PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Georges Bomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Tim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bomb
vs
Tim

178 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Georges Bomb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carl Tim!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tim clinches up against the cage.
Tim displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bomb up against the cage.
Tim prevents Bomb from breaking the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Tim.
Tim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Georges Bomb has been cut.
Tim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tim lands an elbow just above Bomb 's eye.
Tim tries to stall but Bomb uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tim lands an elbow inside that Bomb shrugs off.
Bomb takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bomb's face.
Bomb is trying to maintain a safe position but Tim gets an underhook and turns Bomb into the cage.
Nice elbow from Tim.
Tim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bomb tries to circle away but Tim has him pinned against the cage.
Tim with a knee to the head.

Bomb is rocked!
Tim lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Bomb is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tim lands an elbow that stopped Bomb in his tracks for a moment.
Tim lands a nice knee to the body.
Bomb is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tim will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bomb up against the cage.
Bomb seems to have got his legs back now.
A knee to the head by Tim.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomb tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tim smiles and moves away.
Bomb avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tim gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bomb is working for takedown but Tim is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bomb working hard to break the clinch.
Tim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tim is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bomb misses with a body punch.
Tim working Bomb over with knees to the body.
Bomb takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bomb is trying to break the clinch but Tim is controlling him.
Tim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tim slowing the pace effectively.
Tim lands an elbow just above Bomb 's eye.
Nice elbow from Tim.
Nice elbow from Tim.
Tim is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bomb's defenses.
Bomb is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges Bomb. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from Tim.
Tim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bomb's defenses.
Tim manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bomb's defenses.
Bomb tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tim smiles and moves away.
Tim sizes up Bomb with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tim cracks Bomb with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bomb shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tim defends it nicely.
Tim moves in looking to clinch but Bomb pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tim moves into the clinch.
Tim lands a damaging elbow.
Tim landing knees to the head.
Bomb tries to stall but Tim uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bomb tries to pull guard but Tim won't allow it.
Tim scores with a knee to the head.
Tim dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tim is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bomb goes for a takedown attempt but Tim pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tim lands a nice elbow.
Tim lands an elbow inside.
Tim lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bomb.
Tim connects with a knee to the head.
Bomb fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bomb tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bomb tries for a takedown but Tim manages to get underhooks.
Tim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bomb's face.
Tim keeps control of Bomb as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tim.
Tim has Bomb pressed against the cage, preventing Bomb from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bomb pulls guard successfully.
Bomb lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tim!
Bomb lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carl Tim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Georges Bomb's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fight stays on the outside here - Tim looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bomb fails to land the takedown.
Bomb is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tim sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bomb.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges Bomb. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tim wants to clinch up but Bomb keeps it at a distance.
Carl Tim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bomb shoots in but no luck this time.

Tim darts in and clinches Bomb up against the cage.
Tim is stalling here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bomb tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tim lands a nice elbow.
Tim stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tim lands an elbow that stopped Bomb in his tracks for a moment.
Tim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tim scores with a knee to the head.
Tim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bomb's defenses.
Nice elbow from Tim.
Tim lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Tim.
Tim landing knees to the head.
Bomb tries to pull guard but Tim holds him up against the cage and eventually Bomb drops back down to his feet.
Bomb is trying to force a seperation but Tim has the dominant position.
Tim trying to stall but Bomb improves his position.
Tim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tim lands an elbow inside that Bomb shrugs off.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bomb can't get the takedown.
Bomb takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bomb is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bomb tries to land knees in the clinch but Tim avoids the damage to the body.
Bomb lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tim or not.
Bomb blocks the elbow strike.

Bomb turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Bomb grinds an elbow into Tim's temple.
Bomb landing a few strikes.
Bomb throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bomb postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Bomb lands some shots froms side control.
Bomb lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tim down.
Tim can't do much from the bottom here.
Bomb scoring with punches from side control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tim leaves Bomb with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tim clinches with his opponent.
Tim gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bomb.
Tim with a knee to the head.
Tim managing to block the knees to the body from Bomb.
Tim avoiding damage.
Bomb tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tim smiles and moves away.
Tim stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tim wants it to stay on the feet.
Tim tries to close the distance and clinch but Bomb swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carl Tim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tim bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tim connects with a jab.
Bomb misses with a takedown attempt - Tim sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tim wants to clinch.

Tim closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bomb is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tim gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bomb takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bomb's face.
Tim lands a nice elbow.
Bomb working hard to break the clinch.
Bomb tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tim smiles and moves away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bomb.
Tim tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bomb paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carl Tim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Georges Bomb's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tim gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bomb lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bomb tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tim just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tim looking to slow down the pace here.
Tim scores with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bomb as Tim tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bomb.
Bomb is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tim lands a nice knee to the body.
Bomb is trying to break the clinch but Tim has him pressed against the cage.
Tim has Bomb pressed against the cage.
Tim lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomb can't get the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tim prevents Bomb from breaking the clinch.
Tim stops a takedown attempt from Bomb.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georges Bomb. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bomb trying to stall but Tim improves his position.
Bomb can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Bomb takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tim connects with a knee to the head.
Bomb wants a takedown.
Tim lands an elbow that stopped Bomb in his tracks for a moment.
Tim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tim lands an elbow that stopped Bomb in his tracks for a moment.
Tim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bomb drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tim gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tim lands a good knee to the midsection. Bomb won't want to take too many of those.
Bomb jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tim walks away with a smile on his face. Bomb gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bomb shoots in for a takedown but Tim shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Tim instigates a clinch.
Tim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bomb lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bomb takes an elbow to the temple.
Bomb goes for a takedown attempt but Tim pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tim tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bomb swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bomb circles away from the clinch attempt.

Bomb shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Tim's guard.
Bomb prevents Tim from getting back to his feet.
Tim is trying to control the position from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bomb accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bomb stands up over Tim, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tim is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tim wants to stand but Bomb is controlling the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tim is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bomb's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bomb misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tim tries to clinch but Bomb is having none of it.
Tim doesn't manage to clinch there - Bomb circles away.
Bomb throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tim's waist but Tim gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bomb off to one side.
Tim tries to clinch but Bomb is having none of it.
Nice takedown defense from Tim. No joy for Bomb on that attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tim is looking to clinch.
Bomb fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Tim clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bomb tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tim smiles and moves away.

Tim clinches up with Bomb and pushes him back against the cage.
Bomb is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bomb tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tim just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bomb is trying to stall.
Tim lands an elbow inside.
Tim landing knees to the body.
Tim lands a nice elbow.
Georges Bomb has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tim lands a nice elbow.
Tim working Bomb over with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carl Tim comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tim winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carl Tim!