PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zakumi Jabulani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grandmaster Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jabulani kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is K'naan - Wavin´ flag. Grandmaster Red has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Zakumi Jabulani's chin.

Jabulani
vs
Red

178 cm
25
178 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

181 cm
29
177 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Fight Club Clothing est. 09™
Fight Club Clothing est. 09™

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zakumi Jabulani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grandmaster Red!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Jabulani misses.
Red throws a big shot that misses.
Jabulani swings widly with a right hand
and Red counters with a left and a right that stings Jabulani.
Red takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Red throws a lazy right hand but Jabulani sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jabulani lands a lovely overhand right.
Jabulani keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Red.
Jabulani throws an off balance right hand
and Red counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Red waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jabulani.
Red cracks Jabulani with a good jab.
Red throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jabulani looks to land a left hand but Red moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red misses with a looping right.
Grandmaster Red is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jabulani lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice jab there from Jabulani.
Sloppy strikes from Jabulani. Those never looked like landing.
Red throws a lazy right hand but Jabulani sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jabulani misses with a straight right.
Jabulani throws an off balance right hand
letting Red counter with a right hand.
Red dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Red lunges at Jabulani with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jabulani's hand.
Jabulani misses with a double jab
and Red counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Red takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jabulani throws a lazy right hand but Red sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Red throws a combination. Jabulani tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A big right from Red misses.
Red scores with a jab to the jaw.
Zakumi Jabulani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jabulani takes one to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Jabulani. Those never looked like landing.
Red loads up on a big right hand but Jabulani slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jabulani. Red does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jabulani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Red was well out of range. Poor timing from Jabulani.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabulani throws the left hand but Red avoids the punch easily.
Jabulani uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A combination from Jabulani does no damage.
Jabulani misses with a lunging right hand
and Red counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Red throws a big shot that misses.
Red jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jabulani throws a right hand that Red ducks under and follows up with a left that Red also avoids with ease.
Red misses with a straight left.
Jabulani lands with a straight right. Red didn't see that one coming.
Red changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Red just misses with a punch to the body.
Jabulani keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jabulani misses with a series of wild punches.
Jabulani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jabulani looks to land a combination but Red avoids it well.
Red moves out of range as Jabulani strikes.
Red misses with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jabulani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Red.
Jabulani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Red was well out of range. Poor timing from Jabulani.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jabulani misses with a wild body shot.
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 Zakumi Jabulani will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jabulani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Red.
A looping hook to the body misses from Red. Jabulani does a little dance to reset his feet.

Red tries to sprawl but Jabulani drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jabulani trying to control the pace.
Red is trying to control but can't.
Jabulani takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jabulani is looking to take a break and control but Red is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Red can do anything to dispel that myth.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Zakumi Jabulani.
Red will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabulani lands with a shot to the body.
Jabulani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Red misses with a double jab
and Jabulani counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zakumi Jabulani is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Red looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Red steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jabulani.
A cross from Red lands.
Red takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabulani slips a straight right by Red.
Jabulani misses with a wild combination.
Jabulani just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Red.
Jabulani takes a jab right on the kisser.
Red slips under a jab from Jabulani.
Red misses with an uppercut.
Jabulani ducks under a wild hook from Red.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jabulani counters with a right hand to the body.
Red throws a hook but Jabulani blocks it.
Jabulani misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jabulani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Red.
A shot to the liver by Red. Beautiful body shot.
Jabulani misses with an uppercut. Red saw that one coming.
Red tries to bum rush Jabulani with a series of wild strikes but Jabulani uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jabulani throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jabulani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Red scores with the left hand. Jabulani knows he should have avoided that one.
Jabulani lands a jab to the nose.
Red might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Red takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Danga de danga de dang - Red scores with a four punch combination!
Red ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jabulani lands with a nice body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jabulani misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jabulani misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jabulani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jabulani throws a series of punches but Red moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zakumi Jabulani dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Jabulani throws a looping overhand right but Red ducks down to avoid it.
Red scores with a one two! Jabulani had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jabulani doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jabulani misses with a body shot.
Red scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Red lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jabulani doesn't seem phased though.
Jabulani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Red.
Jabulani scores with a three punch combo!
Red misses with a few strikes there.
Red waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jabulani.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jabulani gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Red misses the shot to the body.
Jabulani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jabulani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Red misses.
Red fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jabulani manages to avoid it.
Red uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jabulani.
A slow jab from Jabulani misses its intended target.
Red stuffs the takedown attempt from Jabulani. Jabulani gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabulani misses with a hook.
Jabulani moves out of range of the strikes.
Good shot there by Red.
Jabulani lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Red circles away quickly and effectively.
Jabulani dips to his left and cracks Red with an uppercut!
Red throws a looping overhand right but Jabulani ducks down to avoid it.
Jabulani needs to keep his hands up - Red had a free shot at his head there.
Jabulani wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jabulani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red throws a looping overhand right but Jabulani ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Red, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jabulani takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Red misses the jab.
Grandmaster Red has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Red throws a looping overhand right but Jabulani ducks down to avoid it.
Red clobbers Jabulani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Red misses with a hook. Jabulani ducked under it nicely.
Red throws the left hand but Jabulani avoids the punch easily.
Jabulani misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabulani lands the left hand.
Red ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jabulani moves away.
Red looks to throw the jab but Jabulani is out of range.
Jabulani rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Red moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jabulani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Red.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jabulani.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Red throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jabulani.
Jabulani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Red was well out of range. Poor timing from Jabulani.
Red fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jabulani manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Grandmaster Red.
Well Jabulani 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!