PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Obala Didier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Didier
vs
Bourne

201 cm
19
277 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
284 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Obala Didier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Bourne!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourne swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bourne uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bourne throws a combination that misses
enabling Didier to counter with a crisp jab.
Didier connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bourne throws a poor cross that misses

and Didier lands a stunning uppercut that sends Bourne to the mat!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Didier not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Didier throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Didier thows a huge punch but Bourne dodges it nicely.
Didier wants to free his trapped foot but Bourne is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Didier postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Bourne to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Didier backs up against the cage.
Bourne misses with a lunging right hand
and Didier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Didier takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bourne misses with a combination

and Didier holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Didier tries to throw a body punch but Bourne avoids it by throwing Didier back against the cage.
Didier lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Didier scores with a nice short uppercut.
Didier lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bourne backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Didier fails to land.

Bourne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bourne misses with a hook
enabling Didier to counter with a crisp jab.
Bourne lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bourne rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Didier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bourne swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Didier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bourne misses with a combination

and Didier counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Didier fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Didier.
A right handed body shot lands from Didier.
Didier misses with the head strike.
Bourne blocks an elbow strike from Didier.
Bourne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Didier creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bourne blocks an elbow strike.
Bourne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Didier backwards.
Didier lands an elbow inside.
Didier fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bourne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Didier throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bourne wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Didier lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Didier lands a body punch in the clinch.
Didier misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bourne blocks an uppercut.
Didier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bourne can't break the clinch.
Didier scores with a hook to the body.
Bourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Didier as the two fighters clinch.
Bourne looks gassed!
Didier scores with a shot to the side of Bourne's head.
Bourne blocks an uppercut.
Didier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bourne's elbow.
Didier lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bourne backwards.
Didier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Didier.
Didier lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bourne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Didier working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bourne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Didier working aggressively here.
Bourne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bourne.
A head punch on the inside from Didier fails to land.
Didier lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Didier.
Didier pushes Bourne back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Didier is leaning against Bourne and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Didier lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bourne backwards.
Didier has a couple of punches blocked by Bourne.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Didier.
Bourne is looking to break free of the clinch but Didier has double underhooks.
Didier lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Didier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bourne is trying to break free.
Didier working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Didier lands with a light punch inside.
Didier tries to work over Bourne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Obala Didier dominated that 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.

Didier throws a lazy right hand but Bourne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bourne misses with a combination
and Didier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Didier connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bourne misses with an uppercut

and Didier counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Didier.
Didier lands a hook that snaps the head of Bourne backwards.
Didier with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Didier is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bourne can do to turn this around?
A hook to the body from Didier.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Didier lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bourne.
With the fighters up against the cage, Didier throws an elbow but misses.
Didier misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bourne is breathing heavily.
Didier misses with the head strike.
Didier tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bourne avoids it.
A body shot lands from Didier.
Didier throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bournes head.
Didier lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Didier.
Didier throws an elbow that misses.
Bourne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bourne is trying to break the clinch but Didier has him pressed against the cage.
Didier trying to land knees to the body.
Didier digs a right hand underneath Bourne's ribcage. Bourne let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Didier softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Obala Didier has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short uppercut from Didier.
Didier tries to work over Bourne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Didier has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bourne blocks a body shot from Didier.
Didier lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bourne backwards.
Didier lands an uppercut.
Bourne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Didier tries to work over Bourne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Didier has a couple of punches blocked by Bourne.
Didier misses with a body punch.
Didier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Didier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bourne's efforts to push away.
Bourne lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Didier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Didier.
A nice left hand lands by Didier.
A left hand lands to the body for Didier.
Bourne blocks an uppercut.
Didier lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bourne is trying to push Didier away but Didier has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Didier lands a body shot.
Didier can't find room to land a body shot as Bourne controls the action.
Didier lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Didier fails to land.
A short right from Didier.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Didier lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bourne backwards.
Didier lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bourne backwards.
Bourne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bourne lands a shot to the body.
Didier with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bourne is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Didier lands a good knee to the midsection. Bourne won't want to take too many of those.
Didier scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Didier misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Didier.
Didier presses Bourne against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bourne blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Didier.
Didier is leaning against Bourne and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Didier digs a right hand into Bourne's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bourne's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Didier.
Didier comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Didier lands a body punch.
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!
Didier misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Didier creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Didier makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Bourne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Obala Didier is winning the standup battle so far.
Bourne swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Didier counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Didier.
A looping hook to the body misses from Didier. Bourne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Didier is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bourne throws a left and a right that both miss
and Didier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Didier takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bourne throws a combination that misses
and Didier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Didier lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bourne misses with a double jab

and Didier counters by clinching up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bourne tries to break the clinch but Didier is controlling the position.
Didier misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Obala Didier dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Bourne swings widly with a right hand
and Didier counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bourne thinking.
Didier misses with a hook
letting Bourne counter with a right hand.
Didier works Bourne's body with a nice hook.
Bourne throws an off balance right hand
and Didier cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bourne throws a sloppy body shot
and Didier counters with a nice uppercut.
Didier misses with a wild body shot.
Didier is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Didier misses with a looping right.
Bourne misses with a lunging right hand
and Didier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bourne misses with an uppercut
and Didier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bourne misses with a shot to the body
and Didier counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Didier makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Didier sizes up Bourne with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Didier tries to bum rush Bourne with a series of wild strikes but Bourne uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bourne swings widly with a right hand
and Didier counters with a nice uppercut.
Didier slips a jab and a cross from Bourne.
Bourne misses with an uppercut
and Didier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bourne staying out of range there.
Bourne misses with a left hand
and Didier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Didier throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bourne throws a lazy uppercut
and Didier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bourne scores with a jab. Didier acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Didier takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bourne misses with an uppercut
and Didier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bourne misses with a combination
and Didier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bourne throws a poor cross that misses
and Didier makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Obala Didier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bourne throws an off balance right hand
and Didier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Didier has Bourne up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Didier on the inside.
Bourne blocks an uppercut.
Bourne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Didier misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bourne is trying to push Didier away but Didier has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Didier presses Bourne against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Bourne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Didier keeps control of Bourne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Didier swings wildly with an uppercut but Bourne uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Didier.
Didier throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Didier.
Didier looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bourne looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Didier lands a hook that snaps the head of Bourne backwards.
Nice body punch from Didier - that landed with a thud.
Didier misses with a hook from the clinch.
Didier lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bourne backwards.
Didier is working Bourne over against the cage.
Didier lands a body punch.
Didier throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bournes head.
Didier lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Didier pushes Bourne back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bourne avoiding damage as Didier throws knees to the body.
Bourne is looking to break free of the clinch but Didier has double underhooks.
Didier lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bourne has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
John Bourne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Bourne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Didier throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bourne counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Obala Didier is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bourne walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bourne throws a poor cross that misses
and Didier counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bourne closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bourne throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Didier to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Didier gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Didier just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bourne's brow.
Didier softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bourne throws a head punch that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Obala Didier showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Didier 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:25
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Obala Didier!