PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Artur Kukla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jai Brick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kukla comes to the cage accompanied by The Eagles - Hotel California. This should be fireworks!

Kukla
vs
Brick

194 cm
23
217 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

179 cm
21
213 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ultra Fight Gear
FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Artur Kukla!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jai Brick!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brick gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kukla stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brick swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brick throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Kukla wants to control from the top but Brick keeps moving.
Brick has momentary wrist control but Kukla slips an elbow through the middle.
Brick trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Brick wants to stand up but Kukla is controlling him.
Kukla won't allow Brick to sweep him here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kukla landing with the ground and pound.
Kukla is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Brick looking for a sweep. Not yet Brick, not yet.
Brick keeping moving, preventing Kukla from controlling successfully.
Brick keeping full guard, as Kukla tries to pass.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brick looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kukla has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kukla tries to free his leg and advance position but Brick is retaining full guard.
Brick preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukla stands up over Brick, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Brick keeping full guard, as Kukla tries to pass.
Brick throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Brick looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kukla lands a couple of digs.
Brick trying to strike off his back.
Kukla won't allow Brick to sweep him here.
Kukla postures up and lands a big shot to Brick's brow.
Kukla stopping the sweep attempt from Brick.
Kukla trying to control the position from guard on top but Brick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brick wants to sweep but no luck.
Kukla will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kukla content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Brick really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kukla. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kukla sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Brick's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kukla works his foot free and advances to mount.
Kukla is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Kukla is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Brick is surviving well by controlling Kukla's body position as best he can.
Brick is desperately trying to improve his position but Kukla has a good base and remains in mount.

Kukla is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Brick to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Brick shrugs it off.
Brick is in a horrible position here. Kukla smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kukla is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Brick can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Brick is rocked!
Kukla drops a big elbow. That's hurt Brick! More shots from Kukla and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Artur Kukla!
Artur Kukla retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Artur Kukla thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.