PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ullas Aslan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sombat Buakaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aslan's entrance music is Agnostic Front - For My Family. A fine choice. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Aslan
vs
Buakaw

179 cm
24
150 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

174 cm
27
155 lbs
3 - 10 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ullas Aslan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sombat Buakaw!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aslan fails to land the takedown.
Buakaw cracks Aslan with a good jab.
Aslan wants to clinch.
Aslan walks into a stiff left hand from Buakaw.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Aslan.
Ullas Aslan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buakaw stuffs the takedown attempt from Aslan. Aslan gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ullas Aslan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buakaw lands a jab-cross combination.
Aslan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Buakaw counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Buakaw fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aslan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Buakaw can pounce on him.
Aslan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Buakaw throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aslan fails with a takedown attempt.
Aslan is breathing heavily.
Buakaw lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buakaw lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Aslan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Buakaw - the referee stops the clock and Aslan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Buakaw. Aslan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Buakaw swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aslan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Buakaw.
Buakaw looks to land a combination but Aslan avoids it well.
A thudding body kick lands there by Buakaw!
Buakaw misses with a double jab

and Aslan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aslan thows a huge punch but Buakaw dodges it nicely.
Aslan prevents Buakaw from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aslan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Aslan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Buakaw is trying to stand back up but Aslan is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aslan throwing shots but Buakaw is blocking nicely.
Buakaw tries to kick Aslan off but Aslan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Aslan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Aslan works his way into side control.
Aslan lands some shots froms side control.
Aslan working the ground and pound.
Aslan throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Aslan misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw defending against the ground and pound.
Aslan cracks Buakaw with a big elbow.
Aslan scoring with punches from side control.
Aslan is working Buakaw over with some ground and pound from side control.
Aslan throws a strike aimed at the side of Buakaw's head but Buakaw avoids it well.
Buakaw taking punishment in the form of punches.
Aslan in side control, throwing shots but Buakaw defends.

Aslan decides to stand back up. Aslan steps back and let's Buakaw get back to his feet.

Aslan scores with a takedown into Buakaw's guard.
Aslan postures up and lands a big shot to Buakaw's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aslan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Aslan in side control, throwing shots but Buakaw defends.
Aslan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The strikes coming from Aslan are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Aslan lands a nice forearm strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aslan landing a few strikes.
Aslan cracks Buakaw with a big right hand but Buakaw just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aslan cracks Buakaw with a big elbow.
Buakaw taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ullas Aslan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Aslan with a hook.
Aslan closes the distance but Buakaw moves to the side
and Buakaw counters with a solid body kick.
Buakaw throws a solid leg kick but Aslan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Buakaw.
Buakaw circles away from the clinch attempt
and Buakaw counters with a good, hard body kick but Aslan shrugs it off.
Buakaw displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Aslan.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Buakaw enables Aslan to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Buakaw manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Aslan thows a big elbow that misses.
Buakaw preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ullas Aslan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Buakaw avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Buakaw is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Aslan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aslan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Aslan throws a big right hand that misses.
Aslan passes into half guard.
Aslan is pressing down on Buakaw's thigh, looking to free his foot. Buakaw is holding on for now.
Buakaw on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Aslan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Aslan drops an elbow to the side of Buakaw's head.
Buakaw really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Aslan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Aslan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Buakaw defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aslan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Buakaw avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aslan.
Buakaw blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aslan.
Aslan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Aslan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Aslan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Aslan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Aslan uses his free foot to push down on Buakaw's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Buakaw.
Aslan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aslan dominating with strikes here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Buakaw can do anything to dispel that myth.
Aslan lands with some strikes.
Buakaw takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Aslan landing shots from mount.
Aslan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Buakaw is rocked!
The referee warns Buakaw that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Buakaw is still in real trouble! Can Aslan finish him?
Aslan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aslan cracks Buakaw with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ullas Aslan!
Ullas Aslan is the new featherweight champion!