PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cain Bunga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Master Splinter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Splinter's choice of entrance music: Ninja Tutles theme song by THROWDOWN. Master Splinter has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Cain Bunga's chin.

Bunga
vs
Splinter

197 cm
27
253 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cain Bunga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Master Splinter!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Splinter throws a sloppy head kick and Bunga moves out of range easily.
Splinter looks to land a left hand but Bunga moved out of range nicely.
Splinter misses with a head kick.
Splinter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bunga circles away quickly and effectively.
Splinter lands with a nice body punch.
Splinter throws a head kick that misses.
Splinter connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bunga. Bunga circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Splinter stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Splinter wants it to stay on the feet.
Bunga takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Splinter throws a half hearted mid kick.
Splinter lands an overhand right.
Splinter scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Splinter misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunga takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Splinter cracks Bunga with a good jab.
A clash of legs there as Bunga blocks the low kick.

Bunga clinches.

Bunga works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Splinter looking to control.
Bunga is looking to work some ground and pound but Splinter has wrist control.
Bunga is working Splinter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bunga throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Splinter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bunga is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bunga working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Splinter's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Splinter is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Splinter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bunga. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bunga lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bunga prevents Splinter from getting back to his feet.
Bunga throwing strikes from guard but Splinter blocks nicely.

Bunga thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bunga accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Splinter trying to control the position.

Bunga thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Splinter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bunga.
Splinter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Splinter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bunga throws a big right hand that misses.
Splinter is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bunga is controlling him.
Bunga loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunga preventing the sweep.
Bunga chips away with some ground and pound.
Bunga working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bunga working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bunga lands a couple of elbows.
Splinter wants to sweep but no luck.
Splinter trying to control the position.
Bunga working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Splinter's head.
Bunga is pushing down on Splinter's leg trying to pass to half guard. Splinter is fighting to maintain full guard but Bunga has managed to sneak the leg through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunga looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Splinter with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Splinter is looking to improve his position.
Bunga takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Splinter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bunga.
Bunga throwing shots but Splinter is blocking nicely.
Splinter is trying to stand back up but Bunga is controlling him
Splinter is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunga lands strikes from half guard.
Bunga throwing shots but Splinter is blocking nicely.
Bunga missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bunga thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Splinter's head.
Splinter trying to control here.
Bunga has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bunga lands with a punch from half guard.
Bunga drops an elbow to the side of Splinter's head.
Bunga working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bunga landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bunga passes to side control.
Splinter tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bunga wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Splinter is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bunga is controlling him well.
Splinter looks gassed!
Bunga lands some shots froms side control.
Bunga scores with a couple of short elbows.
Bunga is chipping away with strikes.

Bunga working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cain Bunga dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bunga avoids the head kick by Splinter.

Bunga throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Splinter tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bunga is in Splinter's guard.
Bunga stands up over Splinter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bunga stops Splinter from standing up.
Bunga throwing strikes but missing.
Bunga is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Splinter trying to keep a closed guard but Bunga is proving a slippery customer.
Bunga landing with the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunga throwing strikes from guard but Splinter blocks nicely.
Splinter avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bunga is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bunga postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Splinter wants to stand but Bunga is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Splinter has momentary wrist control but Bunga slips an elbow through the middle.

Bunga drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bunga jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bunga throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bunga accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bunga throws a big right hand that misses.
Bunga trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bunga throwing strikes from guard but Splinter blocks nicely.
Splinter controls Bunga momentarily but Bunga frees himself.
Bunga throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Splinter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Splinter has momentary wrist control but Bunga slips an elbow through the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Splinter controls Bunga momentarily but Bunga frees himself.
Splinter keeping full guard, as Bunga tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bunga slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Bunga working away.

Bunga is trying to get an arm triangle but Splinter is defending well.
Splinter struggling a bit here.

Bunga is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Splinter is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bunga is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Splinter can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunga throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Bunga wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Splinter, who protects the arm well.
Splinter pushes Bunga away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Bunga gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bunga misses with the ground and pound.
Splinter is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Splinter is looking for a sweep.
Bunga working the head and body with strikes.
Bunga working the head and body with strikes.
Splinter wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Bunga wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Splinter, who protects the arm well.
Cain Bunga overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Splinter is pushing Bunga's head away, looking to escape. Bunga manages to hold on to the position though.
Splinter is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Splinter taking a bit of punishment here - Bunga scoring with strikes.
Bunga is putting a hurting on Splinter here, landing some big shots from side control.

Bunga working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Splinter is looking for a sweep.
Bunga scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Splinter to see if he's OK.

Bunga tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bunga has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bunga scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Splinter to see if he's OK.
Bunga fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bunga lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bunga works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bunga in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bunga looks up at the clock and then as Splinter takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bunga smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cain Bunga dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Splinter throws a leg kick which misses Bunga's front leg but catches the back leg as Bunga tries to avoid it.
Splinter lands a high kick!
Bunga moves out of range of the body kick from Splinter.
Splinter throws a body kick that misses.
Splinter misses with a low kick.

Bunga shoots in and bounces Splinter off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bunga makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Bunga drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bunga jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bunga landing with the ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bunga throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunga working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Splinter's head.
Bunga works over Splinter with some ground and pound from guard.
Bunga loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bunga loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bunga postures up and lands a big shot to Splinter's brow.
Bunga working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Splinter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bunga stands up over Splinter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bunga throwing strikes from guard but Splinter blocks nicely.
Bunga postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Splinter looking for a sweep. Not yet Splinter, not yet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bunga is looking to work some ground and pound but Splinter has wrist control.
Bunga missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Splinter looking for a sweep. Not yet Splinter, not yet.

Bunga drops back looking for a leg! Splinter is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Splinter manages to kick Bunga off! Bunga jumps back into Splinter's guard.
Bunga advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bunga thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Splinter is trying to get back to half guard.
Bunga in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
An elbow from Bunga crashes against the mat.

Bunga is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Splinter knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Bunga looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Splinter is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Bunga asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Bunga seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Splinter wants to control but Bunga postures up.
An elbow from Bunga crashes against the mat.

Bunga thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bunga in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bunga advances nicely into full mount.
Bunga putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Splinter is wriggling around trying to escape.
Splinter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Splinter wants to hold on but Bunga pushes him away.
Master Splinter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Bunga is working for a guillotine from mount but Splinter frees his head quite easily.
Splinter tries to hold on but Bunga pushes him away.

Bunga is working for a guillotine from mount but Splinter frees his head quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bunga has control of Splinter's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Splinter regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Splinter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bunga landing strikes from the mount and Splinter is in trouble!
Bunga working Splinter over with strikes here.

Bunga is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Splinter to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Splinter shrugs it off.

Bunga has control of Splinter's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Splinter regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Splinter is in a horrible position here. Bunga smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Splinter is bucking up trying to escape but Bunga cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cain Bunga showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bunga, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cain Bunga!