PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koa Polunu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trujillo has chosen 2Pac - Hit Em Up as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Abel Trujillo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Polunu
vs
Trujillo

176 cm
33
164 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

172 cm
27
162 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Koa Polunu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abel Trujillo!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trujillo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Polunu clinches up against the cage.
Polunu throws a punch but it's blocked by Trujillo.
Trujillo misses with a knee strike.
Polunu swings wildly with an uppercut but Trujillo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trujillo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Polunu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Polunu scores with a shoulder strike.
Trujillo misses with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Polunu.
Trujillo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trujillo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trujillo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Polunu scores with a shoulder strike.
Polunu prevents the takedown attempt.
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!
Polunu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Polunu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Polunu scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Polunu fails to land.
Polunu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trujillo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Polunu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trujillo backwards.
Trujillo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Polunu prevents it.
Polunu tries to work over Trujillo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trujillo tries a knee to the head but Polunu blocks it.
Polunu cracks Trujillo with a nice body shot.
Polunu misses with some punches.
Polunu lands with a right to the head.
Trujillo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trujillo.
Polunu working aggressively here.
Trujillo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Still in the clinch, Polunu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Polunu misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Polunu as Trujillo tries to tie him up.
Polunu blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Polunu drops Trujillo onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Trujillo is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Trujillo is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Polunu misses with some punches.
Trujillo is still on wobbly legs! Can Polunu finish him?
A nice left hand lands by Polunu.
Polunu lands an uppercut.
Trujillo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Polunu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good body shot from Polunu.
Polunu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Trujillo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Polunu avoids it.
Polunu throws a big uppercut that drops Trujillo! More strikes from Polunu and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Trujillo lies dazed against the cage as Polunu celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Koa Polunu!
After winning the bout, Koa Polunu thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.