PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eliod Bunkley Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baraka Simengwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bunkley Iii comes to the cage accompanied by Knocksville Girl. Simengwa has chosen Afande Sele feat Ditto - Darubini kali as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bunkley Iii
vs
Simengwa

185 cm
29
193 lbs
19 - 17 - 1

185 cm
26
195 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Red Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Just Fight (Everything 7$)

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 19 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eliod Bunkley Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baraka Simengwa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bunkley Iii decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bunkley Iii is trying to control the action in half guard but Simengwa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bunkley Iii throwing shots but Simengwa is blocking nicely.
Bunkley Iii missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Simengwa has hold of Bunkley Iii's hands but Bunkley Iii slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Simengwa taking some punishment here, with Bunkley Iii in his half guard.
Simengwa is looking for a sweep. Bunkley Iii is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Simengwa has hold of Bunkley Iii's hands but Bunkley Iii slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Simengwa trying to control from the bottom.
Bunkley Iii lands with a punch from half guard.
Simengwa trying to control but Bunkley Iii postures up.
Bunkley Iii trying to control from half guard but Simengwa is working away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunkley Iii drops an elbow to the side of Simengwa's head.

Simengwa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Bunkley Iii is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Simengwa defends it well.
Simengwa tries to get to full guard but Bunkley Iii has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunkley Iii missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Simengwa actively working from the bottom here.
Simengwa is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Bunkley Iii.

Bunkley Iii looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bunkley Iii takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bunkley Iii looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Simengwa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bunkley Iii missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Bunkley Iii is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Simengwa sees it coming and defends easily.
Bunkley Iii prevents Simengwa from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunkley Iii takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bunkley Iii is looking for a kimura but Simengwa is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bunkley Iii to get the leverage.
Simengwa is looking to improve his position.
Bunkley Iii working Simengwa over with strikes.
Simengwa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bunkley Iii.
Simengwa wants to control the action here but instead Bunkley Iii manages to pass to full mount!
Simengwa is trying desperately to improve position.
Bunkley Iii is landing with some decent strikes but Simengwa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Simengwa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bunkley Iii prevents Simengwa from getting the reversal.
Bunkley Iii with good strikes from the mount here!
Simengwa is trying to escape the mount.
Bunkley Iii postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Simengwa looks a forlorn figure.

Simengwa is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simengwa sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Bunkley Iii is looking for a kimura here.
Bunkley Iii working over Simengwa with some ground and pound. Simengwa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Simengwa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bunkley Iii scores with a couple of nice shots.
Simengwa is staying active underneath Bunkley Iii, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bunkley Iii working Simengwa over with strikes.
Simengwa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bunkley Iii thows a huge punch but Simengwa dodges it nicely.
Simengwa wants to control but Bunkley Iii is keeping busy.
Simengwa won't allow Bunkley Iii to pass to mount.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bunkley Iii connects with a nice short shot to Simengwa's temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bunkley Iii thows a huge punch but Simengwa dodges it nicely.

Simengwa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simengwa moves into full guard.
Bunkley Iii lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bunkley Iii working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bunkley Iii postures up and lands a big shot to Simengwa's brow.
Simengwa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bunkley Iii trying to control but Simengwa is working from the bottom.

Simengwa is looking to cinch up a triangle. Bunkley Iii throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Simengwa's body to avoid the submission. Simengwa has instead reached around Bunkley Iii's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Simengwa arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Baraka Simengwa!
Baraka Simengwa very nearly forgot to thank Just Fight (Everything 7$) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.