PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Kusimuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hektor Bombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kusimuki has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Hektor Bombard told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Kusimuki
vs
Bombard

180 cm
20
190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

174 cm
23
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

FinnFighters Nutrition
M/S Paint Fightwear *** Cheapest in town ***

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Takeshi Kusimuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hektor Bombard!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kusimuki has managed to clinch.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kusimuki presses Bombard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kusimuki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bombard.
Kusimuki cracks Bombard with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki prevents a body shot from Bombard.
Bombard wants to break free but Kusimuki has control.
Bombard tries to circle away but Kusimuki has him pinned against the cage.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Bombard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bombard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Kusimuki pushes Bombard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kusimuki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bombard backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kusimuki prevents Bombard from breaking the clinch.
Bombard is looking to break free of the clinch but Kusimuki has double underhooks.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Kusimuki lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Kusimuki.
Bombard tries to break free but Kusimuki pushes him back against the cage.
Bombard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kusimuki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bombard's efforts to push away.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Bombard misses with a punch on the inside.
Kusimuki is pushing Bombard up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kusimuki.
Bombard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Kusimuki.
Bombard looks gassed!
Kusimuki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bombard wants to break free but Kusimuki has control.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch but Kusimuki keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Bombard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bombard working hard to break the clinch.
Kusimuki lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Kusimuki.
Kusimuki controlling the action here for a moment.
Kusimuki lands a damaging elbow.
Bombard is trying to maintain a safe position but Kusimuki gets an underhook and turns Bombard into the cage.
A short left from Kusimuki.
Bombard wants to get back to striking at distance but Kusimuki won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bombard.
Bombard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bombard takes a shot to the head.
Bombard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kusimuki lands with a light punch inside.
Bombard wants to break free but Kusimuki has control.
A right hook to the body lands for Kusimuki.
A bit of stalling here from Kusimuki.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bombard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Bombard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bombard tries to break the clinch but Kusimuki is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bombard misses with a punch to the body.
Kusimuki digs a right hand underneath Bombard's ribcage. Bombard let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bombard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kusimuki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kusimuki throws an elbow that misses.
Bombard is trying to force a seperation but Kusimuki has the dominant position.
Kusimuki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bombard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kusimuki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bombard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bombard tries to circle away but Kusimuki has him pinned against the cage.
Kusimuki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kusimuki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kusimuki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kusimuki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kusimuki keeps control of Bombard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki is controlling him.
Bombard tries to break free but Kusimuki pushes him back against the cage.
Bombard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Kusimuki lands a nice uppercut.
Bombard swings wildly with an uppercut but Kusimuki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bombard trying to control the position but instead, Kusimuki has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bombard into the cage.
Bombard wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kusimuki looking to throw knees to the head but Bombard is blocking nicely.
Bombard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Kusimuki has Bombard pushed against the cage.
Kusimuki works on Bombard's body with a couple of short punches.
Kusimuki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kusimuki tries a body shot but Bombard blocks it.
Kusimuki throws a punch but it's blocked by Bombard.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bombard taking a breather.
Kusimuki blocks an uppercut.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch but Kusimuki keeps him there for the moment.
Bombard is trying to force a seperation but Kusimuki has the dominant position.
Kusimuki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kusimuki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kusimuki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bombard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kusimuki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bombard's efforts to push away.
Bombard is trying to force a seperation but Kusimuki has the dominant position.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kusimuki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kusimuki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bombard tries to circle away but Kusimuki has him pinned against the cage.
Bombard tries to circle away but Kusimuki has him pinned against the cage.
Kusimuki swings wildly with an uppercut but Bombard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kusimuki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kusimuki blocks a body shot from Bombard.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Bombard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bombard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bombard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Bombard is trying to force a seperation but Kusimuki has the dominant position.
Bombard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bombard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kusimuki's elbow.
Bombard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kusimuki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bombard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bombard is trying to break free.
Kusimuki wants to stall.
Kusimuki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bombard tries to circle away but Kusimuki has him pinned against the cage.
Kusimuki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kusimuki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bombard is trying to break free.
Bombard tries to break the clinch but Kusimuki is controlling the position.
Kusimuki has Bombard pressed against the cage, preventing Bombard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kusimuki throws an elbow that misses.
Bombard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bombard wants to get back to striking at distance but Kusimuki won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Kusimuki dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bombard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Bombard.
Bombard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bombard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bombard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kusimuki ducks under a wild hook from Bombard.
Kusimuki moves out of range of the strikes.
Bombard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kusimuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Bombard throws a nice looking combination but Kusimuki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bombard looks to land a combination but Kusimuki avoids it well.
Kusimuki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kusimuki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bombard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bombard misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kusimuki wants to clinch.
Hektor Bombard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bombard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bombard throws a hook to the side of Kusimuki's head but Kusimuki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kusimuki has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bombard listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bombard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kusimuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Bombard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kusimuki tries to clinch but Bombard is having none of it.
Kusimuki walks into a jab.
Kusimuki misses the shot to the body.
Bombard throws a series of strikes that have Kusimuki backpedaling.
Bombard throws a right hand that Kusimuki ducks under and follows up with a left that Kusimuki also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Bombard - just one landing.
Kusimuki avoids a punch combination nicely.

