PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fubar Teller (ranked 2441 p4p, 257 weight class) and Kasper Saunders (ranked 1316 p4p, 140 weight class). Kasper Saunders will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Teller
vs
Saunders

172 cm
29
155 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

173 cm
23
145 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

RAGS of a RONIN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fubar Teller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kasper Saunders !
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Saunders misses

and Teller counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Teller slips nicely into half guard.
Teller lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Saunders keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Saunders is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saunders trying to hold on to Teller's head to control him but Teller postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saunders is looking to get back to is feet but Teller passes into side control.
Teller has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Teller fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Saunders is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Teller looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Saunders taking a bit of punishment here - Teller scoring with strikes.
Teller landing a few strikes.
Teller trying to control the action but Saunders is working from the bottom.
Saunders gets back to half guard.
Teller passes the guard and advances to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Teller looking to control but Saunders is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders is in all sorts of trouble here.
Teller lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Teller lands with some strikes.
The referee warns Saunders that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saunders wants to hold on but Teller pushes him away.
Saunders is bucking up trying to escape but Teller cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Saunders takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Teller landing strikes from the mount.

Saunders is rocked!
Saunders really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Teller. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Teller! Saunders is hurt baaadly! Teller is firing away with more strikes - Saunders is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fubar Teller!
Fubar Teller is the new featherweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Fubar Teller thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.