PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Burnt Faceman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Rubio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faceman comes to the cage accompanied by Dirt Road Anthem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Faceman
vs
Rubio

173 cm
27
145 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

180 cm
26
165 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Hopkins Athletics
Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Burnt Faceman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Rubio!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rubio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rubio throws out a loose jab but Faceman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rubio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Faceman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Faceman takes the fight into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Faceman.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Faceman.
Rubio trying to land knees to the body.
Faceman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters up against the cage, Rubio throws an elbow but misses.
Faceman lands a left hand.
Rubio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rubio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Faceman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rubio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Faceman.
Rubio takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Faceman.
Rubio is trying to break the clinch but Faceman is controlling him.
Faceman misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faceman can't find room to land a body shot as Rubio controls the action.
Faceman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Faceman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Faceman.
Faceman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rubio blocks it with crossed arms.
Faceman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Faceman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rubio throws a punch but it's blocked by Faceman.
Rubio stalling in the clinch but Faceman improves position.
Faceman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rubio backwards.
Faceman taking a breather.
Rubio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rubio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Faceman's brow.
Rubio has had enough of the clinch but Faceman keeps him there for the moment.
Faceman blocking some punches.
Rubio throws a punch but it's blocked by Faceman.
Faceman 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.
Faceman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rubio backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubio blocks the elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Faceman.
Rubio prevents a body shot from Faceman.
Rubio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rubio is trying to push Faceman away but Faceman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Rubio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rubio scores with a jab to the jaw.

Rubio clinches up against the cage.
Rubio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Faceman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rubio avoids it.
Rubio managing to block the knees to the body from Faceman.
Rubio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Faceman can't find room to land a body shot as Rubio controls the action.
Rubio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rubio lands an elbow that stopped Faceman in his tracks for a moment.
Rubio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Faceman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rubio.
Rubio pushes off an throws an elbow but Faceman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Faceman.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Faceman.
Faceman misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rubio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rubio fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Rubio shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Faceman trying to control from the bottom.
Rubio is looking to advance position but Faceman won't allow it.
Faceman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rubio is fighting to break Faceman's control of his arms but Faceman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Faceman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rubio is one step ahead there.
Faceman has a closed guard, preventing Rubio from standing up.
Rubio is fighting to break Faceman's control of his arms but Faceman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rubio stopping the sweep attempt from Faceman.
Rubio throwing strikes from guard but Faceman blocks nicely.
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 Burnt Faceman will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Faceman lands a jab.
Rubio shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Faceman sprawls well. Faceman wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rubio gets slowly back to his feet.

Rubio pushes Faceman up against the cage in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Faceman can't find room to land a body shot as Rubio controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rubio.
Rubio tries to land a knee to the head but Faceman blocks with his arms.
Faceman missing with knees to the body.
Faceman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rubio trying to stall but Faceman improves his position.
Rubio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Faceman avoids the elbow strike from Rubio, against the cage.
Faceman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rubios head.
Faceman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Faceman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rubio's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Faceman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rubio's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faceman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rubio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Faceman works on Rubio's body with a couple of short punches.
Rubio gets through Faceman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rubio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Faceman lands an elbow that stopped Rubio in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Adam Rubio has been cut.
Rubio throws a head punch that misses.
Nice elbow from Faceman.
Rubio trying to control the position but instead, Faceman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rubio into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rubio.
Faceman 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.
Rubio taking a breather.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Faceman here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Faceman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rubios head.
Still in the clinch, Faceman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Faceman lands a hook that snaps the head of Rubio backwards.
Rubio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rubio is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Faceman working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Faceman as Rubio tries to tie him up.
Faceman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rubio working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Faceman on the inside.
Faceman lands an elbow inside that Rubio shrugs off.
Faceman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rubio is leaning against Faceman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rubio working aggressively here.
Rubio taking a breather.
Faceman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Faceman 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.
Rubio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Faceman's elbow.
Rubio wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Faceman has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faceman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rubio's elbow.
Rubio misses with a knee to the head.
Rubio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Facemans head.
Rubio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rubio lands an elbow that stopped Faceman in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Burnt Faceman has been cut.
Faceman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rubio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Faceman misses with a body punch.
Faceman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Rubio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faceman fails with an attempt to clinch.

Rubio moves into the clinch.
Faceman misses with a punch to the body.
Faceman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rubio has had enough of the clinch but Faceman keeps him there for the moment.
Rubio swings wildly with an uppercut but Faceman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faceman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faceman effectively controlling the action here.
Faceman lands a hook that snaps the head of Rubio backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faceman struggles to land a body shot inside as Rubio controls his hands.

Rubio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faceman tries to clinch there but Rubio circles away.
Faceman is looking to clinch.
Rubio tries to bum rush Faceman with a series of wild strikes but Faceman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Rubio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Faceman blocks the elbow strike.
Rubio working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Faceman.
Faceman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rubio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rubio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rubio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rubio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Faceman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rubio avoiding damage as Faceman throws knees to the body.
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 Burnt Faceman will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rubio swinging wildly here.

Rubio forces Faceman back against the cage and clinches.
Rubio tries a body shot but Faceman blocks it.
Faceman misses with a knee to the head.
Rubio blocks an uppercut.
Rubio misses with an elbow strike.
Faceman throws a head punch that misses.

Rubio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faceman misses with a double jab.
Rubio throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rubio keeps the fight on the outside.
Faceman moves into range and connects with a jab.

Faceman rushes Rubio and presses him up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Faceman.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faceman lands a good knee to the midsection. Rubio won't want to take too many of those.
Rubio misses with a knee strike.
Faceman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Faceman blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faceman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Faceman presses Rubio against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rubio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Faceman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rubio taking a breather.
Faceman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Faceman tries a knee to the head but Rubio blocks it.
Faceman throws a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Faceman.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rubio looking to throw knees to the head but Faceman is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Rubio.
Rubio's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Faceman lands a nice elbow.
Faceman tries to land knees in the clinch but Rubio avoids the damage to the body.
Faceman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rubio lands with a left to the head.
Faceman lands an elbow that stopped Rubio in his tracks for a moment.
Burnt Faceman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubio lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faceman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rubio's elbow.
Faceman avoiding damage as Rubio throws knees to the body.
Faceman blocks an elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Faceman.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rubio.
Rubio has a couple of punches blocked by Faceman.
Rubio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Faceman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rubio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rubio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rubio is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubio looking to slow down the pace here.
Rubio slows down the pace here.
Faceman avoids a wild elbow strike from Rubio.
Rubio is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rubio wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Faceman has him pressed against the cage.
Faceman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Faceman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Faceman misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faceman scores with a shoulder strike.
Faceman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A frustrated look appears on Rubio's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adam Rubio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rubio lands with a light punch inside.
Rubio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rubio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rubio tries to throw a body punch but Faceman avoids it by throwing Rubio back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rubio looking to stall.
Faceman being controlled against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Burnt Faceman.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Faceman, 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Burnt Faceman!
Burnt Faceman seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.