PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rakhmetov Chernyshevsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Bullet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chernyshevsky's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Sisters of Mercy -- Lucretia. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Chernyshevsky
vs
Bullet

185 cm
25
200 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

178 cm
27
195 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rakhmetov Chernyshevsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Bullet!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bullet tries to clinch up.
Chernyshevsky throws a leg kick but Bullet checks it.
Chernyshevsky circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bullet tries to close the distance and clinch but Chernyshevsky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jake Bullet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chernyshevsky tries to land a leg kick but Bullet saw it coming and moves away.
Bullet tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Chernyshevsky counters with a left to the body.
Bullet tries to close the distance and clinch but Chernyshevsky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bullet closes the distance but Chernyshevsky moves to the side
and Bullet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chernyshevsky fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bullet manages to avoid it.

Bullet closes the distance and pushes Chernyshevsky back into the cage.
Bullet tries a knee to the head but Chernyshevsky blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Bullet scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chernyshevsky lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Jake Bullet has been cut.
Chernyshevsky has a couple of punches blocked by Bullet.
Bullet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chernyshevsky's face.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Bullet has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Chernyshevsky tries to throw a body punch but Bullet avoids it by throwing Chernyshevsky back against the cage.
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!
Bullet looking to throw knees to the head but Chernyshevsky is blocking nicely.
Chernyshevsky tries to throw a body punch but Bullet avoids it by throwing Chernyshevsky back against the cage.
Chernyshevsky lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Bullet.
A right handed body shot lands from Chernyshevsky.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bullet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chernyshevsky misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bullet working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bullet makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chernyshevsky scores with a nice hook to the head.

Chernyshevsky manages to break the clinch.
Bullet stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chernyshevsky.
Chernyshevsky has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Homunculus Alembic in the buildup to the fight.
Bullet avoids the body shot from Chernyshevsky.
Bullet tries to clinch there but Chernyshevsky circles away.
Bullet tries to clinch but Chernyshevsky is having none of it.
Chernyshevsky throws a push kick but Bullet slaps the foot to one side.
Bullet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chernyshevsky.
Bullet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chernyshevsky paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bullet looks to land a right hand but Chernyshevsky moved out of range.
Bullet avoids the body shot from Chernyshevsky.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chernyshevsky moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Bullet drives through and clinches with Chernyshevsky against the cage.
Chernyshevsky misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chernyshevsky misses with some punches.
Chernyshevsky misses with a punch on the inside.
Bullet tries to land a knee to the head but Chernyshevsky blocks with his arms.
Chernyshevsky lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bullet lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chernyshevsky takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bullet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bullet lands a shoulder strike.
Chernyshevsky lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chernyshevsky scores with a shot to the side of Bullet's head.
Bullet working aggressively here.
Bullet throws a punch but it's blocked by Chernyshevsky.
Chernyshevsky lands a nice uppercut.
Chernyshevsky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bullet lands a shoulder strike.
Chernyshevsky misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chernyshevsky.

Chernyshevsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chernyshevsky circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chernyshevsky thows a body shot but no joy.
Chernyshevsky swats away the attempt to clinch by Bullet.
Bullet fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chernyshevsky.
Chernyshevsky lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bullet tries to close the distance and clinch but Chernyshevsky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Bullet. Those never looked like landing.
Chernyshevsky lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chernyshevsky just misses with a punch to the body.
Bullet doesn't manage to clinch there - Chernyshevsky circles away.
Bullet moves out of range of the body kick from Chernyshevsky.
Bullet swinging wildly here.

