PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Isabel Na (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Buu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as King Buu enters the cage!

Na
vs
Buu

160 cm
20
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
21
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isabel Na!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Buu!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Na stuffs the takedown attempt from Buu. Buu gets slowly back to his feet.
Buu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Na throws a right and a left that both miss.
Buu throws a leg kick that misses.
Na misses with a straight right.

Buu scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Na wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Buu looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Buu working the ground and pound.
Buu wants to lay and pray for a moment but Na keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Buu decides to stand up, so the ref orders Na to his feet.
Buu moves into range and connects with a jab.
Buu fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Na checks the leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Na. No joy for Buu on that attempt.
Isabel Na has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of King Buu.
Buu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Na's waist but Na gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Buu off to one side.
Na fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Na fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Buu to the ground. Na is now in Buu's guard.
Buu looks gassed!
Buu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Na.
Buu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buu looking to control.

Na gets to his feet. Buu looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Na.
Buu fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Buu shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Na napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Buu is trying to get an arm triangle but Na is defending well.
Na wants to control but Buu postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Na is letting Buu control him for a moment.
Na avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Buu.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Na is not content to let Buu control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Na tries to buck Buu off but Buu is having none of it.

Buu tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Buu working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Buu decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Buu fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Na to the ground. Buu is now in Na's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Buu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Na throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Buu.
Buu fails with a takedown attempt.

Na looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Buu!
Buu is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Na fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Na throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Buu can do anything to dispel that myth.
Buu is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Na tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Na throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Na misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Na breaks from Buu's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Na thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Buu tries to hold on but Na pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Na tries to control but Buu wriggling away.
Na looking to finish with strikes here!
Buu tries to reverse the position but Na maintains control.
Buu blocking the ground and pound.
Na has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Buu tries to lock up and control but Na gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Buu tries to reverse the position but Na maintains control.
Na misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buu tries to hold on but Na postures up.
Buu is squirming around, avoiding Na's attempts to control the action.
Na controlling his opponent.
Na throws some wild stikes that Buu manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Na thowing shots but they're missing.
Na can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Buu is looking to escape.
Buu is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Na punching from mount but Buu doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Buu wants to control but Na is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Na can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Buu is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Isabel Na dominated that second round.
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 tries to clinch up.
Buu dodges the punch combination from Na.
Isabel Na seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Na fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Buu fails to land the takedown.
Buu swats away the attempt to clinch by Na.

Buu shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Na's guard.
Na is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Buu must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Buu is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Na is keeping the position for now.
Na can't keep his opponent in guard - Buu advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Buu with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Buu looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Buu trying to control the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Na looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Buu seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Na does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Na is looking to improve his position.
Buu tries to pass the half guard into mount. Na knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Buu is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Buu is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Na!
Na manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Na pushes Buu off and gets back to his feet.

Na gets caught napping as Buu dives in and scores a takedown. Na manages to retain guard.
Buu wants to stand and escape but instead Na has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buu is trying to control the position but Na postures up.
Buu looking for a sweep. Not yet Buu, not yet.
Na advances position into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Na looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Buu is avoiding damage well.
Buu is trying to control Na's posture but Na avoids it.
Na is trying to ground and pound but Buu uses the momentary lack of control by Na to regain half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Na missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
King 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Buu!