PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Degen Gambler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danza Kuduro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuduro comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Don Omar - Danza Kuduro kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Gambler
vs
Kuduro

188 cm
30
220 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

180 cm
28
205 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Reaper Combatwear

Brute
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Degen Gambler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Danza Kuduro!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuduro blocks a jab.
Gambler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kuduro fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gambler is out of range.
Gambler on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gambler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuduro moves away.
Gambler jabs at Kuduro's body.
Kuduro misses with a hook.
Gambler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gambler misses with a body kick.
Kuduro connects with an inside leg kick.
Kuduro delivers a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gambler misses the body punch
and Kuduro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gambler thinking.
Kuduro connects with a body shot.
Kuduro digs a good hook to Gambler's body.
Gambler is breathing heavily.
Gambler tries to land a body kick
and Kuduro counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Degen Gambler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuduro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kuduro stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Degen Gambler has been cut.
Gambler takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gambler walks into a stiff left hand from Kuduro.
Kuduro uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gambler has time to react.

Gambler is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuduro dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gambler. That did some damage!
Kuduro fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Gambler square on the jaw! Damn, Gambler is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Danza Kuduro!
Danza Kuduro is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Danza Kuduro, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.