PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Budinha (ranked 938 p4p, 1619 weight class) and Godefroy Courtial (ranked 55 p4p, 90 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Budinha
vs
Courtial

150 cm
24
130
13 - 11 - 0

169 cm
20
142
8 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcos Budinha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Godefroy Courtial!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Budinha lands a nice leg kick that just misses Courtial's sensitive parts.
Courtial throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Budinha moves into the clinch.

Courtial pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Courtial avoids the head kick by Budinha.
A little jabbing left from Courtial on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Courtial swats away the attempt to clinch by Budinha.
Courtial throws a head kick but Budinha moves out of range.
Budinha wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Budinha moves into the clinch successfully.
A shot in the inside from Courtial.
Courtial lands a body shot in the clinch.
Budinha blocking some punches.
Budinha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Godefroy Courtial has been cut.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Our sources have told us that Budinha has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Courtial swings wildly with an uppercut but Budinha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Courtial lands a right hand that snaps the head of Budinha backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Budinha scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Courtial.
Budinha lands an elbow that stopped Courtial in his tracks for a moment.
Courtial on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Courtial misses with a punch to the body.
Budinha avoiding damage.
Budinha landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Courtial has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Budinha seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Courtial can turn it around.
Budinha misses with an elbow over the top.
Budinha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the head but Courtial blocks with his arms.
Courtial lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Courtial breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Courtial connects with a body shot that sends Budinha's belly button to the back.
Courtial scores with a hook.
Budinha lands a head kick. Courtial smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Courtial throws a body punch but Budinha moves out of range.
Budinha takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial lands a high kick!
Courtial misses with a wild combination.
Courtial looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Budinha fires out a quick counter leg kick but Courtial just manages to avoid it.
Budinha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Courtial swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Budinha throws a head kick but Courtial moves out of range.
Courtial misses with an attempted mid kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Courtial blocks the leg kick.

Budinha closes the distance and pushes Courtial back into the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Courtial gets through Budinha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Budinha lands a good knee to the midsection. Courtial won't want to take too many of those.
Courtial tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial avoiding damage as Budinha throws knees to the body.
Courtial blocks an elbow strike.
Courtial lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Courtial swings wildly with an uppercut but Budinha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but Courtial blocks it.
Courtial is trying to break free.
Courtial blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but Courtial blocks it.
Budinha looking to stall.
Courtial lands a left hand that snaps the head of Budinha backwards.
Budinha blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Courtial pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Budinha moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budinha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Budinha has Courtial pushed against the cage.

Courtial breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Budinha throws a wild body kick that Courtial sees coming a mile off.
Budinha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Courtial swats away the attempt to clinch by Budinha.
Courtial slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Budinha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Courtial.
Budinha tries to counter by clinching up but Courtial breaks away and moves out of range.

Budinha drives through and clinches with Courtial against the cage.
Nice elbow from Budinha.
Budinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Courtial blocks it with crossed arms.
Budinha unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Budinha wants to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marcos Budinha will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Budinha is looking to score with low kicks.
Courtial misses with a few strikes there.
Courtial throws a series of punches but Budinha moves out of range.
Budinha wants to clinch.
Marcos Budinha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Courtial throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Courtial scores with a head kick.
Marcos Budinha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Budinha misses with a low kick.
Courtial keeps the fight on the outside.
Courtial shapes to counter with a head kick.
Courtial wants to land a leg kick but Budinha is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Budinha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Budinha is looking to clinch but Courtial is avoiding it.
Courtial throws out a counter right but Budinha avoids it with no problem.
Courtial tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Courtial looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Courtial takes a swing at Budinha's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Budinha throws a low kick but it's checked well by Courtial.
Courtial is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Budinha rather than just go for the knockout.
Budinha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Courtial circles away quickly and effectively.
That kick from Budinha tenderised Courtial's leg. Courtial is trying to keep his angry face on.
Courtial lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Budinha backs up against the cage.
Budinha closes the distance looking to clinch
and Courtial counters with a nice uppercut.
Budinha bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Budinha is looking to clinch.
Courtial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Budinha was well out of range. Poor timing from Courtial.
Budinha tries to clinch but Courtial moves out of range.
Courtial with a hook.
Courtial throws a leg kick but Budinha checks it.
That kick from Budinha tenderised Courtial's leg. Courtial is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Budinha fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Budinha tries to close the distance and clinch but Courtial swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick by Budinha misses
and Courtial counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Courtial circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Courtial on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Courtial misses with the combination.
Courtial dips to his left and cracks Budinha with an uppercut!
Courtial swats away the attempt to clinch by Budinha.

