PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adam Rubio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crash Holly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holly is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Slow Death. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Rubio
vs
Holly

180 cm
21
165 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

175 cm
24
163 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Rubio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crash Holly!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holly misses with a series of wild punches.
Rubio wants to clinch.
Rubio wants to clinch
and Rubio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Adam Rubio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Rubio shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rubio not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rubio trying to control the action but Holly is working from the bottom.
Rubio sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Holly won't allow Rubio to pass to mount.
Rubio 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.
Rubio wants to take a breather but Holly is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubio thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rubio thows a huge punch but Holly dodges it nicely.
Rubio trying to control from half guard but Holly is working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Adam Rubio.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holly. Rubio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rubio closes the distance looking to clinch
and Holly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rubio wants to clinch but Holly slips to the side
and Holly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rubio looks to clinch

and Holly counters with a takedown into side control.
Rubio gets back to half guard.
Rubio wants to improve his position but Holly is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubio wants to get back to full guard but Holly has mounted him!
Rubio slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubio is trying is best to control the position here.
Holly tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rubio knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Rubio makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Rubio tries to clinch but Holly moves away

and Holly holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Holly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rubio blocking some punches.

Rubio lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Rubio wants to pass the guard but Holly is defending well.
Rubio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Holly defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Rubio is going to stand back up.
Ground and pound from Rubio.
Rubio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rubio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rubio trying to control the pace.
Holly keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Rubio seems content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Adam Rubio will probably get the nod.
That's time! Rubio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rubio drops Holly with a beautiful combination! Holly stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rubio is looking for the KO!

Holly is rocked!

It looks like Crash Holly has been cut.
Rubio tries to clinch
and Holly counters with a stiff right hand.
Rubio slips under a jab from Holly.
Rubio slips under a jab.
Rubio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rubio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A head kick misses from Holly.
Rubio tries to clinch up
and Holly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A left lands for Holly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rubio shoots for a takedown but Holly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rubio throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Holly.

Rubio closes the distance and clinches.
Holly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Rubio manages to break the clinch.
Rubio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Holly tries to keep at a distance but Rubio has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holly takes an elbow to the temple.
Rubio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rubio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Holly's defenses.
Rubio lands with a light punch inside.

Rubio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Holly takes a swing at Rubio's ribcage but misses.
Holly lands with a nice combination. Rubio backs away looking to recover.

Rubio closes the distance and pushes Holly back into the cage.
Rubio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rubio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Holly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holly prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rubio blocks a body shot from Holly.
Nice elbow from Rubio.
Rubio has Holly pressed against the cage, preventing Holly from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Holly tries to break the clinch but Rubio is controlling the position.
Rubio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holly wants to break free but Rubio has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubio taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Rubio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Holly tries to keep at a distance but Rubio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rubio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holly is trying to break the clinch but Rubio has him pressed against the cage.

Rubio jumps into guard, dragging Holly to the mat.
Holly must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Holly stopping the sweep attempt from Rubio.
Rubio is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rubio has his feet on Holly's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Rubio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Holly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rubio shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Holly sprawls well. Holly wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rubio gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Rubio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rubio fails with a takedown attempt.
Holly cracks Rubio with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Holly throws a poor cross that misses

and Rubio counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rubio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Rubio.

Rubio gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Rubio trying to control but Holly is working from the bottom.
Holly pulls Rubio in to control the position.
Rubio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rubio wants to control from the top but Holly keeps moving.

Adam Rubio has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Holly works the jab nicely.

Rubio rushes Holly and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Rubio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Crash Holly's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Holly looks to score with a jab to the body but Rubio is just out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Rubio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rubio.
Holly blocks a head kick by Rubio.
Holly slips a straight right by Rubio.
Rubio closes the distance looking to clinch
and Holly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rubio tries to score a power double leg takedown but Holly sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rubio somewhat.
Holly misses with an uppercut.
Holly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rubio.
Rubio misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Holly to counter with a crisp jab.
Rubio slaps away a takedown attempt from Holly, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rubio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Holly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Holly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rubio's calf.
Rubio wants to clinch
and Holly counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubio moves to clinch but Holly breaks away
and Holly counters with a left and a right that stings Rubio.
A combination from Holly does no damage.
Rubio fails with an attempt to clinch.

Rubio closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rubio misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Holly managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Rubio.
Holly is not content to let Rubio control the position.
Holly tries to bench press Rubio off him but Rubio keeps the position.
Rubio trying to control the position but Holly is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubio tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Rubio passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Holly!
Rubio thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Rubio scoring with strikes but Holly is staying in there.
Rubio punching from mount but Holly doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Rubio controlling the position easily from mount.

Rubio looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Rubio working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubio throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Rubio is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Crash Holly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Rubio is working for a guillotine from mount but Holly frees his head quite easily.
Holly is squirming around, avoiding Rubio's attempts to control the action.
Rubio throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Holly because Rubio loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holly blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rubio looking to finish Holly with some ground and pound. This is bad for Holly!
Holly avoids a series of strikes thrown by Rubio.
Rubio throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rubio throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Holly really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rubio. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rubio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Holly holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Rubio tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Holly is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Adam Rubio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rubio content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Rubio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rubio, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Rubio!