PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fabian DeLuna (ranked 5132 p4p, 5923 weight class) and Thulani Njeri (ranked 580 p4p, 629 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

DeLuna
vs
Njeri

191 cm
19
178
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
175
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabian DeLuna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thulani Njeri!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Njeri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from DeLuna.
DeLuna lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Njeri at a distance.
Njeri gets cracked with a nice right hand there by DeLuna.
Njeri looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A decent looking cross lands there for DeLuna.
DeLuna comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
DeLuna moves out of range of the strikes.
DeLuna has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Alpha Brasil in the buildup to the fight.
Njeri connects with a looping right hand.
Njeri throws a body punch but DeLuna moves out of range.
Njeri takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
DeLuna throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Njeri stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
DeLuna lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Njeri is looking to close the distance but DeLuna sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Njeri crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Njeri is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Fabian DeLuna!