubbedge staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Cubbedge doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hip Hop!
Hip Hop was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.