PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buddha Beads (ranked 2368 p4p, 11157 weight class) and Trent Punchy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Buddha Beads has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Beads
vs
Punchy

178 cm
25
201
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
53
209
46 - 42 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Buddha Beads!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 46 - 42 - 1, fighting out of London, Trent Punchy!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punchy just misses with a punch to the body.
Punchy needs to keep his hands up - Beads had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Trent Punchy has been cut.
Punchy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Beads to score with a decent uppercut.
Beads comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Beads cracks Punchy with a big right hand and Punchy goes down!

Punchy is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beads wants to control from the top but Punchy keeps moving.
Beads controls from within his opponent's guard.
Punchy working a defensive guard here.
Beads throws a big elbow that misses.
Punchy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Beads controls the pace.
Beads is looking to work some ground and pound but Punchy has wrist control.
Beads passes Punchy's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Beads wants to lay and pray for a moment but Punchy keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beads throws a strike but Punchy avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Beads wants to control from the top but Punchy keeps moving.
Beads definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Punchy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Beads controls the pace.

Punchy working for a triangle but Beads defends it easily.
Beads not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Beads tries to free his leg and advance position but Punchy is retaining full guard.
Beads is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Punchy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

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.
Beads is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Punchy keeping moving, preventing Beads from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Beads moves out of range as Punchy strikes.
Beads was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Beads punishes Punchy's body with a nice straight punch.
Punchy looks winded!
Punchy dives in and grabs Beads's left leg, looking for a takedown. Beads pushes down on Punchy's head and hops out.
Punchy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Beads scores with a nice right hand.
Beads changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Beads with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Buddha Beads seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beads throws a pinpoint strike between Punchy's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Punchy crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Beads scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Buddha Beads!
After the fight, Buddha Beads was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Trent Punchy was interviewed post fight and said 'Me Mum... she had it pretty hard ay. Lots of cock for cash.'.