PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between hydeo takaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mat Luna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). takaro's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine . Luna has chosen Them Bones as his entrance music. takaro is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

takaro
vs
Luna

169 cm
18
131 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

167 cm
22
139 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, hydeo takaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mat Luna!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
takaro moves in looking to clinch but Luna pushes him off.
takaro is breathing heavily.

Luna shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches takaro napping and manages to drive through into side control!
takaro is letting Luna control him for a moment.

Luna tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Luna has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Luna controlling from side mount.
Luna connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused takaro some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Luna is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. takaro knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Luna lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Luna working the ground and pound.
Luna lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear takaro down.
Luna scoring with punches from side control.
Luna just content to control the position.
takaro takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
takaro is trying to escape the position but Luna is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna landing strikes.
Luna just content to control the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
takaro is looking for a sweep.
takaro is working hard here to advance position.
takaro gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luna takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luna dominating with strikes here.
Luna content just to control the position here.
takaro is desperately trying to improve his position but Luna has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Luna working away from the top, dropping strikes.
takaro tries to hold on but Luna pushes him away.
Luna landing strikes, looking to finish!
Luna lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
takaro is trying to escape the mount.
Luna landing shots from mount.
Luna with the ground and pound from mount.
takaro working to try and regain half guard.
Luna controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mat Luna dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

takaro tries to clinch but Luna moves out of range.

Luna drives through with a takedown into guard.
Luna slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Luna passes into half guard.
Luna is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Luna scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luna lands with a punch from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Luna connects with a nice short shot to takaro's temple.
takaro is pressing down on Luna's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
takaro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luna is one step ahead there.
Luna must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

takaro looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Luna is in close to takaro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mat Luna has got the better of the ground game so far.
takaro has momentary wrist control but Luna slips an elbow through the middle.
takaro not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Luna connects with a couple of short punches.
Luna wants to control from the top but takaro keeps moving.

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.
takaro thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Luna fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. takaro sprawls well initially but Luna persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
takaro is trying to get back to full guard.
takaro trying to control but Luna postures up.
takaro wants to improve his position but Luna is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

takaro looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Luna pushes past his half guard into mount!
takaro tries to reverse the position but Luna maintains control.
Luna working the ground and pound effectively.
Luna can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as takaro is looking to escape.
Luna prevents takaro from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Luna looking to control and managing it successfully.
Luna pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Luna is in the full mount, landing strikes.
takaro is in all sorts of trouble here.
takaro slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
takaro wants to control but Luna is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mat Luna showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

takaro gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Luna to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Luna lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Luna is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
takaro trying to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luna lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
takaro wants to hit a switch here but Luna passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for takaro there!
takaro is in all sorts of trouble here.
Luna sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Luna landing shots from mount.
Luna lands with some vicious ground and pound - can takaro hang on?
takaro tries to hold on but Luna pushes him away.
takaro tries to reverse the position but Luna maintains control.
Luna raining down shots from the mount!
takaro is desperately trying to improve his position but Luna has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luna is landing with some decent strikes but takaro is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Luna tries to control but takaro wriggling away.
takaro is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Luna with the ground and pound from mount.
takaro working to try and regain half guard.
takaro tries to hold on but Luna postures up.
Luna prevents takaro from getting the reversal.
Luna unloading with bombs!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
takaro really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
takaro is trying to stand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mat Luna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Luna has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 26:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mat Luna!