PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Pichushkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Staruchowicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Pichushkin has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pichushkin
vs
Staruchowicz

195 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Pichushkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Piotr Staruchowicz!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pichushkin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Staruchowicz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pichushkin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pichushkin looks to land a combination but Staruchowicz avoids it well.
Pichushkin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Staruchowicz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Staruchowicz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pichushkin cracks Staruchowicz with a good jab.
Pichushkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pichushkin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Staruchowicz lands a head kick!

It looks like Alexander Pichushkin has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pichushkin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pichushkin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Staruchowicz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pichushkin. That did some damage!
Pichushkin connects with a nice looking jab.
Staruchowicz looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pichushkin scores with a jab. Staruchowicz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pichushkin lands with a hook. Staruchowicz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pichushkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Staruchowicz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Staruchowicz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Staruchowicz keeps Pichushkin at a distance using the push kick.

Staruchowicz clinches with his opponent.
Staruchowicz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
A head punch on the inside from Pichushkin fails to land.
Pichushkin tries to stall but Staruchowicz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pichushkin has had enough of the clinch but Staruchowicz keeps him there for the moment.
Pichushkin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Staruchowicz landing knees to the body.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Staruchowicz crunches a lovely knee into Pichushkin's ribcage.
Pichushkin is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pichushkin avoiding damage as Staruchowicz throws knees to the body.
Pichushkin tries to stall but Staruchowicz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pichushkin avoiding damage as Staruchowicz throws knees to the body.
Staruchowicz tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
Pichushkin avoiding damage as Staruchowicz throws knees to the body.
Staruchowicz missing with knees to the body.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Staruchowicz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pichushkin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pichushkin avoiding damage as Staruchowicz throws knees to the body.
Pichushkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Staruchowicz missing with knees to the body.
Pichushkin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pichushkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Staruchowicz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Staruchowicz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin misses with a punch to the body.
Pichushkin wants to get back to striking at distance but Staruchowicz won't allow it.
Staruchowicz working Pichushkin over with knees to the body.
Pichushkin avoiding damage as Staruchowicz throws knees to the body.
Staruchowicz blocks an uppercut.
Staruchowicz working Pichushkin over with knees to the body.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pichushkin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Staruchowicz trying to land knees to the body.
Pichushkin looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Pichushkin avoiding damage as Staruchowicz throws knees to the body.
Pichushkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Staruchowicz tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Staruchowicz tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
Pichushkin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Staruchowicz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Staruchowicz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pichushkin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Staruchowicz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pichushkin is defending well for now.
Pichushkin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pichushkin working aggressively here.
Staruchowicz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pichushkin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Staruchowicz lands a knee to the body.
Staruchowicz trying to land knees to the body.
Pichushkin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pichushkin is trying to force a seperation but Staruchowicz has the dominant position.
Staruchowicz lands a knee to the body.
Pichushkin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Staruchowicz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pichushkin avoids it.
Pichushkin managing to block the knees to the body from Staruchowicz.
Pichushkin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pichushkin is looking to break free of the clinch but Staruchowicz has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Staruchowicz lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pichushkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pichushkin tries to circle away but Staruchowicz has him pinned against the cage.
Staruchowicz missing with knees to the body.
Staruchowicz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pichushkin is defending well for now.
Pichushkin managing to block the knees to the body from Staruchowicz.
Pichushkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Staruchowicz controls his hands.
Pichushkin is trying to break free.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pichushkin is trying to force a seperation but Staruchowicz has the dominant position.
Staruchowicz trying to land knees to the body.
Pichushkin is looking to break free of the clinch but Staruchowicz has double underhooks.
Pichushkin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pichushkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Staruchowicz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Staruchowicz missing with knees to the body.
Pichushkin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pichushkin wants to break free but Staruchowicz has control.
Staruchowicz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Staruchowicz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Pichushkin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Pichushkin lands with an uppercut that bounces Staruchowicz off the cage and back into range.
Pichushkin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pichushkin jabs Staruchowicz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Staruchowicz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pichushkin cracks Staruchowicz with an open hand slap.
Pichushkin lands with an uppercut that bounces Staruchowicz off the cage and back into range.
Pichushkin scores with a jab to the body.
Staruchowicz throws a head kick but Pichushkin moves out of range.
Staruchowicz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Staruchowicz is rocked!
Staruchowicz leaves his chin hanging out and Pichushkin seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Staruchowicz crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alexander Pichushkin!
During a confident post fight interview, Alexander Pichushkin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.