PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Bruens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monte Christo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruens comes to the cage accompanied by River Below. Christo has chosen Walk this way - Run DMC & Aerosmith as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Bruens
vs
Christo

168 cm
34
170 lbs
27 - 17 - 1

162 cm
27
166 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Clothes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Bruens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Monte Christo!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christo takes a swing at Bruens's ribcage but misses.
Christo tries to clinch but Bruens moves out of range.
Bruens throws a shot to the body.
Bruens looks for a takedown but Christo sprawls well.
Christo lands a nice shot that snaps Bruens's head back.
Christo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bruens ducks under a wild hook from Christo.
Christo throws a leg kick but Bruens sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bruens motions for Christo to come forward. Bruens throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Christo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Christo connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christo misses with a wild body shot.
Bruens misses with a shot to the body
and Christo counters with a stiff right hand.
Bruens walks into a stiff left hand from Christo.
Bruens scores with a jab to the body.
Christo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Christo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Christo dips to his left and cracks Bruens with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bruens checks a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Bruens there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Christo lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christo lands a jab to Bruens's midsection.
Christo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Christo throws a head kick but Bruens moves out of range.
Monte Christo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruens doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bruens scores with a nice right hand.
Bruens walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bruens closes this distance looking for a takedown but Christo circles away.
Christo throws the kick towards the body but Bruens avoids it.
Christo swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Christo - just one landing.
Monte Christo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Christo tries to bum rush Bruens with a series of wild strikes but Bruens uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Christo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bruens!
Christo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bruens was well out of range. Poor timing from Christo.
Bruens shoots in looking for a takedown but Christo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bruens's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Bruens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christo's corner calls for a 1-2. Christo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Paul Bruens has been cut.
Christo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bruens counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruens wants to slow Christo down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice straight punches there by Christo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Christo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christo checks a leg kick nicely.
Christo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bruens keeps the fight on the outside.
A nice leg kick lands there from Christo.
Christo throws a leg kick which misses Bruens's front leg but catches the back leg as Bruens tries to avoid it.
Bruens has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Christo.
Christo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bruens has time to react.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Christo loads up on a big right hand but Bruens slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Monte Christo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Bruens's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Left hook, right uppercut from Christo.
Christo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Christo throws a shot to the body.
Monte Christo seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Bruens fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Christo to the ground. Bruens is now in Christo's guard.
Christo lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bruens!
Bruens is trying to escape the mount.
Christo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruens wants to control but Christo is having none of it.
Bruens is wriggling around trying to escape.
Christo avoids the attempt from Bruens to control.
Bruens is desperately trying to improve his position but Christo has a good base and remains in mount.
Christo controlling from the full mount.
Christo wants to control the pace but Bruens is squirming around nicely.
Bruens keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christo controlling the pace for now.
Bruens is wriggling around trying to escape.
Christo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bruens is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Christo looking to control but Bruens is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christo controlling his opponent.
Bruens tries to hold on but Christo postures up.
Bruens regains half guard.
Bruens controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Monte Christo wasn't active enough on the ground.
Bruens will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bruens sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Christo is looking to score with low kicks.
Bruens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bruens is looking to wear down Christo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Christo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bruens staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christo throws a jab when Bruens was well out of range.
Bruens checks a leg kick.
Christo lands a nice hook to Bruens's body. Bruens takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Monte Christo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Bruens's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Bruens keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bruens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Christo.
Bruens punishes Christo's body with a nice straight punch.
Christo throws a sloppy head kick and Bruens moves out of range easily.
Bruens takes a swing at Christo's ribcage but misses.
Bruens throws a leg kick but Christo checks it.
Christo scores with a body shot.
Christo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Christo connects with a body shot that sends Bruens's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Christo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bruens can pounce on him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bruens.
Christo thows a body shot but no joy.
Bruens showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Christo.
Christo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bruens.
Bruens throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christo misses with a wild body shot.
Bruens takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bruens throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bruens slips a jab from Christo.
Bruens avoids the body shot from Christo.
Christo connects with a body shot.
Christo throws a poor cross that misses
and Bruens counters with a body kick that stops Christo in his tracks momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christo lands with a shot to the body.
Bruens walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christo throws a body punch but Bruens moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bruens.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Christo checks a leg kick.
Christo tries to work over Bruens's front leg with a kick but Bruens checks it.
Monte Christo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bruens misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Christo looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruens is just out of range.
Christo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bruens on the side of the head.
Christo cracks the inside of Bruens's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruens shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Christo pinned against the cage. Christo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Bruens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christo misses with a body shot.
Paul Bruens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christo.
Christo misses with the combination.
Christo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bruens.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Monte Christo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Christo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Monte Christo!
Monte Christo thanked the fans post fight for their support.