PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gary Sandusky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sandusky's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ice Ice Baby. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Richard Cullen was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sandusky
vs
Cullen

170 cm
22
191 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
201 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gary Sandusky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Cullen!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandusky throws an off balance right hand
and Cullen counters with a nice uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Cullen. Those never looked like landing.
Cullen leaves Sandusky with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sandusky lands with a right hand.
Sandusky tries for a takedown but Cullen circles away easily
and Cullen counters with a right hand to the body.

Sandusky shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Sandusky throwing shots but Cullen is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sandusky is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cullen doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sandusky.
Sandusky is trying to control. Cullen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cullen is trying to stand.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sandusky misses with a head shot. Cullen uses the momentum to regain guard.
Sandusky tries to free his leg and advance position but Cullen is retaining full guard.
Sandusky throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cullen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sandusky missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sandusky tries to free his leg and advance position but Cullen is retaining full guard.
Sandusky prevents Cullen from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandusky trying to control but Cullen is working from the bottom.
Sandusky lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cullen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sandusky.
Sandusky stands up over Cullen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sandusky trying to control the position from guard on top but Cullen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sandusky postures up in Cullen's guard and throws a big left but Cullen blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandusky works over Cullen with some ground and pound from guard.
Sandusky with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cullen keeping moving, preventing Sandusky from controlling successfully.
Sandusky trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sandusky trying to control the position from guard on top but Cullen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sandusky landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Sandusky dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Sandusky misses the body punch
and Cullen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sandusky thinking.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sandusky has a takedown stuffed.
Sandusky with a poor takedown
and Cullen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cullen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sandusky swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cullen counters with a straight right hand.
Sandusky throws a lazy uppercut
and Cullen counters with a stiff right hand.
Sandusky swings widly with a right hand
and Cullen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sandusky misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Cullen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sandusky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cullen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cullen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Cullen on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Sandusky scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandusky makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sandusky misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Cullen.
Cullen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cullen is pushing Sandusky up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A body shot lands from Cullen.
Cullen trying to stall but Sandusky improves his position.
Sandusky lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cullen taking a breather.
Sandusky misses with a punch on the inside.
Cullen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cullen misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Sandusky creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cullen tries a body shot but Sandusky blocks it.
Cullen scores with a shoulder strike.
Cullen stalling the fight.
Sandusky tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cullen's elbow.
Cullen tries to throw a body punch but Sandusky avoids it by throwing Cullen back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Sandusky as the two fighters clinch.
A short left from Sandusky.
Sandusky is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cullen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Sandusky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cullen misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandusky blocks a body shot from Cullen.
A hook to the body from Cullen.
Cullen is pressed up against the ropes. Sandusky has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cullen down to the mat. Cullen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gary Sandusky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sandusky.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sandusky swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cullen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sandusky throws a sloppy body shot
and Cullen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sandusky swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sandusky misses with a hook
and Cullen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sandusky catches Cullen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sandusky shoots in for a double leg but Cullen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sandusky misses with a lunging right hand
and Cullen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sandusky throws a lazy uppercut
and Cullen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sandusky throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cullen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sandusky swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cullen counters with a series of strikes. Sandusky will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sandusky misses with a right hand
and Cullen counters with a straight right hand.
Sandusky misses with a body shot
and Cullen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sandusky scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sandusky scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sandusky scores with a hook to the body. Cullen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandusky throws a sloppy body shot
and Cullen counters with a left to the body.
Sandusky tries for a takedown but Cullen circles away easily

and Cullen counters by moving into the clinch.
Cullen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cullen stalling in the clinch but Sandusky improves position.
Cullen lands with a right to the head.
Cullen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanduskys head.
Cullen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cullen looking to stall.
Cullen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sandusky is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Cullen.
Sandusky lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cullen or not.
Cullen tries to land knees in the clinch but Sandusky avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cullen lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Cullen.
Sandusky tries to throw a body punch but Cullen avoids it by throwing Sandusky back against the cage.
Sandusky lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sandusky pushes Cullen back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cullen misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Cullen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Sandusky lands with a shot to the body.
Sandusky throws a lazy uppercut
and Cullen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cullen misses with a wild body shot.
Sandusky fails to land the takedown.
Sandusky is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cullen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sandusky misses the body punch
and Cullen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sandusky swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cullen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cullen lands a nice looking body shot.
Cullen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sandusky rather than just go for the knockout.
Sandusky lands a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandusky misses with a hook
and Cullen counters with a stiff right hand.
Sandusky misses with a hook to the body
and Cullen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sandusky fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Sandusky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sandusky throws a right hand that misses
and Cullen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sandusky fails with a takedown attempt.
Cullen tries to close the distance and clinch but Sandusky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Sandusky shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cullen napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cullen is pushing Sandusky's head away, looking to escape. Sandusky manages to hold on to the position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandusky landing strikes.
Sandusky wants to control but Cullen is keeping him busy.
Sandusky looking to control but instead Cullen has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Sandusky is trying to control the action in half guard but Cullen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen wants to stand back up but Sandusky manages to pass into side control.
Sandusky connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Cullen some visible discomfort.
Cullen wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Sandusky throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sandusky has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cullen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandusky throws a strike aimed at the side of Cullen's head but Cullen avoids it well.
Sandusky throwing strikes but Cullen manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Cullen wants to stand but Sandusky is controlling his arm.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sandusky wants to control but Cullen postures up.
Sandusky tries to buck Cullen off but Cullen is having none of it.
Sandusky manages to work his way to half guard, despite Cullen's best efforts.
Sandusky wants to improve his position but Cullen is controlling well.
Cullen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sandusky defending well though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Sandusky showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sandusky 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Sandusky!