PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kid Buu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Buu
vs
Maia

180 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Solid chin

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kid Buu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damian Maia!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Eddie Farnsworth and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Maia.
Buu throws a sloppy head kick and Maia moves out of range easily.
Buu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maia throws a head kick but Buu moves out of range.
Buu lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Maia throws a series of punches but Buu avoids them all with ease.
Buu looks for the body kick but Maia saw that one coming.
Maia takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Maia throws a head kick that misses
and Buu counters with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Buu.
Buu scores with a nice body kick.
Maia takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Buu, right into the meat.
Buu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buu misses with a low kick.
Maia walks forward, straight into a front kick from Buu.
Maia throws a sloppy head kick
and Buu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maia looks gassed!
Buu scoring well with a low kick there.
Maia throws a lazy head kick
and Buu counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Maia is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Maia throws a lazy head kick
and Buu counters with a nice leg kick.
Buu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maia avoids the head kick by Buu.
Buu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Maia's head.
Buu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Buu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice body kick from Buu.
Buu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Maia.
Buu lands with a slapping head kick.
Buu throws a leg kick which misses Maia's front leg but catches the back leg as Maia tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buu throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Buu delivers a nice body kick.
Buu throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Buu scores with a head kick.
Buu throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Maia.
Maia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maia takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Buu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Buu.
Maia takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Buu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maia's sensitive parts.
Maia takes a kick to the side of the head.
Maia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Buu. Buu obviously looking to wear him down.
Buu lands with a slapping head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Buu.
Buu feints and then cracks Maia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maia down.
Buu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maia's calf.
Buu goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Buu cracks the inside of Maia's front leg.
Buu throws a leg kick which misses Maia's front leg but catches the back leg as Maia tries to avoid it.
Buu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Maia.
Maia blocks a head kick by Buu.
Buu connects with a high kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Buu is looking to slow Maia down with leg kicks.
Buu misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Buu.
Buu scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buu scores with a leg kick.
Buu bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Buu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Buu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Buu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Buu throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Maia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Buu can pounce on him.
Buu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Buu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maia's calf.
Buu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maia's sensitive parts.
Maia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Buu can pounce on him.
Maia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Buu can pounce on him.
Buu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Buu.
Buu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Buu. Buu obviously looking to wear him down.
Buu throws a sloppy head kick and Maia moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Buu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maia's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maia steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Buu. That one must have hurt.
Maia throws a sloppy head kick
and Buu counters with a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Buu.
Buu thumps Maia with a low kick.
Maia takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Buu, right into the meat.
Buu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Buu lands with a nice body kick.
Buu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Buu throws a head kick that misses.
Buu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buu thumps Maia with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Buu.
Buu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Buu throws a head kick that half lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kid Buu dominated that round.
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.

