PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Butch Copeland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Bunga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Copeland
vs
Bunga

166 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Butch Copeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Seth Bunga!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Copeland avoids the head kick by Bunga.
Seth Bunga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bunga throws a head kick that misses.
Bunga throws a head kick that misses.
Bunga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Copeland shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bunga napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Bunga is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Copeland in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Copeland looks up at the clock and then as Bunga takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Copeland smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Copeland just content to control the position.
Copeland seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bunga for as long as he can get away with.

Copeland is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Bunga looks calm but he's in trouble here. Copeland gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Bunga is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Copeland lets go of the hold and Bunga can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Butch Copeland!
Butch Copeland spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.