PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jussi Apila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and OMG Zulud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zulud has chosen Bullet For My Valentine - Hit The Floor as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Apila
vs
Zulud

182 cm
24
156 lbs
6 - 0 - 1

155 cm
24
143 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™
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Control Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jussi Apila!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, OMG Zulud!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apila misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zulud looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Apila misses with a low kick.
Apila tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zulud was well out of range. Poor timing from Apila.
Apila uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zulud.
OMG Zulud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Apila avoids the head kick by Zulud.
Apila throws a right and a left that Zulud avoids nicely.
Zulud throws a jab but it's blocked by Apila.
Zulud connects with the punch.
Apila will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Apila walks into a straight right hand from Zulud.
Zulud throws a head kick that misses.
Zulud swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Apila connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zulud tries to clinch but Apila is having none of it.
Zulud displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Apila throws out the jab.
Apila takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Zulud swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zulud swings for the body but Apila moves out of range.
Zulud wants to clinch
and Apila makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulud fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zulud lands a lovely overhand right.
Zulud takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zulud keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Apila.

Zulud gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Apila takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Jussi Apila has been cut.
Apila avoids a wild elbow strike from Zulud.
Zulud utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zulud throws an elbow but misses.
Zulud digs a right hand into Apila's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Apila's gas tank.
Apila blocks the elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zulud.
Zulud comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Apila. Zulud does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zulud connects with the punch.
Zulud tries to clinch but Apila is having none of it.
Apila shoots in looking for a takedown. Zulud tries to sprawl out of it but Apila keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zulud manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Apila shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Zulud as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jussi Apila. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zulud drives through and clinches with Apila against the cage.
Apila blocks an elbow strike.
Zulud has a couple of punches blocked by Apila.
Zulud is leaning against Apila and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Apila displaying some good clinch control by pressing Zulud up against the cage.
Zulud gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Apila stalling.
Apila can't find room to land a body shot as Zulud controls the action.
Zulud misses with an elbow strike.
Zulud scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zulud gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zulud looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zulud landing knees to the body.
Apila is breathing heavily.
Apila changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Zulud fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Apila swings for the body but Zulud moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apila is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zulud lands with a kick to the temple. Apila shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Zulud tries to clinch but Apila moves out of range.
Apila avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Apila keeps the fight on the outside.
Apila displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zulud throws out the jab.
OMG Zulud is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Apila throws a leg kick but Zulud moved away.
Zulud avoids a punch combination nicely.
Apila with a hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Zulud.
Apila keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zulud.
Apila ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zulud misses with a jab, cross combination.
Apila ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zulud moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apila misses with a wild combination.
Apila is looking to wear down Zulud with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Zulud tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Zulud does it's job there.
Apila throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zulud moves in looking to clinch but Apila pushes him off.
A telegraphed right hand from Zulud misses the target.
Zulud scores with a body shot.
Zulud looks to clinch
and Apila counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Apila avoids the head kick by Zulud.
Apila swats away the attempt to clinch by Zulud.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zulud.
Zulud tries to clinch up
and Apila counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zulud paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zulud throws a combination that misses
and Apila counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

OMG Zulud dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jussi Apila's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zulud tries to clinch but Apila moves away
and Apila counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Zulud thinking.

Zulud gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Apila wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Apila blocks an elbow strike.
Zulud lands a nice elbow.
Zulud creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Zulud working Apila over with knees to the body.
Zulud creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Apila's defenses.
Zulud lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Apila backwards.
Apila blocking some punches.
Zulud prevents a body shot from Apila.
Zulud lands a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Zulud.

Jussi Apila's cut is getting worse.
Zulud with a knee to the head.

Apila is rocked!
Apila struggles to land a body shot inside as Zulud controls his hands.
Oh Apila is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zulud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zulud misses with a knee strike.
Apila dodges an elbow strike from Zulud.
Zulud lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zulud looking to throw knees to the head but Apila is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulud lands a damaging elbow.
Apila tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zulud's elbow.
Apila is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Zulud pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zulud.
Apila seems to have got his legs back now.
Zulud scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zulud lands an elbow just above Apila 's eye.
Zulud lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zulud throws an elbow that misses.
Zulud lands an elbow inside.
Zulud working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Apila tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Zulud just stands there and leans against the cage.
Zulud lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Jussi Apila's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Zulud lands a right hand that snaps the head of Apila backwards.
Zulud lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zulud lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice elbow from Zulud.
Zulud misses with a knee to the head.
Zulud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zulud lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Jeez, Jussi Apila's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apila stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zulud gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zulud lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zulud misses with the head strike.
Apila prevents a body shot from Zulud.
Zulud misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zulud.
Zulud lands a good knee to the midsection. Apila won't want to take too many of those.
Apila tries to circle away but Zulud has him pinned against the cage.
Zulud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zulud connects with a nasty looking knee right to Apila's face.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zulud.
Zulud lands a right hand.
OMG Zulud seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Zulud creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Apila with a big uppercut! Apila tries to clinch up but Zulud pushes him back against the cage and lands another moster strike that crumples Apila to the mat! Apila covers up and Zulud unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). OMG Zulud!
OMG Zulud is the new featherweight champion!