PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darren Bloodlust (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kasak Kusuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bloodlust comes to the cage accompanied by A Pocket Full Of Shells. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bloodlust
vs
Kusuk

171 cm
28
155 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
140 lbs
4 - 6 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darren Bloodlust!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Kasak Kusuk!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bloodlust darts in and clinches Kusuk up against the cage.
Kusuk lands a nice uppercut.
Bloodlust on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bloodlust tries to pull guard but Kusuk holds him up against the cage and eventually Bloodlust drops back down to his feet.

Kusuk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bloodlust seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Bloodlust clinches up against the cage.
Kusuk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bloodlust tries to pull guard but Kusuk won't allow it.
Bloodlust blocks an elbow strike.
Kusuk looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kusuk looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kusuk is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Bloodlust jumps into guard, dragging Kusuk to the mat.
Bloodlust is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Bloodlust is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bloodlust looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bloodlust utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kusuk working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Kusuk avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kusuk must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Bloodlust looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bloodlust wants to sweep but no luck.

Bloodlust is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kusuk sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kusuk trying to control but Bloodlust is working from the bottom.
Bloodlust is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bloodlust looking for a sweep. Not yet Bloodlust, not yet.

Bloodlust has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Kusuk should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Bloodlust has tightened it up now! Kusuk should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Darren Bloodlust!
Darren Bloodlust retains his featherweight title!
Our winner, Darren Bloodlust, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.