PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christiano Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and whats that aboot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Young mooney ft.loyd-bed rock. whats that aboot has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bastos
vs
that aboot

189 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
205 lbs
4 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Christiano Bastos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, whats that aboot!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

aboot takes the fight into the clinch.
aboot effectively controlling the action here.

aboot breaks from the clinch.
aboot will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
aboot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
aboot fails with a takedown attempt.
Bastos moves in looking to clinch but aboot pushes him off.

aboot gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bastos is pushing aboot up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bastos throws an elbow but it misses.
Bastos gets underhooks to prevent aboot's takedown attempt.
Christiano Bastos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of whats that aboot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastos misses with a knee strike.
aboot stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bastos blocks the elbow strike.
Bastos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bastos misses with an elbow over the top.
Bastos is trying to break the clinch but aboot is controlling him.
aboot tries to score a body lock takedown but Bastos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

aboot has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bastos clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Bastos looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Bastos turns into aboot and is now in his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
aboot wants to sweep here but Bastos controlling him for the moment.
aboot trying to keep a closed guard but Bastos is proving a slippery customer.
Bastos controlling from the top position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now aboot is on top in guard.
aboot looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastos is looking to stand up but aboot isn't so interested in that idea.

Bastos has his feet on aboot's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Bastos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
aboot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bastos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
aboot shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bastos as he avoids it easily.
aboot misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
aboot is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
aboot closes the distance but Bastos moves to the side

and Bastos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bastos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A knee to the head by Bastos.
Bastos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but aboot has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
aboot fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but whats that aboot will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bastos moves into the clinch.
Bastos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but aboot gets the underhooks and prevents it.
aboot fails to pull the fight into his guard.
aboot has Bastos pressed against the cage, preventing Bastos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bastos wants to get back to striking at distance but aboot won't allow it.
aboot lands a shoulder strike.
Bastos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bastos is trying to force a seperation but aboot has the dominant position.
aboot is trying to drag Bastos to the mat but Bastos just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
aboot jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bastos walks away with a smile on his face. aboot gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Christiano Bastos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of whats that aboot.
aboot is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bastos doesn't manage to clinch there - aboot circles away.

aboot clinches with his opponent.
aboot scores with a hook to the body.

Bastos pulls aboot into guard.
aboot trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bastos is trying to keep aboot in close.
aboot looking to sit in guard and control but Bastos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastos tries to stand but aboot is controlling from the bottom.

aboot throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bastos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bastos stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Bastos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with aboot, pushing him back against the cage.
Bastos tries to break free but aboot pushes him back against the cage.
aboot has Bastos pressed against the cage, preventing Bastos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bastos as aboot tries to tie him up.
Bastos misses with a knee strike.
Bastos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
aboot drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bastos gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Bastos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
whats that aboot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bastos tries to close the distance and clinch up but aboot swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bastos wants to clinch

and aboot counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Bastos kicks off aboot and gets to his feet.
aboot misses with a takedown attempt

and Bastos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
aboot trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christiano Bastos dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

aboot darts in trying to clinch

and Bastos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for aboot!
aboot is trying desperately to improve position.
Bastos looking to control but aboot is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bastos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

aboot bucks up and throws Bastos to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Bastos misses with a jab, cross combination.
aboot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bastos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bastos tries to clinch up
and aboot counters with a nice body kick.

aboot looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bastos!
aboot has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bastos's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastos is desperately trying to improve his position but aboot has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by aboot.
Bastos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by aboot.
Bastos can't escape the position.
aboot thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
aboot with the ground and pound from mount.
Bastos sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

aboot is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bastos sees it coming and defends easily.
Bastos trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
aboot not doing much here.

aboot escapes and gets back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to whats that aboot.
I think aboot has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... whats that aboot!