PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and my hurts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). my hurts will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Balboa
vs
hurts

205 cm
18
280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, my hurts!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Balboa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Balboa connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused hurts some visible discomfort.
Balboa tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
hurts wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
hurts prevents Balboa from improving position.
Balboa is working hard here to advance position.
Balboa scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at hurts to see if he's OK.
Balboa works to advance to full mount. hurts defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Balboa thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Balboa with good strikes from the mount here!
Balboa thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Balboa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
hurts avoids a series of strikes thrown by Balboa.
Balboa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Balboa cracks hurts with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Balboa with shots to the head and body - hurts looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa with good strikes from the mount here!
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!
hurts wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Balboa.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balboa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Balboa is breathing heavily.
Balboa with a couple of short strikes.
Balboa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Balboa sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poor strikes thrown by Balboa there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Balboa dominating with strikes here.
Balboa working the ground and pound effectively.
Balboa 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
hurts's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Balboa working the ground and pound effectively.
Balboa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Balboa with a couple of short strikes.
hurts should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Balboa with good strikes from the mount here!
Balboa lands a heavy elbow.
hurts taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands a heavy elbow.
Balboa throws some wild stikes that hurts manages to avoid easily.
Balboa sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Balboa working hurts over with strikes here.
Balboa throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for hurts because Balboa loaded up on that one.
hurts is bucking up trying to escape but Balboa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Balboa lands a heavy elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
hurts taking shots to the head.
Balboa cracks hurts with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Balboa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Balboa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Balboa keeps the fight on the outside.
hurts is looking to clinch.
my hurts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
hurts tries to clinch up.
hurts is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - hurts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
hurts doesn't manage to clinch there - Balboa circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balboa keeps the fight on the outside.
hurts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
hurts fails in his attempt to clinch.
hurts is breathing heavily.
hurts tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hurts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Balboa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
hurts moves in looking to clinch but Balboa pushes him off.
hurts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
hurts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Balboa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
hurts is looking to clinch.
hurts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
hurts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
hurts fails in his attempt to clinch.
hurts is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
hurts wants to clinch.
Balboa swats away the attempt to clinch by hurts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
hurts tries to clinch there but Balboa circles away.
hurts wants to clinch.
Balboa swats away the attempt to clinch by hurts.
hurts tries to clinch there but Balboa circles away.
Balboa swats away the attempt to clinch by hurts.
hurts tries to clinch up but Balboa circles away and keeps his distance.
hurts fails with an attempt to clinch.

hurts gets caught flat footed, as Balboa shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa is pushing down on hurts's leg trying to pass to half guard. hurts is fighting to maintain full guard but Balboa has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ground and pound from Balboa.
hurts won't allow Balboa to pass to mount.
Balboa slips a nice elbow through hurts's hands, connecting with hurts's forehead.
Balboa passes to side control.
Balboa advances to mount.
Balboa postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. hurts looks a forlorn figure.
Balboa landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands a big shot there that rocks hurts but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Balboa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that hurts can do to turn this around?
A nice elbow there by Balboa.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balboa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Balboa connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Balboa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Balboa working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Balboa lands a big elbow.
Balboa with the ground and pound from mount.
BOOM! Balboa connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Balboa dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

hurts wants to clinch up but Balboa keeps it at a distance.
hurts is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
hurts tries to close the distance and clinch but Balboa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balboa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Balboa circles away from the clinch attempt.
hurts fails in his attempt to clinch.
hurts tries to clinch up but Balboa circles away and keeps his distance.
Balboa swats away the attempt to clinch by hurts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
hurts wants to clinch up but Balboa keeps it at a distance.
hurts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Balboa shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Balboa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed hurts's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa trying to pass the guard but hurts defending well.
Balboa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Balboa uses his free foot to push down on hurts's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for hurts.
Balboa postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. hurts looks a forlorn figure.
hurts really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Balboa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands a nice shot to the head.
Balboa is landing with some decent strikes but hurts is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Balboa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Balboa there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Balboa sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Balboa landing punches.
Balboa looking to finish hurts with some ground and pound. This is bad for hurts!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hurts trying desperately to get to his feet.
Balboa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Balboa looking to finish hurts with some ground and pound. This is bad for hurts!
hurts is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Balboa.
Balboa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Balboa lands with some strikes.
Balboa punishing his opponent with strikes.
Balboa is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns hurts that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Balboa will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Balboa lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Balboa scoring with strikes but hurts is staying in there.
hurts is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Balboa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Balboa with shots to the head and body - hurts looks very uncomfortable down there.
Balboa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Balboa breaks from hurts's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Balboa working away from the top, dropping strikes.
my hurts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rocky Balboa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Balboa controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Balboa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Balboa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Balboa!