PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drew Pinksy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba Rugowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pinksy
vs
Rugowski

213 cm
31
285 lbs
36 - 22 - 1

225 cm
32
277 lbs
20 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 36 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drew Pinksy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bubba Rugowski!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinksy fails to land with a series of punches.
Rugowski moves away from the strike by Pinksy.
Pinksy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rugowski connects with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Rugowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rugowski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pinksy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rugowski throws a push kick but Pinksy slaps the foot to one side.
Pinksy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pinksy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rugowski.
Rugowski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Rugowski does no damage.
Bubba Rugowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rugowski tries to move into range but Pinksy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pinksy misses with a series of wild punches.
Pinksy lands a high kick!

It looks like Bubba Rugowski has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rugowski throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pinksy avoids a kick to the body.
Pinksy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rugowski lands a jab to the head.
Rugowski throws a push kick but Pinksy slaps the foot to one side.
Rugowski tries to clinch
enabling Pinksy to counter with a crisp jab.
Rugowski cracks Pinksy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Drew Pinksy has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rugowski blocks the body kick.
Rugowski misses with a body kick.
Pinksy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rugowski tries to clinch but Pinksy moves away
and Pinksy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pinksy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rugowski misses with a kick to the body.

Rugowski has closed the distance and engaged Pinksy in a clinch.
Rugowski lands a right hand.
Rugowski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rugowski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Rugowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pinksy slips a straight right by Rugowski.
Pinksy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good work by Rugowski as he checks the leg kick.
Rugowski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rugowski takes a swing at Pinksy's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy misses the shot to the body.
Pinksy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rugowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pinksy throws a sloppy head kick
and Rugowski counters with a left to the body.
Rugowski pushes Pinksy away with a front kick.
Rugowski throws a sloppy head kick and Pinksy moves out of range easily.
Whack! Rugowski lands a heavy head kick that drops Pinksy. The ref tackles Rugowski to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Pinksy was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Bubba Rugowski!
During a confident post fight interview, Bubba Rugowski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.