PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance Uppercut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papoh Bamoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bamoya is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lupang Hinirang. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Uppercut
vs
Bamoya

177 cm
33
178 lbs
24 - 7 - 0

182 cm
28
180 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lance Uppercut!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Papoh Bamoya!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bamoya throws an off balance right hand
and Uppercut counters with a stiff right hand.
Uppercut throws a series of punches but Bamoya moves out of range.
Uppercut sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bamoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Uppercut throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Uppercut misses.
Bamoya throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bamoya lands a slapping body shot.
Uppercut lands a nice shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bamoya.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Uppercut punishes Bamoya's body with a nice straight punch.
Uppercut loads up on a big right hand but Bamoya slips the punch.

Uppercut bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bamoya is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Uppercut looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Uppercut is trying to get an arm triangle but Bamoya is defending well.
Bamoya wants to control but Uppercut postures up.
Bamoya wants to get back to his feet.
Uppercut wants to control but Bamoya is keeping him busy.
Uppercut moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Uppercut prevents Bamoya from escaping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bamoya keeps working.
Uppercut working the ground and pound but Bamoya is defending the strikes.
Uppercut wants to control but Bamoya is keeping him busy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bamoya takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Uppercut looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bamoya wants to get back to his feet but Uppercut drags him back down.
Uppercut sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bamoya is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bamoya is working to avoid the ground and pound but Uppercut connects with a decent elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Uppercut is looking to take a break and control but Bamoya is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Uppercut in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Uppercut trying to control the action but Bamoya is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut working away.
Uppercut content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Uppercut working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Uppercut working away.
Bamoya defending against the ground and pound.
Uppercut is looking to take a break and control but Bamoya is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bamoya takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Uppercut is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bamoya has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sloppy strikes there by Uppercut.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Uppercut scoring with punches and elbows.
Uppercut throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bamoya wants to get back to his feet.
A lull in the action here.
Bamoya holding on.
Uppercut advances to full mount.
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!
Uppercut working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Uppercut.
Uppercut wants to control the pace but Bamoya is squirming around nicely.
Bamoya is working to get back to half guard.
Uppercut wants to control the pace but Bamoya is squirming around nicely.
Uppercut avoids the attempt from Bamoya to control.
Uppercut sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bamoya is trying to stand up.
Bamoya tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Uppercut tries to control but Bamoya wriggling away.
Uppercut pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut working Bamoya over with strikes here.
Bamoya is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bamoya wants to hold on but Uppercut pushes him away.
Uppercut content just to control the position here.

Uppercut working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Uppercut looking to control but Bamoya is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Uppercut with a couple of short strikes.
Uppercut can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bamoya is looking to escape.
Uppercut controlling from the full mount.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Uppercut lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Uppercut fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bamoya is trying to escape the mount.
Uppercut wants to control the pace but Bamoya is squirming around nicely.
Uppercut with good strikes from the mount here!
Uppercut can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bamoya is looking to escape.
Bamoya tries to buck Uppercut off but he can't manage it.
Bamoya wants to hold on but Uppercut pushes him away.
Uppercut can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bamoya is looking to escape.
Uppercut landing punches.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya is desperately trying to improve his position but Uppercut has a good base and remains in mount.
Uppercut postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bamoya looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bamoya is trying to stand.
Uppercut trying to control but Bamoya is having none of it.
Uppercut landing strikes from the mount.
Uppercut takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Uppercut 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.
Uppercut raining down shots from the mount!
Uppercut controlling his opponent.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bamoya working to try and regain half guard.
Uppercut tries to control but Bamoya wriggling away.
Bamoya tries to hold on but Uppercut pushes him away.
Uppercut putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Uppercut lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bamoya hang on?

Bamoya is rocked!

Uppercut is working for a guillotine from mount but Bamoya frees his head quite easily.
Bamoya is still in real trouble! Can Uppercut finish him?
Oooooh, big shot lands for Uppercut! Bamoya is hurt baaadly! Uppercut is firing away with more strikes - Bamoya is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lance Uppercut!
Lance Uppercut retains his welterweight title!
Lance Uppercut seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.