PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Doug Funnie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boipelo Chibuzo Ihejirika (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Funnie comes to the ring accompanied by Doug Theme Song. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Funnie
vs
Chibuzo Ihejirika

175 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

162 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 Sydney, Doug Funnie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boipelo Chibuzo Ihejirika!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funnie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Funnie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Funnie tries to close the distance and clinch but Ihejirika swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Funnie tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Ihejirika manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ihejirika should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Funnie throws an overhand right that lands on Ihejirika's shoulder, as Ihejirika tries to avoid the shot.
Ihejirika unleashes a big counter combination but Funnie bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nice sprawl there from Funnie as Ihejirika shoots in.
Ihejirika fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ihejirika fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ihejirika shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ihejirika showed some decent athleticism there.
Nice strikes from Ihejirika there.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Ihejirika has eaten all the pies!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Ihejirika.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Funnie on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ihejirika winds up and cracks Funnie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ihejirika drops an elbow to the side of Funnie's head.
Ihejirika thows a huge punch but Funnie dodges it nicely.
Funnie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ihejirika on the ground.
Ihejirika lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ihejirika lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Ihejirika in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Funnie tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Ihejirika!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Boipelo Chibuzo Ihejirika!
During a confident post fight interview, Boipelo Chibuzo Ihejirika thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.