PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gemechu McKraken (ranked 23631 p4p, 305 weight class) and Marcos Budinha (ranked 24568 p4p, 292 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

McKraken
vs
Budinha

170 cm
20
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

150 cm
18
130 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gemechu McKraken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Budinha!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Topper Green and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKraken misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Budinha fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Budinha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Budinha doesn't manage to clinch there - McKraken circles away.

Budinha rushes McKraken and presses him up against the cage.
Come on McKraken - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

McKraken turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and McKraken manages to end up in side control.

McKraken is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Budinha looks calm but he's in trouble here. McKraken gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Budinha is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! McKraken lets go of the hold and Budinha can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gemechu McKraken!
A very excited looking Gemechu McKraken 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.