PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bundy comes to the cage accompanied by Bad to The Bone. Braga has chosen Immortal - Beyond the North Waves as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Al Bundy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gabriel Braga's chin.

Bundy
vs
Braga

182 cm
31
212 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

186 cm
23
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Al Bundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gabriel Braga!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braga slips a straight right by Bundy.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bundy is defended easily by Braga.
Braga tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bundy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Braga slips a jab from Bundy.
Braga misses with a leg kick
and Bundy counters with a straight right hand.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bundy.
Braga fails in his attempt to clinch.
A low kick from Braga misses
and Bundy counters with a three punch combo that has Braga backing up. Braga nods at Bundy to acknowledge the strikes.
Braga lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bundy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Braga cracks Bundy with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bundy leaves Braga with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Braga misses with a head kick.
Bundy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Braga.
Bundy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Braga is fending him off so far but Bundy persists. Nope, Braga circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al Bundy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bundy swings widly with a right hand
enabling Braga to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Al Bundy has been cut.
Braga displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bundy throws out the jab.
Bundy shoots in but Braga avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Braga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Braga misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga misses with a hook
and Braga takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bundy misses the shot to the body.
Braga shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bundy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Braga throws the kick towards the body but Bundy avoids it.
Braga will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A cross from Braga lands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Braga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bundy throws a nice looking combination but Braga bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bundy misses with an uppercut. Braga saw that one coming.
Bundy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Braga.
Bundy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braga.
Bundy misses with a wild body shot.
Braga misses with a straight left.
Bundy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bundy connects with a looping right hand.
Braga tries a low kick but Bundy avoids it.
Bundy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Braga throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bundy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bundy loads up on a big right hand but Braga slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga throws a jab but it's blocked by Bundy.
Braga goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Braga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bundy.
Braga avoids the body shot from Bundy.
A swing and a miss from Braga.
Bundy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Braga.
Braga is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bundy.
Bundy throws a leg kick that misses.
Braga throws a sloppy head kick
and Bundy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bundy swinging wildly here.
Braga shoots in for a takedown but Bundy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gabriel Braga will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Al Bundy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Braga scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Braga thows a body shot but no joy.
Braga checks a low kick from Bundy.
Braga misses the shot to the body.
Bundy checks the leg kick.
Braga throws a jab when Bundy was well out of range.
Bundy misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Braga.
Braga fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bundy blocks a low kick nicely.
Braga throws a lazy right hand but Bundy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Braga throws a hook but Bundy blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy scores with a decent looking hook.
Braga lands a slapping body shot.
Bundy avoids the body shot from Braga.
Bundy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bundy motions for Braga to come forward. Bundy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Bundy gets a takedown into half guard.
Braga is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bundy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bundy lands strikes from half guard.
Braga is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bundy is trying to work for a kimura but Braga is defending well.
Bundy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bundy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bundy frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bundy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga is trying desperately to improve position.
Braga is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bundy raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Braga keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bundy goes for an armbar but Braga turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Braga.
Bundy has Braga pulled in close to control his posture.
Bundy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Braga.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga looking to sit in guard and control but Bundy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bundy is pushing down on Braga's leg trying to pass to half guard. Braga is fighting to maintain full guard but Bundy has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bundy keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Braga wants to control but Bundy is keeping busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Braga actively working from the bottom here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bundy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Braga with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bundy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Bundy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Al Bundy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bundy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Braga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Braga throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Braga moves into the clinch successfully.

Braga has Bundy pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Braga pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Bundy tumbling to the mat - Braga dives into Bundy's guard.
Bundy controlling the position.
Bundy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Braga is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Al Bundy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Braga is bucking up trying to escape but Bundy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy lands a big elbow.
Braga keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
A big strike lands for Bundy! That's really hurt Braga and he's turned his back - Bundy keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Bundy jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Al Bundy!
After winning the bout, Al Bundy thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.