PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buster Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Immanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cherry comes to the cage accompanied by We're Both In Love With a Sexy Lady. Immanuel is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dragging Dead Bodies in Blue Bags Up Really Long Hills. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Andrew Immanuel enters the cage!

Cherry
vs
Immanuel

180 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
21
176 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Cherry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrew Immanuel!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Immanuel shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cherry but Cherry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Immanuel misses with a takedown attempt

and Cherry counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Immanuel kicks Cherry off and gets back to his feet.
Immanuel throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cherry's waist but Cherry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Immanuel off to one side.
Buster Cherry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Immanuel.
Immanuel has his takedown stuffed

and Cherry counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Immanuel!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Immanuel's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Cherry lands with some strikes.
Immanuel wants to get back to his feet.
Cherry tries to control but Immanuel wriggling away.
Cherry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Immanuel trying desperately to get to his feet.

Immanuel bucks Cherry off and manages to get back to his feet!
Immanuel shoots for a takedown but Cherry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cherry looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Immanuel misses with a takedown attempt

and Cherry decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Immanuel's guard.
Immanuel keeping moving, preventing Cherry from controlling successfully.
Cherry has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Immanuel wants to stand and escape but Cherry is having none of it.
Immanuel can't keep his opponent in guard - Cherry advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Cherry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cherry sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Immanuel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cherry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Immanuel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cherry.
Immanuel tries to kick Cherry off but Cherry keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cherry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cherry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Immanuel is looking to escape.
Immanuel is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Immanuel looks gassed!
Cherry working Immanuel over with strikes.
Immanuel wants to get back to his feet.
Cherry works his way into full mount!
Immanuel trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry wants to control the pace but Immanuel is squirming around nicely.
Cherry with shots to the head and body - Immanuel looks very uncomfortable down there.
BOOM! Cherry connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cherry dominating with strikes here.
Cherry lands a big shot there that rocks Immanuel but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cherry working the ground and pound effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cherry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Immanuel is in a horrible position here. Cherry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cherry with a couple of short strikes.
Cherry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Immanuel is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cherry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Immanuel?
Immanuel is still in real trouble! Can Cherry finish him?
Cherry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cherry unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Immanuel wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Cherry celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buster Cherry!
Buster Cherry tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.