PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Sundin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ansgar Kurucz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurucz has chosen Marek Ztraceny - Sex s Ex as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Sundin
vs
Kurucz

169 cm
24
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
139 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

KO Clothing
Merciless Gladiators

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivan Sundin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ansgar Kurucz!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sundin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kurucz.
Sundin lands a glancing blow to the side of Kurucz's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sundin, as that shot connected.
Sundin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kurucz 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.
Some wild striking there from Sundin.
Sundin sizes up Kurucz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kurucz throws a sloppy head kick and Sundin moves out of range easily.
Sundin scores with a shot to the body.
Kurucz misses with a double jab.
Kurucz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kurucz.

It looks like Ivan Sundin has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sundin throws the left hand but Kurucz avoids the punch easily.
Kurucz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kurucz throws a body kick that misses.
Ivan Sundin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sundin tests Kurucz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kurucz throws a sloppy head kick and Sundin moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurucz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kurucz throws a right and a left that Sundin avoids nicely.
Sundin scores with a one two! Kurucz had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kurucz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kurucz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kurucz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sundin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sundin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sundin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kurucz misses the shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Kurucz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Good exchange - Sundin coming out on top.
Sundin digs a good body shot into Kurucz's ribs.
Kurucz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kurucz takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurucz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sundin avoids the body shot from Kurucz.
Sundin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sundin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kurucz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kurucz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sundin.
Sundin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kurucz.
Kurucz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sundin.
Sundin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kurucz throws out the jab.
Sundin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sundin lands a slapping body shot.
A head kick misses from Kurucz.
Sundin throws a series of punches but Kurucz moves out of range.
Kurucz looks to land a body kick but Sundin moved away.
Sundin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sundin duly obliges.
Kurucz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Sundin coming out on top.
Sundin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kurucz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sundin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kurucz counters with a body kick that stops Sundin in his tracks momentarily.
Sundin throws a one two combo.
Sundin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kurucz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sundin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kurucz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sundin's head.
A punch combination from Kurucz misses.
Kurucz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kurucz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sundin misses with a hook. Kurucz ducked under it nicely.
Sundin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kurucz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sundin misses with a straight left.
A big right from Sundin misses.
Sundin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kurucz throws a leg kick which misses Sundin's front leg but catches the back leg as Sundin tries to avoid it.
A big left from Sundin misses.
Sundin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sundin scores with a body shot.
A punch combination from Kurucz misses.
Sundin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A big left from Sundin misses.
A punch lands to the side of Kurucz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sundin circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sundin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sundin jabs at Kurucz's body.
Kurucz moves out of range of the strikes.
Sundin catches Kurucz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Sundin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Sundin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sundin avoids the body shot from Kurucz.
Kurucz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kurucz misses with a series of wild punches.
Kurucz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kurucz loads up on a big right hand but Sundin slips the punch.
Kurucz scores with a one two! Sundin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sundin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kurucz.
A jab lands there for Sundin.
Ansgar Kurucz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sundin lunges at Kurucz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kurucz's hand.
Sundin lands a slapping body shot.
Sundin checks a leg kick.
Ivan Sundin is winning the standup battle so far.
Kurucz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sundin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sundin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kurucz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sundin connects with a nice looking jab.
Kurucz throws a sloppy head kick and Sundin moves out of range easily.
Sundin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sundin checks the leg kick.
Kurucz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sundin moves away.
Kurucz tries to move into range but Sundin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sundin dodges the punch combination from Kurucz.
A big right from Sundin misses.
Kurucz throws a wild body kick that Sundin sees coming a mile off.
Kurucz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sundin.
Kurucz moves out of range as Sundin strikes.
Kurucz cracks the inside of Sundin's front leg.
Kurucz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kurucz misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurucz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sundin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sundin lands the left hand.

Kurucz gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Kurucz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sundin, as that shot connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sundin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good exchange - Sundin coming out on top.
Some bone on bone action there as Sundin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sundin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kurucz.
Sundin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kurucz throws a head kick but Sundin moves out of range.
Sundin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A big right from Sundin misses.
Sundin loads up on a big right hand but Kurucz slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurucz slips a jab from Sundin.
Sundin blocks a head kick by Kurucz.
Kurucz slips under a jab.
Sundin's corner calls for a 1-2. Sundin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sundin cracks Kurucz with a good jab.
Sundin blocks a head kick by Kurucz.
Sundin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sundin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sundin slips a jab and a cross from Kurucz.
Sundin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kurucz tries a head kick but it misses.
Sundin blocks a jab.
Sundin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kurucz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sundin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sundin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kurucz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kurucz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kurucz wants to clinch up but Sundin keeps it at a distance.
Kurucz staying out of range there.
Sundin scores with a nice right hand.
Sundin connects with a right hand. Kurucz shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sundin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kurucz.
Kurucz throws a head kick that misses.
Sundin lands a nice hook to Kurucz's body. Kurucz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sundin, as that shot connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurucz misses with a low kick.
Kurucz moves away from the strike by Sundin.
Kurucz looks to land a body kick but Sundin moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ivan Sundin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ivan Sundin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Sundin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kurucz.
A clash of legs there as Sundin blocks the low kick.
Sundin cracks Kurucz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sundin swats away the attempt to clinch by Kurucz.
Kurucz misses with a series of wild punches.
Sundin misses with a body shot.
Kurucz misses with a head kick.
Sundin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kurucz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kurucz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sundin lands a jab to Kurucz's midsection.
Sundin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sundin lands a nice hook to Kurucz's body. Kurucz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sundin scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sundin lands a jab-cross combination.
Sundin misses with a body shot.
Sundin throws a sloppy body shot
and Kurucz counters with a head kick. That will keep Sundin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Sundin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Sundin finds it's way through Kurucz's defenses.
Kurucz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Sundin. That snapped Kurucz's head back.
Sundin throws a body punch but Kurucz moves out of range.
Sundin throws a lazy uppercut
and Kurucz counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kurucz tries a head kick but it misses.
Kurucz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kurucz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sundin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kurucz counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sundin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurucz looks for the body kick but Sundin saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurucz misses with a two punch combination.
Kurucz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kurucz slips a straight right by Sundin.
Sundin lands a lovely overhand right.
Sundin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kurucz. Kurucz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kurucz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A jab from Sundin finds it's way through Kurucz's defenses.
The crowd cheers as Kurucz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sundin doesn't seem phased though.
Kurucz misses with a head kick.
Sundin misses with an uppercut. Kurucz saw that one coming.
Kurucz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kurucz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A shot to the body from Sundin misses
and Kurucz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sundin misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurucz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kurucz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sundin.
Sundin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sundin misses with a hook.
Kurucz throws a head kick but Sundin moves out of range.
Kurucz misses with a series of wild punches.
Ansgar Kurucz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A punch combination from Kurucz misses.
Sundin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sundin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kurucz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kurucz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sundin takes a swing at Kurucz's ribcage but misses.
Kurucz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurucz takes one to the chin there.
Kurucz throws a sloppy head kick and Sundin moves out of range easily.
Sundin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A lazy left from Sundin finds it's target.
Sundin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sundin throws a looping overhand right but Kurucz ducks down to avoid it.
Kurucz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sundin with a jab.
Sundin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kurucz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurucz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice body punch from Sundin.
Ivan Sundin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sundin avoids the head kick by Kurucz.
A cross from Sundin lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ivan Sundin.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sundin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Sundin!
During a confident post fight interview, Ivan Sundin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.