PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Havasu (ranked 20434 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Burduada No Cranio (ranked 5189 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Burduada No Cranio acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Havasu
vs
Burduada No Cranio

192 cm
25
188 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
196 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Havasu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Burduada No Cranio!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Havasu swats away the attempt to clinch by Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio throws a head kick that misses.

Burduada No Cranio has closed the distance and engaged Havasu in a clinch.

Burduada No Cranio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burduada No Cranio throws out a powerful jab.
Havasu has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Heavy Hitters and BJJ Club in the buildup to the fight.
Havasu avoids the head kick by Burduada No Cranio.
Havasu dives in for a single leg takedown but Burduada No Cranio sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Burduada No Cranio throws a right hand that Havasu ducks under and follows up with a left that Havasu also avoids with ease.

Havasu closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Burduada No Cranio to the mat! Burduada No Cranio manages to get full guard.
Burduada No Cranio wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Havasu manages to pass to side control.
Havasu with the ground and pound but Burduada No Cranio uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Burduada No Cranio has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Havasu off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab by Burduada No Cranio.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Havasu shoots in and gets a takedown into Burduada No Cranio's guard.
Havasu content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Havasu sitting in guard here, content to control.
Burduada No Cranio wants to stand and escape but Havasu is having none of it.
Havasu tries to free his leg and advance position but Burduada No Cranio is retaining full guard.
Burduada No Cranio is trying to keep Havasu in close.
Havasu controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Havasu 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.
Havasu stops Burduada No Cranio from standing up.
Burduada No Cranio controls Havasu momentarily but Havasu frees himself.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Burduada No Cranio tries to clinch up.
Havasu has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Havasu there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mike Havasu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Havasu blocks a head kick by Burduada No Cranio.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Burduada No Cranio lands with a right to the head.
Havasu takes a shot to the head.
Burduada No Cranio wants to take the fight to the mat but Havasu manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Burduada No Cranio gets underhooks to prevent Havasu's takedown attempt.
Burduada No Cranio pushes Havasu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burduada No Cranio scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Burduada No Cranio on the inside.
Burduada No Cranio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Havasu backwards.
Burduada No Cranio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Burduada No Cranio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Burduada No Cranio lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burduada No Cranio.

Havasu is rocked!
Burduada No Cranio is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Havasu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burduada No Cranio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oh Havasu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burduada No Cranio lands a big right hand that drops Havasu! The killer instinct kicks in and Burduada No Cranio finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Burduada No Cranio!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Burduada No Cranio!