PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Henry Cejudo (ranked 5499 p4p, 5780 weight class) and Brady Lobsusbaka (ranked 261 p4p, 266 weight class). Cejudo comes to the cage accompanied by The Olympic Spirit. Henry Cejudo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Cejudo
vs
Lobsusbaka

163 cm
24
130
2 - 4 - 0

169 cm
22
135
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Urban Fighter

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Cejudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brady Lobsusbaka!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Topper Green and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Lobsusbaka stuffs the takedown.
Lobsusbaka with the counter takedown but Cejudo avoids it easily.
Cejudo has a takedown stuffed.
Cejudo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lobsusbaka sprawls well. Lobsusbaka wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cejudo gets slowly back to his feet.
Lobsusbaka feints the counter takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Cejudo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cejudo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lobsusbaka sprawls well initially but Cejudo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lobsusbaka missing with punches from the bottom.
Cejudo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lobsusbaka keeps working.
Cejudo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Lobsusbaka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lobsusbaka missing with punches from the bottom.
Lobsusbaka slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cejudo wants to control from the top but Lobsusbaka keeps moving.
Lobsusbaka throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lobsusbaka bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cejudo's guard.

Cejudo managing to control the position.
Lobsusbaka landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lobsusbaka's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Cejudo is rocked!
Cejudo is breathing heavily.
Lobsusbaka arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Cejudo's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Brady Lobsusbaka!
In defeat, Henry Cejudo stepped up to the mic, saying 'Sometimes when you think something is shiny and gold, it tends to be rusted and bronze, but that's just the way it is, man.'.