PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adam Rubio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jebediah Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stewart is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Momma Said Knock You Out. 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.

Rubio
vs
Stewart

180 cm
23
165 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

181 cm
30
163 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BALCO MMA ELITE

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 9 - 3 - 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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jebediah Stewart!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch but Rubio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stewart tries to clinch but Rubio moves out of range.
Rubio fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Rubio drives through and clinches with Stewart against the cage.

Rubio manages to pull guard.
Stewart postures up.

Rubio is working an open guard so Stewart takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Stewart pushes Rubio up against the cage in a clinch.
Stewart is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Stewart fails to land.
Rubio has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Stewart after a bit of a struggle.
Stewart tries to land knees in the clinch but Rubio avoids the damage to the body.
Stewart lands an elbow inside that Rubio shrugs off.
Stewart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rubio is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rubio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stewart lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stewart using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rubio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stewart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stewart working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stewart is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Rubio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stewart gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Adam Rubio has been cut.
Rubio fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rubio is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Stewart putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rubio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rubio is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stewart to keep the fight standing.
Rubio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rubio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stewart lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Stewart scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rubio tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stewart smiles and moves away.
Stewart wants to clinch up but Rubio keeps it at a distance.
Jebediah Stewart is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stewart tries to clinch there but Rubio circles away.
Rubio shoots in for a takedown but Stewart shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rubio swats away the attempt to clinch by Stewart.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart wants to clinch up but Rubio keeps it at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rubio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stewart tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rubio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stewart tries to clinch but Rubio moves out of range.
Rubio feints a jab promting Stewart to slip. Rubio then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Stewart slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Stewart is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stewart tries to clinch there but Rubio circles away.
Stewart tries to clinch but Rubio moves out of range.
Stewart tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rubio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stewart closes the distance but Rubio moves to the side

and Rubio counters with a nice double leg into side control. Stewart won't be happy with that.
Rubio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stewart keeps working.
Rubio scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Stewart to see if he's OK.
Rubio tries to score with some ground and pound. Stewart controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Stewart avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rubio.

Rubio wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stewart, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart wants to get back to his feet.
Rubio in side control, throwing shots but Stewart defends.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Stewart can do anything to dispel that myth.
Stewart is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rubio asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The ground and pound from Rubio seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Stewart is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Rubio has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Rubio trying to control the position but Stewart is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rubio is trying to get an arm triangle but Stewart is defending well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Stewart tries to escape but Rubio is in control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubio misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Stewart is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Stewart on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Rubio looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Stewart is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Stewart is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
You can see the frustration on Stewart's face as Rubio controls the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rubio sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Stewart is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stewart pushes Rubio away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rubio gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Rubio thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
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.
The cut man is working on Adam Rubio's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stewart tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rubio changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stewart tries to avoid it but Rubio manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stewart to the ground. Stewart escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Stewart tries to clinch but Rubio is having none of it.
Stewart tries to clinch up.
Adam Rubio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stewart tries to clinch there but Rubio circles away.
Stewart doesn't manage to clinch there - Rubio circles away.
Stewart is looking to clinch.
Stewart tries to clinch but Rubio is having none of it.
Rubio throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Stewart's waist but Stewart gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rubio off to one side.
Jebediah Stewart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rubio shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stewart sprawls well. Stewart 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.
Stewart is looking to clinch but Rubio is avoiding it.
Rubio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rubio has a takedown stuffed.

Stewart rushes Rubio and presses him up against the cage.
Rubio managing to block the knees to the body from Stewart.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubio tries to break free but Stewart pushes him back against the cage.
Rubio has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Stewart avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Stewart gets underhooks to prevent Rubio's takedown attempt.

Rubio manages to break the clinch.

Stewart pushes Rubio up against the cage in a clinch.
Stewart pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stewart throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rubios head.
Rubio tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stewart smiles and moves away.
Stewart tries to clinch but Rubio is having none of it.
Rubio keeps the fight on the outside.
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch but Rubio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stewart fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stewart is looking to clinch.
Stewart tries to clinch there but Rubio circles away.

