PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jah Wobble (ranked 2392 p4p, 2075 weight class) and Emre Hussain (ranked 300 p4p, 262 weight class). Wobble's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Wobble
vs
Hussain

166 cm
31
162
20 - 10 - 2

171 cm
40
158
33 - 20 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Jah Wobble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emre Hussain!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wobble lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Hussain pushes Wobble up against the cage in a clinch.
Hussain working hard to break the clinch.
Hussain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Wobble is controlling him.
Hussain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wobble lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hussain backwards.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Wobble has him pressed against the cage.
Hussain wants to break free but Wobble has control.

Wobble pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wobble slips under a jab from Hussain.
Hussain tries to land a front kick but Wobble steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wobble changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wobble.
Hussain looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wobble with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Emre Hussain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hussain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wobble's hands.
Hussain has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Hussain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wobble.
Hussain is looking to clinch.
Hussain lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wobble keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hussain.
Hussain misses with a wild body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A left lands for Wobble.
Hussain misses with a hook. Wobble ducked under it nicely.
Wobble drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hussain sprawls and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Wobble misses the target.
Hussain throws a right hand that misses

and Wobble counters with a takedown into side control.
Wobble landing strikes.
Hussain taking a bit of punishment here - Wobble scoring with strikes.
Hussain is pushing Wobble's head away, looking to escape. Wobble manages to hold on to the position though.
Hussain takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wobble landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wobble moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hussain is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Wobble has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Wobble content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Hussain is trying to buck Wobble off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wobble is putting a hurting on Hussain here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two 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!
Check out the look on Wobble's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Wobble looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hussain is pushing Wobble's head away, looking to escape. Wobble manages to hold on to the position though.
Hussain takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wobble lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wobble moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Hussain is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wobble connects with a decent elbow.
Hussain is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Wobble asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Wobble is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hussain knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wobble working the head and body with strikes.
Hussain is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Wobble has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Wobble is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hussain will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Hussain is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Hussain taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wobble in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Wobble tries for a kimura but Hussain is defending well.
Wobble scoring with punches from side control.
Wobble trying to control the position but Hussain is working away.
Hussain takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wobble lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hussain is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Wobble is controlling him well.
Hussain on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hussain pushes Wobble away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Wobble gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Wobble working the head with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hussain is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Wobble trying to control the action but Hussain is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jah Wobble dominated that round.
That's time! Wobble's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Wobble throws a hook but Hussain avoids it easily.
Hussain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wobble was well out of range. Poor timing from Hussain.
Hussain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wobble.
Wobble throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wobble attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wobble shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hussain defends it nicely.
Wobble is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hussain checks a leg kick.
Wobble scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Hussain clinches with his opponent.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Wobble is controlling him.
Hussain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hussain avoiding damage as Wobble throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hussain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wobble missing with a left hand there. Hussain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hussain lands a jab.
Wobble comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wobble lunges at Hussain with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hussain's hand.
Wobble steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hussain.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wobble feints and as Hussain raises his hands in defense, Wobble changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hussain wants to stand and escape but Wobble is having none of it.
Wobble throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hussain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hussain wants to stand and escape but Wobble is having none of it.
Hussain is wriggling around but Wobble manages to pass to half guard.
Wobble lands with a punch from half guard.
Wobble has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hussain is trying to stand.
Wobble wants to control but Hussain is keeping him busy.
Wobble slips a nice elbow through Hussain's hands, connecting with Hussain's forehead.
Wobble lands strikes from half guard.
Wobble content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wobble is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wobble is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hussain is looking to escape.
Wobble is trying to control. Hussain wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wobble lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hussain is looking to escape.
Hussain is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Wobble scores with a couple of nice shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wobble content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wobble tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hussain knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wobble stops Hussain from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wobble takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hussain tries to kick Wobble off in order to stand up. Wobble Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Wobble tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wobble has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Wobble in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wobble is looking to take a break and control but Hussain is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wobble lands an elbow.
Wobble wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hussain keeps working.

Wobble is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hussain is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Wobble is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Hussain is trying to escape and Wobble transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Hussain is forced to tap! Nice work there by Wobble! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jah Wobble!
A less than humble Jah Wobble misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.