PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vinicus Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kota Punga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brandao
vs
Punga

176 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
23
161 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vinicus Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kota Punga!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandao lands a nice shot to the body.
Brandao swinging wildly here.
Brandao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Punga circles away quickly and effectively.
Brandao tries to clinch but Punga is having none of it.
Jab, jab by Brandao - just one landing.
Punga is looking to score with low kicks.
Punga ducks right into an uppercut from Brandao.
Punga lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brandao circles away quickly and effectively.
Brandao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brandao misses with a head kick.
Brandao scores with a hook to the body. Punga takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brandao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brandao tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brandao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Horrible takedown by Punga or perhaps it was just good defense by Brandao which made him look bad.
A punch combination from Brandao misses.
Punga shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Punga darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Punga looks gassed!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Brandao wants to get back to his feet.
Brandao has hold of Punga's hands but Punga slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Punga has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Punga scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Brandao is defending against the submission attempts here by Punga.
Brandao pushes Punga off looking to stand but Punga dives back in and keeps control.

Punga has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Brandao defend it? Punga steps over the head and cranks it - Brandao is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Punga!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kota Punga!