PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thurman Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jung Su Bin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jung Su Bin will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Pope
vs
Su Bin

156 cm
19
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
21
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thurman Pope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jung Su Bin!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pope misses with a wild body shot.
Su Bin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pope manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Su Bin stuns Pope with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A head kick misses from Pope.
Su Bin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Su Bin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Su Bin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Su Bin wants to clinch up but Pope keeps it at a distance.
Su Bin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Su Bin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pope swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Su Bin tries to clinch there but Pope circles away.
Pope rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Su Bin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Su Bin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pope rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Su Bin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Su Bin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pope counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Su Bin closes the distance but Pope moves to the side
and Pope counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Su Bin moves in looking to clinch but Pope pushes him off.
Pope tries to move into range but Su Bin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Su Bin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pope swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pope pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pope fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Su Bin is looking to clinch but Pope is avoiding it.
Su Bin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Su Bin tries to clinch but Pope is having none of it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Su Bin!
Pope circles away from the clinch attempt.
Su Bin misses with the combination.
Jung Su Bin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pope tries to clinch but Su Bin is having none of it.
Su Bin tries to close the distance and clinch but Pope swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pope really is a fat lump.
Su Bin lands a leg kick that knocks Pope off balance momentarily.
Su Bin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope throws a sloppy head kick and Su Bin moves out of range easily.
Su Bin thumps Pope with a low kick.
Pope circles away from the clinch attempt.
Su Bin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pope checks the leg kick nicely there.
Su Bin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Su Bin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Su Bin wants to clinch
and Pope cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Su Bin throws a leg kick which misses Pope's front leg but catches the back leg as Pope tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Su Bin.
Su Bin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pope backs up against the cage.
Pope tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Su Bin darts in and clinches Pope up against the cage.

Pope pulls guard successfully.
Su Bin showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Su Bin throws an elbow that misses. Pope uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Su Bin's guard. Nice move by Pope!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jung Su Bin 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.

Su Bin moves out of range of the body kick.
Su Bin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Su Bin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Su Bin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Su Bin darts in and clinches Pope up against the cage.
Pope tries to pull guard but Su Bin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Pope is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Su Bin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A frustrated look appears on Pope's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Su Bin manages to break the clinch.
Su Bin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Su Bin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope misses with the combination.
Su Bin tries to clinch there but Pope circles away.
Pope throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Su Bin tries to clinch but Pope is having none of it.
Pope is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pope swats away the attempt to clinch by Su Bin.

Pope gets a clinch.

Su Bin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Su Bin has Pope up against the cage in a clinch.

Pope successfully pulls guard.
Su Bin looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Pope might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Su Bin trying to control but Pope is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jung Su Bin wasn't active enough on the ground.
Su Bin lands a nice looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Pope.
Su Bin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Su Bin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pope throws a sloppy head kick
and Su Bin counters with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Su Bin clinches up with Pope and pushes him back against the cage.
Pope has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Pope breaks the clinch.
Su Bin lands a nice looking body kick.
Pope is looking to clinch.

Su Bin gets tackled into the cage by Pope. Pope maintains the clinch.
Su Bin can't break the clinch.
Pope fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thurman Pope. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Su Bin manages to break the clinch.
Su Bin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Su Bin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pope counters with a one-two to the body.
Su Bin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pope counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jung Su Bin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Su Bin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Su Bin throws a series of strikes that have Pope backpedaling.
Su Bin misses with a wild combination.
Su Bin wants to clinch up but Pope keeps it at a distance.
Thurman Pope is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pope loads up on a big right hand but Su Bin slips the punch.
Su Bin moves in looking to clinch but Pope pushes him off.
Pope checks a low kick from Su Bin.
Su Bin wants to clinch but Pope slips to the side
and Pope counters with a left and a right that stings Su Bin.

Su Bin rushes Pope and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pope gets control of Su Bin's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pope will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Pope has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Su Bin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Su Bin would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Su Bin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Su Bin trying to control but Pope is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Su Bin wanted to stand there but Pope had control of the position.
Su Bin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pope is on top in guard.
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.
Pope throws a big right hand that misses.
Pope won't allow Su Bin to sweep him here.
Pope working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Su Bin's head.
Pope works over Su Bin with some ground and pound from guard.
Su Bin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pope trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Su Bin wants to stand and escape but Pope is having none of it.
Su Bin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pope postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pope distracts Su Bin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pope with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Pope postures up in Su Bin's guard and throws a big left but Su Bin blocks it.
Pope scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pope working some strikes from top position.
Pope missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pope is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pope working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pope landing with the ground and pound.

Pope gets to his feet - Su Bin follows without any prompting.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pope fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thurman Pope showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Su Bin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jung Su Bin!
Our winner, Jung Su Bin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.