PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Burduada No Cranio (ranked 2834 p4p, 1425 weight class) and Yeshua Immanuel (ranked 427 p4p, 214 weight class). Yeshua Immanuel has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ricardo Burduada No Cranio's chin.

Burduada No Cranio
vs
Immanuel

188 cm
33
196
16 - 19 - 0

181 cm
36
190
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Burduada No Cranio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yeshua Immanuel!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Immanuel tries to close the distance and clinch but Burduada No Cranio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Immanuel throws a head kick that misses.
Immanuel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Immanuel avoids the head kick by Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio blocks a leg kick.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Immanuel misses.
Burduada No Cranio throws a nice inside leg kick.
Burduada No Cranio throws a low kick but Immanuel moves out of range easily.

Immanuel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Immanuel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Burduada No Cranio backwards.
Burduada No Cranio swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Burduada No Cranio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Immanuel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burduada No Cranio.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Immanuel! But no joy.
A right-left combo lands from Burduada No Cranio.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Immanuel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Immanuel misses with a straight left.
Immanuel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Immanuel throws a chopping leg kick but Burduada No Cranio manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Burduada No Cranio tries a head kick but it misses.
A right-left combo lands from Burduada No Cranio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Immanuel tries to clinch up but Burduada No Cranio circles away and keeps his distance.
Burduada No Cranio looks to land a left hand but Immanuel moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Immanuel.
Burduada No Cranio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheers as Immanuel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Burduada No Cranio doesn't seem phased though.
Burduada No Cranio tries to clinch but Immanuel moves out of range.
Burduada No Cranio lands with an uppercut that bounces Immanuel off the cage and back into range.
Sloppy strikes from Burduada No Cranio. Those never looked like landing.
Immanuel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Immanuel slips a jab and a cross from Burduada No Cranio.
Burduada No Cranio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Immanuel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Immanuel misses with a head kick.
Burduada No Cranio fires out a quick counter leg kick but Immanuel just manages to avoid it.
Immanuel fails to land with a series of punches.
Burduada No Cranio misses with a two punch combination.
Burduada No Cranio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burduada No Cranio throws a right hand that Immanuel ducks under and follows up with a left that Immanuel also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Immanuel throws a series of strikes that have Burduada No Cranio backpedaling.
Immanuel throws a lazy right hand but Burduada No Cranio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Burduada No Cranio rushes Immanuel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Burduada No Cranio lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio scores with a shoulder strike.
Immanuel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Immanuel is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Immanuel takes a shot to the head.
Our sources have told us that Burduada No Cranio has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Immanuel tries to work over Burduada No Cranio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Immanuel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Immanuel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Immanuel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Burduada No Cranio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Burduada No Cranio takes the fight into the clinch.

Immanuel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Immanuel throws a body shot but no joy.
Immanuel moves away from the strike by Burduada No Cranio.
Immanuel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
No joy there for Burduada No Cranio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Burduada No Cranio tries to work over Immanuel's front leg with a kick but Immanuel checks it.
Burduada No Cranio tries to close the distance and clinch but Immanuel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burduada No Cranio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Immanuel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Immanuel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Immanuel tried to score with a low kick but Burduada No Cranio checks it.
Burduada No Cranio throws a wild hook but Immanuel just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Burduada No Cranio gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Immanuel raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yeshua Immanuel!
Our winner, Yeshua Immanuel, 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.