PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ikki Minami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Rudirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rudirez has chosen "Bulls on parade" Rage Against The Machine as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Minami
vs
Rudirez

170 cm
24
183 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

178 cm
25
181 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikki Minami!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marco Rudirez!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rudirez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rudirez punching from mount but Minami doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rudirez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Minami can't escape the position.
Rudirez unloading with bombs!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rudirez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Minami is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rudirez with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rudirez working the ground and pound effectively.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Minami is trying desperately to improve position.
Rudirez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Minami?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rudirez tries to control but Minami wriggling away.
Rudirez landing shots from mount.

Minami is rocked!
Rudirez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Oh Minami is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rudirez drops a big elbow. That's hurt Minami! More shots from Rudirez and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Rudirez! Marco Rudirez retains his welterweight title!