PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kulapu Kupula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Sela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sela has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music. Kulapu Kupula had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.9lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kupula
vs
Sela

189 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
194 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kulapu Kupula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fernando Sela!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kupula throws a sloppy head kick and Sela moves out of range easily.
Kupula doesn't manage to clinch there - Sela circles away.
Kupula fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sela avoids it really well and circles away.
Sela wants to clinch up but Kupula keeps it at a distance.
Kupula is looking to clinch.
Sela lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kupula circles away quickly and effectively.
Kupula uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sela.
Kupula shoots in but Sela avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sela misses with a double jab

and Kupula moves into the clinch.
Sela looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sela is trying to break free.
Sela is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kupula jumps guard but Sela stands there with Kupula around his waist. Kupula gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kulapu Kupula. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sela breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kupula shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sela as he jumps to the side.
Sela blocks a head kick by Kupula.

Sela moves into the clinch.
Kupula jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sela walks away with a smile on his face. Kupula gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kupula displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sela.
Sela looks for a takedown but Kupula sprawls well.
Kupula tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sela swivels and escapes.
Kupula shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sela pinned against the cage. Sela gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kupula is breathing heavily.
Kupula fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sela.
Kupula fails to land the takedown.

Kupula tries to keep at a distance but Sela has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sela escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sela.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sela rushes Kupula and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sela has had enough of the clinch but Kupula keeps him there for the moment.
Sela is trying to break the clinch but Kupula has him pressed against the cage.

Sela breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kupula takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kupula avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sela rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kupula moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sela shoots for a double leg takedown but Kupula sprawls well. He's pushed Sela's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice takedown defense from Sela. No joy for Kupula on that attempt.
Sela is looking to clinch but Kupula is avoiding it.
Kupula fails with the takedown.
Sela turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sela throws a head kick that Kupula semi-blocks.
Kupula with a poor takedown
and Sela counters with a left and a right that stings Kupula.
Sela misses with a few strikes there.
Kupula circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sela swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sela tries to close the distance and clinch but Kupula swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sela scores with a punch to the head.
Sela swinging wildly here.
Kupula fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sela avoids it really well and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sela wants a takedown but no success here.
Kupula tries to break the clinch but Sela is controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sela breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kupula moves in looking to clinch but Sela pushes him off.
Kupula is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Sela 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.

Kupula throws a head kick that misses.
Kupula misses with a takedown attempt - Sela sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kulapu Kupula is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick by Kupula misses

and Sela counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sela.
Kupula fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Sela breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kupula gets caught napping as Sela dives in and scores a takedown. Kupula manages to retain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Sela drops back looking for a leg! Kupula is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kupula manages to kick Sela off! Sela jumps back into Kupula's guard.
Kupula wants to stand but Sela is controlling the position.
Kupula keeping moving, preventing Sela from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kupula wants to stand up but Sela is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sela pushing down on Kupula's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Sela seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Kupula is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Fernando Sela!
Fernando Sela decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.