PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marshmallow Bunny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aku Desirkui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshmallow Bunny had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Bunny
vs
Desirkui

200 cm
19
300 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

218 cm
19
289 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marshmallow Bunny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aku Desirkui!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Desirkui closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Desirkui lands in his opponent's guard.
Desirkui wants to stand but Bunny has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Bunny controls Desirkui momentarily but Desirkui frees himself.
Bunny throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bunny looking to hit a scissor sweep but Desirkui is one step ahead there.

Desirkui drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bunny manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Desirkui has Bunny in his guard.
Desirkui is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bunny is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bunny drops back, looking for a kneebar! Desirkui looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Desirkui looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Desirkui!

Desirkui stands up and beckons Bunny to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Desirkui feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bunny manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Desirkui manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Bunny moves nicely into side control.
Bunny lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Desirkui down.
Bunny scoring with punches and elbows.

Bunny tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bunny has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bunny scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desirkui is trying to get back to half guard.
Bunny scores with a couple of short elbows.
Bunny wants to lay and pray for a moment but Desirkui keeps working.
Desirkui can't do much from the bottom here.
Bunny lands a nice forearm strike.
Desirkui tries to improve position but can't.
Desirkui misses with an elbow from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desirkui tries to improve position but can't.
Desirkui looks gassed!
Desirkui is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Bunny darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bunny wants to control but Desirkui is keeping him busy.
Bunny lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bunny looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Desirkui with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bunny working the head and body with strikes.
Desirkui tries to get to full guard but Bunny has control of the leg.
Bunny stalling.
Desirkui is not content to let Bunny control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desirkui won't allow Bunny to pass to mount.
Desirkui tries to kick Bunny off but Bunny keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Bunny gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Desirkui turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Bunny gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Desirkui passes into side control, despite Bunny's attempt to control the position.
Bunny tries to bench press Desirkui off him but Desirkui keeps the position.
Bunny wants to control but Desirkui postures up.
Bunny taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Desirkui postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Desirkui wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bunny keeps working.
Bunny is trying to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A big right from Desirkui misses.
Desirkui fails with the takedown

and Bunny counters with a nice double leg into side control. Desirkui won't be happy with that.
Bunny looks up at the clock and then as Desirkui takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bunny smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Desirkui takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bunny scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bunny advances nicely into full mount.
Desirkui working to try and regain half guard.
Bunny in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Bunny with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Bunny working for a submission but Desirkui is keeping him at bay.
Desirkui swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bunny landing strikes from the mount.
Bunny is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bunny landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunny controlling from the full mount.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bunny unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Desirkui wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Bunny celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marshmallow Bunny!