PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexei Bruising (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Ubiistia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ubiistia has chosen "No Leaf Clover" by Metallica as his entrance music. 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 Magnus Ubiistia was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bruising
vs
Ubiistia

190 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

188 cm
21
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Bruising!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Magnus Ubiistia!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruising swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Magnus Ubiistia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ubiistia thows a body shot but no joy.
Bruising ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ubiistia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Ubiistia manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bruising on his heels. He'll look to pass Bruising's guard now, I'm sure.

Bruising looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bruising pulls Ubiistia in close to prevent any damage.
Bruising has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ubiistia misses with a left hand
letting Bruising counter with a right hand.
Bruising slips under a jab.

Ubiistia rushes Bruising and presses him up against the cage.
Bruising gets through Ubiistia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ubiistia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bruising tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bruising lands a nice uppercut.

Bruising gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ubiistia regains guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bruising's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ubiistia looking to control but Bruising passes into half guard.
Bruising slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruising throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bruising stalling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruising passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Ubiistia!
Bruising controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruising throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bruising looking to finish with strikes here!
Ubiistia is squirming around, avoiding Bruising's attempts to control the action.
Bruising scoring with strikes but Ubiistia is staying in there.
Ubiistia is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bruising looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ubiistia is trying to escape the mount.
Bruising takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bruising scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ubiistia?
Ubiistia tries to reverse the position but Bruising maintains control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bruising scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bruising looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bruising lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexei Bruising dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ubiistia takes a swing at Bruising's ribcage but misses.
Ubiistia throws a lazy right hand but Bruising sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bruising avoids the body shot from Ubiistia.
Bruising slips under a jab.

Ubiistia takes the fight into the clinch.
Bruising lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bruising.
Bruising lands a right hand.

Ubiistia is rocked!
Bruising misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ubiistia is still on wobbly legs! Can Bruising finish him?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruising.
Bruising misses with some punches.
Bruising misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruising.

Bruising gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Bruising arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Ubiistia's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alexei Bruising!