PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Theo Bremner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Bunker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Bunker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bremner
vs
Bunker

170 cm
23
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

173 cm
19
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Theo Bremner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Bunker!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bunker closes the distance and clinches.

Bunker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bunker looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bunker lands with a punch from half guard.
Bremner is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bunker prevents Bremner from standing back up.

Bunker decides to stand and escape the position.

Bunker feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bremner throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bunker would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Bremner controls Bunker momentarily but Bunker frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bremner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Bremner has an active guard here but Bunker has managed to pass into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Bunker seems to be looking for submissions.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bunker lands a nice short elbow.
Bremner wants to improve his position but Bunker is controlling well.
Bunker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bremner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Bremner looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bremner has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bunker is working away from the top position though.
Bremner on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Bunker looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bremner wants to control but Bunker is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunker seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Bremner is looking for a sweep. Bunker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bunker working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Well, if Bunker is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
It looks like Bunker might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bunker tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bremner knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bunker.
Bunker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bremner.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bremner throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Bunker counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bunker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bremner up against the ropes.
Bunker presses Bremner against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Bunker dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bunker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bremner is fending him off so far but Bunker persists. Nope, Bremner circles away and we're back to standing.
Bunker throws a right and a left that Bremner avoids nicely.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bunker - that will leave a mark!

Bunker instigates a clinch.
Bunker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bremner looking to throw knees to the head but Bunker is blocking nicely.
Bunker has Bremner pushed against the ropes.
Bunker holding his opponent close, against the ropes.

Bunker breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bunker drives through and clinches with Bremner against the ropes.
Bunker just leaning against Bremner, taking a breather.
Bunker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bremner wants to get back to striking at distance but Bunker won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bremner tries to pull guard but Bunker won't allow it.

Bunker manages to break the clinch.
Bremner shoots in for a double leg but Bunker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bunker with the counter takedown but Bremner avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Theo Bremner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bunker looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bremner closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bunker counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Bremner! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Bunker!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Bunker!
A very excited looking Tony Bunker made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.