PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Douglas Buster (ranked 4365 p4p, 25607 weight class) and Connor Notorious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Connor Notorious will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Buster
vs
Notorious

189 cm
25
165
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
156
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 The Island, Douglas Buster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Connor Notorious!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Buster closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Notorious punching from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Still in half guard, Buster seems content to control.
Notorious wants to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Buster seems content to control.
Buster trying to mount his opponent but Notorious defends it.
Buster is controlling the pace.
Buster has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Notorious tries to kick Buster off but Buster keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Buster is thwarting Notorious's attempts to control the position.
Notorious tries to get to full guard but Buster has control of the leg.
Buster really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Buster is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Buster winds up and cracks Notorious with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Buster lands strikes from half guard.
Buster scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Buster takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Buster is taking a breather. Notorious says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Notorious trying to hold on to Buster's head to control him but Buster postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buster is taking a breather. Notorious says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Notorious won't allow Buster to pass to mount.
Notorious taking some punishment here, with Buster in his half guard.
Buster sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Buster slips a nice elbow through Notorious's hands, connecting with Notorious's forehead.
Buster looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Buster perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Buster has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Buster content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buster lands a nice shot to the head.
Buster with the ground and pound from mount.
Buster with a couple of short strikes.

It looks like Connor Notorious has been cut.
Buster raining down hammerfists from mount.
Buster is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Notorious can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Notorious really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Buster. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Buster cracks Notorious with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Notorious is rocked!

That has opened up Connor Notorious's cut even more.
Buster postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Notorious badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Buster around the waist but Buster pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Buster is the winner by TKO! Buster jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Douglas Buster!