PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uncomfortably Numb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Obadiah Klinefelter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klinefelter comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Star Wars kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Obadiah Klinefelter has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Numb
vs
Klinefelter

175 cm
24
175 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

173 cm
27
184 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 159's - $75
Milwaukee's Best 159's - $75

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Uncomfortably Numb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Obadiah Klinefelter!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Numb decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Numb seems to be working for a kimura but Klinefelter defends the submission attempt.
Klinefelter blocking the ground and pound attempt from Numb.
Numb is trying to control. Klinefelter wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Klinefelter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Klinefelter is not content to let Numb control the position.
Numb is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Klinefelter trying to control from the bottom.
Klinefelter regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Numb.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Numb in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Numb forces his way into half guard.
Numb thows a huge punch but Klinefelter dodges it nicely.
Klinefelter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Numb.
Klinefelter is controlling Numb's trapped leg to prevent Numb from advancing to side control.
Numb is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Numb landing punches.
Numb 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.
Numb wants to control the pace but Klinefelter is squirming around nicely.
Numb with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klinefelter is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Klinefelter holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Numb tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klinefelter wants to hold on but Numb pushes him away.
Numb pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BOOM! Numb connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Numb sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Numb scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Numb throwing strikes here but Klinefelter is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Klinefelter tries to hold on but Numb pushes him away.
Numb thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klinefelter is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Numb looking to finish with strikes here!
Numb unloading with bombs!
Klinefelter tries to hold on but Numb postures up.
Numb cracks Klinefelter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Klinefelter wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Numb.
Numb thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Numb putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Numb takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Numb tries to control but Klinefelter wriggling away.
Numb throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klinefelter tries to hold on but Numb pushes him away.
Numb looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Numb can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Klinefelter is looking to escape.
Klinefelter is desperately trying to improve his position but Numb has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Numb unloads with some shots from mount but Klinefelter bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uncomfortably Numb dominated that round.
That's time! Numb's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Numb swats away the attempt to clinch by Klinefelter.
Klinefelter on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Uncomfortably Numb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klinefelter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Numb avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Numb tries to sprawl but Klinefelter drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Numb regains full guard. Nicely done.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Klinefelter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Numb is trying to control the position but Klinefelter postures up.
Numb keeping full guard, as Klinefelter tries to pass.
Numb working a defensive guard but Klinefelter manages to pass into side control anyway.
Klinefelter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Numb keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Numb tries to bench press Klinefelter off him but Klinefelter keeps the position.
What's Numb going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Sloppy strikes there by Klinefelter.
Klinefelter working away.
Numb defending against the ground and pound.
Klinefelter throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Numb wants to control but Klinefelter postures up.
Klinefelter misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Numb is looking for a sweep.
Klinefelter working away.
Numb sneaks back into half guard.
Uncomfortably Numb overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Numb trying to hold on to Klinefelter's head to control him but Klinefelter postures up.
Numb is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Klinefelter scores with a couple of nice shots.
Numb is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Numb wants to control but Klinefelter is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Numb looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Klinefelter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Klinefelter wants to take a breather but Numb is having none of it.
Klinefelter throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Numb gets full guard.
Klinefelter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Numb swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Klinefelter trying to control the position from guard on top but Numb is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Numb being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Klinefelter postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Uncomfortably Numb just wasn't active enough.

Numb gets the takedown into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klinefelter is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
An elbow from Numb crashes against the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Uncomfortably Numb will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Numb tries to score a power double leg takedown but Klinefelter sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Numb somewhat.
Numb looks for a takedown but Klinefelter sprawls well.
Klinefelter fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Uncomfortably Numb is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Klinefelter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Klinefelter slips a straight right by Numb.
Klinefelter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Klinefelter looks to land a body kick but Numb moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Numb circles away from the clinch attempt.
Numb throws a shot to the body.
Klinefelter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Numb gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Klinefelter makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Numb really felt that one!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uncomfortably Numb. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Numb shoots in looking for a takedown. Klinefelter tries to sprawl out of it but Numb keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Klinefelter manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Numb swings for the body but Klinefelter moves out of range.
Numb throws a leg kick

and Klinefelter counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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!
Klinefelter trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Numb wants to sweep but no luck.
Numb is adopting a defensive guard.

Numb working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Klinefelter doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Klinefelter manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Klinefelter preventing the sweep.
Klinefelter trying to control but Numb is working from the bottom.
Numb manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Klinefelter manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Numb is working Klinefelter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Numb is looking to work some ground and pound but Klinefelter has wrist control.
Klinefelter wants to sweep here but Numb controlling him for the moment.
Numb trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Obadiah Klinefelter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Klinefelter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Numb.
Numb throwing strikes from guard but Klinefelter blocks nicely.
Numb in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Klinefelter working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Numb trying to control the position from guard on top but Klinefelter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Numb is looking to work some ground and pound but Klinefelter has wrist control.
Klinefelter tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Numb looking to pass the guard.
Numb wants to control from the top but Klinefelter keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Numb scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Klinefelter doesn't seem bothered though.
Uncomfortably Numb is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Klinefelter. Numb shrugs it off though.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Obadiah Klinefelter.
I think Numb has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Uncomfortably Numb!
Uncomfortably Numb very nearly forgot to thank Milwaukee's Best 159's - $75 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.