PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kieran Busk (ranked 935 p4p, 110 weight class) and Balagot Liu (ranked 1152 p4p, 136 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Busk
vs
Liu

181 cm
28
154 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

173 cm
21
146 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kieran Busk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Balagot Liu!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice uppercut there from Liu.
Busk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Busk.
Busk looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A big right from Busk misses.
Busk moves forwards but Liu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Busk cracks Liu with a good jab.
Liu misses with a low kick.
Liu scores with a jab.
Liu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Busk's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Busk duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Busk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Liu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Busk on the side of the head.

Busk is rocked!
Busk misses with a double jab.
Oh Busk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Busk wants to clinch.
Liu connects with a jab.
Busk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busk misses with an uppercut.
Kieran Busk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Busk tries to clinch up.
Busk is looking to clinch but Liu is avoiding it.
Busk slips under a jab from Liu.
Liu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Busk is looking to clinch but Liu is avoiding it.
Liu works the jab nicely.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Liu misses with a straight left.
Busk on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Busk is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Liu moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Balagot Liu!
Our winner, Balagot Liu, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.