PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Banuve Vakaloloma (ranked 4444 p4p, 4490 weight class) and Marcus Bloomer (ranked 0 p4p, 523 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.

Vakaloloma
vs
Bloomer

185 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Banuve Vakaloloma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Bloomer!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ben Watson and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bloomer drives through and clinches with Vakaloloma against the cage.
Vakaloloma wants a takedown.
Vakaloloma has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bloomer after a bit of a struggle.
Bloomer working hard to break the clinch.
Vakaloloma tries to circle away but Bloomer has him pinned against the cage.
Vakaloloma tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Banuve Vakaloloma. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Vakaloloma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Bloomer clinches.
Bloomer wants to take the fight to the mat but Vakaloloma manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Vakaloloma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Bloomer drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bloomer trying to control the action but Vakaloloma is working from the bottom.
Vakaloloma manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bloomer's best efforts.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vakaloloma kicks off Bloomer and gets to his feet.
Vakaloloma misses with a head kick.
Bloomer misses with a few strikes there.
Vakaloloma fails with the takedown
and Bloomer counters with a series of strikes. Vakaloloma will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bloomer throws a series of punches but Vakaloloma avoids them all with ease.

Bloomer closes the distance and clinches.

Bloomer manages to pull guard.
Bloomer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bloomer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bloomer wants to control position but Vakaloloma is using a can opener to pass guard... He's turned it into a full on guillotine from mount now! Big trouble for Bloomer here! He's turning a lovely shade of purple and yep! He's tapping out! I would say world class Jiu Jitsu but is it really? It was nice but let's not get silly about it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Banuve Vakaloloma!