PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Bluth (ranked 6725 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wild Madafacca (ranked 4688 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Bluth
vs
Madafacca

209 cm
18
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

207 cm
25
289 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Bluth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wild Madafacca!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Eliza Hachem and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madafacca shoots in but Bluth avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Madafacca changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bluth looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Madafacca thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Madafacca tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Madafacca has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Madafacca avoids the strikes from the bottom by Bluth.
Madafacca looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bluth tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Madafacca wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bluth is throwing a few token shots, despite Madafacca being in side control.
Bluth is looking to regain half guard here but Madafacca keeps moving and retains side control.
Bluth misses with an elbow from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Madafacca thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Madafacca thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bluth tries to buck Madafacca off but Madafacca is having none of it.
Madafacca really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bluth. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bluth misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Bluth tries to improve position but can't.
Bluth 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.

Madafacca wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bluth, who protects the arm well.

Madafacca is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bluth is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bluth gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Madafacca is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bluth landing strikes from the bottom.

Madafacca is looking for a kimura but Bluth is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Madafacca to get the leverage.
Bluth scores with a few weak punches.

Madafacca is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bluth sees it coming and defends easily.

Madafacca wants to work for an arm triangle but Bluth is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Madafacca looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Madafacca is working for a kimura but Bluth is defending it quite comfortably.
Bluth lands with a few short shots to the body.

Madafacca is trying to work for a kimura but Bluth is defending well.

Madafacca seems to be looking for submissions.

Madafacca is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bluth is just riding it out for now. Madafacca eventually gives up the hold.
Bluth misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bluth landing small, sideways elbows.

Madafacca is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bluth sees it coming and defends easily.
Bluth slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Bluth escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Madafacca gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Madafacca thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Madafacca 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.
Madafacca stops Bluth from standing up.
Bluth trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Madafacca drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Madafacca jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Madafacca drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Madafacca jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Bluth is looking to cinch up a triangle. Madafacca throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Bluth's body to avoid the submission. Bluth has instead reached around Madafacca's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Bluth arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Buster Bluth!