PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karavex Shepard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scary Buka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dolina Muminkow. Karavex Shepard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shepard
vs
Buka

192 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karavex Shepard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scary Buka!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shepard tries to sprawl but Buka drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Shepard looks like he's trying to stand up.
Buka wants to pass the guard but Shepard is defending well.
Buka stops Shepard from getting back to his feet.
Shepard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Buka.
Buka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Buka lands strikes from half guard.
Buka missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Shepard tries to kick Buka off but Buka keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Shepard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shepard tries to get out of the position.
Buka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Buka prevents Shepard from standing back up.
Nice strikes from Buka there.
Shepard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Buka on the ground.
Shepard is staying active underneath Buka, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shepard wants to get back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Buka.
Buka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Buka stops Shepard from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepard pushes Buka off but Buka dives into side control.
Buka lands a decent elbow from side control.
Shepard is not content to let Buka control the position.
Shepard is pushing Buka's head away, looking to escape. Buka manages to hold on to the position though.
Buka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shepard bucks up and tries to throw Buka off but instead Buka has got his back!
Shepard holding both Buka 's hands and preventing any damage.
Buka scores with punches to the body.
Buka is punishing Shepard with strikes - can he finish him?!
Buka lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Buka scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Shepard is looking for a way out.
Buka is punishing Shepard with strikes - can he finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Buka lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Buka is landing with strikes from the back.
Buka is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Shepard up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buka connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Shepard to escape the position.

Shepard is rocked!
Buka is landing with strikes. Shepard can't take much more of this.
Oh Shepard is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Buka connects with a couple of big shots that have Shepard covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Shepard! Buka fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scary Buka!
Scary Buka spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.