PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gde Vkaragande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo da Cunha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vkaragande comes to the ring accompanied by Morbid Angel - God of Emptiness. da Cunha is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Racionais MC's - Negro Drama. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vkaragande
vs
da Cunha

169 cm
26
141 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

170 cm
24
136 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Gde Vkaragande!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo da Cunha!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vkaragande misses with a double jab.
Nice body punch from Vkaragande.
Gde Vkaragande seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
da Cunha throws a low kick but Vkaragande moves out of range easily.
da Cunha tries a head kick but it misses.
Vkaragande tests da Cunha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vkaragande fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vkaragande thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on da Cunha if he has to take too many more of those.
Vkaragande moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vkaragande looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
da Cunha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
da Cunha throws a series of punches but Vkaragande moves out of range.
Vkaragande scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Vkaragande lands a big head kick that sends da Cunha tumbling to the mat! Vkaragande takes a step backwards and waves da Cunha back to his feet - he wants the finish!

da Cunha is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Cunha circles away from the clinch attempt
and da Cunha counters with a one-two to the body.
da Cunha is still on wobbly legs! Can Vkaragande finish him?
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vkaragande, right into the meat.
da Cunha seems to have recovered his senses.
da Cunha looks to land a combination but Vkaragande avoids it well.
Vkaragande fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and da Cunha has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Vkaragande lands with a nice body kick.
da Cunha looks gassed!
da Cunha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vkaragande moves in looking to clinch but da Cunha pushes him off.
Vkaragande with a body punch. A glancing blow.
da Cunha tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice inside leg kick there by Vkaragande. That's going to slow da Cunha down.
Vkaragande fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. da Cunha looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vkaragande throws a head kick but da Cunha moves out of range.
A punch combination from Vkaragande misses.
Vkaragande fakes high and swings low for a body shot but da Cunha manages to avoid it.
Vkaragande tries to clinch but da Cunha is having none of it.
da Cunha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
da Cunha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vkaragande.
da Cunha tries to bum rush Vkaragande with a series of wild strikes but Vkaragande uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vkaragande pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vkaragande lands a head kick. da Cunha smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Vkaragande fails to land with a series of punches.

Vkaragande drops da Cunha with a beautiful combination! da Cunha stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Vkaragande is looking for the KO!
Vkaragande throws a head kick but da Cunha moves out of range.

Vkaragande gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vkaragande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vkaragande.

da Cunha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vkaragande tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vkaragande scores with a push kick.

Vkaragande lands a big head kick that sends da Cunha tumbling to the mat! Vkaragande takes a step backwards and waves da Cunha back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Vkaragande wants to clinch.
da Cunha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
da Cunha drops his hands momentarily and Vkaragande needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips da Cunha just on the top of the head. da Cunha drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in da Cunha - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gde Vkaragande!