PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Bamboni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raje Malapitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bamboni comes to the cage accompanied by Ice Ice Baby. Raje Malapitan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bamboni
vs
Malapitan

167 cm
27
145 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

169 cm
26
154 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Bamboni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raje Malapitan!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malapitan moves out of range of the body kick.
Bamboni slaps away a takedown attempt from Malapitan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bamboni scores with a kick to the body.
Tony Bamboni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bamboni closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bamboni is pressed up against the cage. Malapitan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bamboni down to the mat. Bamboni avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Bamboni closes the distance and pushes Malapitan back into the cage.
Malapitan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bamboni fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tony Bamboni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raje Malapitan.
Malapitan fails with the takedown.

Bamboni has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bamboni lands an elbow inside that Malapitan shrugs off.

Malapitan is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Bamboni can't fight it off and eventually Malapitan manages to take the fight to the floor. Bamboni looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bamboni keeping full guard, as Malapitan tries to pass.

Bamboni is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malapitan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Bamboni has his foot on Malapitan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Malapitan works his way back into a safe position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bamboni throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bamboni is looking for a triangle but Malapitan pushes his legs off easily.

Bamboni escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Malapitan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Bamboni has his feet on Malapitan's thighs here. He's pushed Malapitan off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Malapitan screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tony Bamboni!
After the fight, Tony Bamboni was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.