PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Bakunin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brendan Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Everlast - What It's Like. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bakunin
vs
Ryan

188 cm
23
190 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

188 cm
26
195 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Bakunin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Brendan Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan cracks Bakunin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bakunin misses with an uppercut. Ryan saw that one coming.
Ryan cracks Bakunin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bakunin missing with a left hand there. Ryan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bakunin throws a jab but it's blocked by Ryan.
Bakunin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ryan takes a swing at Bakunin's ribcage but misses.
Ryan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ryan looks to land a right hand but Bakunin moved out of range.
Ryan misses with a hook. Bakunin ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Bakunin.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
Bakunin drops his hands momentarily and Ryan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ryan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bakunin connects with a body shot that sends Ryan's belly button to the back.
Bakunin walks into a jab.
A punch combination from Ryan misses.
Ryan misses with a hook.
Good work by Ryan as he checks the leg kick.
A left lands for Ryan.
Ryan looks to score with a jab to the body but Bakunin is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakunin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brendan Ryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bakunin looks to score with a jab to the body but Ryan is just out of range.
Ryan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bakunin is out of range and Ryan settles back down.
Ryan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ryan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ryan looks to land a combination. Bakunin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ryan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ryan cracks Bakunin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ryan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bakunin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ryan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bakunin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ryan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bakunin circles away quickly and effectively.
Ryan lands a right hook to the body.
Bakunin looks to land a left hand but Ryan moved out of range nicely.
Bakunin throws a jab when Ryan was well out of range.
Ryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bakunin was well out of range. Poor timing from Ryan.
Ryan throws a front kick aimed at Bakunin's knee but Bakunin avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan misses with a low kick.
Bakunin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ryan.
A jab from Ryan does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ryan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ryan moves away from the strike by Bakunin.
Ryan cracks Bakunin with an open hand slap.
Ryan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bakunin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bakunin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ryan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bakunin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ryan wants to clinch.
Ryan is looking to score with low kicks.
Bakunin circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Bakunin to counter with a crisp jab.
Bakunin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ryan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan checks a leg kick.
Ryan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bakunin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ryan lands with a shot to the body.
Ryan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bakunin slips under a jab.
Ryan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bakunin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ryan lands a nice looking body shot.
Bakunin throws out a loose jab but Ryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ryan stuns Bakunin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ryan misses with an uppercut. Bakunin saw that one coming.
Ryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bakunin was well out of range. Poor timing from Ryan.
Ryan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bakunin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ryan throws a hook to the side of Bakunin's head but Bakunin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bakunin scores with a shot to the body.
Bakunin throws a right hand that Ryan ducks under and follows up with a left that Ryan also avoids with ease.
Ryan throws a series of punches but Bakunin avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ryan.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bakunin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ryan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ryan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ryan throws a shot to the body.
Bakunin slips under a jab from Ryan.
Bakunin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bakunin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A left and a right from Ryan both land. Nice combination.
Bakunin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ryan can pounce on him.
Ryan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ryan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bakunin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ryan scores with a hook.
Ryan scores with a jab to the body.
Ryan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice uppercut lands for Ryan. That snapped Bakunin's head back.
Bakunin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bakunin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ryan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brendan Ryan dominated that round.
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.

