PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bunkechukwu Floyd (ranked 238 p4p, 491 weight class) and Full Time Panda (ranked 10 p4p, 16 weight class). Floyd's entrance music is Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full. A fine choice. Bunkechukwu Floyd has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Floyd
vs
Panda

222 cm
34
313
21 - 9 - 1

150 cm
31
300
21 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bunkechukwu Floyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Full Time Panda!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Floyd does no damage.
Floyd throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Panda counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Panda throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Panda keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Floyd's head.
My spies in Crapollas Gym inform me that Panda has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Panda is working Floyd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Floyd utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Panda throwing strikes from guard but Floyd blocks nicely.
Floyd has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panda postures up in Floyd's guard and throws a big left but Floyd blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Panda has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Floyd has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Panda is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Panda sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Panda gets a takedown into half guard.
Floyd wants to control the action here but instead Panda manages to pass to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floyd is wriggling around trying to escape.
Floyd knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Panda on the ground.
Panda raining down hammerfists from mount.
Panda in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Panda unloading with bombs!
Floyd tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Panda throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
A nice elbow there by Panda.

Floyd is rocked!

It looks like Bunkechukwu Floyd has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Panda softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Floyd is out cold! Panda jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Full Time Panda!