PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zhen Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Culos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior Culos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Zhen Long's chin.

Long
vs
Culos

181 cm
29
190 lbs
7 - 18 - 0

190 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 7 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhen Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Culos!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Culos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Long takes the fight into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Long.
Long scores with a knee to the head.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long prevents a takedown attempt there.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Culos breaks the clinch.
Culos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Long counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Culos throws a hook to the side of Long's head but Long sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Long looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Culos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Culos throws a lazy right hand but Long sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Culos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Long moves away.
Culos feints a jab promting Long to slip. Culos then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Long slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Culos with a hook.
Long wants to clinch.
Long drops his hands momentarily and Culos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Long throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Long has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Culos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Junior Culos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Culos catches Long with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Zhen Long's cut is getting worse.
Long walks into a straight right hand from Culos.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Culos. Long shrugs it off though.
Long is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Culos lands with a straight right. Long didn't see that one coming.
Long misses with a kick to the body.
Culos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Culos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Culos thows a body kick. Long tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Culos cracks a nice hook into Long's ribs.
Culos jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Culos cracks Long with a good jab.
Long stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Culos.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Culos, right into the meat.
A cross from Culos lands.
A left lands for Culos.
Culos connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Culos lands with a good body shot.
Culos feints and then cracks Long's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Long down.
Culos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Long.
Culos lands with a shot to the body.
Culos lands a high kick!
Culos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Culos throws a series of strikes that have Long backpedaling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Culos throws a good cross that connects.

Long is rocked!
Culos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Long doesn't seem bothered though.
Culos scores with a jab to the body.
Long needs to keep his hands up - Culos had a free shot at his head there.
Long walks into a jab.
Oh Long is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Culos feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Longs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Long seems to have got his legs back now.
Long takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Culos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Culos. That's going to slow Long down.
Culos throws a head kick that misses.
Culos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Culos is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Long had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Culos jabs at Long's body.
Culos lands with a cross.
Long looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Culos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Culos jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A left lands for Culos.
A slapping leg kick lands for Culos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Culos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zhen Long's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Good leg kick by Culos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick misses from Long.
Culos tries to bum rush Long with a series of wild strikes but Long uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Long pushes Culos away with a front kick.
Culos has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Culos scores with a jab to the head.
Culos checks a leg kick.
Culos jabs Long right on the nose. Long blinks but takes it well.
Culos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Culos throws a sloppy head kick and Long moves out of range easily.
Culos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Culos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Culos scores with a jab to the jaw.
Culos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Culos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Junior Culos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Long ducks right into an uppercut from Culos.
Culos cracks Long with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Culos stalks Long and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Long's face. Long staggers backwards, shaken.
Culos lands a jab to Long's midsection.

Oooooh!!! Culos has knocked Long down with a huge combo! Culos steps away and waves a wobbly Long back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Culos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Long has time to react.
Culos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Whack! Culos lands a heavy head kick that drops Long. The ref tackles Culos to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Long was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Junior Culos!