Budinha moves into range and clinches up with Courtial.
Budinha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Courtial avoids it.
A short right from Courtial.
A head punch on the inside from Courtial fails to land.
Marcos Budinha has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Courtial.
Courtial misses with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial swings wildly with an uppercut but Budinha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Courtial tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Budinha's elbow.

Courtial breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Courtial checks a leg kick.
Courtial throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Budinha blocks a head kick by Courtial.
Godefroy Courtial seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Budinha throws a head kick that misses.
Courtial throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Budinha is looking to counter the offense by Courtial and move into the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Courtial.
Courtial is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Courtial misses the shot to the body.
Budinha wants to clinch up but Courtial keeps it at a distance.
Courtial circles away from the clinch attempt
and Courtial counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budinha avoids the body shot from Courtial.
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Courtial keeps the fight on the outside.
Budinha walks into a jab.
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!

Budinha clinches.
Courtial on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Budinha prevents a body shot from Courtial.
Courtial is looking to break free of the clinch but Budinha has double underhooks.
Courtial blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Courtial blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Budinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Courtial.
Courtial misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Budinha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Courtial's defenses.
Courtial has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
With the fighters up against the cage, Budinha throws an elbow but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Godefroy Courtial showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Budinha doesn't manage to clinch there - Courtial circles away.
Courtial throws a leg kick

and Budinha moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Budinha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Budinha lands an elbow that stopped Courtial in his tracks for a moment.
Budinha blocks an uppercut.
Budinha tries to land knees in the clinch but Courtial avoids the damage to the body.
Courtial on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Budinha prevents a body shot from Courtial.
Courtial avoiding damage as Budinha throws knees to the body.
Courtial is leaning against Budinha and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Budinha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Courtial has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Budinha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Courtial has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Courtial throws a head punch that misses.
Budinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Courtial blocks it with crossed arms.
Budinha blocks a body shot from Courtial.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Courtial on the inside.
Budinha lands an elbow that stopped Courtial in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Godefroy Courtial's cut even more.
Budinha effectively controlling the action here.
Courtial misses with a punch to the body.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
Courtial on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Budinha trying to stall but Courtial improves his position.

Courtial breaks from the clinch.

Budinha rushes Courtial and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Courtial being controlled against the cage.
Budinha misses with a knee to the head.
Budinha looking to throw knees to the head but Courtial is blocking nicely.
Courtial misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial misses with a body punch.
Budinha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Courtial.
Courtial avoids a wild elbow strike from Budinha.
A short uppercut from Courtial.
Budinha misses with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Budinha.
Stalling in the clinch from Budinha.
Budinha is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Courtial on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Budinha trying to land knees to the body.
Budinha missing with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Courtial.
Courtial misses with a punch on the inside.
Courtial misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Courtial.
Courtial lands a hook that snaps the head of Budinha backwards.
Courtial is trying to push Budinha away but Budinha has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Budinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Courtial blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Courtial.
Budinha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Courtial has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Budinha.
Courtial swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Budinha is stalling here.
Budinha takes a shot to the head.
Budinha misses with a knee to the head.
Budinha with a knee to the head.
Budinha just leaning against Courtial, taking a breather.
Courtial misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Courtial fails to land.
Budinha putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Courtial in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Courtial tries to throw a body punch but Budinha avoids it by throwing Courtial back against the cage.
Courtial tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Courtial tries to throw a body punch but Budinha avoids it by throwing Courtial back against the cage.
Budinha slows down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Budinha just misses with a elbow thrown towards Courtial's brow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Courtial misses with a body punch.
Courtial swings wildly with an uppercut but Budinha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Courtial on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Budinha scores a nice knee to the body.
Budinha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Courtial.
Good body shot from Courtial.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos Budinha showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Budinha has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!