PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chad Bugasto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Aata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bugasto
vs
Aata

180 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

194 cm
20
186 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

MMA Animal

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chad Bugasto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robert Aata!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aata fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bugasto avoids it really well and circles away.

Bugasto darts in and clinches Aata up against the cage.
Aata tries to circle away but Bugasto has him pinned against the cage.
Bugasto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Robert Aata has been cut.
Aata tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Aata's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bugasto moves into the clinch.
Aata working hard to break the clinch.
Aata misses with an elbow strike.
Aata wants a takedown.
Bugasto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bugasto obliges.
Bugasto lands a good knee to the midsection. Aata won't want to take too many of those.
Aata wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aata tries to land a knee to the head but Bugasto blocks with his arms.
Bugasto gets underhooks to prevent Aata's takedown attempt.
Chad Bugasto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Aata.
Bugasto looking to throw knees to the head but Aata is blocking nicely.
Bugasto lands a damaging elbow.
Bugasto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bugasto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bugasto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bugasto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aata tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bugasto avoids it.
Aata tries to break the clinch but Bugasto is controlling the position.
Aata is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aata is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bugasto is defending well for now.
Bugasto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Aata tries to land knees in the clinch but Bugasto avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bugasto takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bugasto lands a nice knee to the body.
Bugasto lands a good knee to the midsection. Aata won't want to take too many of those.
Bugasto crunches a lovely knee into Aata's ribcage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bugasto.
Knees to the body from Bugasto.
Aata throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aata looks gassed!
Bugasto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aata's defenses.

That has opened up Robert Aata's cut even more.
Bugasto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bugasto dodges an elbow strike from Aata.
Bugasto with a knee to the head.

Aata is rocked!
Aata wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aata working hard to break the clinch.
Aata pushes off an throws an elbow but Bugasto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bugasto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bugasto scores a nice knee to the body.
Bugasto lands an elbow inside.
Aata tries a knee to the head but Bugasto blocks it.
Bugasto lands a knee to the head.
Aata is still on wobbly legs! Can Bugasto finish him?
Bugasto with the Thai clinch, moves his hips back and unleashes a brutal knee to the head! Aata drops to the mat in a crumpled heap! Huuuuuuge knee there! WOW!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Chad Bugasto!