PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duke McStoner (ranked 1687 p4p, 734 weight class) and Madik MBaku (ranked 202 p4p, 102 weight class). Madik MBaku has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Duke McStoner's chin.

McStoner
vs
MBaku

209 cm
26
275
11 - 11 - 0

198 cm
26
246
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duke McStoner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Madik MBaku!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MBaku's corner calls for a 1-2. MBaku obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
McStoner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McStoner swings for the body but MBaku moves out of range.
MBaku dips to his left and cracks McStoner with an uppercut!
MBaku fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Duke McStoner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McStoner misses with a hook.

MBaku shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. McStoner is trying to defend but MBaku finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
McStoner tries to get to full guard but MBaku has control of the leg.
We've been hearing good reports from McStoner's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

MBaku has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can McStoner defend it? MBaku steps over the head and cranks it - McStoner is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for MBaku!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Madik MBaku!
Madik MBaku was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.