PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soda Popinksi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Fernando Aguilar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Popinksi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rig Veda. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Luis Fernando Aguilar was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Popinksi
vs
Fernando Aguilar

193 cm
19
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Soda Popinksi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luis Fernando Aguilar!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguilar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Popinksi finds it's way round the side to connect with Aguilar's head.
Popinksi lands a big uppercut and Aguilar crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Aguilar looks OK.

Aguilar is rocked!

Aguilar pushes Popinksi off and gets back to his feet.
Aguilar is still on wobbly legs! Can Popinksi finish him?
A head kick misses from Aguilar.

Aguilar shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Popinksi is controlling Aguilar's trapped leg to prevent Aguilar from advancing to side control.
Popinksi wants to get back to his feet.
Aguilar seems to have recovered his senses.
Aguilar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Popinksi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Popinksi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aguilar.
Aguilar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Aguilar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Popinksi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Popinksi wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Popinksi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Popinksi swats away the attempt to clinch by Aguilar.
Popinksi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Popinksi.

Aguilar looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Popinksi!
Aguilar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Popinksi hang on?
Popinksi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Aguilar on the ground.
Popinksi is breathing heavily.
Aguilar cracks Popinksi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Popinksi tries to reverse the position but Aguilar maintains control.
Aguilar punching from mount but Popinksi doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Aguilar throws some wild stikes that Popinksi manages to avoid easily.
Aguilar tries to control but Popinksi wriggling away.
Popinksi tries to hold on but Aguilar pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aguilar raining down shots from the mount!
Aguilar tries to control but Popinksi wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aguilar has control of Popinksi's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Popinksi regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Aguilar there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Aguilar 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.
Aguilar wants to control the pace but Popinksi is squirming around nicely.
Aguilar throwing strikes here but Popinksi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Popinksi is squirming around, avoiding Aguilar's attempts to control the action.
Popinksi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Aguilar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Popinksi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Aguilar scoring with strikes but Popinksi is staying in there.
Aguilar landing strikes from the mount and Popinksi is in trouble!
Popinksi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Aguilar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Aguilar punishing his opponent with strikes.
Aguilar trying to control but Popinksi is having none of it.
Aguilar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Aguilar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Popinksi hang on?

Popinksi is rocked!
Aguilar loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Popinksi scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Aguilar land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Aguilar stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luis Fernando Aguilar!