PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vrushak Madhura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suriname Bambele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vrushak Madhura has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Madhura
vs
Bambele

183 cm
31
195 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

187 cm
25
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrushak Madhura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Suriname Bambele!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bambele has closed the distance and engaged Madhura in a clinch.
Bambele working Madhura over with knees to the body.
Madhura tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bambele smiles and moves away.
Madhura moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Bambele fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Madhura, pushing him back against the cage.
Madhura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bambele obliges.
Bambele with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Vrushak Madhura has been cut.
Madhura trying to land knees to the body.
Madhura has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bambele is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Knees to the body from Bambele.
Madhura is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bambele utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bambele lands a knee to the head.
Madhura takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bambele's coach down at St Petersburg MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bambele's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Bambele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bambele lands a knee to the head.
Bambele with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bambele landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bambele lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bambele.
Bambele connects with a nasty looking knee right to Madhura's face.
Bambele landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bambele lands a good knee to the midsection. Madhura won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bambele obliges.
Bambele unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bambele scores with a knee to the head.
Bambele landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madhura takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bambele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bambele.
A knee to the head by Bambele.
Bambele with a knee to the head.
Madhura takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bambele utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bambele lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bambele.
Bambele utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bambele lands a good knee to the midsection. Madhura won't want to take too many of those.
Bambele connects with a knee to the head.
Bambele crunches a lovely knee into Madhura's ribcage.
Bambele lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Vrushak Madhura's cut is getting worse.
Bambele with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bambele obliges.
Bambele connects with a nasty looking knee right to Madhura's face.
Madhura takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bambele putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Madhura in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bambele with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bambele connects with a nasty looking knee right to Madhura's face.
Bambele with a knee to the head.

Madhura is rocked!
Bambele landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oh Madhura is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bambele lands a big knee to the head and Madhura goes down! Bambele pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Suriname Bambele!
A very excited looking Suriname Bambele rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.