PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Croix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Kulakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kulakov's choice of entrance music: Lube-Shparu. Tony Croix has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Croix
vs
Kulakov

180 cm
30
180 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

184 cm
26
186 lbs
10 - 10 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Croix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Viktor Kulakov!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Croix misses with an uppercut.
Croix just misses with a punch to the body.
Kulakov misses with a left hand
and Croix counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kulakov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Croix looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kulakov looks to land a left hand but Croix moved out of range nicely.
Croix feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kulakovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kulakov misses with a body shot.
Croix is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kulakov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Croix sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kulakov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Viktor Kulakov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kulakov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Croix.
Kulakov's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kulakov duly obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kulakov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Croix.
Croix throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Croix lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulakov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kulakov stalks Croix and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Croix's face. Croix staggers backwards, shaken.
Croix ducks under a wild hook from Kulakov.
Croix cracks Kulakov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kulakov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kulakov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Croix throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kulakov.
Croix displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kulakov throws out the jab.
Kulakov throws a poor cross that misses
and Croix counters with a left to the body.
Croix throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Croix swinging wildly here.
Kulakov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kulakov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Croix.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulakov throws a combination that misses
and Croix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Croix misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Croix avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kulakov throws a body punch but Croix moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Croix.
Croix ducks right into an uppercut from Kulakov.
Kulakov misses with a hook. Croix ducked under it nicely.
Croix lands a jab to the nose.
Croix misses with a few strikes there.
Croix throws a series of punches but Kulakov avoids them all with ease.
Kulakov moves away from the strike by Croix.
Croix fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kulakov misses with a straight left.
Croix ducks under a wild hook from Kulakov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Croix fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kulakov on the side of the head.
A combination from Kulakov does no damage.
Croix dips to his left and cracks Kulakov with an uppercut!
Croix misses with a two punch combination.
Croix slips a jab from Kulakov.
Kulakov misses with a hook
and Croix counters with a nice body shot.
Kulakov lands with an overhand left.
Croix lands a two punch combo.
Croix lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kulakov at a distance.
Croix is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kulakov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Croix ducks under a wild hook from Kulakov.
Croix cracks Kulakov with a good jab.
Kulakov misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kulakov misses with a double jab.
The crowd cheers as Croix lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kulakov doesn't seem phased though.
Kulakov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kulakov lands with a shot to the body.
Kulakov lands with a right hand.
Kulakov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kulakov tests Croix's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Croix fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kulakov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Croix ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Croix is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kulakov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Croix connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Croix is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Kulakov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Croix slips under a jab.
Croix cracks Kulakov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kulakov misses with a hook to the body
and Croix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Croix showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kulakov.
Croix scores with the left hand. Kulakov knows he should have avoided that one.
Kulakov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice defenses there by Croix.
Croix staying out of range there.
Croix misses with a few strikes there.
Kulakov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Croix.
A lazy left from Croix finds it's target.
Kulakov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Croix was well out of range. Poor timing from Kulakov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulakov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Croix is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kulakov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kulakov slips under a jab from Croix.
Croix bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kulakov misses with a hook.
Kulakov misses with a straight right.
Kulakov throws a poor cross that misses
and Croix counters with a nice uppercut.
Croix connects with a body shot.
Kulakov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Croix lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Croix.
Kulakov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Croix.
Kulakov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulakov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Croix throws out the jab.
Croix lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kulakov at a distance.
Kulakov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kulakov throws a series of punches but Croix avoids them all with ease.
Kulakov swings for the body but Croix moves out of range.
Croix throws a lazy right hand but Kulakov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kulakov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kulakov misses with an uppercut
and Croix counters with a stiff right hand.
Kulakov walks into a jab.
Croix throws a series of punches but Kulakov moves out of range.
Kulakov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jab by Croix.
Kulakov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kulakov looks to throw the jab but Croix is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulakov looks to throw the jab but Croix is out of range.
Kulakov throws a series of punches but Croix avoids them all with ease.
Kulakov misses with a lunging right hand
and Croix counters with a straight right hand.
Croix throws a series of punches but Kulakov moves out of range.
Croix misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Croix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kulakov manages to avoid it.
Kulakov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kulakov throws a hook to the side of Croix's head but Croix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Croix pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kulakov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Croix lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Croix avoids the body shot from Kulakov.
A nice combination there by Croix.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Croix stalks Kulakov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kulakov's face. Kulakov staggers backwards, shaken.
Kulakov ducks under a wild hook from Croix.
Kulakov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Croix lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kulakov at a distance.
Kulakov loads up on a big right hand but Croix slips the punch.
Croix showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kulakov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Croix scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tony Croix is winning the standup battle so far.
Croix lands a really nice looking cross but Kulakov seems unphased.
Kulakov dodges the punch combination from Croix.
Tony Croix is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Croix takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Croix lands a body shot.
Kulakov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Croix dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kulakov missing with a left hand there. Croix was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Croix looks to throw the jab but Kulakov is out of range.
A big right from Kulakov misses.
Croix misses the shot to the body.
Croix wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Croix swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Croix misses with a wild combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kulakov throws a hook to the side of Croix's head but Croix sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kulakov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Croix counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kulakov misses with a straight left.
Kulakov misses with a right hand
and Croix counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kulakov thinking.
A jab lands there for Croix.
Croix has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Croix there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulakov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Croix manages to avoid it.
Croix throws a jab but it's blocked by Kulakov.
Croix connects with a looping right hand.
Croix moves away from the strike by Kulakov.
Kulakov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Croix throws a jab when Kulakov was well out of range.
Croix ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kulakov moves away.
Kulakov scores with a jab.
Croix displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kulakov throws out the jab.
Croix ducks under a wild hook from Kulakov.
Kulakov needs to keep his hands up - Croix had a free shot at his head there.
Kulakov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Croix lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Kulakov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kulakov looks to land a combination but Croix avoids it well.
Kulakov misses with a shot to the body
enabling Croix to counter with a crisp jab.
Kulakov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Croix misses with a hook. Kulakov ducked under it nicely.
Kulakov misses with a looping right.
Croix dodges the punch combination from Kulakov.
Kulakov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Croix avoids the body shot from Kulakov.
Kulakov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kulakov there as he acknowledges the shot.
Croix misses with the combination.
Kulakov throws a nice looking combination but Croix bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Croix connects with a right hand. Kulakov shakes it off.
Kulakov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Croix.
Croix tries to bum rush Kulakov with a series of wild strikes but Kulakov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kulakov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kulakov throws a looping overhand right but Croix ducks down to avoid it.
Croix misses with a double jab.
Kulakov scores with the left hand. Croix knows he should have avoided that one.
A jab from Croix misses.
Croix lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Croix.
Kulakov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Croix moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kulakov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Croix counters with a nice body shot.
Kulakov slips a jab and a cross from Croix.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Croix lands the left hand.
Croix throws a big shot that misses.
Kulakov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kulakov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Croix.
Croix defending well as Kulakov loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Croix throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Croix moves out of range of the strikes.
Croix cracks Kulakov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Croix moves out of range as Kulakov strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Croix lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kulakov blocks a jab.
Kulakov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Croix showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Croix has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Croix!