PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chad Repine (ranked 963 p4p, 903 weight class) and Adim Bulb (ranked 51 p4p, 111 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bulb's choice of entrance music: Breaking Benjamin - Lights Out. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Repine
vs
Bulb

168 cm
30
140
11 - 5 - 0

169 cm
24
138
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Hardcore Alchemy

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chad Repine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adim Bulb!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Repine scores with a jab.
Bulb misses with a hook.
A counter left hand to the body from Repine misses its target.
Bulb throws the left hand but Repine avoids the punch easily.
Good exchange - Bulb coming out on top.
Bulb swings widly with a right hand
and Repine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Repine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bulb.
Bulb swings widly with a right hand
and Repine counters with a right hand to the body.
Bulb misses with a hook to the body
and Repine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bulb takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bulb throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bulb throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bulb looks to score with a jab to the body but Repine is just out of range.
Bulb misses with a looping right.

Bulb has managed to clinch.
Repine blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bulb creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Repine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bulb has Repine pressed against the cage, preventing Repine from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulb misses with a body punch.

Bulb drags the fight down to the ground.
Repine has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Bulb looking for a guillotine here but Repine defends easily.
Repine has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bulb is proving hard to escape from.
Repine is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Bulb throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bulb has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Repine has passed into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulb can't do much from the bottom here.
Bulb is looking for a sweep.
Bulb is holding Repine down, trying to stall.
Repine wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bulb keeps working.
Bulb is trying to get back to half guard.
Bulb is trying to control Repine's posture but Repine avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bulb sneaks back into half guard.
Bulb tries to get to full guard but Repine has control of the leg.
Bulb wants to get back to his feet.
Repine is keen to just control but Bulb is a slippery customer.

Bulb looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bulb wants to control but Repine is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Repine is trying to control. Bulb wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Bulb looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bulb is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Repine's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Repine's back!

Bulb looking for the choke but no joy.

Bulb is looking for the choke from the back position but Repine is controlling his hands well.

Bulb is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Repine has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Bulb has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Repine taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Bulb doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Adim Bulb!
Our winner, Adim Bulb, 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.