PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt Ghandi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ghandi comes to the cage accompanied by I Wish. Matt Ghandi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ghandi
vs
Powers

180 cm
24
135 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

167 cm
25
145 lbs
12 - 10 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Ghandi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Powers!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghandi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Ghandi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Powers is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ghandi is controlling him.
Powers keeping moving, preventing Ghandi from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Matt Ghandi wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Ghandi fails with a takedown attempt.
Ghandi slips under a jab from Powers.
Ghandi shoots in looking for a takedown. Powers tries to sprawl out of it but Ghandi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Powers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ghandi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ghandi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Powers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Matt Ghandi has been cut.
Powers fails to land with a series of punches.
Ghandi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ghandi is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers connects with a jab.

Ghandi is rocked!
Powers measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Ghandi! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Max Powers!