PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bung Popper (ranked 1798 p4p, 1349 weight class) and Yancy Makaki Iii (ranked 257 p4p, 194 weight class). Makaki Iii has chosen Fancy as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Popper
vs
Makaki Iii

173 cm
27
180
13 - 11 - 0

182 cm
40
177
35 - 22 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bung Popper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 22 - 1, fighting out of New York, Yancy Makaki Iii!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Popper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Popper fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Makaki Iii checks it well.
Makaki Iii tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Popper was well out of range. Poor timing from Makaki Iii.

Makaki Iii gets tackled into the cage by Popper. Popper maintains the clinch.
Nice elbow from Makaki Iii.
Makaki Iii can't find room to land a body shot as Popper controls the action.
Makaki Iii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Popper avoids a wild elbow strike from Makaki Iii.

Popper breaks from the clinch.
Popper avoids a punch combination nicely.
Popper throws a body kick that misses.
Makaki Iii appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Makaki Iii misses.
Popper misses with a jab, cross combination.
Makaki Iii looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Popper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Makaki Iii moves away.
Makaki Iii throws a lazy right hand but Popper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Popper misses with a head kick.
Popper misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Popper avoids a kick to the body.
It looked like Popper was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Makaki Iii scoring well with a low kick there.
Popper throws a right and a left that both miss.
Popper lands a glancing blow to the side of Makaki Iii's head.
Popper on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Makaki Iii moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Makaki Iii throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Makaki Iii takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That kick from Popper tenderised Makaki Iii's leg. Makaki Iii is trying to keep his angry face on.
Popper throws a body shot but no joy.
Popper checks the leg kick nicely there.
Makaki Iii takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Yancy Makaki Iii has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Makaki Iii lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Makaki Iii. Popper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Popper throws a series of punches but Makaki Iii moves out of range.
Popper lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Makaki Iii.
Popper scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Makaki Iii looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Makaki Iii misses with a leg kick
and Popper counters with a left and a right that stings Makaki Iii.

Makaki Iii is rocked!
Popper walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Makaki Iii drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Popper swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Makaki Iii's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bung Popper!
After the big win, Bung Popper made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors UnderGround Supplements and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.