PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake The Dog (ranked 1990 p4p, 278 weight class) and Ubungu Mumba (ranked 1093 p4p, 162 weight class). The Dog's entrance music is Meditation Time. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

The Dog
vs
Mumba

186 cm
22
203 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
23
224 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake The Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ubungu Mumba!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from The Dog.
The Dog misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Dog connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Ubungu Mumba has been cut.
The Dog misses with a two punch combination.
Mumba feints a counter leg kick.
The Dog looks to score with a jab to the body but Mumba is just out of range.
Mumba takes a jab right on the kisser.
The Dog wants to clinch
and Mumba counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Jake The Dog has been cut.
Mumba looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mumba blocks a low kick nicely.
The Dog looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

The Dog pushes Mumba up against the cage in a clinch.
Mumba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mumba lands a body shot.
The Dog misses with a punch on the inside.
The Dog throws a head punch that misses.
The Dog misses with some punches.
The Dog misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dog scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Dog misses with a body punch.
Mumba stops a takedown attempt from The Dog.
The Dog lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mumba throws a punch but it's blocked by The Dog.
The Dog stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The Dog taking a breather.
The Dog has a couple of punches blocked by Mumba.
The Dog can't find room to land a body shot as Mumba controls the action.
A short left from The Dog.
The Dog misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mumba misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A bit of stalling here from The Dog.
The Dog can't find room to land a body shot as Mumba controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mumba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mumba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Mumba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mumba misses with a punch on the inside.
Mumba struggles to land a body shot inside as The Dog controls his hands.
The Dog tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Dog blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mumba tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Mumba uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Dog effectively controlling the action here.
The Dog misses with a punch to the body.
Mumba blocks a body shot from The Dog.
The Dog throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dog tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Dog lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mumba or not.
The Dog throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mumba.
A short right from The Dog.
The Dog tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Dog is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mumba lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Dog throws a head punch that misses.
The Dog misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Dog gets through Mumba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Dog tries a body shot but Mumba blocks it.
The Dog misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dog fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Mumba uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Mumba uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Dog tries to work over Mumba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mumba throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Dog.
Mumba struggles to land a body shot inside as The Dog controls his hands.
The Dog tries to work over Mumba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mumba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The Dog wants a takedown.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Dog.
Mumba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mumba works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Dog dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mumba on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The Dog lands with an uppercut that bounces Mumba off the cage and back into range.
Mumba avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mumba wants to counter with a clinch but The Dog pushes him away.

Mumba lands a big head kick that sends The Dog tumbling to the mat! Mumba takes a step backwards and waves The Dog back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Mumba lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
The Dog rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mumba moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Dog backing away here, and Mumba unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A shot to the liver by The Dog. Beautiful body shot.
The Dog checks a leg kick nicely.

The Dog changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mumba looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The Dog scores with punches from side control.
Mumba struggling a bit here.
The Dog tries to advance to mount but can't.
The Dog postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dog scoring with punches from side control.
Mumba takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The Dog throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mumba is looking to regain half guard here but The Dog keeps moving and retains side control.
The Dog working the ground and pound from side control.
Mumba avoids any damage from the ground and pound of The Dog.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Dog throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mumba tries to get back to half guard but can't.

The Dog swings around for an armbar but Mumba sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into The Dog's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dog controls Mumba momentarily but Mumba frees himself.
The Dog wants to sweep but no luck.
The Dog working a defensive guard here.
The Dog 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.
The Dog tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mumba slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Mumba is continuing to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dog looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mumba trying to control the position from guard on top but The Dog is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Dog trying to control the position here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mumba gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! The Dog gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Mumba is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake The Dog!
Jake The Dog decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.