PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scott Adkins (ranked 5832 p4p, 575 weight class) and Mikael Buzpung (ranked 5452 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Adkins
vs
Buzpung

178 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott Adkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikael Buzpung!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Donatello Bradman and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adkins wants to clinch.
Adkins keeps the fight on the outside.

Buzpung rushes Adkins and presses him up against the cage.
Adkins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adkins misses with an elbow over the top.
Adkins missing with knees to the body.
Buzpung takes an elbow to the temple.
Buzpung on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buzpung tries to throw a body punch but Adkins avoids it by throwing Buzpung back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Adkins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adkins lands a nice shot to the body.
Buzpung looks winded!
Adkins lands a shoulder strike.
Adkins gets through Buzpung's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adkins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Adkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adkins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Adkins landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Adkins lands a shoulder strike.
Adkins misses with a knee to the head.
Adkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Buzpung leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Adkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Buzpung avoids the damage to the body.
Adkins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buzpung avoids it.
Adkins unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Buzpung avoids a wild elbow strike from Adkins.
Adkins lands a left hand.
Adkins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Mikael Buzpung has been cut.
Adkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Buzpung avoids the damage to the body.
Adkins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buzpung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adkins landing knees to the head.
Adkins misses with an elbow over the top.
Adkins tries to land a knee to the head but Buzpung blocks with his arms.
A short right from Adkins.
Adkins lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Buzpung is rocked!
Buzpung managing to block the knees to the body from Adkins.
Buzpung is still on wobbly legs! Can Adkins finish him?
Buzpung looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Adkins pushes Buzpung back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Buzpung takes a knee to the side of the body.
Adkins lands an elbow that stopped Buzpung in his tracks for a moment.
Adkins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buzpung has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adkins landing knees to the head.
Adkins lands an elbow inside.
Adkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Buzpung backwards.
Adkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Buzpung avoids the damage to the body.
Buzpung looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Adkins missing with knees to the body.
Buzpung seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Buzpung avoids the damage to the body.
Adkins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Buzpung or not.
Adkins is working Buzpung over against the cage.
Adkins lands an elbow that stopped Buzpung in his tracks for a moment.
Adkins tries a knee to the head but Buzpung blocks it.
Adkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Adkins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Buzpung on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Buzpung controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Adkins.
Adkins tries to land a knee to the head but Buzpung blocks with his arms.
A short right from Adkins on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adkins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Adkins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Adkins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Buzpung takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adkins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Buzpung takes an elbow to the temple.
Adkins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Adkins lands an uppercut.
Adkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buzpung backwards.
Adkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adkins trying to land knees to the body.
Adkins throws an elbow that misses.
Adkins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Adkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mikael Buzpung's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Buzpung checks a low kick from Adkins.

Adkins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Buzpung blocking some punches.
Adkins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buzpung blocks it with crossed arms.
Adkins misses with a knee strike.
Adkins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buzpung avoids it.
A short right from Adkins.
Adkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Adkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buzpung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adkins trying to land knees to the body.
Adkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buzpung.
Adkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Adkins lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buzpung avoids a wild elbow strike from Adkins.
Adkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Buzpung blocking some punches.
Adkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Adkins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adkins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Buzpung avoids the damage to the body.
Adkins tries to work over Buzpung's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buzpung on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adkins.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Adkins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Buzpung's brow.
Adkins tries a knee to the head but Buzpung blocks it.
Buzpung on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adkins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Buzpung.
Scott Adkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Adkins trying to land knees to the body.
Adkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adkins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buzpung avoids it.
Adkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buzpung.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Buzpung breaks from the clinch.

Adkins takes the fight into the clinch.
Adkins tries to work over Buzpung's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buzpung throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adkins blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buzpung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buzpung tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adkins misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adkins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Buzpung blocks it with crossed arms.
Adkins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Buzpung leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Adkins trying to land knees to the body.
Buzpung managing to block the knees to the body from Adkins.
Adkins tries a knee to the head but Buzpung blocks it.
Adkins throws an elbow but it misses.
Buzpung blocks an elbow strike from Adkins.
Adkins lands a body shot.
Buzpung throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Adkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Adkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Adkins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adkins lands an elbow that stopped Buzpung in his tracks for a moment.
Buzpung blocks a body shot from Adkins.
Buzpung managing to block the knees to the body from Adkins.
A right hand to the body from Adkins.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Adkins.
Adkins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Buzpung is defending well for now.
Adkins tries a body shot but Buzpung blocks it.
Adkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buzpung can do to turn this around?
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!
Adkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buzpung.
Adkins misses with a knee to the head.
Buzpung avoiding damage as Adkins throws knees to the body.
Adkins lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Adkins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mikael Buzpung's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Buzpung has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Buzpung takes an elbow to the forehead.
Buzpung tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adkins avoids it.
Buzpung has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters up against the cage, Buzpung throws an elbow but misses.
Adkins misses with a punch to the body.
Adkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Buzpung controls his hands.
Adkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buzpung backwards.
Adkins missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adkins with a knee to the head.
Adkins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Buzpung takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Adkins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Buzpung avoiding damage as Adkins throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buzpung avoiding damage as Adkins throws knees to the body.
Adkins gets through Buzpung's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adkins pushes Buzpung back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Adkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Buzpung backwards.
Adkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buzpung.
Adkins pushes Buzpung back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adkins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Adkins connects with a knee to the head.
Adkins lands a shot to the body.
Adkins lands a knee to the head.
Buzpung wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adkins tries to throw a body punch but Buzpung avoids it by throwing Adkins back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Buzpung avoids the damage to the body.
Adkins misses with a body punch.
Adkins misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Adkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Adkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A knee to the head by Adkins.
Adkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Buzpungs head.
Adkins tries a body shot but Buzpung blocks it.
Buzpung prevents a body shot from Adkins.
Adkins lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Buzpung to his knees! Adkins keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott Adkins!