PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elijah Pitakaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Brandon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pitakaka comes to the cage accompanied by my dick. Brandon has chosen Life Is Beautiful as his entrance music. Junior Brandon has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Elijah Pitakaka's chin.

Pitakaka
vs
Brandon

189 cm
34
217 lbs
23 - 20 - 0

178 cm
38
215 lbs
14 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elijah Pitakaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Junior Brandon!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brandon shoots in and bounces Pitakaka off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Brandon not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Brandon trying to control the position from guard on top but Pitakaka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brandon slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Brandon's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pitakaka will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brandon trying to control but Pitakaka is working from the bottom.
Brandon stops Pitakaka from standing up.
Brandon controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Pitakaka keeping moving, preventing Brandon from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandon throws a big elbow that misses.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Pitakaka lands a high kick!
Brandon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pitakaka throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Brandon.
Brandon blocks a head kick by Pitakaka.
Pitakaka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brandon's sensitive parts.
Elijah Pitakaka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brandon tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pitakaka swivels and escapes.
Pitakaka lands a nice looking kick to the body. Brandon takes a step back to recover.
Pitakaka misses with a hook

and Brandon counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brandon scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pitakaka wants to get back to his feet.
Brandon throwing shots but Pitakaka is blocking nicely.
Brandon works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitakaka is trying to get back to half guard.
Pitakaka is not content to let Brandon control the position.
Brandon might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Pitakaka haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Pitakaka is looking to reverse the position.

Brandon is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Pitakaka is trying to escape and Brandon transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Pitakaka is forced to tap! Nice work there by Brandon! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Junior Brandon!
A relieved looking Junior Brandon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.