PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Bustamante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DepaC Pakamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bustamante comes to the cage accompanied by Cryin' like a Bitch. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bustamante
vs
Pakamara

172 cm
25
159 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

168 cm
31
155 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

ĄFFĄKĘTIΘN

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Wanderlei Bustamante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, DepaC Pakamara!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bustamante tries for a takedown but Pakamara sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bustamante throws a sloppy head kick and Pakamara moves out of range easily.
Pakamara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pakamara thows a body shot but no joy.
Bustamante moves out of range as Pakamara throws a body kick.
Bustamante dodges the punch combination from Pakamara.
Bustamante tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pakamara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Bustamante knocks Pakamara to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

Pakamara is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bustamante tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pakamara is still in real trouble! Can Bustamante finish him?
Bustamante in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bustamante misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Pakamara seems to have recovered his senses.
Bustamante throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Pakamara works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Bustamante lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bustamante looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pakamara with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pakamara blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bustamante.
Bustamante sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pakamara defending well though.

Bustamante is working for a submission of some sort.
Pakamara tries to roll over but Bustamante keeps him under control.
Bustamante throwing shots but Pakamara is blocking nicely.
Bustamante throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pakamara blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bustamante.
Bustamante is trying to control the action in half guard but Pakamara is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante prevents Pakamara from standing back up.
Bustamante throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bustamante looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pakamara with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pakamara makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Pakamara.
Pakamara avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bustamante throws a big elbow that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bustamante is fighting to break Pakamara's control of his arms but Pakamara is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bustamante trying to control the position from guard on top but Pakamara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Bustamante got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pakamara has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bustamante has managed to get both his arms back between Pakamara's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante looking to sit in guard and control but Pakamara gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bustamante looking for a sweep. Not yet Bustamante, not yet.

Pakamara has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Bustamante to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Pakamara is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Bustamante pulls down on the head and he's put Pakamara to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Wanderlei Bustamante!
During a confident post fight interview, Wanderlei Bustamante thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.