PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Barnabus Sanitario (ranked 1763 p4p, 5105 weight class) and Antonio Branco (ranked 125 p4p, 286 weight class). Barnabus Sanitario could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Antonio Branco's chin.

Sanitario
vs
Branco

150 cm
19
135
3 - 1 - 0

155 cm
19
135
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Mythical Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Barnabus Sanitario!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Branco!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanitario misses the body punch

and Branco counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sanitario won't be happy with that.
Sanitario is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Branco off and has taken his back!
Sanitario lands punches and elbows.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sanitario throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Branco!
Sanitario is landing with strikes from the back.

Branco is rocked!
Branco looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Branco covers up after that shot from Sanitario.
Branco is still in real trouble! Can Sanitario finish him?
Sanitario is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Sanitario is raining down hard shots and and Branco has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Barnabus Sanitario!
Barnabus Sanitario is the new bantamweight champion!
Barnabus Sanitario looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I just want to be clean'.