PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Megga Torque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinaya Ako Bruaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Torque
vs
Ako Bruaa

180 cm
31
180 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

179 cm
25
188 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Megga Torque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shinaya Ako Bruaa!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torque explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Torque throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A head kick from Torque lands but Bruaa takes it in his stride.
Torque misses with a head kick.
Torque throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Torque throws a half hearted mid kick.
Torque walks into a jab.
Torque throws a sloppy head kick and Bruaa moves out of range easily.
Torque misses with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bruaa looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Torque is staying active underneath Bruaa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Torque is in trouble now - Bruaa has advanced to mount!
Bruaa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bruaa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Bruaa looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Bruaa wants to finish this one by submission but Torque is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bruaa.
Torque is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruaa with good strikes from the mount here!
Bruaa prevents Torque from getting the reversal.
Bruaa punishing his opponent with strikes.
Torque is working to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Bruaa connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruaa landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bruaa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bruaa working Torque over with strikes here.
Bruaa wants to control the pace but Torque is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruaa landing punches.

Torque is rocked!
Bruaa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bruaa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Torque is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Torque is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bruaa content just to control the position here.
Bruaa looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Torque covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shinaya Ako Bruaa!
Shinaya Ako Bruaa 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.