PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Serrano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kunta Kinte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kinte has chosen NATIONAL ANTHEM OF GAMBIA as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Serrano
vs
Kinte

190 cm
36
198 lbs
14 - 15 - 0

187 cm
29
190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Red Hand Clothing
Sparta Fightware

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Serrano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kunta Kinte!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Serrano looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kinte is fending him off so far but Serrano persists. Nope, Kinte circles away and we're back to standing.
Kinte fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Serrano looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Kinte instigates a clinch.
Kinte swings wildly with an uppercut but Serrano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kinte misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Serrano successfully pulls guard.
Kinte trying to control but Serrano is working from the bottom.
Kinte passes Serrano's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Kinte is pressing down on Serrano's thigh, looking to free his foot. Serrano is holding on for now.
Serrano is trying to maintain the position but Kinte is very close to passing his half guard.
Kinte missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kinte not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinte seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Serrano does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Serrano pushes Kinte off looking to stand but Kinte dives back in and keeps control.
Kinte seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Serrano does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kinte works his way into full mount!
Serrano working to try and regain half guard.
Kinte connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Kinte with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The referee warns Serrano that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinte sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kinte throws some wild stikes that Serrano manages to avoid easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Serrano tries to buck Kinte off but he can't manage it.
Kinte thowing shots but they're missing.
Serrano tries to hold on but Kinte postures up.
Serrano is squirming around, avoiding Kinte's attempts to control the action.
Kinte working Serrano over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinte punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kinte lands a nice shot to the head.

Serrano is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Kinte! Serrano is hurt baaadly! Kinte is firing away with more strikes - Serrano 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 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kunta Kinte!
Kunta Kinte is the new middleweight champion!
Kunta Kinte seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.