PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Gable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tumbu Bukasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Gable
vs
Bukasa

188 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
199 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Gable!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tumbu Bukasa!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bukasa lands a high kick!

It looks like Dan Gable has been cut.
Gable tries to clinch up.
Gable walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bukasa.
Gable wants to clinch up but Bukasa keeps it at a distance.
Bukasa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bukasa delivers a nice body kick.
Bukasa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gable takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bukasa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gable.
Gable on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bukasa lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gable.
Gable dives in and grabs Bukasa's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bukasa pushes down on Gable's head and hops out.
Gable is breathing heavily.
Bukasa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gable fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Gable. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bukasa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bukasa circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Gable drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Bukasa follows Gable to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tumbu Bukasa!
An out of breath Tumbu Bukasa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.