PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Justin Bullard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Poncho Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bullard
vs
Villa

180 cm
25
141 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

150 cm
20
130 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Justin Bullard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Poncho Villa!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Villa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bullard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Villa.
Villa works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bullard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bullard tries to get out of the position.
Villa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bullard's head.
Villa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bullard defending well though.
Villa throwing shots but Bullard is blocking nicely.
Villa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bullard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bullard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Villa.
Villa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Villa trying to control from half guard but Bullard is working away.
Bullard is trying is best to control the position here.
Bullard is trying to maintain the position but Villa is very close to passing his half guard.
Bullard is positioning himself well to prevent Villa advancing to mount.
Bullard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Villa on the ground.
Villa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bullard is refusing to be controlled, as Villa sits in half guard.
Bullard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Villa.
Bullard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bullard slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Villa stands up over Bullard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Villa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bullard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Villa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bullard is trying to control the position but Villa postures up.
Villa lands a couple of elbows.
Bullard trying to control the position.
Villa working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bullard is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bullard is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bullard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bullard controls Villa momentarily but Villa frees himself.

Justin Bullard has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Bullard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Villa loads up on a big right hand but Bullard slips the punch.
A jab from Villa misses.
Bullard thuds his right hand into Villa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bullard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Villa in his tracks.
Bullard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Villa misses with a lunging right hand
and Bullard counters with a nice uppercut.
Bullard scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villa misses with a left hand
and Bullard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Villa ducks right into an uppercut from Bullard.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bullard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Villa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Villa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Villa looks gassed!
Bullard catches Villa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Villa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bullard connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Villa scrambles back to his feet.
Bullard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Villa.
Bullard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bullard displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Villa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bullard cracks Villa with a good jab.
Bullard is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bullard cracks Villa with a good jab.
Bullard lands a nice looking body shot.
Bullard lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Horrible takedown by Villa or perhaps it was just good defense by Bullard which made him look bad.
Bullard lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Villa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bullard connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Villa scrambles back to his feet.
Bullard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Villa at a distance.
Bullard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Villa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bullard scores with a hook.
Bullard lands a head shot.

Villa is rocked!
Bullard throws an overhand right that drops Villa like a sack of potatoes! Bullard dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Bullard!