PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wladimir Pushka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olaf Van Gutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wladimir Pushka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pushka
vs
Van Gutten

200 cm
21
260 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
285 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wladimir Pushka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Olaf Van Gutten!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pushka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Gutten. That did some damage!
Van Gutten avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pushka tries a head kick but it misses.
Wladimir Pushka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Gutten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pushka.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pushka. That's going to slow Van Gutten down.
Pushka throws a head kick that misses.
Pushka throws a right hand that misses
and Van Gutten counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Van Gutten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pushka.
Van Gutten keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pushka blocks a jab.
Van Gutten throws out a powerful jab.
Pushka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Gutten should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Van Gutten is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pushka lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pushka throws a front kick aimed at Van Gutten's knee but Van Gutten avoids it well.
Pushka doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Van Gutten swings for the body but Pushka moves out of range.
Pushka feints and then cracks Van Gutten's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Gutten down.
Van Gutten lands a jab to the head.
Pushka lands a lovely overhand right.
Pushka wants to clinch.

Pushka moves into range and clinches up with Van Gutten.
Pushka is trying to break free.

Pushka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pushka misses with a two punch combination.
Van Gutten jabs Pushka to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pushka lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Olaf Van Gutten has been cut.
Van Gutten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pushka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Gutten lands a nice hook to Pushka's body. Pushka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pushka scores with a leg kick.
Van Gutten takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Gutten keeps the fight on the outside.
Good leg kick by Pushka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pushka fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gutten misses with a straight right.
Van Gutten misses with a straight left.
Pushka misses with the combination.
Pushka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Gutten on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pushka. Pushka obviously looking to wear him down.
Van Gutten on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Van Gutten looks gassed!
Pushka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Gutten swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Pushka moves into the clinch.
Van Gutten tries to throw a body punch but Pushka avoids it by throwing Van Gutten back against the cage.

Pushka manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gutten takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pushka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pushka wants to clinch.
Pushka lands a really nice looking cross but Van Gutten seems unphased.
Pushka seems to be stalking Van Gutten here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Van Gutten drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Wladimir Pushka!