PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gichin Funakoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Desmond Bradley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bradley
vs
Funakoshi

201 cm
21
216 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
21
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
World class MT
Powerful

Victory! Sports Nutrition

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Desmond Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gichin Funakoshi!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Steve Montenegro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funakoshi fails to land with a series of punches.
Funakoshi misses with a head kick.
Funakoshi defending well as Bradley loads up on a big left hand.
Funakoshi wants to counter with a clinch but Bradley pushes him away.
Funakoshi has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bradley is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bradley with a hook.
A left and a right from Funakoshi both land. Nice combination.
Bradley misses with a right hand
and Funakoshi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bradley misses with an uppercut.
Funakoshi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bradley stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bradley wants it to stay on the feet.
Bradley ducks under a wild hook from Funakoshi.
Bradley swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Good leg kick by Funakoshi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bradley connects with a right hand. Funakoshi shakes it off.
We've been told by Bradley's head coaches at Wreckshop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bradley throws out a loose jab but Funakoshi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Funakoshi checks a low kick from Bradley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Funakoshi is looking to slow Bradley down with leg kicks.
Funakoshi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Funakoshi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bradley throws a right and a left that Funakoshi avoids nicely.
Bradley throws an overhand right that lands on Funakoshi's shoulder, as Funakoshi tries to avoid the shot.
Funakoshi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bradley.

Funakoshi gets the takedown into side control.

Bradley throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Funakoshi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bradley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Funakoshi has him pressed against the cage.
Bradley tries to work over Funakoshi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Funakoshi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bradley fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Desmond Bradley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Funakoshi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bradley.
Bradley throws an overhand right that lands on Funakoshi's shoulder, as Funakoshi tries to avoid the shot.
Funakoshi throws a solid leg kick but Bradley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Funakoshi.
Bradley misses with a series of wild punches.
Funakoshi tries to close the distance and clinch but Bradley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bradley throws a left and a right that both miss

and Funakoshi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Funakoshi trying to control the pace.
Bradley is positioning himself well to prevent Funakoshi advancing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bradley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bradley tries to get out of the position.
Funakoshi's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Funakoshi stops Bradley from getting back to his feet.
Bradley wants to get back to full guard.
Funakoshi sitting and controlling from the half guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bradley throws a series of punches but Funakoshi avoids them all with ease.
Funakoshi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bradley's sensitive parts.
Bradley misses with a looping left.
A left lands for Bradley.
Bradley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bradley checks a leg kick nicely.
Bradley misses with a hook. Funakoshi ducked under it nicely.

Funakoshi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Funakoshi misses with an elbow strike.
Bradley avoiding damage.
Bradley tries to break the clinch but Funakoshi is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Desmond Bradley will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Funakoshi throws a big shot that misses.
Funakoshi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bradley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bradley seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bradley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Funakoshi only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bradley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Funakoshi manages to avoid it.
Bradley throws a body punch but Funakoshi moves out of range.
Bradley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Funakoshi.
Desmond Bradley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Funakoshi misses with a looping left.
Funakoshi loads up on a big right hand but Bradley slips the punch.
Bradley takes a swing at Funakoshi's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Funakoshi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Funakoshi 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.
Funakoshi throws a hook but Bradley blocks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Bradley checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch combination from Bradley misses.
Funakoshi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bradley.
A solid leg kick lands there for Funakoshi.
Bradley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Funakoshi momentarily.
Bradley throws a jab but it's blocked by Funakoshi.
Bradley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Funakoshi.

Funakoshi closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Funakoshi.
A nice left hand lands by Bradley.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bradley lands with a right to the head.
Bradley avoids the elbow strike from Funakoshi, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley avoids a wild elbow strike from Funakoshi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Funakoshi gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Bradley regains guard.
Funakoshi controls from within his opponent's guard.
Let's hope that Funakoshi has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Bradley is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Funakoshi presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Bradley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bradley dodges an elbow strike from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi wants a takedown.
Funakoshi blocks an uppercut.
Funakoshi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bradley's face.

