PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ratu Mara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mara might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Seven Nation Army. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mara
vs
Munoz

183 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ratu Mara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gabriel Munoz!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mara throws a lazy right hand but Munoz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Munoz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ratu Mara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mara misses with an uppercut. Munoz saw that one coming.
Munoz let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Munoz throws a head kick that misses.
Munoz throws the kick towards the body but Mara avoids it.

Mara takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Mara scores with a nice short uppercut.
Munoz jumps guard but Mara stands there with Munoz around his waist. Munoz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mara working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mara lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from Mara.
Mara lands a nice shot to the body.
Munoz jumps guard but Mara stands there with Munoz around his waist. Munoz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Munoz is trying to pull guard but Mara turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ratu Mara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Munoz.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mara.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mara lands a left hand.
Mara lands with a left to the head.
Munoz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mara smiles and moves away.
Munoz throws a leg kick but Mara sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mara misses with an uppercut
and Munoz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mara throws a jab but it's blocked by Munoz.
Munoz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mara.
Mara pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mara throws out a powerful jab.
Munoz on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Munoz is rocked!
Mara ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Munoz out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ratu Mara!
After winning the bout, Ratu Mara thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.