PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Oliver Buddington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicola Bruni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buddington comes to the cage accompanied by Smoking man - Burning lungs. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Buddington
vs
Bruni

188 cm
20
201 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

188 cm
27
203 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

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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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oliver Buddington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicola Bruni!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruni throws a body punch but Buddington moves out of range.
Bruni on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Buddington. Buddington obviously looking to wear him down.
Bruni checks the leg kick.
Bruni tries to counter with a clinch but Buddington shakes him off and moves away.
Buddington lands a nice looking body kick.
Buddington looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Buddington.
Bruni lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Buddington throws a body shot but no joy.
Bruni misses with a hook.
Bruni throws the left hand but Buddington avoids the punch easily.
A quick step to the side and Buddington tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruni moves out of range of the body kick.
Bruni steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Buddington.
Buddington throws a body punch but Bruni moves out of range.
Bruni throws a body shot but no joy.
Buddington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruni.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruni drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Buddington throws a push kick but Bruni slaps the foot to one side.
Bruni connects with a good right hand that stumbles Buddington. Buddington circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Buddington tries a head kick but it misses.
Buddington scores with a spinning back kick!
Buddington fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bruni checks it well.
Bruni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Buddington was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruni.
Bruni takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bruni throws a poor cross that misses
and Buddington counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bruni misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Bruni there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buddington scores with the left hand. Bruni knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buddington misses with a body shot.
Bruni tries to counter by closing the distance.
Bruni misses with a lunging right hand
and Buddington counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bruni changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bruni comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bruni misses the body punch
and Buddington counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Buddington looks to land a right hand but Bruni moved out of range.
Bruni steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Buddington.
Bruni tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Buddington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Buddington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bruni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Buddington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruni.
The fighters circling - Bruni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruni's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Buddington connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bruni scrambles back to his feet.
Bruni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buddington.
Bruni avoids the head kick by Buddington.
Bruni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buddington manages to avoid it.
Buddington throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bruni tries to counter by closing the distance.
Buddington lands a head kick. Bruni smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Buddington scoring well with a low kick there.
Buddington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruni.
Buddington lands with an uppercut that bounces Bruni off the cage and back into range.
Bruni misses with a hook to the body
and Buddington counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bruni ducks under a wild hook from Buddington.
Bruni tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buddington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Buddington cracks Bruni with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruni fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Buddington looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Buddington jabs Bruni to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Buddington ducks under a wild hook from Bruni.
Buddington throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bruni just misses with a punch to the body.
Buddington misses with an attempted mid kick.
Buddington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruni.
Buddington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Buddington sets himself, and Bruni steps forward looking for the clinch! Buddington avoids it this time.
Buddington looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruni is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Buddington dominated that round.
That's time! Buddington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Buddington takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bruni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Buddington moves away.
Buddington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bruni can do to turn this around?
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Buddington lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bruni has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bruni and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bruni with a nice cross.
Buddington looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Buddington ducks under a wild hook from Bruni.
Buddington looks to land a body kick but Bruni moved away.
Bruni wants to counter the offense by Buddington and move into the clinch position.
Buddington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruni.
Buddington went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Oliver Buddington is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruni moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bruni misses with a looping right.
Bruni blocks a head kick by Buddington.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bruni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruni misses with a hook
and Buddington finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Bruni checks a leg kick.
Bruni keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Buddington.
Bruni tries to counter by closing the distance.
Buddington pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bruni is out of range and Buddington settles back down.
Buddington cracks Bruni with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Buddington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruni tries to clinch up but Buddington circles away and keeps his distance.
Buddington swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Bruni clinches with his opponent.
Buddington prevents a body shot from Bruni.
Bruni misses with a punch on the inside.
Bruni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buddington tries a body shot but Bruni blocks it.
Bruni is working Buddington over against the cage.
Bruni lands a right hand that snaps the head of Buddington backwards.
Bruni is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Buddington is keeping busy.
Bruni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bruni scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bruni scores with a hook to the body.
Buddington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bruni misses with a body punch.
Bruni softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruni utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buddington.
Buddington tries to land knees in the clinch but Bruni avoids the damage to the body.
Buddington dodges an elbow strike from Bruni.
Bruni tries to work over Buddington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buddington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bruni is defending well for now.
Bruni misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruni throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Bruni.
Bruni lands a hook that snaps the head of Buddington backwards.
Buddington blocking some punches.
Bruni lands an elbow inside.
Buddington blocking some punches.
Buddington is trying to stall.
Bruni throws a punch but it's blocked by Buddington.
Bruni cracks Buddington with a nice body shot.
Buddington missing with knees to the body.
Bruni scores with a hook to the body.
Buddington blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Come on Bruni - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bruni scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Buddington.
Bruni blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruni misses with a body punch.
Bruni scores with a hook to the body.
A short left from Bruni.
Nicola Bruni seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bruni gets through Buddington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruni makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bruni slowing the pace effectively.
Bruni on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bruni is leaning against Buddington and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bruni is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bruni misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Bruni fails to land.
Buddington takes an elbow to the forehead.
A hook to the body from Bruni.
A short right from Bruni.
Bruni tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buddington's elbow.
Nice body punch from Bruni.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicola Bruni showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bruni closes the distance and pushes Buddington back into the cage.
Buddington is pushing Bruni up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bruni misses with a punch on the inside.
Buddington blocks an uppercut.
Buddington taking a breather.
Bruni will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Buddington up against the cage.
Bruni is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Buddington is keeping busy.
Bruni taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruni lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Buddington fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Bruni.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bruni lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Buddington misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruni is looking to control Buddington's arms but Buddington gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bruni has his back to the cage.
A short uppercut from Bruni.
Bruni lands a hook that snaps the head of Buddington backwards.
Buddington tries to work over Bruni's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bruni blocks an elbow strike.
Buddington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bruni is defending well for now.
Buddington missing with knees to the body.
Buddington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bruni gets through Buddington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bruni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buddington lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bruni backwards.
Bruni works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bruni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bruni lands a damaging elbow.
Bruni keeps control of Buddington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The referee calls for Bruni to work.
Bruni lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bruni takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bruni throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bruni lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buddington backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bruni scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Buddington blocks a body shot from Bruni.
Bruni tries to work over Buddington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bruni holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bruni throws an elbow but it misses.
Buddington blocks an uppercut.
Buddington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buddington misses with the head strike.
Bruni lands a hook that snaps the head of Buddington backwards.
Buddington prevents a body shot from Bruni.
Bruni working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bruni effectively controlling the action here.
A nice left hand lands by Bruni.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bruni.
Bruni tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buddington's elbow.
Bruni blocks an elbow strike.
Bruni digs a right hand underneath Buddington's ribcage. Buddington let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bruni managing to block the knees to the body from Buddington.
Bruni has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Buddington seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bruni can turn it around.
A short body shot lands from Bruni as the two fighters clinch.
Bruni throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bruni lands a shoulder strike.
Buddington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bruni slows down the pace here.
Buddington blocks a body shot from Bruni.
Buddington missing with knees to the body.
Bruni controlling the action here for a moment.
Bruni stalling in the clinch but Buddington improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buddington misses with a punch to the body.
Bruni misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bruni effectively controlling the action here.
Buddington is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bruni taking a breather.
Bruni can't find room to land a body shot as Buddington controls the action.
Bruni is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Buddington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buddington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bruni lands a body punch in the clinch.
Buddington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bruni lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Buddington.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruni misses with a punch to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bruni takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nicola Bruni comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bruni has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicola Bruni!
Post fight, Nicola Bruni stared into the camera and said '...'.