PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cyber Bully (ranked 1152 p4p, 2883 weight class) and Lalama Amana (ranked 139 p4p, 367 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bully
vs
Amana

176 cm
37
166
16 - 11 - 1

162 cm
33
167
20 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
Core Combat

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 16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cyber Bully!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lalama Amana!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Amana changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bully looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Amana working away.
Bully tries to bench press Amana off him but Amana keeps the position.
Bully has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Amana wants to stand but Bully has his arm trapped.
Amana is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Bully can't do much from the bottom here.
Amana tries to stand but Bully is controlling his head.
Amana working away.
Amana tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bully is looking for a sweep.

Amana decides to stand back up. Amana steps back and let's Bully get back to his feet.
Bully misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amana moves out of range of the leg kick from Bully.
A little jabbing left from Amana on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bully scores with a spinning back kick!
Bully throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Amana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bully lands a body shot.
Amana's coach down at Navy Street MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Amana's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Bully throws a leg kick which misses Amana's front leg but catches the back leg as Amana tries to avoid it.
Amana feints a jab promting Bully to slip. Amana then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bully slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bully throws an off balance right hand
and Amana counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cyber Bully seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bully does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bully connects with a single shot there.
Bully scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Bully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bully misses with a leg kick.
Bully throws a body kick that misses.
Amana appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cyber Bully is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amana misses with a straight left.
Bully uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Amana.
Bully feints and then cracks Amana's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Amana down.
Bully slips under a jab.
Amana takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bully scores with a hook to the body. Amana takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bully lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Amana just misses with a punch to the body.
Bully fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Amana has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bully on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bully swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bully scores with the left hand. Amana knows he should have avoided that one.
Amana darts in looking for a takedown but Bully gets double underhooks and turns Amana into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Amana does no damage.
Bully was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bully fakes the leg kick and cracks Amana in the body.
Amana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Amana slips a straight right by Bully.
Amana takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bully wants to land a leg kick but Amana is out of range.
Bully throws a front kick aimed at Amana's knee but Amana avoids it well.
Bully throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bully swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bully lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Amana takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A clash of legs there as Amana blocks the low kick.
Amana throws out a counter right but Bully avoids it with no problem.
Bully defending well as Amana loads up on a big left hand.
Bully swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amana blocks a jab.
Amana misses with a looping left.
Bully misses with a hook
and Bully takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Bully.
Bully connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bully uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Amana has time to react.
Bully looks to score with a jab to the body but Amana is just out of range.
Amana slips a straight right by Bully.
It seemed like Amana was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bully getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Amana digs a good body shot into Bully's ribs.
Amana connects with a single shot there.
Bully with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cyber Bully dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A shot to the liver by Bully. Beautiful body shot.
Bully buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bully connects with a right hand. Amana shakes it off.
Amana misses with a hook
and Bully connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bully connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bully. Amana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bully throws a poor cross that misses
and Amana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A leg kick checked by Amana.
Amana swings for the body but Bully moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Bully.
A low kick from Bully is predictable there
and Amana counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bully misses with a leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Bully finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bully.
Bully scores with a nice right hand.
Amana throws a hook to the side of Bully's head but Bully sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bully attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bully buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Amana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bully was well out of range. Poor timing from Amana.
Bully lands a leg kick that knocks Amana off balance momentarily.
Amana ducks under a wild hook from Bully.
Bully scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bully defending well as Amana loads up on a big left hand.
Bully thuds a left hand into Amana's body.
Amana takes one to the side of the head.
Bully uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Amana.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bully is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Amana.
Amana on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bully lands a jab.
Bully is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Amana can do to turn this around?
Bully lands a nice hook to Amana's body. Amana takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Amana misses the jab.
Bully uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Amana.
It looked like Bully was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Amana.
Amana misses with a looping left.
Amana misses with a straight right.
Bully with the inside leg kick.
Bully throws a low kick but it's checked well by Amana.
Bully feints and then cracks Amana's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Amana down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Amana checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Amana's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bully wants to land a leg kick but Amana is out of range.
A jab from Bully misses.
Bully swings away with a body shot that misses
and Amana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bully misses with a looping right.
Bully swings widly with a right hand
and Amana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Amana misses the jab.
Bully half committed to a counter leg kick.
Amana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bully.
Bully lands with a cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bully. Amana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Amana shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bully but Bully pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amana swings for the body but Bully moves out of range.
Bully misses with an uppercut
and Amana counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bully thinking.
Amana checks a leg kick.
Bully stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cyber Bully is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice cross by Bully.
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!
Bully missing with a left hand there. Amana was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bully on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bully throws a leg kick
and Amana counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bully moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Amana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bully.
Bully swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Amana lands a body shot.
Bully is looking to slow Amana down with leg kicks.
Bully throws a hook but Amana blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cyber Bully dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Amana throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bully on the side of the head.
Amana moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bully lands a jab to the nose.
Amana uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bully.
Bully is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Amana tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick from Bully misses.
Bully throws a hook to the side of Amana's head but Amana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bully darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Amana looks to score with a jab to the body but Bully is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Amana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Amana takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bully lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bully throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bully moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Amana swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bully counters with an outside leg kick.
Bully drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Amana blocks the body kick.
Amana takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Amana finds it's way through Bully's defenses.
Amana connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bully. Bully circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
An inside leg kick from Bully misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bully. That's going to slow Amana down.
Amana just misses with a punch to the body.
Amana shoots in and drives through. Bully sprawls well.
Lalama Amana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Bully.
Bully steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Amana.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick lands for Bully.
Amana digs a good hook to Bully's body.
Bully with a nice cross.
Amana has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Amana closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bully scores with a decent looking hook.
Cyber Bully is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bully is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bully uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Amana.
Bully throws a push kick but Amana slaps the foot to one side.
A low kick lands for Bully.
Amana connects with the punch.
Amana scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bully doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amana just misses with a punch to the body.
Amana on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bully. Bully obviously looking to wear him down.
Amana just misses with a punch to the body.
Bully swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A nice leg kick from Bully, right into the meat of the thigh.
Amana tries to move into range but Bully moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Amana throws a hook but Bully avoids it easily.

Bully drives through with a takedown into guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Amana manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Amana misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amana lands a left hand.
Amana misses with a body punch.
Amana tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amana has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Amana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bully blocks an uppercut.
Bully lands with a light punch inside.
Amana lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bully backwards.
Bully tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bully blocks a body shot from Amana.
Bully blocks a body shot from Amana.
Amana misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Amana fails to land.
Bully blocks a body shot from Amana.
Amana lands a nice uppercut.

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 Cyber Bully.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bully, 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cyber Bully!