PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Corona Virus (ranked 78 p4p, 321 weight class) and Eddie Bjornsson (ranked 4 p4p, 50 weight class). Bjornsson has chosen Ultimate - Denzel Curry as his entrance music. Corona Virus could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Eddie Bjornsson's chin.

Virus
vs
Bjornsson

207 cm
28
281
17 - 5 - 0

192 cm
27
275
13 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Corona Virus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Bjornsson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Virus lands with a right hand.

It looks like Eddie Bjornsson has been cut.
Virus has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bjornsson finds it's way round the side to connect with Virus's head.

It looks like Corona Virus has been cut.
Virus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Virus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bjornsson misses with a shot to the body
and Virus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bjornsson misses with a looping left.

Bjornsson scores with a takedown into Virus's guard.
Bjornsson wants to pass the guard but Virus is keeping the position.
Bjornsson postures up in Virus's guard and throws a big left but Virus blocks it.
Virus utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bjornsson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Virus avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Virus controlling Bjornsson's posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bjornsson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bjornsson working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Bjornsson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bjornsson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Virus managing to control the position.
Virus keeping full guard, as Bjornsson tries to pass.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bjornsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Virus manages to avoid it.
Bjornsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Virus.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Bjornsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Virus.
Virus needs to keep his hands up - Bjornsson had a free shot at his head there.
Virus's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bjornsson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Virus scrambles back to his feet.
Bjornsson digs a good hook to Virus's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjornsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Virus to counter with a crisp jab.
Bjornsson lands a jab.
Bjornsson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bjornsson misses with a body shot
letting Virus counter with a right hand.

That has opened up Eddie Bjornsson's cut even more.
Virus gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Bjornsson gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Virus is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Bjornsson!
Eddie Bjornsson is the new heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Eddie Bjornsson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.