PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vitaly Onakrushno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Brunner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Sergey Brunner was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Onakrushno
vs
Brunner

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vitaly Onakrushno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Brunner!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Onakrushno looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brunner is fending him off so far but Onakrushno persists. Nope, Brunner circles away and we're back to standing.
Brunner sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Onakrushno throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Onakrushno shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Brunner as he avoids it easily.
Onakrushno throws a series of punches but Brunner avoids them all with ease.
Onakrushno changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Brunner tries to avoid it but Onakrushno manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Brunner to the ground. Brunner escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitaly Onakrushno. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Brunner. No joy for Onakrushno on that attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Onakrushno looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Brunner. No joy for Onakrushno on that attempt.
Brunner circles away from the clinch attempt.

Brunner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Onakrushno is fighting off a takedown attempt but Brunner is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Onakrushno to the mat. Onakrushno regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Brunner won't allow Onakrushno to sweep him here.
Brunner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brunner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunner passes into half guard.
Brunner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brunner seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Onakrushno is trying to control but Brunner manages to pass to mount!
Brunner punching from mount but Onakrushno doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Brunner is landing with some decent strikes but Onakrushno is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Brunner connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brunner connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Brunner working the ground and pound effectively.
Onakrushno tries to hold on but Brunner postures up.
Brunner throws some wild stikes that Onakrushno manages to avoid easily.
Onakrushno is in a horrible position here. Brunner smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Brunner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Onakrushno is breathing heavily.
Brunner landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Onakrushno tries to hold on but Brunner postures up.
Brunner controlling the pace for now.
Onakrushno tries to hold on but Brunner pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brunner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Onakrushno?
Onakrushno really wants to buck Brunner off and get back to his feet.
Brunner scoring with strikes but Onakrushno is staying in there.
Brunner fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Brunner landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Onakrushno is desperately trying to improve his position but Brunner has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Brunner.
Brunner lands a heavy elbow.
Brunner is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Onakrushno can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Onakrushno is looking to get to half guard.
Onakrushno is squirming around, avoiding Brunner's attempts to control the action.
Brunner looking to control and managing it successfully.
Brunner lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Brunner dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Brunner scores a takedown into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Brunner.
Brunner lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Onakrushno is bucking up trying to escape but Brunner cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Brunner avoids the attempt from Onakrushno to control.
Brunner throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Brunner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Onakrushno is looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Onakrushno holds on for dear life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunner lands with some strikes.
Brunner raining down shots from the mount!
Brunner prevents Onakrushno from getting the reversal.
Brunner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Onakrushno?
Onakrushno is squirming around, avoiding Brunner's attempts to control the action.
Brunner scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brunner lands a heavy elbow.
Brunner avoids the attempt from Onakrushno to control.
Onakrushno working to try and regain half guard.
BOOM! Brunner connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Brunner wants to control the pace but Onakrushno is squirming around nicely.
Brunner avoids the attempt from Onakrushno to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brunner scoring with strikes but Onakrushno is staying in there.
Onakrushno is trying to escape the mount.
Onakrushno in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Brunner unloading with bombs!
Onakrushno really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Onakrushno is in a horrible position here. Brunner smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Onakrushno slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Brunner is thwarting Onakrushno's attempts to control the position.
Onakrushno is trying is best to control the position here.
Onakrushno looks like he's trying to stand up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Onakrushno punching from the bottom.
Onakrushno tries to get to full guard but Brunner has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Brunner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Brunner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Onakrushno paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brunner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Onakrushno as he avoids it easily.
Onakrushno with a poor takedown

and Brunner counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Onakrushno's guard now.
Onakrushno is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Onakrushno wants to improve his position but instead Brunner has moved into half guard.
Onakrushno is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Brunner's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Brunner's back!
Onakrushno struggling to keep hold of the position.
Onakrushno lands strikes to the head.
Brunner has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Onakrushno.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Onakrushno lands a shot to the head.
Brunner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Onakrushno is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Brunner knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Brunner for a finish.
Brunner rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Brunner looks like he's trying to stand up.
Brunner is refusing to be controlled, as Onakrushno sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Onakrushno is really struggling to control Brunner but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Onakrushno thows a huge punch but Brunner dodges it nicely.
Brunner is looking for a sweep. Onakrushno is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Onakrushno trying to control the action but Brunner is working from the bottom.
Sergey Brunner has got the better of the ground game so far.
Brunner wants to get back to full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Onakrushno tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Brunner moves into the clinch.
Brunner tries to pull guard but Onakrushno won't allow it.
Brunner is working for takedown but Onakrushno is calmly controlling the position for now.
Vitaly Onakrushno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergey Brunner.

Brunner pulls guard effortlessly.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Brunner is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brunner sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Onakrushno's guard.
Brunner tries to pass to full mount but Onakrushno defends it.
Brunner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Onakrushno slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Brunner is looking to work some ground and pound but Onakrushno has wrist control.
Brunner controlling from the top position.
Onakrushno throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Onakrushno can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Brunner controls the pace.
Brunner postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brunner trying to control the position from guard on top but Onakrushno is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Onakrushno is trying to hold Brunner in close to prevent damage but Brunner has managed to pass into half guard.

Brunner decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergey Brunner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brunner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergey Brunner!