PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Styles Fights (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Sulag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Fights
vs
Sulag

172 cm
26
175 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

177 cm
24
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Divine - Drugs (Q:158+ $100)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Styles Fights!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Sulag!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sulag swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fights ducks under a wild hook from Sulag.
Sulag throws a big shot that misses.
Fights slips under a jab.
A jab from Sulag misses.
Sulag throws a big shot that misses.
Fights ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sulag misses with a wild body shot.
Sulag lands an overhand right.
Sulag throws the left hand but Fights avoids the punch easily.
Fights misses with an uppercut. Sulag saw that one coming.
Sulag stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sulag lands with a hook. Fights tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fights steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sulag.
Sulag uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fights.
Fights lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Michael Sulag has been cut.
Sulag might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fights displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sulag throws out the jab.
Fights moves out of range of the strikes.
Fights throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fights on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fights on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fights tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab by Sulag.

It looks like Styles Fights has been cut.
Sulag scores with a punch to the head.
Sulag is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fights.
Sulag throws a shot from downtown. Fights moves away and avoids it.
Fights avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sulag thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sulag misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Fights.
Sulag lands a jab to the head.
Fights is looking to clinch.
Good exchange - Fights coming out on top.
Fights swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sulag throws a hook but Fights blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Sulag.
Sulag misses with an uppercut.
Fights showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sulag.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fights has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fights there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fights slips a jab and a cross from Sulag.
Sulag thuds a left hand into Fights's body.
Fights connects with a nice looking jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sulag throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fights walks into a left hand.
Sulag lands a nice hook to Fights's body. Fights takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sulag jabs Fights right on the nose. Fights blinks but takes it well.
Sulag swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sulag is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fights had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sulag is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fights.
Fights on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A big left from Sulag misses.
Sulag moves out of range of the strikes.
Fights swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sulag.
Nice jab there from Sulag.

Fights is rocked!
Sulag misses with an uppercut. Fights saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sulag misses with an uppercut.
Fights misses with a wild body shot.
Sulag bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fights's head backwards.
Fights slips a jab from Sulag.
Sulag wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sulag throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fights connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Sulag is rocked!
Fights looks to throw the jab but Sulag is out of range.
Sulag throws a combination that misses
and Fights counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Sulag falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Styles Fights!
Styles Fights is the new welterweight champion!