PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Super Jim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Mud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mud has chosen DJ Khaled "All I Do Is Win" -- Official REMIX video (ft. T-Pain, Nicki Mina as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jim
vs
Mud

188 cm
26
188 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

189 cm
20
183 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Super Jim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Mud!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Mud counter with a right hand.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mud counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jim misses with a double jab
and Mud counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mud tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Jim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mud tries to clinch up but Jim circles away and keeps his distance.
Jim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mud has closed the distance and engaged Jim in a clinch.

Mud breaks from the clinch.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination

and Mud counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.
Mud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mud.
Mud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jim is looking to break free of the clinch but Mud has double underhooks.
Jim jumps guard but Mud stands there with Jim around his waist. Jim gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jim looking for a takedown.
Mud trying to land knees to the body.
Mud lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mud lands an elbow just above Jim 's eye.
Jim is breathing heavily.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Mud.
Mud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but Jim blocks with his arms.
Jim dodges an elbow strike from Mud.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.
Mud tries a knee to the head but Jim blocks it.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jim.
Jim tries to circle away but Mud has him pinned against the ropes.
Jim looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Super Jim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jim managing to block the knees to the body from Mud.
Jim tries to circle away but Mud has him pinned against the ropes.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Mud lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jim is trying to force a seperation but Mud has the dominant position.
Jim changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mud fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss

and Mud counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mud.
Mud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.
Mud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Mud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Mud trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Mud.
Mud misses with a punch on the inside.
Mud lands a right hand.

Mud escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Mud moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mud tries a knee to the head but Jim blocks it.
Mud scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Mud manages to break the clinch.
Mud explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mud counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jim is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mud tries to clinch but Jim is having none of it.
Mud fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jim swats away the attempt to clinch by Mud.

Mud clinches up with Jim and pushes him back against the ropes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mud misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Mud dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mud wants to clinch.
Jim misses with a combination
and Mud counters with a head kick.

Mud gets a clinch.
Mud misses with a knee to the head.
Mud misses with a knee strike.

Mud breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jim wants to get back to striking at distance but Mud won't allow it.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.
Mud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Mud lands with a short shot to the head.
Mud throws an elbow that misses.
Mud misses with a knee strike.
Jim tries to circle away but Mud has him pinned against the ropes.
Mud misses with a knee to the head.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Mud lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jim backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mud creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mud throws an elbow but it misses.
Mud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jim blocks an elbow strike from Mud.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mud prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mud misses with a knee strike.
Jim wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mud has him pressed against the ropes.

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.
Mud misses with a knee strike.
Jim has Mud pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Mud manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Jim has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mud uses from the top position.

Jim has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Mud is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Jim.
Jim tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Jim working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mud gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Mud tries to close the distance and clinch but Jim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mud is looking to clinch but Jim is avoiding it.
Mud tries to clinch up but Jim circles away and keeps his distance.
Jim takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mud counters with a left and a right that stings Jim.
Mud throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Super Jim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mud tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jim swats away the attempt to clinch by Mud.
Super Jim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Mud closes the distance and clinches.
Mud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Mud scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mud lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mud tries a knee to the head but Jim blocks it.
Mud misses with a knee strike.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but Jim blocks with his arms.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Mud showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jim misses with a combination

and Mud counters by clinching up.
Mud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Mud breaks from the clinch.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss

and Mud counters by moving into the clinch.
Mud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Mud breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jim misses with a combination

and Mud counters by clinching up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mud lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Mud lands with a left to the head.
Jim tries for a takedown but Mud manages to get underhooks.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but Jim blocks with his arms.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.
Jim drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mud gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jim blocks the elbow strike.
Mud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jim drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mud gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Super Jim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jim dodges an elbow strike from Mud.
Mud misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mud misses with a knee to the head.
Jim goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mud prevents it.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.
Mud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jim tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mud keeps control of Jim as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but Jim blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mud.
Mud misses with a knee strike.
Jim blocks an uppercut.
Mud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mud keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jim's efforts to push away.
A knee to the head by Mud.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mud misses with a knee to the head.

Mud pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jim swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mud counters with a head kick.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mud counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chris Mud is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mud tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mud tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mud counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mud.
Mud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.
Mud lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mud misses with a knee strike.
Mud looking to throw knees to the head but Jim is blocking nicely.
Jim can't get the takedown.
Mud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mud misses with a knee strike.
Mud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jim wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mud has him pressed against the ropes.
Super Jim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jim blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Mud comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mud has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Mud!