PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eiki Daikaura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kid Buu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Daikaura
vs
Buu

170 cm
29
139 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

170 cm
22
140 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eiki Daikaura!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kid Buu!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daikaura thows a leg kick but Buu checks it
and Buu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Daikaura misses with a leg kick
and Buu counters with a nice body kick.
Daikaura tries to clinch up.
A low kick from Daikaura misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Buu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daikaura throws a head kick that misses.
Daikaura attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Buu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Daikaura if he has to take too many more of those.
Daikaura scores with a head kick. Buu tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Buu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Buu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Daikaura takes a step back to recover.
Daikaura tries to clinch up
and Buu counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Buu keeps the fight on the outside.
Buu misses with a head kick.
Buu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daikaura lands a high kick!
Buu connects with a solid leg kick.
Buu misses with a head kick.
Buu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A low kick from Buu misses

and Daikaura counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Daikaura.
Buu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daikaura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Daikaura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buu misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buu avoids the elbow strike from Daikaura, against the cage.
Daikaura pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Daikaura throws an elbow but it misses.
Daikaura throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Buu looking to throw knees to the head but Daikaura is blocking nicely.
Daikaura throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Buu tries a knee to the head but Daikaura blocks it.
Buu stalling against the cage.
Daikaura avoiding damage as Buu throws knees to the body.
Buu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Buu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Buu tries to land a knee to the head but Daikaura blocks with his arms.
Daikaura takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daikaura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buu avoids it.
Buu working Daikaura over with knees to the body.
Daikaura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buu crunches a lovely knee into Daikaura's ribcage.
Daikaura looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Daikaura creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Buu trying to land knees to the body.
Buu avoids a wild elbow strike from Daikaura.

Buu manages to break the clinch.
Daikaura looks to clinch
and Buu counters with a nice leg kick.
Daikaura avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Buu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Buu connects with an inside leg kick.
Daikaura fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Buu checks it well.
Buu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daikaura throws a leg kick
and Buu counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Buu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Daikaura.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buu misses with a head kick.
A low kick from Buu is predictable there
and Daikaura counters with a head kick.
Daikaura misses the shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Buu.
Buu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Buu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Buu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A low kick from Buu misses
and Daikaura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Daikaura throws a leg kick
and Buu counters with a right hand to the body.
Buu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Daikaura finds it's way round the side to connect with Buu's head.
Buu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Daikaura is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kid Buu dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Daikaura tries to clinch but Buu is having none of it.
Daikaura tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Buu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Buu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Daikaura goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Buu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Daikaura's sensitive parts.
Buu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Daikaura is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A head kick misses from Buu.
A head kick misses from Buu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Buu gets tackled into the cage by Daikaura. Daikaura maintains the clinch.
Buu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Buu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Eiki Daikaura has been cut.
Daikaura presses Buu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Buu wants to break free but Daikaura has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Daikaura lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daikaura is stalling here.
Buu stalling the fight.
Daikaura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buu misses with a knee strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daikaura.
Daikaura stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Buu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Daikaura takes a knee right on the jaw!
Buu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Buu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daikaura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Buu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Daikaura is defending well for now.
Daikaura is trying to maintain a safe position but Buu gets an underhook and turns Daikaura into the cage.
Daikaura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buu takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daikaura.
Buu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Daikaura to work.
Daikaura being controlled against the cage.
Buu avoids a wild elbow strike from Daikaura.
Buu landing knees to the head.
Buu tries to land knees in the clinch but Daikaura avoids the damage to the body.
Buu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daikaura avoids it.
Buu tries a knee to the head but Daikaura blocks it.
Daikaura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Daikaura.
Buu lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura misses with a knee to the head.
Daikaura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Buu backwards.
Daikaura tries to land knees in the clinch but Buu avoids the damage to the body.
Buu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daikaura blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buu.
Buu letting Daikaura take a breather here.
Buu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daikaura is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Buu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buu looking to throw knees to the head but Daikaura is blocking nicely.
Buu looking to throw knees to the head but Daikaura is blocking nicely.
Buu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Buu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Daikaura misses with some punches.
Buu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Daikaura managing to block the knees to the body from Buu.
Buu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daikaura blocks it with crossed arms.
Buu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daikaura tries a knee to the head but Buu blocks it.

Buu manages to break the clinch.
Buu checks a low kick from Daikaura.
An inside leg kick lands from Daikaura.

Daikaura closes the distance and clinches.
Buu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Daikaura takes a knee to the side of the body.
Daikaura looking to slow down the pace here.
Buu managing to block the knees to the body from Daikaura.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kid Buu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eiki Daikaura's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Buu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Buu throws a head kick but Daikaura moves out of range.
Buu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Daikaura.
Buu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Daikaura tries a head kick but it misses.
Daikaura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Buu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Daikaura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daikaura keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daikaura throws a leg kick which misses Buu's front leg but catches the back leg as Buu tries to avoid it.
Buu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Daikaura avoids the head kick by Buu.
A low kick from Buu is predictable there
and Daikaura counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Daikaura.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buu. Daikaura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buu throws a leg kick
and Daikaura counters with a body kick.
Buu throws a leg kick
and Daikaura makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Buu throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Some bone on bone action there as Buu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Daikaura finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Daikaura closes the distance looking to clinch
and Buu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Daikaura takes a step back to recover.
Daikaura tries to clinch up.
Buu misses with a leg kick
and Daikaura counters with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Buu misses

