PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Pauschi (ranked 4051 p4p, 5119 weight class) and Kona Uluwehi (ranked 492 p4p, 565 weight class). Kona Uluwehi has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Pauschi
vs
Uluwehi

182 cm
22
200
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
28
185
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Pauschi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kona Uluwehi!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uluwehi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pauschi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Uluwehi. That did some damage!
Pauschi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Pauschi. Beautiful body shot.
Chris Pauschi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Uluwehi misses.

Pauschi closes the distance and clinches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Uluwehi misses with some punches.
Pauschi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Uluwehi's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pauschi.
Pauschi missing with knees to the body.
Pauschi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Uluwehi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pauschi is looking to slow Uluwehi down with leg kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Uluwehi throws a right hand that Pauschi ducks under and follows up with a left that Pauschi also avoids with ease.
Pauschi lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pauschi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Uluwehi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pauschi circles away quickly and effectively.
Pauschi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Uluwehi doesn't seem bothered though.
Pauschi jabs Uluwehi right on the nose. Uluwehi blinks but takes it well.
Uluwehi misses with a double jab.
Uluwehi missing with a left hand there. Pauschi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab, jab by Pauschi - just one landing.
Uluwehi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Pauschi rushes Uluwehi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pauschi misses with an elbow strike.
Pauschi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Uluwehi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Uluwehi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Pauschi does it's job there.
Uluwehi misses with a two punch combination.
Pauschi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Uluwehi manages to circle out of the way.
Pauschi lands with an overhand left.

Uluwehi is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pauschi is stalking Uluwehi. Uluwehi circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Pauschi, and it's lights out! Uluwehi really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chris Pauschi!
After winning the bout, Chris Pauschi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.