PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Colin McDudley (ranked 4385 p4p, 3471 weight class) and Kwawi Mumba (ranked 539 p4p, 439 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

McDudley
vs
Mumba

190 cm
19
210
1 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
215
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Colin McDudley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kwawi Mumba!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mumba misses with a left hand
and Mumba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDudley misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Mumba to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Colin McDudley has been cut.
McDudley lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mumba looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
McDudley scores with the left hand. Mumba knows he should have avoided that one.
Mumba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Colin McDudley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mumba.
Mumba misses with a body shot.
Mumba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McDudley manages to avoid it.
Mumba just misses with a punch to the body.
McDudley swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Mumba counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Mumba misses its intended target.
McDudley scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McDudley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mumba throws out the jab.
McDudley darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McDudley throws a hook to the side of Mumba's head but Mumba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDudley lands a nice looking body shot.
McDudley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mumba.
McDudley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mumba swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McDudley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

McDudley clinches up with Mumba and pushes him back against the cage.
McDudley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McDudley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mumba's elbow.
Mumba is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mumba wants to stall.
Mumba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McDudley prevents Mumba from breaking the clinch.
McDudley throws a head punch that misses.
McDudley misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
McDudley lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDudley lands with a right to the head.
Mumba is looking to break free of the clinch but McDudley has double underhooks.
McDudley tries to work over Mumba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McDudley has Mumba pressed against the cage, preventing Mumba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McDudley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mumba or not.
Mumba trying to stall but McDudley improves his position.
Mumba working hard to break the clinch.
McDudley struggles to land a body shot inside as Mumba controls his hands.
Mumba tries to break the clinch but McDudley is controlling the position.
Mumba wants to get back to striking at distance but McDudley won't allow it.
McDudley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mumba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mumba wants to break the clinch but can't.
I was talking to McDudley's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McDudley tries to throw a body punch but Mumba avoids it by throwing McDudley back against the cage.
Mumba wants to break free but McDudley has control.
McDudley tries a body shot but Mumba blocks it.
A short body shot lands from McDudley as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mumba is trying to break free.
Mumba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mumba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McDudley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mumba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McDudley tries a body shot but Mumba blocks it.
McDudley working aggressively here.
Mumba working hard to break the clinch.
McDudley can't find room to land a body shot as Mumba controls the action.
McDudley lands a shoulder strike.
Mumba blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from McDudley.
Good body shot from McDudley.
A short right from McDudley on the inside.
McDudley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McDudley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McDudley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McDudley lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDudley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McDudley lands a right hand.
McDudley keeps control of Mumba as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mumba blocks a body shot from McDudley.
A short left from McDudley.
Mumba blocks an uppercut.
Mumba is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mumba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mumba is looking to break free of the clinch but McDudley has double underhooks.
Mumba is trying to stall.
McDudley lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from McDudley fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mumba is looking to break free of the clinch but McDudley has double underhooks.
Mumba is looking to control McDudley's arms but McDudley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mumba has his back to the cage.
McDudley lands a body shot in the clinch.
McDudley tries to work over Mumba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Colin McDudley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Colin McDudley's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

McDudley throws a body shot but no joy.
McDudley connects with a jab.
Mumba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McDudley moves away.
Mumba defending well as McDudley loads up on a big left hand.
A countering left hand to the body from Mumba misses.
McDudley misses with a hook. Mumba ducked under it nicely.
Mumba looks to throw the jab but McDudley is out of range.
Mumba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDudley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mumba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Colin McDudley's cut is getting worse.
McDudley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mumba on the side of the head.
McDudley slips under a jab from Mumba.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDudley jabs Mumba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McDudley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mumba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mumba swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McDudley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mumba.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mumba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mumba walks into a left hand.

McDudley gets a clinch.
McDudley tries to work over Mumba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McDudley tries to throw a body punch but Mumba avoids it by throwing McDudley back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mumba.
Mumba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mumba is looking to control McDudley's arms but McDudley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mumba has his back to the cage.
Mumba blocking some punches.
Mumba is trying to force a seperation but McDudley has the dominant position.
Mumba is trying to break the clinch but McDudley has him pressed against the cage.
McDudley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mumba wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McDudley has him pressed against the cage.
McDudley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mumba wants to get back to striking at distance but McDudley won't allow it.
McDudley has a couple of punches blocked by Mumba.
McDudley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mumba or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDudley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mumba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McDudley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mumba tries to stall but McDudley uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McDudley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by McDudley.
Mumba is trying to break the clinch but McDudley is controlling him.
McDudley has a couple of punches blocked by Mumba.
Colin McDudley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mumba blocks a body shot from McDudley.
McDudley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mumba is trying to break the clinch but McDudley has him pressed against the cage.
Mumba prevents a body shot from McDudley.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McDudley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mumba's elbow.
McDudley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mumba tries to break the clinch but McDudley is controlling the position.
McDudley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McDudley tries to throw a body punch but Mumba avoids it by throwing McDudley back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDudley keeps control of Mumba as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McDudley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mumba can do to turn this around?

Mumba manages to break the clinch.
McDudley misses with an uppercut.
McDudley misses with a straight left.
Colin McDudley is winning the standup battle so far.
McDudley moves in looking to clinch but Mumba pushes him off.
A little jabbing left from Mumba on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mumba slips a straight right by McDudley.
Mumba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McDudley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McDudley lands with a nice body punch.
Mumba circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mumba misses with a looping left.
McDudley jabs Mumba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McDudley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mumba counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mumba with a nice cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDudley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mumba.
Mumba lands with a nice body punch.
Mumba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McDudley was well out of range. Poor timing from Mumba.
McDudley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mumba.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McDudley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mumba was well out of range. Poor timing from McDudley.
McDudley tries to close the distance and clinch but Mumba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McDudley throws a body shot but no joy.
McDudley misses the shot to the body.
McDudley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mumba lands a lovely overhand right.
Mumba lands with a nice body punch.

Mumba lands a big right hand that sends McDudley crashing to the mat! Mumba stays standing though and waves McDudley back to his feet!

McDudley is rocked!

Colin McDudley's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Colin McDudley's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kwawi Mumba!