PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Bruzinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Paukku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruzinski's entrance music is Hello. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bruzinski
vs
Paukku

186 cm
20
161 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

170 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Bruzinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaakko Paukku!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruzinski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bruzinski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vladimir Bruzinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruzinski lands with a nice body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Paukku blocks the leg kick.
Bruzinski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Paukku as he jumps to the side.
Bruzinski throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Paukku's waist but Paukku gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bruzinski off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Bruzinski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bruzinski throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Paukku's waist but Paukku gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bruzinski off to one side.
No joy there for Paukku, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bruzinski scores with a jab. Paukku acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruzinski fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Paukku checks it well.
Jaakko Paukku is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bruzinski misses with a takedown attempt - Paukku sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bruzinski tries a head kick but it misses.
Paukku misses with a double jab.
Paukku tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Bruzinski closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Paukku to the mat! Paukku manages to get full guard.
Bruzinski looking to sit in guard and control but Paukku gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bruzinski is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bruzinski looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Paukku is defending well. Bruzinski quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Paukku has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Bruzinski celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vladimir Bruzinski!