PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balaur Bondoc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruki Pushki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Bondoc
vs
Pushki

185 cm
25
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
205 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Balaur Bondoc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruki Pushki!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pushki fails with the takedown
and Pushki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pushki fails with a takedown attempt.
Bondoc tries to close the distance and clinch but Pushki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bondoc connects with a body shot.

Pushki scores a takedown into full mount!
Bondoc really wants to buck Pushki off and get back to his feet.
Bondoc is squirming around, avoiding Pushki's attempts to control the action.
Bondoc tries to hold on but Pushki postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pushki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Pushki jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Bondoc manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Pushki wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bondoc, who protects the arm well.
An elbow from Pushki crashes against the mat.

Pushki is trying to get an arm triangle but Bondoc is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bondoc wants to control but Pushki postures up.

Pushki is trying to get an arm triangle but Bondoc is defending well.
Bondoc tries to buck Pushki off but Pushki is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pushki trying to control the position but Bondoc is working away.
Bondoc on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bondoc tries to get out of the position.
Pushki scores with punches from side control.

Pushki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Pushki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pushki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Pushki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pushki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pushki misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pushki in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Pushki working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Pushki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bondoc is trying to control Pushki's posture but Pushki avoids it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bondoc tries to buck Pushki off but Pushki is having none of it.

Pushki tries for a kimura but Bondoc is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pushki trying to control the position but Bondoc is working away.

Pushki is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Bondoc looks calm but he's in trouble here. Pushki gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Bondoc is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Pushki lets go of the hold and Bondoc can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ruki Pushki!