PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Garrett Bukovsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauta Naama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bukovsky comes to the cage accompanied by Grubson feat. donGURALesko - Moc. Naama has chosen Bulls On Parade as his entrance music. 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.

Bukovsky
vs
Naama

183 cm
25
182 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

175 cm
24
170 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

TWGC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Garrett Bukovsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rauta Naama!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naama dives in for a single leg takedown but Bukovsky sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Naama misses with a knee strike.
Naama tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Bukovsky scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bukovsky throws a head punch that misses.
Naama trying to land knees to the body.
Naama throws an elbow but it misses.
Naama is looking for a takedown.
Naama pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bukovsky lands with a left to the head.

Naama breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bukovsky looks to land a combination but Naama avoids it well.
Bukovsky scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Rauta Naama has been cut.
Bukovsky cracks Naama with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Naama is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Naama misses with a looping left.
Bukovsky lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Naama falls backwards - clearly groggy! Bukovsky dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Garrett Bukovsky!
Garrett Bukovsky was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.