PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enting Butikol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and How Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Butikol's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Long has chosen The Anthem by Onra as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Butikol
vs
Long

188 cm
31
215 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

191 cm
34
208 lbs
24 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
Conquer

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Enting Butikol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, How Long!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Long.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Long lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Butikol has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Butikol and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Long has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
An inside leg kick lands from Long.
Butikol misses with the combination.
Butikol throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice shot by Long.
Butikol misses with a wild body shot.
Long connects with a leg kick. Butikol looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Long lands a really nice looking cross but Butikol seems unphased.
Butikol takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Long pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Long tries to bum rush Butikol with a series of wild strikes but Butikol uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Butikol wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Long blocks a head kick by Butikol.
Long connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A solid body kick from Long.
Long takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butikol misses the jab.
Butikol throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Long sizes up Butikol with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Long keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Long only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Long tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Butikol seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Butikol misses with a body punch
and Long counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Butikol thinking.
Butikol moves in looking to clinch but Long pushes him off.
Butikol avoids the body shot from Long.
Long displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Long takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Long ducks under a wild hook from Butikol.
Jab from Long.
Long throws a front kick aimed at Butikol's knee but Butikol avoids it well.
It looked like Butikol wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long throws a jab when Butikol was well out of range.
Butikol connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Long momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Long. Those never looked like landing.
A cross from Long lands.
Long misses with a low kick.
Butikol throwing a counter right hand but Long manages to avoid it.
Long moves out of range as Butikol throws a body kick.
Butikol steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Long.
Long scores with a jab to the jaw.
Butikol misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Long.
Long lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Butikol is rocked!
Long throws a monster overhand right that drops Butikol! Long follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). How Long!
A relieved looking How Long thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.