Kusimuki rushes Bombard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bombard is trying to break free.
Kusimuki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki is controlling him.
Bombard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bombard has had enough of the clinch but Kusimuki keeps him there for the moment.
Kusimuki keeps control of Bombard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kusimuki lands with a right to the head.
Kusimuki scores with a shot to the side of Bombard's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bombard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bombard.
Bombard looking to stall.
Kusimuki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kusimuki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bombard throws a punch but it's blocked by Kusimuki.
Bombard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kusimuki scores with a shoulder strike.
Bombard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bombard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kusimuki.
Kusimuki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kusimuki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kusimuki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice left hand lands by Kusimuki.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Kusimuki lands an uppercut.
Kusimuki scores with a shot to the side of Bombard's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Kusimuki.
Kusimuki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bombard managing to block the knees to the body from Kusimuki.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kusimuki scores with a shoulder strike.
Kusimuki pushes Bombard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bombard tries to circle away but Kusimuki has him pinned against the cage.
Kusimuki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bombard's efforts to push away.
Kusimuki keeps control of Bombard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kusimuki lands a knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki blocks an uppercut.
Bombard is looking to break free of the clinch but Kusimuki has double underhooks.
Kusimuki lands an elbow inside that Bombard shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bombard being controlled against the cage.
Kusimuki scores with a hook to the body.
Kusimuki gets through Bombard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bombard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bombard.
Bombard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch but Kusimuki keeps him there for the moment.
Bombard is trying to force a seperation but Kusimuki has the dominant position.
Bombard can't break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kusimuki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bombard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kusimuki is leaning against Bombard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bombard tries to break free but Kusimuki pushes him back against the cage.
Kusimuki lands a hook that snaps the head of Bombard backwards.
Kusimuki lands a left hand.
Bombard wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kusimuki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bombard tries to break free but Kusimuki pushes him back against the cage.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bombard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kusimuki stalling.
Kusimuki has Bombard pressed against the cage, preventing Bombard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Kusimuki dominated that second round.
That's time! Kusimuki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bombard lands with a nice body punch.
Bombard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kusimuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Kusimuki moves out of range as Bombard strikes.
Kusimuki swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bombard counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bombard connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bombard misses with a few strikes there.
Bombard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bombard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bombard throws a right and a left that Kusimuki avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Kusimuki clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kusimuki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Kusimuki.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Kusimuki slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kusimuki pushes off an throws an elbow but Bombard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bombard wants to break free but Kusimuki has control.
Kusimuki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bombard throws a punch but it's blocked by Kusimuki.
Bombard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bombard is looking to break free of the clinch but Kusimuki has double underhooks.
Bombard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Kusimuki.
Bombard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Kusimuki lands with a short shot to the head.
Kusimuki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bombard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kusimuki lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bombard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bombard wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Bombard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kusimuki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kusimuki prevents Bombard from breaking the clinch.
Kusimuki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kusimuki prevents Bombard from breaking the clinch.
Bombard throws a head punch that misses.
Bombard swings wildly with an uppercut but Kusimuki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kusimuki lands a left hand.
Bombard takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kusimuki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bombard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kusimuki is leaning against Bombard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kusimuki lands a nice shot to the body.
Bombard is trying to force a seperation but Kusimuki has the dominant position.
Kusimuki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kusimuki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Takeshi Kusimuki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kusimuki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bombard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch but Kusimuki keeps him there for the moment.
Bombard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kusimuki pushes Bombard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bombard is trying to break free.
Bombard wants to get back to striking at distance but Kusimuki won't allow it.
Bombard is looking to break free of the clinch but Kusimuki has double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Kusimuki as the two fighters clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bombard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Kusimuki.
A short right from Kusimuki on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kusimuki lands a nice elbow.
Bombard is looking to break free of the clinch but Kusimuki has double underhooks.
Bombard tries to break free but Kusimuki pushes him back against the cage.
Hektor Bombard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kusimuki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kusimuki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bombard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bombard misses with the head strike.
Kusimuki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kusimuki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki blocks a body shot from Bombard.
Bombard tries to break free but Kusimuki pushes him back against the cage.
Kusimuki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A body shot lands from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki lands with a left to the head.
Bombard is trying to break the clinch but Kusimuki has him pressed against the cage.
Kusimuki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki prevents Bombard from breaking the clinch.
Bombard tries to break the clinch but Kusimuki is controlling the position.
Kusimuki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kusimuki lands a right hand.
Bombard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kusimuki will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bombard up against the cage.
Kusimuki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bombard tries to circle away but Kusimuki has him pinned against the cage.
Bombard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bombard wants to break free but Kusimuki has control.
Bombard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kusimuki slowing the pace effectively.
Bombard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kusimuki blocks an uppercut.
Kusimuki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kusimuki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kusimuki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bombard swings wildly with an uppercut but Kusimuki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bombard misses with the head strike.
Kusimuki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bombard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kusimuki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kusimuki taking a breather.
Bombard misses with the head strike.
Bombard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kusimuki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bombard's efforts to push away.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kusimuki.
Kusimuki pushes Bombard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bombard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bombard looking to slow down the pace here.
Bombard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Takeshi Kusimuki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kusimuki, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takeshi Kusimuki!