PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lufa Bunga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Tuzhanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oleg Tuzhanski is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bunga
vs
Tuzhanski

190 cm
23
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lufa Bunga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oleg Tuzhanski!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bunga fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bunga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tuzhanski.
Tuzhanski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bunga paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bunga throws a right and a left that Tuzhanski avoids nicely.
A left and a right from Bunga both land. Nice combination.
Bunga swinging wildly here.
Tuzhanski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bunga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bunga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tuzhanski.
Bunga throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tuzhanski clinches but Bunga breaks the clinch
and Bunga makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bunga misses with a jab, cross combination.

Bunga gets a clinch.

Bunga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oleg Tuzhanski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tuzhanski throws the kick towards the body but Bunga avoids it.
Bunga tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Tuzhanski holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bunga.

Bunga breaks from the clinch.
Bunga is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tuzhanski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tuzhanski steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bunga. That one must have hurt.
Tuzhanski looks gassed!
Bunga ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Bunga moves into the clinch successfully.
Bunga lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Oleg Tuzhanski has been cut.
Bunga connects with a knee to the head.

Tuzhanski is rocked!
Tuzhanski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tuzhanski is still on wobbly legs! Can Bunga finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunga lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bunga lands an elbow just above Tuzhanski 's eye.
Bunga jerks Tuzhanski's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Tuzhanski drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Bunga goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Bunga because Tuzhanski was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Lufa Bunga!