PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Steven Seagull (ranked 3896 p4p, 3095 weight class) and Alphonse Fuguego (ranked 201 p4p, 173 weight class). Steven Seagull is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Seagull
vs
Fuguego

160 cm
28
135
5 - 10 - 0

165 cm
22
145
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Seagull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alphonse Fuguego!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Seagull instigates a clinch.
Fuguego is pressed up against the cage. Seagull has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fuguego down to the mat. Fuguego avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Fuguego jabs Seagull to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Seagull tries to close the distance and clinch but Fuguego swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Seagull misses with a wild body shot.

Fuguego clinches.
Fuguego lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fuguego displaying some good clinch control by pressing Seagull up against the cage.
Fuguego lands a left hand.

It looks like Steven Seagull has been cut.
Fuguego lands a body shot in the clinch.
Seagull wants a takedown but no success here.
Fuguego lands a right hand.
Fuguego lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Seagull is rocked!
Fuguego digs a right hand underneath Seagull's ribcage. Seagull let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Oh Seagull is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuguego's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Fuguego taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fuguego continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Fuguego digs a right hand into Seagull's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Seagull's gas tank.
Seagull seems to have got his legs back now.

Seagull pulls guard effortlessly.
Seagull seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Fuguego lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuguego tries to free his leg and advance position but Seagull is retaining full guard.
Seagull is trying to keep Fuguego in close.
Fuguego is stalling in the full guard.
Fuguego postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fuguego wants to pass the guard but Seagull is keeping the position.
Fuguego controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Seagull not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fuguego passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Seagull misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Fuguego working the ground and pound from side control.
Fuguego is putting a hurting on Seagull here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seagull is looking to regain half guard here but Fuguego keeps moving and retains side control.
Seagull manages to work his way to half guard, despite Fuguego's best efforts.
Fuguego works his way into side control.
Seagull is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Seagull manages to get back to half guard.
Seagull tries to get to full guard but Fuguego has control of the leg.

Seagull is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fuguego pulls his head out easily.
Fuguego seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seagull is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Seagull has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fuguego is working away from the top position though.
Fuguego content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Seagull trying to control here.
Fuguego content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fuguego looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seagull with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fuguego controlling the pace.
Seagull moves into full guard.
Fuguego is working Seagull over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fuguego is working Seagull over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fuguego has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fuguego preventing the sweep.
Fuguego stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seagull swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fuguego controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Seagull is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Seagull is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alphonse Fuguego dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steven Seagull's cut.
That's time! Seagull's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Fuguego lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fuguego in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Seagull throws a lazy right hand but Fuguego sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Steven Seagull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuguego connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Seagull misses with a hook.
Seagull fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fuguego throws out a counter right but Seagull avoids it with no problem.
Seagull defending well as Fuguego loads up on a big left hand.
Seagull misses with the combination.
Seagull is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fuguego moves out of range as Seagull strikes.
Seagull tries to clinch up.
Fuguego has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seagull fails in his attempt to clinch.
Seagull misses the shot to the body.
Seagull doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Fuguego.
Fuguego dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fuguego moves out of range of the leg kick from Seagull.
Seagull tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fuguego sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Seagull somewhat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seagull moves in looking to clinch but Fuguego pushes him off.
Seagull takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fuguego misses the shot to the body.
Jab by Fuguego.
Fuguego scores with a nice body kick.
Seagull tries to clinch up.
Seagull tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fuguego swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seagull does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fuguego now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fuguego takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Fuguego moves into range and clinches up with Seagull.
A right hand to the body from Fuguego.
Fuguego gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Seagull.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fuguego lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Fuguego.
Seagull wants to take the fight to the mat but Fuguego manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steven Seagull. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seagull drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fuguego pulls his leg out and moves away.
Fuguego connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seagull tries to clinch but Fuguego moves out of range.
Seagull walks into a jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Seagull is defended easily by Fuguego.
Seagull tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fuguego defends well and Seagull ends up having to push Fuguego into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Fuguego content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Seagull drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fuguego pulls his leg out and moves away.
Alphonse Fuguego is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fuguego connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Seagull on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fuguego. Fuguego obviously looking to wear him down.
Seagull fails with the takedown

and Fuguego counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Come on Fuguego - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seagull's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Seagull wants a takedown but no success here.
Seagull drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fuguego pulls his leg out and moves away.
Seagull moves to clinch but Fuguego breaks away
and Fuguego connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fuguego with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Seagull looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fuguego lands with a nice body punch.
Seagull takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Seagull takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fuguego fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Seagull is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fuguego is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Seagull with a body shot.

Seagull gets tackled into the cage by Fuguego. Fuguego maintains the clinch.
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!
Fuguego is pressed up against the cage. Seagull has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fuguego down to the mat. Fuguego avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Alphonse Fuguego seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seagull shoots and misses
and Fuguego connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fuguego jabs Seagull to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Fuguego moves into the clinch.
Fuguego leaning his opponent against the cage.
Fuguego slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting on Fuguego's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Fuguego presses Seagull against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fuguego lands with a right to the head.
Fuguego lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Seagull.
Fuguego presses Seagull against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fuguego lands a right hand.
Fuguego dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Fuguego.
Alphonse Fuguego seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Fuguego breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alphonse Fuguego showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Steven Seagull's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Seagull tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fuguego paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Seagull misses with an uppercut.
Fuguego avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fuguego feints a counter leg kick.
A solid body kick from Fuguego.
Fuguego connects with a body shot that sends Seagull's belly button to the back.
Fuguego fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Seagull is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fuguego sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Good leg kick by Fuguego.

Fuguego forces Seagull back against the cage and clinches.
Fuguego presses Seagull against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fuguego.
Fuguego is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fuguego throws a big uppercut that drops Seagull! More strikes from Fuguego and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Seagull lies dazed against the cage as Fuguego celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alphonse Fuguego!
Alphonse Fuguego thanked the fans post fight for their support.