PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce McBrain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sunil Ganga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ganga has chosen Eye of the Tiger as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

McBrain
vs
Ganga

175 cm
25
184 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

187 cm
32
180 lbs
28 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruce McBrain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sunil Ganga!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ganga loads up on a big right hand but McBrain slips the punch.
Ganga misses with a lunging right hand
letting McBrain counter with a right hand.
McBrain takes one on the button.

It looks like Bruce McBrain has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Ganga.
Ganga lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McBrain misses the jab.
McBrain has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McBrain there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ganga uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McBrain.
McBrain smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
McBrain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ganga's sensitive parts.
McBrain scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ganga in his tracks.

Ganga is rocked!

It looks like Sunil Ganga has been cut.
Good exchange - Ganga coming out on top.
Ganga is still on wobbly legs! Can McBrain finish him?
A shot to the liver by McBrain. Beautiful body shot.
Ganga throws a right hand that misses
and McBrain counters with a low kick, right behind Ganga 's knee.
Ganga seems to have recovered his senses.
McBrain lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bruce McBrain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McBrain throws a shot from downtown. Ganga moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBrain throws the kick towards the body but Ganga avoids it.
McBrain lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ganga circles away quickly and effectively.
Ganga jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McBrain throws a good cross that connects.
McBrain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ganga.
Nice defenses there by McBrain.
A jab from Ganga misses.
Ganga throws a jab when McBrain was well out of range.
McBrain misses with a body shot
and Ganga cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ganga might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
McBrain lands a big head kick that sends Ganga to the canvas! McBrain follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce McBrain!
A very excited looking Bruce McBrain made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.