PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brixton Busto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Sharpe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Busto
vs
Sharpe

185 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
177 lbs
2 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brixton Busto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, David Sharpe!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Busto drives through with a takedown into Sharpe's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Sharpe looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Busto distracts Sharpe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Busto engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Busto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Busto drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sharpe dives on top into guard.

Busto on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Busto tries to get out of the position.
Busto seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Busto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sharpe manages to get himself to full guard.

Busto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busto connects with a couple of short punches.
Busto makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Busto's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Busto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Busto is looking to work some ground and pound but Sharpe has wrist control.
Busto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Busto landing some decent shots from guard.
Busto connects with a couple of short punches.
Busto postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Busto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Busto is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Busto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Busto connects with a couple of short punches.
Busto is working Sharpe over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Busto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Busto engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Busto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busto throws a big right hand that misses.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Busto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sharpe moves away.

Busto gets a double leg takedown into Sharpe's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Busto throwing strikes from guard but Sharpe blocks nicely.
Busto postures up in Sharpe's guard and throws a big left but Sharpe blocks it.
Busto throws a big right hand that misses.
Busto stands up over Sharpe, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Busto is stalling in the full guard.
Busto scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Busto not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sharpe keeping moving, preventing Busto from controlling successfully.
We've been informed that Sharpe has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Busto slips nicely into half guard.
Busto not doing much here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Busto working Sharpe over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brixton Busto dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Busto scores with a takedown into Sharpe's guard.
Busto cracks Sharpe with a solid left hand.
Busto scoring with some ground and pound.
Busto chips away with some ground and pound.
Sharpe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Busto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Busto throwing strikes from guard but Sharpe blocks nicely.

Busto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Busto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Busto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sharpe is breathing heavily.
Busto sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sharpe's guard.
Busto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sharpe can do to turn this around?
Busto slips a nice elbow through Sharpe's hands, connecting with Sharpe's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busto slows the pace down in half guard.
Busto uses his free foot to push down on Sharpe's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sharpe.
Busto with the ground and pound from mount.
Busto breaks from Sharpe's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sharpe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sharpe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busto wants to control the pace but Sharpe is squirming around nicely.
Busto is landing with some decent strikes but Sharpe is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Busto raining down hammerfists from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Busto cracks Sharpe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Busto content just to control the position here.
Busto breaks from Sharpe's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Busto cracks Sharpe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Sharpe is rocked!
Busto putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sharpe is still in real trouble! Can Busto finish him?
Brixton Busto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Busto looking to finish Sharpe with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sharpe!
Busto lands a big shot to the head and Sharpe winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Brixton Busto!