PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keat Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deloris Bookake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Cullen
vs
Bookake

177 cm
20
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
27
175 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keat Cullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Deloris Bookake!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bookake changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cullen tries to avoid it but Bookake manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cullen to the ground. Cullen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bookake misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bookake dives in and grabs Cullen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cullen pushes down on Bookake's head and hops out.
Keat Cullen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Deloris Bookake.
Cullen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bookake is defended easily by Cullen.
Cullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bookake manages to avoid it.
Bookake fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cullen looks to land a combination but Bookake avoids it well.
Deloris Bookake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bookake is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cullen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bookake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cullen is looking to slow Bookake down with leg kicks.
Cullen scores with a head kick.

It looks like Deloris Bookake has been cut.
Keat Cullen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bookake fails with the takedown.
Bookake closes the distance and clinches up with Cullen, looking for a takedown. Bookake pushes Cullen against the cage but Cullen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bookake shoots in for a double leg but Cullen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cullen cracks Bookake with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cullen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bookake looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cullen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cullen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bookake fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bookake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cullen can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen looks to score with a jab to the body but Bookake is just out of range.
Bookake shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A shot to the liver by Cullen. Beautiful body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bookake walks into a jab.
Cullen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cullen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cullen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cullen.
Bookake shoots in for a takedown but Cullen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bookake is trying desperately to land a takedown but Cullen is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Bookake.
Bookake takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Bookake with that takedown attempt.
Bookake takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bookake avoids the body shot from Cullen.
Bookake 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.
Cullen thows a body shot but no joy.
Cullen connects with a solid leg kick.
Cullen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cullen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cullen wants it to stay on the feet.
Horrible takedown by Bookake or perhaps it was just good defense by Cullen which made him look bad.
Cullen is looking to wear down Bookake with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bookake tries for a takedown but Cullen circles away easily
and Cullen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cullen lands a glancing blow to the side of Bookake's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bookake throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cullen's waist but Cullen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bookake off to one side.
Cullen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Horrible takedown by Bookake or perhaps it was just good defense by Cullen which made him look bad.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cullen slaps away a takedown attempt from Bookake, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bookake looks gassed!
Cullen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bookake's head.
Bookake shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cullen defends it nicely.
Bookake's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bookake fails with the takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A cross from Cullen lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keat Cullen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Deloris Bookake's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bookake shoots for a takedown but Cullen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bookake misses with a takedown
and Cullen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Horrible takedown by Bookake or perhaps it was just good defense by Cullen which made him look bad.
Keat Cullen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Deloris Bookake.
A jab lands there for Cullen.
Cullen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cullen misses with a body kick.
Bookake has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cullen finds it's way round the side to connect with Bookake's head.
Bookake has a takedown stuffed.
Bookake changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cullen tries to avoid it but Bookake manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cullen to the ground. Cullen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bookake looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bookake fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cullen avoids it really well and circles away.
Bookake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cullen.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Bookake might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cullen has got the better of the exchanges.
Cullen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cullen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cullen scores with a kick to the body.
Cullen digs a good body shot into Bookake's ribs.
Bookake is breathing heavily.
Bookake dives in and grabs Cullen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cullen pushes down on Bookake's head and hops out.
Cullen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cullen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cullen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cullen misses with a series of wild punches.

Bookake scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cullen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bookake's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bookake's back!
Cullen thows a strike but Bookake uses the opportunity to reverse the position! Great move by Bookake as he ends up in Cullen 's guard!
Bookake won't allow Cullen to sweep him here.
Cullen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bookake trying to control but Cullen is working from the bottom.
Bookake is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bookake preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen keeping moving, preventing Bookake from controlling successfully.
Cullen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bookake throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cullen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cullen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bookake is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cullen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bookake on the ground.
Bookake throws a strike but Cullen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cullen is looking to advance position but Bookake has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bookake cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bookake lands a heavy elbow.
Bookake with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bookake connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Cullen is rocked!
Bookake with good strikes from the mount here!
Oh Cullen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bookake lands a big elbow - Cullen is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Cullen is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Deloris Bookake!
A very excited looking Deloris Bookake made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.