PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Burt Mobley (ranked 4406 p4p, 5106 weight class) and Papa Vip (ranked 0 p4p, 550 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Mobley
vs
Vip

189 cm
23
195
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
190
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Burt Mobley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Papa Vip!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vip scores with a hook.
Vip avoids the body shot from Mobley.
Vip misses the jab.
Vip moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mobley ducks right into an uppercut from Vip.
A big left from Vip misses.
Vip scores with a body shot.
Vip throws a body punch but Mobley moves out of range.
Vip keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vip scores with a shot to the body.
Mobley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Papa Vip has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vip misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mobley.
Mobley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mobley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mobley misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Mobley.
Vip let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mobley scores with a nice head shot.
Vip thuds a left hand into Mobley's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vip throws a shot from downtown. Mobley moves away and avoids it.
Mobley blocks a jab.
Mobley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sloppy strikes from Mobley. Those never looked like landing.
Mobley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vip takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vip smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vip looks to score with a jab to the body but Mobley is just out of range.
Vip dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vip with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vip looks to score with a jab to the body but Mobley is just out of range.
Mobley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vip lands a jab to the head.
Vip misses with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mobley goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Vip throws the left hand but Mobley avoids the punch easily.
As Vip looks to move away, Mobley throws a big counter combo but Vip just gets out of the way.
Mobley takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mobley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vip dodges the punch combination from Mobley.
Vip lands a nice shot that snaps Mobley's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vip. Mobley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vip throws an overhand right that lands on Mobley's shoulder, as Mobley tries to avoid the shot.
Mobley looks to score with a jab to the body but Vip is just out of range.
Vip throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vip throws a jab but it's blocked by Mobley.
Vip moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vip throws an overhand right that lands on Mobley's shoulder, as Mobley tries to avoid the shot.
Mobley throws a left and a right that both miss
and Vip cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mobley moves away from the strike by Vip.
Mobley appears to be looking for a big counter.
Vip is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mobley had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Vip thuds his right hand into Mobley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mobley works Vip's body with a nice hook.
Vip takes a swing at Mobley's ribcage but misses.
Mobley is looking to wear down Vip with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vip darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vip misses with an uppercut.
Vip misses with a hook.
Mobley drops his hands momentarily and Vip takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vip throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mobley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mobley appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mobley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mobley needs to keep his hands up - Vip had a free shot at his head there.
Vip throws a hook but Mobley avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Mobley tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vip slips a jab and a cross from Mobley.
Papa Vip seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mobley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vip moves away.
Mobley throws a right hand that Vip ducks under and follows up with a left that Vip also avoids with ease.
A shot to the liver by Vip. Beautiful body shot.
Vip jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've been informed that Vip has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Vip looks to land a right hand but Mobley moved out of range.
Mobley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vip counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mobley with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vip to score with a decent uppercut.
Vip scores with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Mobley. Those never looked like landing.
Mobley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vip counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mobley is breathing heavily.
Vip wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mobley takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mobley moves away from the strike by Vip.
Mobley swinging wildly here.
Mobley misses with a double jab
and Vip cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vip lands with a nice body punch.
Vip throws a jab but it's blocked by Mobley.
Mobley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mobley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mobley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mobley swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vip counters with a nice uppercut.
Vip lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Burt Mobley has been cut.
Vip shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mobley eats them both and turns towards Vip to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papa Vip dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mobley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vip swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mobley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vip digs a good hook to Mobley's body.
Mobley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mobley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vip.
Mobley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mobley moves away from the strike by Vip.
Vip has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vip with a jab.
A big left from Vip misses.
Vip on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mobley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice defenses there by Mobley.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vip throws out a powerful jab.
Vip cracks Mobley with an open hand slap.
Vip pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mobley misses the jab.
Vip cracks a nice hook into Mobley's ribs.
Vip misses with a combination
and Mobley counters with a three punch combo that has Vip backing up. Vip nods at Mobley to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mobley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vip.
Mobley works Vip's body with a nice hook.
Vip scores with a hook to the body. Mobley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mobley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vip.
Mobley moves away from the strike by Vip.
Vip lands a really nice looking cross but Mobley seems unphased.
Mobley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Mobley. Those never looked like landing.