Bakunin loads up on a big right hand but Ryan slips the punch.
A cross from Ryan lands.
Ryan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bakunin moves out of range of the body kick from Ryan.
Bakunin throws a looping overhand right but Ryan ducks down to avoid it.
Ryan cracks Bakunin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ryan misses with a looping left.
Ryan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bakunin staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bakunin. Ryan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ryan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ryan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bakunin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ryan.
Ryan throws an overhand right that lands on Bakunin's shoulder, as Bakunin tries to avoid the shot.
Bakunin drops his hands momentarily and Ryan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bakunin defending well as Ryan loads up on a big left hand.
Bakunin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ryan.
Ryan tries to clinch
and Bakunin counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ryan throws a looping overhand right but Bakunin ducks down to avoid it.
Ryan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Brendan Ryan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ryan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bakunin eats them both and turns towards Ryan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ryan wants to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ryan.
Bakunin staying out of range there.
Bakunin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ryan's head.
Ryan catches Bakunin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ryan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bakunin throws a head kick but Ryan moves out of range.
Ryan looks to score with a jab to the body but Bakunin is just out of range.
Ryan is looking to chop away at Bakunin's legs.
Ryan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bakunin staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan moves to clinch but Bakunin breaks away
letting Bakunin counter with a right hand.
Ryan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bakunin.
Bakunin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ryan cracks Bakunin with an open hand slap.
A big left from Ryan misses.
Ryan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ryan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bakunin swinging wildly here.
Ryan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Ryan.
Ryan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bakunin.
Ryan throws a sloppy head kick and Bakunin moves out of range easily.
A left and a right from Ryan both land. Nice combination.
Some wild striking there from Ryan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin avoids the body shot from Ryan.
Ryan punishes Bakunin's body with a nice straight punch.
A big right from Ryan misses.
Ryan throws a solid leg kick but Bakunin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ryan.
Bakunin misses with a hook to the body
enabling Ryan to counter with a crisp jab.
Bakunin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ryan slips a jab from Bakunin.
Ryan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bakunin's sensitive parts.
Ryan connects with a solid leg kick.
Bakunin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ryan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ryan. Bakunin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ryan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bakunin manages to avoid it.
Ryan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bakunin on the side of the head.
Ryan thows a body shot but no joy.
Bakunin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ryan cracks Bakunin with a good jab.
Bakunin misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ryan jabs Bakunin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bakunin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice uppercut lands for Ryan. That snapped Bakunin's head back.
Ryan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bakunin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bakunin throws a shot from downtown. Ryan moves away and avoids it.
Bakunin misses with a wild body shot.
Ryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bakunin stalks Ryan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ryan's face. Ryan staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bakunin misses with an uppercut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ryan is leaning against Bakunin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ryan misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ryan.
Ryan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bakunin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brendan Ryan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Bakunin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ryan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bakunin thows a body shot but no joy.
Ryan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ryan wants to slow Bakunin down by chopping away at his legs.
Bakunin blocks a jab.
Ryan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bakunin to score with a decent uppercut.
Ryan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ryan misses with a body shot.
Ryan throws a leg kick
and Bakunin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ryan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bakunin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ryan. That's going to slow Bakunin down.
Bakunin throws a shot from downtown. Ryan moves away and avoids it.
Ryan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ryan tests Bakunin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ryan lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan tests Bakunin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bakunin moves forwards but Ryan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ryan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ryan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ryan lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ryan punishes Bakunin's body with a nice straight punch.
Ryan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bakunin.
Ryan with a nice cross.
Ryan clobbers Bakunin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ryan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bakunin backs up against the cage.
Ryan doesn't manage to clinch there - Bakunin circles away.
Ryan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bakunin.
Bakunin checks a leg kick nicely.
Ryan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
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!
Ryan thuds a left hand into Bakunin's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan digs a good body shot into Bakunin's ribs.

Ryan gets a clinch.
Ryan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bakunin.
Ryan prevents Bakunin from breaking the clinch.
Ryan digs a right hand underneath Bakunin's ribcage. Bakunin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ryan misses with a punch on the inside.
Ryan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ryan pushes Bakunin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Come on Ryan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bakunin blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Ryan as the two fighters clinch.
Ryan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ryan prevents Bakunin from breaking the clinch.
Ryan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ryan lands a nice shot to the body.
Ryan lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bakunin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bakunin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bakunin moves forwards but Ryan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bakunin throws a shot from downtown. Ryan moves away and avoids it.
Ryan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bakunin.
Ryan lands a nice shot to the body.
Ryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bakunin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ryan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bakunin. Bakunin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ryan digs a good hook to Bakunin's body.

Ryan moves into the clinch.
Ryan misses with a body punch.
Jake Bakunin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryan tries a knee to the head but Bakunin blocks it.
Ryan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ryan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bakunin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ryan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bakunin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ryan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Bakunin breaks the clinch.
Ryan cracks the inside of Bakunin's front leg.
Ryan misses with a body punch
and Bakunin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brendan Ryan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ryan connects with a jab.
Ryan scores with a jab. Bakunin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bakunin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ryan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ryan misses with a kick to the body
letting Bakunin counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bakunin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bakunin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ryan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ryan with a nice cross.
Bakunin takes a shot right to the bread basket.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brendan Ryan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ryan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brendan Ryan!