PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Bulex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bulex comes to the cage accompanied by Niji by l'arc en ciel. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bulex
vs
Couture

194 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Control Nutrition

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Bulex!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy Couture!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bulex clinches with his opponent.
Bulex scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Randy Couture has been cut.
Bulex pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Couture breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bulex cracks Couture with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Couture misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Couture circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bulex avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bulex throws a nice looking combination but Couture bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Couture rushes Bulex and presses him up against the cage.
Couture works on Bulex's body with a couple of short punches.
Bulex tries to break the clinch but Couture is controlling the position.

Bulex manages to break the clinch.
Couture on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bulex fails with an attempt to clinch.
Couture blocks a head kick by Bulex.
Couture lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Couture fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Couture circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bulex tries to clinch but Couture moves out of range.
Bulex misses with a head kick.
Couture tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bulex swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bulex throws a wild body kick that Couture sees coming a mile off.
Couture shoots in for a double leg but Bulex sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture shoots in and drives through. Bulex sprawls well.
Ricardo Bulex has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Couture.
Bulex tries to bum rush Couture with a series of wild strikes but Couture uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Couture looks for the body kick but Bulex saw that one coming.
Couture keeps the fight on the outside.
Bulex wants to clinch.
Bulex tries to close the distance and clinch but Couture swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bulex tries to clinch but Couture is having none of it.
Bulex moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bulex tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Couture paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bulex dodges the punch combination from Couture.
Nice takedown defense from Bulex. No joy for Couture on that attempt.
Couture is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No luck for Couture with that takedown attempt.
Couture looks gassed!
Bulex tries to close the distance and clinch but Couture swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Couture moves out of range of the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulex misses with a two punch combination.

Couture gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Couture blocks the elbow strike.
Bulex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Couture manages to break the clinch.
Couture closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bulex circles away.
Couture keeps the fight on the outside.
Couture circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bulex throws a right hand that Couture ducks under and follows up with a left that Couture also avoids with ease.
Bulex is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bulex gets a clinch.

Couture escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bulex lands a body shot.

Bulex moves into the clinch.

Bulex manages to break the clinch.
Bulex misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bulex stuffs the takedown attempt from Couture. Couture gets slowly back to his feet.
Bulex wants to clinch.
Bulex keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bulex fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bulex doesn't manage to clinch there - Couture circles away.
A combination from Bulex does no damage.
Bulex thumps Couture with a low kick.
Bulex scores with a hook to the body. Couture takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

A big head kick from Bulex and Couture is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Couture is rocked!
Bulex wants to stand but Couture is controlling his posture from full guard.
Couture is still in real trouble! Can Bulex finish him?
Couture seems to have recovered his senses.
Bulex stopping the sweep attempt from Couture.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulex wants to get up but he can't break Couture's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bulex rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Couture moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bulex wants to clinch up but Couture keeps it at a distance.
Bulex slaps away a takedown attempt from Couture, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bulex ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Couture is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bulex is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Couture.
Bulex misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Couture moves into the clinch.
Bulex working Couture over with knees to the body.
Bulex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Couture avoids it.
Bulex lands an elbow inside that Couture shrugs off.
Bulex is trying to break the clinch but Couture is controlling him.
Couture takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Bulex dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Couture'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.

Bulex bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bulex tries to clinch up.
Ricardo Bulex is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danga de danga de dang - Bulex scores with a four punch combination!
Ricardo Bulex is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bulex looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bulex scores with a head kick.
Couture swinging wildly here.
Bulex leaves Couture with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Couture keeps the fight on the outside.
Bulex is looking to clinch but Couture is avoiding it.
Bulex tries to clinch but Couture moves out of range.
Bulex is looking to land body kicks.

Couture gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Couture is breathing heavily.
Couture misses with an elbow over the top.
Bulex blocking some punches.
Bulex blocks a body shot from Couture.
Couture throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Couture pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bulex tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Couture was well out of range. Poor timing from Bulex.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulex misses with a head kick.
Couture walks into a straight right hand from Bulex.
Couture swats away the attempt to clinch by Bulex.
Bulex tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Couture paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bulex tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bulex cracks the inside of Couture's front leg.