Mobley misses with a combination
and Vip counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Burt Mobley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vip swings for the body but Mobley moves out of range.
Mobley misses with a hook to the body
and Vip counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mobley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Vip connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vip connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vip misses with a hook. Mobley ducked under it nicely.
Nice shot by Vip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mobley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mobley throws a combination that misses
and Vip counters with a stiff right hand.
Mobley ducks right into an uppercut from Vip.
Mobley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vip lands a nice shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Vip as he connects with a hook.
Vip comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vip paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Vip connects with a body shot.
Vip throws a hook to the side of Mobley's head but Mobley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mobley throwing a counter right hand but Vip manages to avoid it.
A big left from Vip misses.
Vip lands a slapping body shot.
Vip throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mobley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vip scores with a jab. Mobley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mobley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mobley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vip misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mobley moves out of range of the strikes.
As Vip looks to move away, Mobley throws a big counter combo but Vip just gets out of the way.
Vip throws a big shot that misses.
Vip looks to throw the jab but Mobley is out of range.
Vip misses with a straight right.
Mobley moves out of range as Vip strikes.
Vip fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vip throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vip connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vip throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mobley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vip with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vip waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mobley.
Jab, jab by Vip - just one landing.
Mobley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vip avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vip lands a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vip throws a jab when Mobley was well out of range.
Mobley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vip misses with a hook.
Mobley swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Papa Vip seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mobley throws a series of punches but Vip moves out of range.
Vip looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vip scores with a hook to the body. Mobley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vip throws a series of punches but Mobley avoids them all with ease.
A cross from Vip lands.
Vip ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mobley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mobley slips a jab and a cross from Vip.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vip.
Mobley swinging wildly here.
Vip throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mobley counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vip thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papa Vip showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Vip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vip throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mobley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mobley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vip was well out of range. Poor timing from Mobley.
Nice body punch from Vip.
Vip connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vip scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice shot by Vip.
Mobley misses with a straight right.
Mobley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mobley ducks right into an uppercut from Vip.
Vip thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vip uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mobley.
Nice defenses there by Mobley.
Mobley looks to land a combination but Vip avoids it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Vip misses the target.
Vip scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vip throws a shot to the body.
Mobley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vip misses with a looping left.
It looked like Mobley was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mobley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Vip as he connects with a hook.
Vip dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vip connects with a nice looking jab.
Mobley slips under a jab.
It looked like Mobley was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Vip.
Mobley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Vip throws a hook but Mobley avoids it easily.
Mobley throws a poor cross that misses
and Vip counters with a straight right hand.
Vip lands a nice hook to Mobley's body. Mobley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vip stuns Mobley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Mobley. Those never looked like landing.
Vip throws a series of punches but Mobley moves out of range.
Mobley throws a big counter combination but Vip scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vip throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mobley has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vip finds it's way round the side to connect with Mobley's head.
Vip throws a hook but Mobley avoids it easily.
Mobley throws a series of punches but Vip avoids them all with ease.
Vip ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mobley moves away.
Mobley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vip lands with a hook. Mobley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mobley takes one to the chin there.
Vip dodges the punch combination from Mobley.
Vip fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mobley slips a jab and a cross from Vip.
Mobley misses with a series of wild punches.
Mobley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vip throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mobley lands a body shot.
Mobley misses with a series of wild punches.
Vip lands with a shot to the body.
Mobley staying out of range there.
Vip uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mobley has time to react.
Mobley falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vip counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vip lands a slapping body shot.
Vip scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Vip closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vip throws a right hand that Mobley ducks under and follows up with a left that Mobley also avoids with ease.
A combination from Mobley does no damage.
It seemed like Vip was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vip swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vip moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Papa Vip is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Mobley misses.
Vip misses with a hook. Mobley ducked under it nicely.
Vip connects with a looping right hand.
Burt Mobley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A cross from Vip lands.
Mobley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vip counters with a stiff right hand.
Vip slips a straight right by Mobley.
Mobley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vip throws out the jab.
Mobley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mobley misses with the combination.
Mobley walks into a stiff left hand from Vip.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vip lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vip scores with a body shot.
Vip cracks Mobley with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

And that's the end of the fight!
Papa Vip comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vip 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papa Vip!