PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maki Pulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Uso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pulu's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Alive. Uso has chosen So Close Now as his entrance music. Jonathan Uso has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pulu
vs
Uso

182 cm
22
280 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

188 cm
28
240 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

GREEN!160
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maki Pulu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonathan Uso!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uso showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pulu.
Uso ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pulu moves away.
Uso ducks under a wild hook from Pulu.
Uso bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Uso drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Pulu defends it well.
Pulu looks to land a left hand but Uso moved out of range nicely.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Uso has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Pulu misses with a left hand

and Uso counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Pulu!
Uso wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pulu keeps working.
Pulu is looking to reverse the position.
Uso working the head with strikes.
Uso wants to control but Pulu is keeping him busy.
Pulu tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Uso wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Uso gets to mount! Pulu was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Pulu is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Uso cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Uso content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Uso connects with a massive shot to the dome!

It looks like Maki Pulu has been cut.
Uso landing strikes from the mount and Pulu is in trouble!

Maki Pulu's cut is getting worse.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Uso scoring with strikes but Pulu is staying in there.

Maki Pulu's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Maki Pulu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jonathan Uso! Jonathan Uso retains his heavyweight title!
Jonathan Uso seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.