PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Budinha (ranked 1403 p4p, 82 weight class) and Shawn Mcdonald (ranked 4193 p4p, 202 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Shawn Mcdonald enters the cage!

Budinha
vs
Mcdonald

150 cm
22
130 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

173 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcos Budinha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Shawn Mcdonald!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcdonald throws a hook to the side of Budinha's head but Budinha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Budinha throws a head kick that misses.
Mcdonald lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Budinha misses with a jab, cross combination.
Budinha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mcdonald connects with a body shot.

Budinha fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mcdonald, pushing him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Budinha.
Budinha scores with a knee to the head.
Mcdonald doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Budinha prevents a body shot from Mcdonald.
Budinha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Shawn Mcdonald has been cut.
Mcdonald throws a head punch that misses.
Mcdonald working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Budinha lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcdonald won't want to take too many of those.
Mcdonald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Budinha with a knee to the head.
Budinha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mcdonald misses with a hook to the ribs.
Budinha avoids the elbow strike from Mcdonald, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcdonald takes an elbow to the temple.
Mcdonald swings wildly with an uppercut but Budinha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mcdonald misses with a short punch on the inside.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Budinha dodges an elbow strike from Mcdonald.
Budinha with a knee to the head.
Budinha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mcdonald looks winded!
Mcdonald can't find room to land a body shot as Budinha controls the action.
Mcdonald has a couple of punches blocked by Budinha.
Knees to the body from Budinha.
Budinha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcdonald lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Budinha connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcdonald's face.
Stalling in the clinch from Budinha.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Budinha with a knee to the head.
Budinha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Budinha lands a damaging elbow.
Budinha stalls.
Budinha landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Budinha utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Budinha lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Budinha.
I was talking to Budinha's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Budinha scores a nice knee to the body.
Budinha lands a nice elbow.
Budinha lands an elbow just above Mcdonald 's eye.
Budinha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Budinha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Mcdonald is rocked!
Mcdonald takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mcdonald is still on wobbly legs! Can Budinha finish him?
Budinha landing knees to the head.
Budinha has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Mcdonald - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Budinha, and another! Mcdonald is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Marcos Budinha!
Our winner, Marcos Budinha, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.