PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krundle Bunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Blues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Blues's choice of entrance music: Soul Man. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bunder
vs
Blues

225 cm
20
300 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

209 cm
20
295 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Krundle Bunder!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Blues!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blues wants to land a leg kick but Bunder is out of range.
Blues fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Bunder as Blues shoots in.
Bunder slaps away a takedown attempt from Blues, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Krundle Bunder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Blues.
Blues is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bunder sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Blues fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blues walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Krundle Bunder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bunder falls off balance throwing a combination

and Blues counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Blues lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bunder on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bunder tries to get out of the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bunder is trying to stand up here but Blues is controlling him well.
Bunder trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blues throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Blues sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bunder defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blues is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Blues is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bunder sees it coming and defends easily.
Bunder avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Blues.
Blues lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Blues thows a huge punch but Bunder dodges it nicely.
Blues is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bunder avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Blues.
Blues moves nicely into side control.
Bunder is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Blues has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Blues has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blues cracks Bunder with a big right hand but Bunder just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Blues tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Blues cracks Bunder with a big elbow.

Blues wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bunder, who protects the arm well.
Blues throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Blues wants to control but Bunder is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunder knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blues on the ground.
Check out the look on Blues's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Blues working the body and head with strikes.
Blues wants to control but Bunder is keeping him busy.
Blues working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blues prevents Bunder from escaping the position.
Bunder on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blues is chipping away with strikes.
Blues wants to control but Bunder is keeping him busy.
Bunder wants to get back to his feet.
Bunder on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bunder is not content to let Blues control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blues scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Blues dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Blues shoots for a takedown but Bunder saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No luck for Blues with that takedown attempt.
Bunder tries to clinch but Blues moves out of range.

Blues closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bunder quickly recovers to half guard.
Nice strikes from Blues there.
Blues working over Bunder with some ground and pound. Bunder looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Blues has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Blues scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blues is nestled in close to Bunder, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bunder taking some punishment here, with Blues in his half guard.
Blues throws a strike but Bunder avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Blues stands and throws Bunder's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Blues scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blues scores with punches from side control.
Blues controls the position.
Blues cracks Bunder with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Check out the look on Blues's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blues lands a few punches from side control.
Blues scores with a couple of short elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blues wants to control but Bunder is keeping him busy.

Blues has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Bunder is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Blues yanks on the arm and Bunder is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Blues.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jake Blues!
Jake Blues is the new super heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Jake Blues, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.