and Daikaura counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Daikaura.
Daikaura pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Daikaura throws an elbow but misses.
Buu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daikaura pushes off an throws an elbow but Buu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Buu tries to land a knee to the head but Daikaura blocks with his arms.
Daikaura avoiding damage as Buu throws knees to the body.
Buu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daikaura lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daikaura blocks it with crossed arms.
Buu managing to block the knees to the body from Daikaura.
Daikaura managing to block the knees to the body from Buu.
Buu dodges an elbow strike from Daikaura.
Buu misses with a knee to the head.
Daikaura lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Buu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Daikaura is keeping busy.
Buu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daikaura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Buu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daikaura avoids it.
Buu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buu trying to stall but Daikaura improves his position.
Daikaura pushes off an throws an elbow but Buu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Daikaura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buu avoids it.
Daikaura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buu looking to throw knees to the head but Daikaura is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Buu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Daikaura throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Buu circles away from the clinch attempt
and Buu counters with a leg kick.
Buu throws a leg kick
and Daikaura counters with a leg kick.
Daikaura tries to clinch up.
Daikaura blocks a head kick by Buu.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Daikaura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Buu thows a leg kick but Daikaura checks it
and Daikaura makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Daikaura throws a leg kick that is checked
and Buu counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Eiki Daikaura did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Eiki Daikaura's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Buu misses with the body kick
and Daikaura counters with a nice leg kick.
Daikaura tries to clinch there but Buu circles away.
Daikaura dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Buu. That did some damage!
Kid Buu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Buu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Daikaura thumps Buu with a low kick.
Buu scoring well with a low kick there.
Daikaura tries to clinch there but Buu circles away.
Buu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Daikaura counters with a leg kick.
Daikaura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Buu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Daikaura throws a hook but Buu blocks it.
Buu throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buu throws a low kick but Daikaura avoids it.
Daikaura gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Buu counters with a head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Daikaura blocks the leg kick.
A low kick from Daikaura misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Buu throws a low kick, looking for Daikaura's leg but Daikaura calmly moves out of range.
Buu misses with a low kick.
Buu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Buu throws a head kick but Daikaura moves out of range.
Daikaura looks to land a right hand but Buu moved out of range.
Daikaura doesn't manage to clinch there - Buu circles away.
Buu gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Daikaura counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nice body kick from Buu.
Daikaura throws a leg kick that is checked
and Buu counters with a body kick that stops Daikaura in his tracks momentarily.
Good leg kick by Buu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Buu looks to throw a body kick
enabling Daikaura to counter with a crisp jab.
Daikaura throws a nice outside leg kick.
Daikaura takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Buu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Daikaura.
Buu throws a leg kick that misses.
A head kick by Buu misses
and Daikaura counters with a thumping low kick.
Buu tries a head kick but it misses.
Daikaura fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buu scores with a kick to the body.
A low kick from Buu is predictable there
and Daikaura counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Daikaura throws out a loose jab but Buu uses good head movement to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Buu.
Buu moves out of range of the leg kick from Daikaura.
Buu blocks a head kick by Daikaura.
Daikaura tries to clinch up but Buu circles away and keeps his distance.
Daikaura throws a sloppy head kick
and Buu counters with an outside leg kick.
Daikaura's jab looks to have found its range, popping Buu under the eye.
Good work by Buu as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buu throws an off balance right hand

and Daikaura counters by moving into the clinch.
Daikaura letting Buu take a breather here.
Buu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daikaura blocks it with crossed arms.
Buu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daikaura.
Buu looking to throw knees to the head but Daikaura is blocking nicely.
Buu is trying to push Daikaura away but Daikaura has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Buu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daikaura.
Buu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daikaura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Buu avoiding damage as Daikaura throws knees to the body.
Buu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Daikaura stalls.
Daikaura landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Kid Buu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Eiki Daikaura's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Buu throws a head kick that misses.
Daikaura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buu manages to avoid it.
Daikaura lands with a thumping leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Buu.
Daikaura finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Buu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Daikaura is looking to score with low kicks.
Kid Buu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Daikaura is predictable there
and Buu counters with an outside leg kick.
Buu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Buu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daikaura buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Buu blocks a head kick by Daikaura.
Daikaura misses with a low kick.
Buu swats away the attempt to clinch by Daikaura.
Buu tried to score with a low kick but Daikaura checks it.
Buu throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Daikaura counters with a big head kick but Buu shrugs it off.
Daikaura throws a wild body kick that Buu sees coming a mile off.
A low kick from Daikaura is predictable there
and Buu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Buu - that will leave a mark!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura tries to clinch up
and Buu counters with a leg kick.
Daikaura will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Daikaura gets a clinch.
Daikaura pushes off an throws an elbow but Buu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Buu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daikaura's elbow.
Daikaura pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Buu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Buu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daikaura's face.
Daikaura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Buu wants to get back to striking at distance but Daikaura won't allow it.
Buu tries a knee to the head but Daikaura blocks it.
Buu trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daikaura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buu misses with a knee strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Buu.
Daikaura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Daikaura takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Eiki Daikaura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daikaura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buu tries to land a knee to the head but Daikaura blocks with his arms.
Daikaura lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Daikaura keeps control of Buu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daikaura is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Buu tries to work over Daikaura's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buu lands a knee to the head.

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.
Buu trying to land knees to the body.
Buu tries to land knees in the clinch but Daikaura avoids the damage to the body.
Daikaura avoiding damage as Buu throws knees to the body.
Buu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daikaura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Daikaura just misses with a elbow thrown towards Buu's brow.
Buu trying to stall but Daikaura improves his position.
Buu misses with a knee to the head.
Daikaura stalling the fight.
A knee to the head by Buu.
Daikaura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buu avoids it.
Kid Buu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Daikaura with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Daikaura stalling the fight.
Buu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daikaura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Buu is defending well for now.
Daikaura misses with an elbow over the top.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kid Buu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Buu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 46:49
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kid Buu!
Kid Buu is the new bantamweight champion!