PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Kulina (ranked 3293 p4p, 22585 weight class) and Just Fight Scappy Do (ranked 396 p4p, 556 weight class). Kulina comes into the arena with Tool - Schism blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kulina
vs
Scappy Do

184 cm
28
171
10 - 10 - 0

190 cm
27
184
4 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Un-Kaged Nutrition

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 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Justin Kulina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Just Fight Scappy Do!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scappy Do's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kulina under the eye.
Scappy Do tries to clinch up.
Scappy Do misses with a leg kick.
Scappy Do with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Scappy Do lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Justin Kulina has been cut.
Scappy Do tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kulina counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kulina tries to clinch up.
Kulina tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Scappy Do swivels and escapes.
Scappy Do swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kulina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Scappy Do paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Scappy Do rushes Kulina and presses him up against the cage.
Kulina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scappy Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kulina.
Kulina is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kulina.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kulina is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scappy Do is defending well for now.
Scappy Do throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kulina blocks it with crossed arms.

Kulina manages to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scappy Do slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Scappy Do trying to control but Kulina is working from the bottom.
Kulina keeping full guard, as Scappy Do tries to pass.
Kulina has Scappy Do pulled in close to control his posture.
Scappy Do trying to control the position from guard on top but Kulina is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kulina kicks Scappy Do off and gets to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kulina closes the distance and pushes Scappy Do back into the cage.
Scappy Do prevents the takedown attempt.
Scappy Do scores with a knee to the head.
Kulina managing to block the knees to the body from Scappy Do.
Scappy Do throws a knee to the head but misses.

Kulina has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Scappy Do uses from the top position.
Scappy Do trying to control but Kulina is working from the bottom.
Kulina trying to control the position here.

Scappy Do drops back, looking for a kneebar! Kulina looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Kulina looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Kulina!

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kulina is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kulina wants to lay and pray for a moment but Scappy Do keeps working.
Scappy Do tries to get back to half guard but can't.

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.
Kulina looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Scappy Do is avoiding damage well.
Kulina laying and praying for a moment but Scappy Do takes advantage and regains half guard.
Scappy Do is trying to get back to full guard.
Scappy Do manages to get to full guard.
Kulina throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kulina tries to free his leg and advance position but Scappy Do is retaining full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Just Fight Scappy Do will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Justin Kulina's cut.
That's time! Kulina's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kulina looks to land a combination. Scappy Do sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Just Fight Scappy Do has been cut.
Scappy Do takes a swing at Kulina's ribcage but misses.
Kulina is looking to counter the offense by Scappy Do and move into the clinch.

Kulina has managed to clinch.
Kulina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kulina fails to pull guard.
A short right from Kulina.
Kulina goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kulina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kulina fails to pull guard.
Kulina looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Kulina. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kulina tries to pull guard but Scappy Do forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Scappy Do throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kulina blocks it with crossed arms.
I was talking to Kulina's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scappy Do with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Scappy Do throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kulina blocks it with crossed arms.

Kulina breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scappy Do tried to score with a low kick but Kulina checks it.
Scappy Do lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kulina tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scappy Do tries to clinch up.
Kulina lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

Kulina shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Scappy Do manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Scappy Do can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kulina controls the pace.
Scappy Do controls Kulina momentarily but Kulina frees himself.
Kulina throws a strike but Scappy Do rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scappy Do slips nicely into half guard.
Kulina trying to control here.
Scappy Do prevents Kulina from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scappy Do stops Kulina from getting back to his feet.
Scappy Do trying to mount his opponent but Kulina defends it.
Scappy Do works his foot free and advances to mount.
Kulina is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kulina wants to hold on but Scappy Do pushes him away.
Scappy Do can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kulina is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulina holds on, trying desperately to control.
Kulina can't escape the position.
Scappy Do controlling his opponent.
Scappy Do with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.

Scappy Do stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kulina scores with a nice right hand.
Scappy Do moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Just Fight Scappy Do seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kulina looks for the body kick but Scappy Do saw that one coming.
Scappy Do is looking to clinch.
As Scappy Do tries to get set, Kulina tries to push him back and clinch up but Scappy Do manages to avoid the attempt.
Kulina tries to clinch but Scappy Do moves out of range.
Scappy Do throws a solid leg kick but Kulina takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Scappy Do.
Scappy Do buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Just Fight Scappy Do is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scappy Do 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.
Scappy Do throws out a loose jab but Kulina uses good head movement to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Scappy Do.
Kulina scores with a hook to the body. Scappy Do takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Scappy Do wants to clinch
and Kulina counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The fighters circling - Scappy Do throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kulina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Scappy Do paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Justin Kulina is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Scappy Do throws a solid leg kick but Kulina takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Scappy Do.
Scappy Do misses with a two punch combination.
Scappy Do misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kulina.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Just Fight Scappy Do showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Scappy Do turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kulina blocks a leg kick.
Scappy Do swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kulina throws a big counter combination but Scappy Do scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Scappy Do misses the target.
A telegraphed right hand from Scappy Do misses the target.
Kulina keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Scappy Do.
Kulina uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Scappy Do.
Some bone on bone action there as Kulina checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Scappy Do lands a nice hook to Kulina's body. Kulina takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kulina tries to clinch but Scappy Do is having none of it.
Just Fight Scappy Do seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scappy Do misses with a straight right.
Scappy Do misses with a series of wild punches.
It looked like Kulina was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kulina shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Scappy Do sprawls well. Scappy Do wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kulina gets slowly back to his feet.
Kulina closes this distance looking for a takedown but Scappy Do circles away.
Kulina moves out of range of the leg kick from Scappy Do.
Scappy Do is looking to chop away at Kulina's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kulina looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kulina seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Scappy Do does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Kulina is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Scappy Do doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Kulina.

Scappy Do is defending against the submission attempts here by Kulina.
Scappy Do manages to get to full guard.
Justin Kulina overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulina not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Scappy Do not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Scappy Do looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kulina slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Scappy Do tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Justin Kulina has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulina trying to stand up but can't free himself from Scappy Do's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Kulina's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Kulina moves out of range of the strikes.
Kulina appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Scappy Do swats away the attempt to clinch by Kulina.
Scappy Do swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Scappy Do slaps away a takedown attempt from Kulina, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Just Fight Scappy Do is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Kulina. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kulina doesn't manage to clinch there - Scappy Do circles away.
Scappy Do looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kulina throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Scappy Do's waist but Scappy Do gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kulina off to one side.
Kulina checks a low kick from Scappy Do.
Kulina on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That kick from Kulina tenderised Scappy Do's leg. Scappy Do is trying to keep his angry face on.
A nice inside leg kick there by Scappy Do. That's going to slow Kulina down.
Scappy Do cracks a nice hook into Kulina's ribs.

Kulina manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Scappy Do on his heels. He'll look to pass Scappy Do's guard now, I'm sure.
Kulina trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Scappy Do is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kulina postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kulina is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kulina postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Scappy Do avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Scappy Do controls Kulina momentarily but Kulina frees himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kulina throwing strikes from guard but Scappy Do blocks nicely.
Scappy Do is trying to control the position but Kulina postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Just Fight Scappy Do comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Scappy Do winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Just Fight Scappy Do!
Just Fight Scappy Do was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.