PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Umma Gumma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Banuelos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gumma comes to the cage accompanied by One 24. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gumma
vs
Banuelos

169 cm
26
175 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

189 cm
22
185 lbs
7 - 0 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Hellbent, Inc.™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Umma Gumma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Victor Banuelos!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gumma shoots and misses
and Banuelos counters with an inside leg kick.
Banuelos throws a body punch but Gumma moves out of range.
Gumma fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Banuelos wants to land a leg kick but Gumma is out of range.
Gumma swings for the body but Banuelos moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Banuelos.
Gumma scores with a jab to the head.
Banuelos scoring well with a low kick there.
Gumma fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Banuelos avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Umma Gumma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Banuelos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Banuelos as Gumma shoots in.
Banuelos leaves Gumma with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Banuelos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gumma is trying hard to land a takedown here. Banuelos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gumma takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Banuelos lands a jab to the nose.

Gumma throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Banuelos tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Gumma is in Banuelos's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banuelos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Banuelos wants to sweep here but Gumma controlling him for the moment.
Banuelos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gumma is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gumma accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gumma in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gumma throwing strikes from guard but Banuelos blocks nicely.
Banuelos trying to control the position.
Banuelos looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Victor Banuelos wasn't active enough on the ground.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gumma.
Gumma checks a leg kick.
Gumma shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Banuelos but Banuelos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Banuelos wants to clinch up but Gumma keeps it at a distance.
Banuelos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gumma looks to score with a jab to the body but Banuelos is just out of range.
Gumma fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Banuelos avoids it really well and circles away.
Good work by Gumma as he checks the leg kick.
Banuelos throws a low kick but Gumma moves out of range easily.
Gumma on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Banuelos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Banuelos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Banuelos fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Banuelos dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gumma fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gumma tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Banuelos throws a hook but Gumma avoids it easily.
Banuelos throws out a loose jab but Gumma uses good head movement to avoid it.

Gumma fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Banuelos sprawls well initially but Gumma persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Gumma passes the guard and advances to mount!
Gumma with the ground and pound from mount.
Gumma with the ground and pound from mount.
Gumma pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banuelos is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gumma with shots to the head and body - Banuelos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Banuelos tries to hold on but Gumma postures up.
Gumma putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Umma Gumma overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Banuelos is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Banuelos tries to hold on but Gumma postures up.
Banuelos might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gumma kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Banuelos is squirming around, avoiding Gumma's attempts to control the action.
Banuelos can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gumma dominating with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Gumma.
Gumma connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Banuelos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gumma. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gumma lands with some strikes.
Banuelos tries to hold on but Gumma postures up.
Gumma controlling the pace for now.
Banuelos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gumma lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gumma with shots to the head and body - Banuelos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gumma working the ground and pound effectively.
Banuelos taking shots to the head.
Banuelos tries to hold on but Gumma pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gumma scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The referee warns Banuelos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
BOOM! Gumma connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Banuelos is rocked!
Gumma is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Banuelos is still in real trouble! Can Gumma finish him?
Gumma prevents Banuelos from getting the reversal.
The referee warns Banuelos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gumma with a couple of short strikes.
Gumma tries to control but Banuelos wriggling away.
Gumma raining down hammerfists from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gumma looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Banuelos covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Umma Gumma!