PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cheese Daddy (ranked 4144 p4p, 129 weight class) and Raphael The Ninja Turtle (ranked 4364 p4p, 140 weight class). Cheese Daddy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Daddy
vs
The Ninja Turtle

191 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cheese Daddy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Raphael The Ninja Turtle!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daddy shoots for a takedown but The Ninja Turtle saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Daddy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Daddy swings for the body but The Ninja Turtle moves out of range.
The Ninja Turtle lands a jab to the head.
The Ninja Turtle throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Ninja Turtle slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Daddy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice takedown defense from The Ninja Turtle. No joy for Daddy on that attempt.

Daddy gets the takedown into side control.

The Ninja Turtle explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horrible takedown attempt by Daddy or perhaps it was just good defense by The Ninja Turtle, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cheese Daddy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a one two! Daddy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Daddy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The Ninja Turtle stalks Daddy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Daddy's face. Daddy staggers backwards, shaken.
Raphael The Ninja Turtle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Ninja Turtle lands with an uppercut that bounces Daddy off the cage and back into range.
The Ninja Turtle bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Ninja Turtle lands with a kick to the ribs.
Daddy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The Ninja Turtle works Daddy's body with a nice hook.
Daddy throws a jab when The Ninja Turtle was well out of range.
The Ninja Turtle throws a good cross that connects.
Daddy needs to keep his hands up - The Ninja Turtle had a free shot at his head there.
The Ninja Turtle lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The Ninja Turtle slips a straight right by Daddy.
The Ninja Turtle scores with a hook.

Daddy bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Ninja Turtle is not content to let Daddy control the position.
The Ninja Turtle dodges the ground and pound from Daddy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if The Ninja Turtle can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daddy wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Ninja Turtle keeps working.

The Ninja Turtle wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Daddy has ideas of his own. He's got hold of The Ninja Turtle's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! The Ninja Turtle is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Daddy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Cheese Daddy!