Couture moves into the clinch.
Bulex lands an elbow just above Couture 's eye.
Bulex with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bulex tries a knee to the head but Couture blocks it.
Bulex lands a nice elbow.
Bulex is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Couture on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bulex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bulex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Couture is defending well for now.
Bulex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bulex working hard to break the clinch.
Bulex connects with a knee to the head.

Couture pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Couture is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bulex sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bulex connects with a solid leg kick.
Bulex throws a one two combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulex looks to land a combination. Couture sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bulex connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Couture momentarily.
Couture circles away from the clinch attempt.
Couture on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Couture changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bulex looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Couture trying to control the position but Bulex is working away.
Bulex defending against the ground and pound.
Bulex is not content to let Couture control the position.
Bulex wants to get back to his feet.
Bulex knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Couture on the ground.
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture trying to control the position but Bulex is working away.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bulex throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Bulex gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Couture's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Couture avoiding damage as Bulex throws knees to the body.
Couture wants to break free but Bulex has control.
Bulex can't break the clinch.
Couture tries to work over Bulex's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bulex landing knees to the head.
Bulex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Couture wants to get back to striking at distance but Bulex won't allow it.
Couture takes a knee to the side of the body.
Couture takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bulex trying to land knees to the body.
Couture looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Couture takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bulex lands an elbow inside.
Couture tries to circle away but Bulex has him pinned against the cage.
A knee to the head by Bulex.
Bulex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Couture blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulex creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bulex misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Couture.
Bulex misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Couture.
Couture managing to block the knees to the body from Bulex.

Couture breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bulex!
Bulex doesn't manage to clinch there - Couture circles away.
Bulex stuffs the takedown attempt from Couture. Couture gets slowly back to his feet.
Ricardo Bulex has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Couture.
Bulex tries to close the distance and clinch up but Couture swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bulex fails in his attempt to clinch.
A good leg kick by Bulex.

Bulex gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Couture to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Couture is looking to stand up but Bulex won't let him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Couture pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bulex is keeping the position for now.
Couture stops Bulex from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Bulex dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Randy Couture's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bulex misses with a body kick.
Couture throws a nice head kick!
Bulex stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bulex wants it to stay on the feet.
Couture throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bulex tries to clinch but Couture is having none of it.
Bulex throws a sloppy head kick and Couture moves out of range easily.

Couture fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bulex sprawls well initially but Couture persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Couture is trying to control. Bulex wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bulex is looking to escape.
Couture moves nicely into side control.
Couture controlling from side mount.

Couture working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Couture stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bulex.
Bulex dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bulex scores with a shot to the body.
Bulex throws a series of strikes that have Couture backpedaling.
Ricardo Bulex is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bulex moves in looking to clinch but Couture pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bulex looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bulex fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bulex misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Couture shoots in for a takedown but Bulex shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bulex misses with a two punch combination.
Couture shoots in but no luck this time.
Ricardo Bulex has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Couture.
Couture takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Couture takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulex moves in looking to clinch but Couture pushes him off.
Bulex jabs Couture right on the nose. Couture blinks but takes it well.

Couture drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Couture prevents Bulex from getting back to his feet.
Couture is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Bulex keeping full guard, as Couture tries to pass.
Couture stops Bulex from standing up.
Couture forces his way into half guard.
Bulex is looking to escape.
Couture looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bulex pushes Couture off looking to stand but Couture dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture passes to full mount!
Couture lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bulex really wants to buck Couture off and get back to his feet.
Couture looking to control but Bulex is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Couture raining down shots from the mount!
Bulex really wants to buck Couture off and get back to his feet.
Couture trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bulex squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Couture tries to control but Bulex wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Couture throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Couture won't let Bulex get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Couture sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Couture trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bulex wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Bulex takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bulex is trying to stand.
Couture controlling from the full mount.
Couture trying to control but he's not successful this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Couture comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bulex has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Ricardo Bulex!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Ricardo Bulex!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Ricardo Bulex!

Ricardo Bulex wins by unanimous decision!