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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between The Steel Penn Alliance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eliod Bunkley Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bunkley Iii's choice of entrance music: Knocksville Girl. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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189 cm
23
201 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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185 cm
27
193 lbs
15 - 14 - 1 |
Great wrestler
Great low kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, The Steel Penn Alliance! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eliod Bunkley Iii! The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bunkley Iii takes the fight into the clinch. Bunkley Iii breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steel Penn Alliance fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Steel Penn Alliance dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bunkley Iii. That did some damage! Bunkley Iii gets a double leg takedown into Steel Penn Alliance's guard. We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace. Steel Penn Alliance looking for a guillotine here but Bunkley Iii defends easily.
Bunkley Iii throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Steel Penn Alliance works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Bunkley Iii chips away with some ground and pound. This has been an exciting period of action! Steel Penn Alliance manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bunkley Iii is trying desperately to improve position. Steel Penn Alliance manages to capitalize on a mistake by Bunkley Iii to take his back! Steel Penn Alliance not allowing Bunkley Iii to control his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round. Steel Penn Alliance looking for the choke but no joy. Bunkley Iii looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment. Bunkley Iii preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Steel Penn Alliance. Bunkley Iii breaks Steel Penn Alliance's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Bunkley Iii landing some decent shots from guard. Steel Penn Alliance is trying to keep Bunkley Iii in close.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Steel Penn Alliance throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Steel Penn Alliance is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bunkley Iii is aware though and is defending well. Steel Penn Alliance has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Bunkley Iii trying to control but Steel Penn Alliance is working from the bottom. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Steel Penn Alliance working for a triangle but Bunkley Iii defends it easily.
Bunkley Iii is pushing down on Steel Penn Alliance's leg trying to pass to half guard. Steel Penn Alliance is fighting to maintain full guard but Bunkley Iii has managed to sneak the leg through. Bunkley Iii is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Steel Penn Alliance looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Bunkley Iii lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Steel Penn Alliance tries to get to full guard but Bunkley Iii has control of the leg. Bunkley Iii scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Steel Penn Alliance slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Bunkley Iii stands up over Steel Penn Alliance, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Bunkley Iii trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Bunkley Iii chips away with some ground and pound. Bunkley Iii landing some decent shots from guard. Bunkley Iii with a flurry of punches that miss. In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bunkley Iii working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well. Bunkley Iii preventing the sweep. Steel Penn Alliance looking for a guillotine here but Bunkley Iii defends easily.
Bunkley Iii is pushing down on Steel Penn Alliance's leg trying to pass to half guard. Steel Penn Alliance is fighting to maintain full guard but Bunkley Iii has managed to sneak the leg through. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Nice strikes from Bunkley Iii there. Steel Penn Alliance on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Steel Penn Alliance is rocked! Bunkley Iii looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Steel Penn Alliance with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Oh Steel Penn Alliance is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bunkley Iii lands a big elbow - Steel Penn Alliance is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Bunkley Iii!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eliod Bunkley Iii! Eliod Bunkley Iii 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
84% |
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