PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Homer Wu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balboa Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wu comes to the cage accompanied by I'm a Thug - Y.G. ft. Meek Miller. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Balboa Batista was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Wu
vs
Batista

179 cm
27
186 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

200 cm
25
199 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Homer Wu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Balboa Batista!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Wu.
Wu is looking to take a break and control but Batista is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wu taking a breather here.
Wu is looking to take a break and control but Batista is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Batista wants to control but Wu postures up.
Wu moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Wu tries for a kimura but Batista is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu trying to control the position but Batista is working away.
Batista defending against the ground and pound.
Batista is trying to control Wu's posture but Wu avoids it.
Wu trying to control the position but Batista is working away.
You can see the frustration on Batista's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Batista is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wu is looking to take a break and control but Batista is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Batista tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wu wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wu wants to control for a moment but Batista uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wu prevents Batista from improving his position.
Batista is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Batista is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Batista trying to control but Wu postures up.
Batista misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista gets full guard.
Batista is striking but Wu is not phased and passes to half guard.
Wu wants to control but Batista is keeping him busy.
Batista moves into full guard.
Wu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Batista looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wu tries to free his leg and advance position but Batista is retaining full guard.
Wu is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Batista is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wu trying to control the position from guard on top but Batista is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Batista trying to strike off his back.
Wu controls from within his opponent's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Homer Wu.

Batista shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
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!
Wu gets full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Batista postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Wu is looking for a triangle but Batista pushes his legs off easily.

Wu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Batista doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Wu is tightening it up a little... Batista has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Batista reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Batista taps out! Nice BJJ there by Wu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Homer Wu!
Homer Wu managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, ****160Q Energy for $150****, into his post fight interview.