PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darrin Bunich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucca Atreides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atreides comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Remember the name kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bunich
vs
Atreides

181 cm
22
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

190 cm
19
197 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Darrin Bunich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucca Atreides!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bunich closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bunich cracks Atreides with a big right hand but Atreides just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Atreides is being controlled here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bunich thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Bunich has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Bunich swings for the body but Atreides moves out of range.
Bunich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bunich looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Atreides is fending him off so far but Bunich persists. Nope, Atreides circles away and we're back to standing.
Bunich shoots in looking for a takedown. Atreides tries to sprawl out of it but Bunich keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Atreides manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atreides jabs Bunich right on the nose. Bunich blinks but takes it well.
Darrin Bunich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Bunich with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darrin Bunich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Atreides throws a lazy right hand but Bunich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lucca Atreides is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bunich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Atreides throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bunich fails to land the takedown.
Atreides misses with a hook. Bunich ducked under it nicely.
Atreides with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunich misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Atreides fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bunich feints and then cracks Atreides's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Atreides down.
A jab from Atreides misses.
Atreides lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bunich will feel that in the morning.
Atreides connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bunich is breathing heavily.
Bunich throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Atreides's waist but Atreides gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bunich off to one side.
Atreides avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Atreides fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bunich.
Bunich shoots in and drives through. Atreides sprawls well.
Atreides checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Atreides punishes Bunich's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunich on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bunich gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Atreides.
Bunich ducks right into an uppercut from Atreides.
Bunich misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Atreides lands with a right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Atreides, as that shot connected.
Atreides connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bunich. Bunich circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bunich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Atreides is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Bunich had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atreides lands with an uppercut that bounces Bunich off the cage and back into rage.
Bunich shoots in for a double leg but Atreides sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bunich takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Bunich is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunich doesn't manage to clinch there - Atreides circles away.
Bunich throws a sloppy head kick
and Atreides counters with a leg kick.
Atreides tries a head kick but it misses.

Bunich scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bunich scores with punches from side control.
Atreides being controlled for a moment.
Bunich has knee on belly and moves into mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucca Atreides dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bunich tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Atreides counters with a nice leg kick.
Darrin Bunich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Atreides swats away the attempt to clinch by Bunich.
Bunich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bunich shoots in but Atreides avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bunich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bunich shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Atreides as he avoids it easily.
Bunich tries to clinch but Atreides is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunich looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Atreides is fending him off so far but Bunich persists. Nope, Atreides circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darrin Bunich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bunich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bunich misses with a body kick.

Bunich scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunich lands a few punches from side control.
Bunich is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Atreides taking a bit of punishment here - Bunich scoring with strikes.
Bunich works to advance to full mount. Atreides defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunich breaks from Atreides's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Atreides tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bunich sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bunich seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Atreides for as long as he can get away with.
Atreides is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunich in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bunich controlling the position easily from mount.
Bunich with a couple of short strikes.
Bunich tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atreides tries to buck Bunich off but Bunich takes his back!
Bunich is riding his opponent, not letting Atreides buck him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darrin Bunich dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bunich wants to clinch up but Atreides keeps it at a distance.

Bunich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Atreides's guard.
Atreides can't keep his opponent in guard - Bunich advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Atreides won't allow Bunich to pass to mount.
Still in half guard, Bunich seems content to control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Atreides can do anything to dispel that myth.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Darrin Bunich just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Bunich has his takedown stuffed
and Atreides counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bunich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lucca Atreides seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bunich throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Atreides's waist but Atreides gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bunich off to one side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bunich.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darrin Bunich. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atreides misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bunich.

Bunich drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bunich working away.
Atreides tries to improve position but can't.
Bunich working away.
The referee asks Bunich politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Bunich prefers to stall for the moment though.
Bunich working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bunich remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bunich thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Atreides is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Bunich working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bunich trying to control the action but Atreides is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunich controlling the position.
Bunich trying to control the position but Atreides is working away.
Atreides wants to control but Bunich postures up.

Bunich has hold of Atreides's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Atreides tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Bunich cranks the arm and Atreides screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Atreides, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Darrin Bunich!