PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Jung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jung might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Points of Authority by Linkin Park. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jung
vs
Mousasi

185 cm
23
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
27
249 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Jung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Mousasi!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Jung misses.
Jung bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jung showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mousasi.
Jung fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mousasi looks to land a combination but Jung avoids it well.

Mousasi lands a big uppercut and Jung crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Jung looks OK. Mousasi waves Jung back to his feet!

It looks like Ricardo Jung has been cut.
Mousasi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Jung counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Jung breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Jung.
Jung tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mousasi misses with a combination
and Jung counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mousasi misses with a few strikes there.
Mousasi blocks a head kick by Jung.

Jung has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jung missing with knees to the body.
Jung is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jung misses with an elbow over the top.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mousasi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jung misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mousasi.
Jung throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mousasi blocks it with crossed arms.
Jung's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jung looking to stall.
Jung tries a knee to the head but Mousasi blocks it.
Jung tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mousasi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mousasi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jung has him pressed against the cage.

Mousasi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jung misses the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jung.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jung scoring well with a low kick there.
Jung wants to clinch up but Mousasi keeps it at a distance.
Mousasi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mousasi with a jab.

Jung moves into range and clinches up with Mousasi.
Jung leaning against his opponent.
Mousasi working hard to break the clinch.
Mousasi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jung has him pressed against the cage.
Jung using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mousasi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jung tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mousasi avoids it.
Mousasi can't break the clinch.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch but Jung keeps him there for the moment.
Jung throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jung tries a knee to the head but Mousasi blocks it.
Jung misses with some punches.
Jung comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jung putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mousasi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jung.
Jung tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mousasi avoids it.
Mousasi is looking to break free of the clinch but Jung has double underhooks.

Mousasi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jung throws a head kick that half lands.
Mousasi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mousasi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mousasi misses with a wild combination.
Mousasi looks gassed!
Jung lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jung looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jung waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mousasi.
Jung avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jung misses with a two punch combination.
Jung throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mousasi misses with a combination
and Jung counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jung throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mousasi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mousasi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mousasi misses with a wild combination.
Mousasi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jung counters with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Jung dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Jung's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jung connects with a solid leg kick.
Mousasi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jung. That's going to slow Mousasi down.
Jung thuds his right hand into Mousasi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jung fails to land with a series of punches.

Jung closes the distance and clinches.
Jung taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mousasi blocks the elbow strike.
Jung digs a right hand into Mousasi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mousasi's gas tank.
Mousasi tries to break the clinch but Jung is controlling the position.
Jung trying to control the position but instead, Mousasi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jung into the cage.
Jung leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mousasi is breathing heavily.
Jung using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mousasi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jung leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jung is trying to maintain a safe position but Mousasi gets an underhook and turns Jung into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ricardo Jung.
Jung slips a straight right by Mousasi.
Mousasi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mousasi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fedor Mousasi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jung misses with a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Mousasi.
Jung tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mousasi looks to land a combination but Jung avoids it well.
Mousasi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi ducks right into an uppercut from Jung.
Mousasi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jung scores with a push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jung throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jung with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jung lands a nice shot to the body.
Jung throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jung scores with the left hand. Mousasi knows he should have avoided that one.
Jung thows a body shot but no joy.
Jung looks to score with a jab to the body but Mousasi is just out of range.
Mousasi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jung counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Jung finds it's target.
Jung lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mousasi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jung lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jung feints and then cracks Mousasi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mousasi down.
Nice body punch from Jung.
Jung lands a jab to the nose.
Jung throws a sloppy head kick and Mousasi moves out of range easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jung darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jung tries to close the distance and clinch but Mousasi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mousasi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jung - the referee stops the clock and Mousasi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jung. Mousasi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ricardo Jung is winning the standup battle so far.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jung!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jung tries to clinch there but Mousasi circles away.
Mousasi keeps the fight on the outside.
Jung feints and then cracks Mousasi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mousasi down.
Mousasi takes one on the button.
Jung throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jung fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jung looks to land a combination but Mousasi avoids it well.
A jab from Jung finds it's way through Mousasi's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jung feints and then cracks Mousasi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mousasi down.
Jung throws a hook but Mousasi avoids it easily.
Jung lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mousasi's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Jung dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Jung's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jung drives through and clinches with Mousasi against the cage.
Mousasi digs a right hand underneath Jung's ribcage. Jung let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Mousasi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mousasi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jung counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jung looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fedor Mousasi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mousasi moves out of range of the strikes.
Mousasi avoids the body shot from Jung.
Jung thows a body shot but no joy.
Jung tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mousasi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mousasi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jung goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mousasi throws a nice looking combination but Jung bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mousasi gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousasi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mousasi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jung counters with a solid body kick.
Mousasi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jung turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A shot to de liver by Jung. Beautiful body shot.
Good leg kick by Jung there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jung looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jung is looking to clinch.
Good exchange - Jung coming out on top.

Jung has closed the distance and engaged Mousasi in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jung tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jung is struggling to control the position.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch but Jung keeps him there for the moment.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mousasi avoids a wild elbow strike from Jung.
Mousasi has had enough of the clinch but Jung keeps him there for the moment.
Jung is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mousasi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jung tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jung digs a right hand underneath Mousasi's ribcage. Mousasi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jung is trying to maintain a safe position but Mousasi gets an underhook and turns Jung into the cage.

Mousasi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mousasi misses with a combination
and Jung counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mousasi's knee momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jung thows a body shot but no joy.
Jung tries to clinch up.
Mousasi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A big left from Mousasi misses.
Mousasi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mousasi looks to land a combination but Jung avoids it well.
Jung scores with a hook to the body. Mousasi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jung bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A head kick misses from Jung.
Mousasi dodges the punch combination from Jung.
Jung throws and low kick but Mousasi moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jung fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jung scores with a nice body kick.
Jung tries a head kick but it misses.
Mousasi avoids the head kick by Jung.
Jung lands a nice shot to the body.
Jung throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fedor Mousasi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mousasi swats away the attempt to clinch by Jung.
Ricardo Jung is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mousasi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jung.

Jung pushes Mousasi up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mousasi wants to get back to striking at distance but Jung won't allow it.
Mousasi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Jung showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jung has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Jung!