PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grand Matador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Budoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Budoy has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Matador
vs
Budoy

191 cm
25
289 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
26
255 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grand Matador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Budoy!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Budoy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Matador.
An inside leg kick lands from Matador.
Matador fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Budoy on the side of the head.
Budoy keeps the fight on the outside.
That kick from Matador tenderised Budoy's leg. Budoy is trying to keep his angry face on.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Matador.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matador throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Budoy looks gassed!
Budoy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Matador can pounce on him.
Nice jab there from Matador.

Matador lands a high kick to the side of Budoy's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Matador dives into guard, looking to finish.

Budoy is rocked!

It looks like Mark Budoy has been cut.
Matador trying to control the position from guard on top but Budoy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Budoy is still in real trouble! Can Matador finish him?
Matador wants to stand but Budoy is controlling his posture from full guard.
Budoy seems to have recovered his senses.
Matador wants to control from the top but Budoy keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Grand Matador wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Matador lands a high kick!
Matador cracks the inside of Budoy's front leg.
Matador lands a leg kick that knocks Budoy off balance momentarily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Matador.
Matador scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Budoy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Matador. That's going to slow Budoy down.
Matador throws out a powerful jab.
Matador throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Matador. Budoy shrugs it off though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Matador throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Budoy stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Matador follows into mount!
Matador trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grand Matador dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Budoy's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Matador.
Matador lands a head kick!
Matador scores with a spinning back kick!
Matador throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Grand Matador is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matador feints and then cracks Budoy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Budoy down.
Matador lands with a nice body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Matador.
Jab by Matador.
Budoy is breathing heavily.
Matador lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Budoy is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Matador doesn't manage to clinch there - Budoy circles away.
Budoy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Matador connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Matador.
Budoy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Matador fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Budoy.
Matador scoring well with a low kick there.
Matador scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Matador cracks Budoy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
An inside leg kick lands from Matador.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matador lands a nice looking kick to the body. Budoy takes a step back to recover.
Matador fakes the leg kick and cracks Budoy in the body.
Mark Budoy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Matador lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A nice leg kick lands there from Matador.
Matador is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Budoy can do to turn this around?

Matador moves into the clinch.
Matador lands a right hand that snaps the head of Budoy backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Matador's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Matador moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Matador, right into the meat.
Matador is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Matador connects with a solid leg kick.
Matador lands a right hook to the body.
Grand Matador seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matador scores with a nice body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Matador.

Matador moves into the clinch.

Matador breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick from Matador.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A decent looking cross lands there for Matador.
Matador lands a jab to the nose.
Mark Budoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A slapping leg kick lands for Matador.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grand Matador showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Matador has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Grand Matador!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Grand Matador!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Grand Matador!

Grand Matador wins by unanimous decision!
Grand Matador seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.