PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rex Buster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Captain Fantastic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fantastic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rex Buster looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Buster
vs
Fantastic

196 cm
20
270 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
21
245 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Advantage XXX nutrition

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rex Buster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Captain Fantastic!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fantastic clinches.
Fantastic tries to break the clinch but Buster is controlling the position.
A left hand lands to the body for Fantastic.
Buster is pressed up against the cage. Fantastic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Buster down to the mat. Buster avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Fantastic throws a leg kick but Buster moved away.
Fantastic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fantastic fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rex Buster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Captain Fantastic.
Fantastic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fantastic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Buster shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Buster drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Buster jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Fantastic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantastic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Buster stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fantastic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fantastic is controlling Buster's posture.
Fantastic is looking to stand up but Buster isn't so interested in that idea.
Fantastic keeping moving, preventing Buster from controlling successfully.
Fantastic managing to control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Fantastic gets caught flat footed, as Buster shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Buster is breathing heavily.
Fantastic wants to stand up but Buster is controlling him.
Buster has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Buster trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fantastic is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Fantastic pushes Buster off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Fantastic with a lazy takedown attempt

and Buster decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Fantastic's guard.
Fantastic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Buster is one step ahead there.
Fantastic looking to control.
Buster missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fantastic has his hands on Buster's head, controlling the position.
Buster trying to control the position from guard on top but Fantastic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fantastic is on top in guard.

Buster working for a triangle but Fantastic defends it easily.
Buster striking off his back but it's not causing Fantastic any problems.
Fantastic wants to control from the top but Buster keeps moving.

Buster pushes Fantastic off and scrambles back to his feet.
Buster closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Captain Fantastic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Buster counters with a shoot takedown. Fantastic fights it but they end up in guard.
Buster could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Buster works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Buster is looking for a kimura but Fantastic is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Buster to get the leverage.
Fantastic trying to hold on to Buster's head to control him but Buster postures up.
Buster trying to control from half guard but Fantastic is working away.

Buster is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Fantastic defends it well.
Fantastic regains full guard. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Buster is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Fantastic is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Fantastic has escaped and now he's on top!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fantastic preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rex Buster dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Buster is looking to clinch but Fantastic is avoiding it.
Fantastic tries to bum rush Buster with a series of wild strikes but Buster uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic misses with a takedown

and Buster counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Buster working the ground and pound.

It looks like Captain Fantastic has been cut.

Buster has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Fantastic is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Buster yanks on the arm and Fantastic is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Buster.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rex Buster!