PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Umba Matumba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Matumba
vs
Lim

173 cm
23
140 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

168 cm
21
149 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

The Adrenaline Matrix

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Umba Matumba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charlie Lim!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lim misses with a kick to the body.
Lim connects with a leg kick. Matumba looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lim connects with a right hand. Matumba shakes it off.
Matumba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lim.
Matumba throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good leg kick by Lim there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Matumba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lim lands a nice looking kick to the body. Matumba takes a step back to recover.
A punch lands to the side of Lim 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Matumba lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lim takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lim looks to land a body kick but Matumba moved away.
Lim listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Umba Matumba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matumba scores with a three punch combo!

Lim is rocked!
Matumba takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lim is still on wobbly legs! Can Matumba finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim scores with a nice strike.
Matumba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lim seems to have recovered his senses.
Matumba takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lim blocks the body kick.
Lim thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Matumba if he has to take too many more of those.
Lim avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lim thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheers as Lim lands an impressive looking overhand right. Matumba doesn't seem phased though.
Lim misses the jab.
Matumba works over Lim's head and body with a nice combination.
Lim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matumba has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lim.
Matumba takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matumba takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Matumba dodges the punch combination from Lim.
Lim throws a quick inside leg kick.
Matumba swings for the body but Lim moves out of range.
Lim has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lim throws a head kick that misses.
Matumba showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lim.
Matumba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lim throws out the jab.
Matumba misses with a wild combination.
Lim misses with a body kick.
Lim throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lim. Matumba shrugs it off though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim lands with a straight right. Matumba didn't see that one coming.
Lim throws a sloppy head kick and Matumba moves out of range easily.
Lim moves out of range of the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Matumba. Those never looked like landing.
Lim takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Matumba is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Danga de danga de dang - Lim scores with a four punch combination!
Lim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lim dodges the punch combination from Matumba.
Matumba takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Matumba looks to land a combination but Lim avoids it well.
A punch combination from Matumba misses.
Good exchange - Lim coming out on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matumba throws a head kick but Lim moves out of range.
Matumba scores with a nice head shot.
Matumba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lim is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Matumba had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lim throws a wild body kick that Matumba sees coming a mile off.
Lim throws a nice outside leg kick.
Matumba throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lim connects with a looping right hand.
Lim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Matumba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matumba throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matumba swinging wildly here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matumba misses with a wild body shot.
Lim throws a sloppy head kick and Matumba moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Lim dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Matumba misses with a wild combination.
Lim misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matumba.
Lim fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matumba manages to avoid it.
Matumba takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Matumba throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lim connects with a body shot.
Lim swinging wildly here.
Lim misses with a head kick.
Matumba takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lim tries to bum rush Matumba with a series of wild strikes but Matumba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lim connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lim connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Lim misses.
Matumba throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lim on the side of the head.
Matumba misses with a combination
enabling Lim to counter with a crisp jab.
Matumba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matumba swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lim, right into the meat.
Lim throws a nice outside leg kick.
Matumba takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Some wild striking there from Matumba.
Matumba moves out of range of the body kick.
Lim avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matumba swinging wildly here.
Matumba walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lim.
Matumba lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lim thows a body kick. Matumba tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Lim throws a head kick that half lands.
Matumba shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lim eats them both and turns towards Matumba to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Good leg kick by Lim there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Matumba throws a series of punches but Lim moves out of range.
Matumba throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Lim counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Matumba thinking.
Matumba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Matumba takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matumba misses with a series of wild punches.
Lim lands with a kick to the temple. Matumba shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A leg kick checked by Lim.
A combination from Matumba does no damage.
Matumba misses with a hook
and Lim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Matumba is rocked!
Matumba is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lim lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Oh Matumba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lim drops Matumba with a huge uppercut! Matumba drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Lim is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Lim!
Charlie Lim is the new bantamweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Charlie Lim made sure he mentioned KO Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.