PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bam Bam Rumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lei Quan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bam Bam Rumble has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bam Rumble
vs
Quan

182 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

196 cm
23
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bam Bam Rumble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lei Quan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rumble pinned against the cage. Rumble gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Quan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rumble ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No joy there for Quan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Quan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Quan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice sprawl there from Rumble as Quan shoots in.
Bam Bam Rumble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lei Quan.
Quan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rumble tries to avoid it but Quan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rumble to the ground. Rumble escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rumble fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rumble keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quan fails with the takedown.
Quan looks gassed!

Rumble forces Quan back against the cage and clinches.
Rumble with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quan takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Lei Quan has been cut.
Quan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rumble with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rumble looking to throw knees to the head but Quan is blocking nicely.
Rumble tries to land a knee to the head but Quan blocks with his arms.
Rumble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rumble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rumble.
Rumble trying to land knees to the body.
Rumble looking to throw knees to the head but Quan is blocking nicely.
Rumble tries to land knees in the clinch but Quan avoids the damage to the body.
Rumble tries to land knees in the clinch but Quan avoids the damage to the body.
Quan managing to block the knees to the body from Rumble.
Rumble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Quan tries to break the clinch but Rumble is controlling the position.
Rumble trying to land knees to the body.
Rumble tries a knee to the head but Quan blocks it.
Rumble misses with a knee to the head.
Rumble tries a knee to the head but Quan blocks it.
Rumble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Quan pulls guard successfully.
Quan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rumble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Quan with shots to the head and body - Rumble looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rumble is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rumble holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Quan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Poor strikes thrown by Quan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Quan looking for a guillotine from mount but Rumble is having none of it.
Quan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rumble knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Quan on the ground.
Rumble avoids a series of strikes thrown by Quan.
Rumble trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's four 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.
Quan tries to control but Rumble wriggling away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Quan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Quan looking for a guillotine from mount but Rumble is having none of it.

Quan with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Rumble is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bam Bam Rumble will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lei Quan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rumble darts in and clinches Quan up against the cage.
Quan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Quan managing to block the knees to the body from Rumble.
Rumble misses with a knee strike.
Rumble unloads a knee to the mid-section. Quan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rumble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Quan avoiding damage as Rumble throws knees to the body.
Quan can't get the takedown.

Quan breaks from the clinch.
Quan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rumble circles away quickly and effectively.
Quan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rumble slips under a jab from Quan.
Rumble tries to clinch up but Quan circles away and keeps his distance.
Quan is breathing heavily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Quan.
Quan missing with a left hand there. Rumble was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Rumble closes the distance and clinches.
Quan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rumble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quan blocks it with crossed arms.
Quan is looking to break free of the clinch but Rumble has double underhooks.
Rumble trying to land knees to the body.
Rumble prevents the takedown attempt.
Rumble lands an elbow that stopped Quan in his tracks for a moment.
Rumble unloads a knee to the mid-section. Quan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Quan can't break the clinch.
Rumble using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rumble.
Rumble tries to land a knee to the head but Quan blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Rumble.
Rumble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quan managing to block the knees to the body from Rumble.
Rumble with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rumble tries a knee to the head but Quan blocks it.
Rumble missing with knees to the body.

Quan decides to pull guard.

Quan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Quan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Quan looking for a guillotine here but Rumble defends easily.
Rumble might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rumble has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Quan is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quan wants to sweep but no luck.
Quan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rumble wanted to stand there but Quan had control of the position.
Quan tries to land a sweep but no joy.

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.
Quan working a defensive guard here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Quan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rumble.

Quan tries to keep at a distance but Rumble has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rumble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quan.
Rumble misses with a knee strike.
Quan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Quan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rumble misses with a knee to the head.
Rumble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Quan successfully pulls guard.
Quan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bam Bam Rumble dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lei Quan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Quan throws the left hand but Rumble avoids the punch easily.
Quan tries for a takedown but Rumble sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Quan looks to land a combination but Rumble avoids it well.
A slow jab from Quan misses its intended target.
Quan avoids the head kick by Rumble.
Rumble tries to clinch up but Quan circles away and keeps his distance.
Quan misses with a double jab.
Quan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Quan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rumble throws a head kick but Quan moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quan throws a series of punches but Rumble moves out of range.
Bam Bam Rumble is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Rumble has closed the distance and engaged Quan in a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rumble missing with knees to the body.
Rumble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Quan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rumble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rumble with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rumble keeps control of Quan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rumble tries to land a knee to the head but Quan blocks with his arms.
Rumble misses with a knee to the head.
Quan is trying to break free.
Rumble with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Quan pulls guard successfully.

Quan working for a triangle but Rumble defends it easily.
Quan striking off his back but it's not causing Rumble any problems.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Quan has his foot on Rumble's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rumble works his way back into a safe position though.
Quan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Quan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rumble gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Quan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rumble wanted to stand there but Quan had control of the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rumble tries to clinch but Quan is having none of it.
Quan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rumble in his tracks.
Rumble tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Quan has a takedown stuffed.
Bam Bam Rumble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lei Quan.
Rumble is looking to clinch but Quan is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Quan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rumble wants to clinch up but Quan keeps it at a distance.
Quan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Quan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Quan looks to land a combination but Rumble avoids it well.
Rumble tries to clinch but Quan moves out of range.
Rumble lands a head kick. Quan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rumble tries to clinch but Quan moves out of range.
Quan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rumble sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rumble tries to close the distance and clinch but Quan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Quan misses with the combination.

Rumble moves into the clinch.
Bam Bam Rumble is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rumble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bam Bam Rumble.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rumble, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bam Bam Rumble!