PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nic Ola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Puska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ola might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Disorder by Ice T&Slayer. Puska has chosen You Ain't Stoppin Me !!!! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ola
vs
Puska

179 cm
35
146 lbs
29 - 13 - 1

175 cm
28
147 lbs
30 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Nic Ola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Puska!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puska misses with a looping left.
Puska throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ola tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Puska paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Puska checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ola throws a solid leg kick but Puska takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ola.
Ola tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ola fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Puska is out of range.
Ola lands a leg kick that knocks Puska off balance momentarily.
Puska slips a jab from Ola.
Puska does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ola shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ola fails with an attempt to clinch.
Puska moves out of range of the leg kick from Ola.
Ola finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ola throws a leg kick but Puska checks it.
Puska throws a sloppy head kick and Ola moves out of range easily.
Ola throws a lazy right hand but Puska sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No luck for Puska with that takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Puska fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ola has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ola throws a leg kick which misses Puska's front leg but catches the back leg as Puska tries to avoid it.
Ola is looking to slow Puska down with leg kicks.
Good work by Puska as he checks the leg kick.
Ola misses with an attempted mid kick.
Puska throws an overhand right that lands on Ola's shoulder, as Ola tries to avoid the shot.
Ola digs a good body shot into Puska's ribs.
Ola swings for the body but Puska moves out of range.
Puska waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ola.
Puska misses with a looping right.
Ola wants to clinch.
Ola swings widly with a right hand
letting Puska counter with a right hand.
Ola throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Puska counters with a two punch combo.
Ola misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puska scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Puska shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ola is trying to defend but Puska finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Puska is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ola sees it coming and defends easily.

Puska is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ola works his way to full guard. Good work.
Puska trying to control but Ola is working from the bottom.

Ola is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Puska is aware though and is defending well.

Ola isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Puska stacks Ola on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Puska!
Ola is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Puska trying to control the action but Ola is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Puska has hold of Ola's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Ola tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Puska cranks the arm and Ola screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Ola, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Mike Puska!
Mike Puska took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.