Buu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Buu throws a head kick that misses.
Buu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maia if he has to take too many more of those.
Buu avoids the head kick by Maia.
Buu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Buu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Maia takes a kick to the side of the head.
Buu throws a front kick aimed at Maia's knee but Maia avoids it well.
Buu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maia can do to turn this around?
Buu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Maia takes a step back to recover.
Maia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Buu. Buu obviously looking to wear him down.
Buu throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Buu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Buu.
Buu lands a head kick. Maia smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Maia on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buu throws a leg kick which misses Maia's front leg but catches the back leg as Maia tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buu throws a sloppy head kick and Maia moves out of range easily.
Maia sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Buu lands a high kick!
Buu throws a head kick that misses.
Buu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Damian Maia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maia throws a lazy head kick
and Buu counters with an inside leg kick.
Maia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Buu scores with a leg kick.
Buu lands with a kick to the temple. Maia shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Buu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maia if he has to take too many more of those.
Maia steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Buu. That one must have hurt.
Buu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Maia throws a head kick that misses
and Buu counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Maia throws a right hand that Buu ducks under and follows up with a left that Buu also avoids with ease.
Maia takes a kick to the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Buu.
Buu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Maia's head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Maia might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Buu has got the better of the exchanges.
Good work by Maia as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buu lands with a slapping head kick.
Buu lands with a kick to the temple. Maia shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu counters with a head kick.
Maia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Buu throws a low kick but it's checked well by Maia.
Maia throws a sloppy head kick
and Buu counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kid Buu is winning the standup battle so far.
Maia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Buu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Maia blocks the leg kick.
Buu blocks a head kick by Maia.
Buu avoids the head kick by Maia.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu counters with a head kick. That will keep Maia thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Buu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Maia is out of range and Buu settles back down.
Buu throws a sloppy head kick and Maia moves out of range easily.
Buu goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Buu chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia throws a lazy head kick
and Buu counters with a good low kick that Maia was not able to check.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Buu looks to land a body kick but Maia moved away.
Buu cracks the inside of Maia's front leg.
Buu throws a sloppy head kick and Maia moves out of range easily.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu counters with a nice leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Maia checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Buu throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Maia throws a series of punches but Buu avoids them all with ease.
Maia has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Buu.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu counters with a low kick, right behind Maia 's knee.
Maia throws a head kick that misses
and Buu counters with a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Buu.
Maia throws a sloppy head kick and Buu moves out of range easily.
Maia checks the leg kick.
Kid Buu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Maia misses with a head kick.
Maia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Maia's head.
Buu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Buu throws a sloppy head kick and Maia moves out of range easily.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu counters with a body kick that stops Maia in his tracks momentarily.
Buu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maia. That did some damage!
Maia avoids the head kick by Buu.
Maia throws a head kick that misses
and Buu counters with a big head kick but Maia shrugs it off.
Buu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Buu connects with a high kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Buu.
Maia tries to bum rush Buu with a series of wild strikes but Buu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Buu feints and then cracks Maia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maia down.
Buu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Maia in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maia swinging wildly here.
Maia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maia throws a head kick but Buu moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kid Buu dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Buu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maia throws a head kick that misses
and Buu counters with a slapping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Buu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick by Maia misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Buu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maia checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Buu throws a head kick that Maia semi-blocks.
Maia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Buu.
Maia throws a sloppy head kick
and Buu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Buu lands a nice looking body kick.
Buu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maia throws a sloppy head kick
and Buu counters with a head kick.
Maia blocks a head kick by Buu.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Buu tries a head kick but it misses.
Maia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia throws a lazy head kick
and Buu counters with a nice body kick.
Buu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maia checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Maia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maia checks a leg kick.
Maia tries a head kick but it misses.
Buu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Buu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Buu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buu tried to score with a low kick but Maia checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Buu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Maia has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Maia and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Buu throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Maia's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Buu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Buu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Buu throws a low kick but Maia avoids it.
Maia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Buu. Buu obviously looking to wear him down.
Buu bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Maia is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buu misses with a head kick.
Good work by Maia as he checks the leg kick.
Buu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A combination from Maia does no damage.
Buu throws a wild body kick that Maia sees coming a mile off.
Maia throws a sloppy head kick
and Buu counters with a nice leg kick.
Maia throws a head kick but Buu moves out of range.
Maia checks a leg kick.
Buu throws a head kick but Maia moves out of range.
Maia blocks a head kick by Buu.
Buu blocks a head kick by Maia.
Buu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maia throws a sloppy head kick and Buu moves out of range easily.
Maia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Buu.
Maia swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buu throws a leg kick but Maia moved away.
Maia avoids a kick to the body.
Buu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maia throws a sloppy head kick and Buu moves out of range easily.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu counters with a slapping leg kick.
Maia throws a head kick but Buu moves out of range.
Buu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Buu.
An inside leg kick lands from Buu.
Maia moves out of range of the leg kick from Buu.
Buu lands with a kick to the temple. Maia shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Maia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Buu fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Maia checks it well.
Buu throws a head kick but Maia moves out of range.
Buu throws a nice head kick!
Buu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buu misses with a leg kick.
Buu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maia checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Buu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Buu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Maia takes a step back to recover.
Maia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maia throws a head kick but Buu moves out of range.
Maia tries a head kick but it misses.
Buu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Maia throws a lazy head kick
and Buu counters with a head kick.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu counters with an outside leg kick.
Buu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maia blocks the body kick.
A head kick by Maia misses
and Buu counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Maia is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Buu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Buu tries to work over Maia's front leg with a kick but Maia checks it.
Damian Maia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kid Buu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice inside leg kick there by Buu. That's going to slow Maia down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kid Buu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Buu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:25
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kid Buu!