It looks like Desmond Bradley has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bradley in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi stalling the fight.
Funakoshi lands a knee to the head.
Funakoshi tries to land knees in the clinch but Bradley avoids the damage to the body.
Funakoshi tries a knee to the head but Bradley blocks it.
Funakoshi struggles to land a body shot inside as Bradley controls his hands.
Funakoshi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bradley is defending well.
Gichin Funakoshi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Funakoshi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bradley avoids it.
Bradley tries to circle away but Funakoshi has him pinned against the cage.
Funakoshi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Bradley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Funakoshi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bradley is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Desmond Bradley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gichin Funakoshi.
Funakoshi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bradley struggles to land a body shot inside as Funakoshi controls his hands.
Bradley stops a takedown attempt from Funakoshi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi digs a right hand underneath Bradley's ribcage. Bradley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bradley working hard to break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Bradley.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bradley.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Funakoshi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bradley tries to stall but Funakoshi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bradley can't break the clinch.
Bradley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bradley misses with a body punch.
Come on Bradley - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bradley managing to block the knees to the body from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi is working for takedown but Bradley is calmly controlling the position for now.
Funakoshi lands a good knee to the midsection. Bradley won't want to take too many of those.
Funakoshi crunches a lovely knee into Bradley's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gichin Funakoshi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Desmond Bradley's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Bradley throws a jab but it's blocked by Funakoshi.
Funakoshi throws a fast counter high kick but Bradley manages to duck under it in time.
Bradley bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Funakoshi's head.
Bradley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Funakoshi.
Funakoshi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Funakoshi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Bradley makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Funakoshi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bradley.
Bradley is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bradley throws a right and a left that Funakoshi avoids nicely.
Funakoshi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bradley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bradley misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Funakoshi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bradley is looking to counter punch.
Desmond Bradley is winning the standup battle so far.
Funakoshi checks a low kick from Bradley.
As Bradley backs off Funakoshi throws a huge counter combo but Bradley manages to avoid it all.
Bradley misses with a wild body shot.
Funakoshi tries to counter with a clinch but Bradley shakes him off and moves away.
Bradley misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bradley tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bradley is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Funakoshi shoots in and bounces Bradley off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Bradley is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Bradley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley is trying to break the clinch but Funakoshi has him pressed against the cage.
Funakoshi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bradley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bradley misses with a body punch.
Bradley stops a takedown attempt from Funakoshi.
Bradley tries to stall but Funakoshi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Funakoshi blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Bradley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bradley throws out a loose jab but Funakoshi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Funakoshi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bradley finds it's way round the side to connect with Funakoshi's head.
Bradley takes one to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Bradley misses its intended target.
Funakoshi darts in looking for a takedown but Bradley gets double underhooks and turns Funakoshi into the cage.
Funakoshi fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Bradley.
The fight stays on the outside here - Funakoshi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bradley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bradley misses with a two punch combination.
Bradley just misses with a punch to the body.
Bradley misses with a two punch combination.
Nice body kick there by Funakoshi.
Bradley throws a shot from downtown. Funakoshi moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi misses with a straight left.
Funakoshi misses with a left hand
and Bradley counters with a right hand to the body.
Bradley throws a hook but Funakoshi avoids it easily.
Bradley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Funakoshi wants to counter with a clinch but Bradley pushes him away.
Bradley throws a series of punches but Funakoshi avoids them all with ease.
Bradley moves out of range of the body kick.
Bradley lands with a straight right. Funakoshi didn't see that one coming.
Funakoshi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bradley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Funakoshi misses with a straight left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bradley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bradley throws the left hand but Funakoshi avoids the punch easily.
Funakoshi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

And that's the end of the fight!
Desmond Bradley showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bradley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Desmond Bradley!