PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Penduko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sydney Gartner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Penduko
vs
Gartner

180 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pedro Penduko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Sydney Gartner!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gartner scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Gartner controls the position.
Penduko avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Gartner.
Gartner fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Penduko is trying to control Gartner's posture but Gartner avoids it.
Penduko gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Penduko is trying to stand.
Gartner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Penduko blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gartner.
Ground and pound from Gartner.
Gartner thows a huge punch but Penduko dodges it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in half guard, Gartner seems content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gartner wants to pass to mount but Penduko is defending the position.

Penduko is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gartner pulls his head out easily.
Gartner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Penduko is trying to maintain the position but Gartner is very close to passing his half guard.
Gartner has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gartner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Penduko tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gartner working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penduko takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Penduko is rocked!
Penduko is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gartner postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Penduko in real trouble here! The ref calls for Penduko to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sydney Gartner!
Sydney Gartner thanked the fans post fight for their support.