Rubio takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart tries to land a knee to the head but Rubio blocks with his arms.
Rubio wants a takedown.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stewart.
Stewart lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stewart lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rubio drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Stewart gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Stewart is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stewart missing with knees to the body.
Stewart lands a damaging elbow.
Rubio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rubio is looking to take this one to the mat.
Stewart unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rubio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stewart lands a good knee to the midsection. Rubio won't want to take too many of those.

Stewart pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stewart wants to clinch up but Rubio keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stewart closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Rubio fails to land.

Stewart breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stewart looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stewart tries to clinch there but Rubio circles away.

Stewart takes the fight into the clinch.

Stewart escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stewart fails with an attempt to clinch.
A jab lands there for Rubio.
Rubio tries to clinch up but Stewart circles away and keeps his distance.
Rubio shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Stewart counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Stewart stops a takedown attempt from Rubio.
Stewart using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rubio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stewart with a knee to the head.
Rubio looking for a takedown.
Stewart is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stewart gets through Rubio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stewart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rubio drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stewart unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rubio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stewart with a knee to the head.
Stewart using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stewart lands a right hand.
Stewart misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rubio.
Stewart lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jebediah Stewart seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stewart misses with a body punch.
Stewart looking to throw knees to the head but Rubio is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stewart with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rubio is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Stewart gets underhooks to prevent Rubio's takedown attempt.

Stewart breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jebediah Stewart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adam Rubio's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Stewart tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rubio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rubio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stewart tries to clinch up but Rubio circles away and keeps his distance.

Stewart moves into range and clinches up with Rubio.
Stewart misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rubio.
Stewart lands an uppercut.
Rubio is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stewart to keep the fight standing.
Rubio is trying to drag Stewart to the mat but Stewart just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rubio jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stewart walks away with a smile on his face. Rubio gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Rubio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rubio wants to clinch up but Stewart keeps it at a distance.
Stewart is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rubio is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stewart displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rubio.
Stewart tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rubio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rubio fails with the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart wants to clinch.
Rubio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rubio paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Stewart closes the distance and clinches.
Stewart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rubio is defending well for now.
Stewart stops a takedown attempt from Rubio.
Stewart lands a damaging elbow.

Stewart breaks the clinch.
Rubio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stewart.

Stewart moves into the clinch.
Stewart landing knees to the head.

Rubio is rocked!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stewart creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Rubio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rubio tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Still in the clinch, Stewart scores with a nice short uppercut.

Stewart pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart tries to clinch up but Rubio circles away and keeps his distance.
Rubio fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stewart is looking to clinch.
Rubio seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch but Rubio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rubio tries to clinch up but Stewart circles away and keeps his distance.
Stewart wants to clinch up but Rubio keeps it at a distance.

Stewart rushes Rubio and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Stewart breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stewart fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch but Rubio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stewart wants to clinch.

Stewart gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stewart prevents a takedown attempt there.
Stewart landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rubio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stewart scores with a knee to the head.
Rubio misses with a punch on the inside.
Stewart lands a good knee to the midsection. Rubio won't want to take too many of those.
Stewart lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stewart creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stewart prevents the takedown attempt.
Stewart with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stewart misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rubio.
Stewart landing knees to the head.
Stewart with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stewart lands a knee to the head.
Rubio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stewart is defending well for now.
Rubio is looking for a takedown.
Stewart using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rubio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stewart lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rubio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rubio tries to score a body lock takedown but Stewart shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Stewart tries a knee to the head but Rubio blocks it.
Stewart throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rubio tries to pull guard but Stewart holds him up against the cage and eventually Rubio drops back down to his feet.
Stewart cracks Rubio with a nice body shot.
Stewart connects with a knee to the head.
Rubio jumps guard but Stewart stands there with Rubio around his waist. Rubio gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Stewart.
Stewart trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rubio is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Stewart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rubio is defending well for now.
Stewart tries to work over Rubio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stewart works on Rubio's body with a couple of short punches.
Rubio jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stewart walks away with a smile on his face. Rubio gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jebediah Stewart comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Stewart 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jebediah Stewart!
A very excited looking Jebediah Stewart made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.