PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Flavius Trifu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Habana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trifu comes to the cage accompanied by Radioactive - Imagine Dragons. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Trifu
vs
Habana

187 cm
26
185 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

191 cm
25
195 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Flavius Trifu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryan Habana!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trifu throws a body kick that misses.
Trifu throws a leg kick

and Habana counters with a shoot takedown. Trifu fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Habana controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Trifu wants to get back to his feet but Habana is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Habana trying to control but Trifu is working from the bottom.
Habana won't allow Trifu to get back to his feet.
Habana throws a big elbow that misses.
Habana stops Trifu from standing up.
Habana throwing strikes but missing.
Trifu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Habana stops Trifu from standing up.
Habana working some strikes from top position.

Trifu wriggles free and stands up.
Trifu throws a hook to the side of Habana's head but Habana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Habana dodges the punch combination from Trifu.
Habana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Trifu throws out the jab.
Habana throws a sloppy head kick and Trifu moves out of range easily.
Habana lands with an uppercut that bounces Trifu off the cage and back into range.
Trifu fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Habana lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Habana throws the left hand but Trifu avoids the punch easily.
Trifu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Trifu misses with a combination
and Habana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Habana shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Habana showed some decent athleticism there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trifu tries to kick Habana off in order to stand up. Habana Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Habana wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Trifu, who protects the arm well.
Habana is working Trifu over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trifu is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Trifu trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
An elbow from Habana crashes against the mat.
Habana wants to control but Trifu is keeping him busy.
Trifu is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Habana is controlling him well.
Habana working the head and body with strikes.
Trifu is trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Habana seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trifu is trying to buck Habana off.
Habana trying to control the position but Trifu is working away.
Habana taking a breather here.

Habana is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Trifu has escaped the position, nice work there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Habana misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Habana dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Habana throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Trifu lands a head kick. Habana smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Habana misses with a leg kick
and Trifu counters with a nice uppercut.
Trifu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Trifu fails to land with a series of punches.
Habana looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Habana has a takedown stuffed.
Trifu misses with a low kick.
A left lands for Habana.
Habana showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trifu.
Habana thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Habana moves into the clinch successfully.
Habana lands an elbow inside that Trifu shrugs off.

It looks like Flavius Trifu has been cut.
Habana lands an elbow inside.
Trifu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trifu wants to stall.

Habana is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Trifu can't fight it off and eventually Habana manages to take the fight to the floor. Trifu looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Trifu wants to stand and escape but Habana is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Habana is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Trifu is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Habana works over Trifu with some ground and pound from guard.

Trifu is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Habana postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Oh Trifu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Habana postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Trifu covers up, he's hurt! Habana keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Habana and the ref steps in to end the fight! Habana can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryan Habana!
An out of breath and clearly excited Bryan Habana thanked Bunny Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
The defeated Flavius Trifu had this to say: 'Sorry boss. I let my guard down'.