PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santana Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Bunkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Munoz
vs
Bunkers

191 cm
29
194 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

190 cm
25
189 lbs
12 - 9 - 1

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Santana Munoz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bob Bunkers!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munoz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Munoz throws a hook but Bunkers avoids it easily.
Bunkers lands a head kick!
A left lands for Bunkers.
Munoz misses with a combination
and Bunkers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Munoz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Bunkers is trying to control but can't.
Munoz trying to control the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bunkers manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Munoz wants to control from the top but Bunkers keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munoz is fighting to break Bunkers's control of his arms but Bunkers is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Munoz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bunkers has his hands on Munoz's head, controlling the position.
Bunkers manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bunkers punching from mount but Munoz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Munoz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Munoz tries to get out of the position.
Bunkers misses with a head shot.
Bunkers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunkers throws some wild stikes that Munoz manages to avoid easily.
Munoz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bunkers with the ground and pound from mount.
Bunkers sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bunkers throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Munoz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bunkers on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Munoz taking shots to the head.
Bunkers looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Bunkers connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Munoz is rocked!
Bunkers drops a big elbow. That's hurt Munoz! More shots from Bunkers and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Bunkers!
An out of breath Bob Bunkers thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.