Bullet gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chernyshevsky swings wildly with an uppercut but Bullet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bullet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chernyshevsky is defending well for now.
Bullet prevents a body shot from Chernyshevsky.
Chernyshevsky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chernyshevsky swings wildly with an uppercut but Bullet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chernyshevsky can't find room to land a body shot as Bullet controls the action.
Chernyshevsky lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bullet throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chernyshevskys head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bullet lands an uppercut.
Bullet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bullet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chernyshevsky has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chernyshevsky has a couple of punches blocked by Bullet.
Chernyshevsky takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bullet creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chernyshevsky working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bullet misses with a knee strike.
Bullet misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chernyshevsky misses with the head strike.
Chernyshevsky blocking some punches.
Chernyshevsky blocking some punches.
Bullet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chernyshevsky has a couple of punches blocked by Bullet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jake Bullet will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jake Bullet's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bullet forces Chernyshevsky back against the cage and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chernyshevsky creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chernyshevsky lands a right hand.
Bullet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bullet tries a knee to the head but Chernyshevsky blocks it.
Bullet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chernyshevsky in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bullet.
Chernyshevsky misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bullet misses with some punches.
Chernyshevsky misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jake Bullet seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Chernyshevsky tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chernyshevsky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chernyshevsky lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chernyshevsky doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chernyshevsky misses with a body punch.
Bullet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chernyshevsky struggles to land a body shot inside as Bullet controls his hands.
Bullet misses with a punch on the inside.
Bullet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chernyshevsky has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bullet is working Chernyshevsky over against the cage.
Bullet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chernyshevsky throws a punch but it's blocked by Bullet.
Bullet misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Bullet.
Chernyshevsky misses with the head strike.
Chernyshevsky swings wildly with an uppercut but Bullet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chernyshevsky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bullet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bullet missing with knees to the body.
Bullet blocking some punches.
Chernyshevsky throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bullet.
Bullet misses with some punches.
Chernyshevsky tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bullet's elbow.
Bullet trying to land knees to the body.
Chernyshevsky swings wildly with an uppercut but Bullet uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chernyshevsky misses with the head strike.
Chernyshevsky lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bullet misses with the head strike.
Bullet lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chernyshevsky backwards.
Bullet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chernyshevsky blocks it with crossed arms.
Bullet lands a left hand.
Chernyshevsky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chernyshevsky tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bullet's elbow.
Bullet throws a head punch that misses.
Bullet lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chernyshevsky lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bullet lands a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chernyshevsky.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chernyshevsky.
Chernyshevsky tries to throw a body punch but Bullet avoids it by throwing Chernyshevsky back against the cage.
Chernyshevsky lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chernyshevsky throws a punch but it's blocked by Bullet.
Bullet lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bullet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chernyshevsky digs a right hand underneath Bullet's ribcage. Bullet let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chernyshevsky misses with a punch to the body.
Chernyshevsky managing to block the knees to the body from Bullet.
Bullet's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bullet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chernyshevsky creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chernyshevsky doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bullet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chernyshevsky blocks it with crossed arms.
Chernyshevsky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chernyshevsky tries to work over Bullet's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chernyshevsky misses with a body punch.
Chernyshevsky lands a body punch in the clinch.
Chernyshevsky misses with the head strike.
Chernyshevsky takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chernyshevsky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bullet looking to throw knees to the head but Chernyshevsky is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bullet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chernyshevsky lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bullet tries to land a knee to the head but Chernyshevsky blocks with his arms.
Bullet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chernyshevsky has a couple of punches blocked by Bullet.
Chernyshevsky misses with a punch to the body.
Bullet pushes Chernyshevsky back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bullet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chernyshevsky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bullet lands a shoulder strike.
Chernyshevsky misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bullet.
Bullet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chernyshevsky misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chernyshevsky takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bullet trying to land knees to the body.
Bullet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bullet lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jake Bullet will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jake Bullet's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bullet swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bullet tries to clinch up.
Bullet is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bullet has managed to clinch.
Bullet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bullet tries a knee to the head but Chernyshevsky blocks it.
Chernyshevsky throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bullets head.
Bullet tries a knee to the head but Chernyshevsky blocks it.
Chernyshevsky throws a head punch that misses.
Bullet misses with some punches.
Bullet takes a shot to the head.
Chernyshevsky working hard to break the clinch.
Bullet tries a body shot but Chernyshevsky blocks it.
Chernyshevsky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Chernyshevsky - that landed with a thud.
Chernyshevsky lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bullet lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bullet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bullet connects with a knee to the head.
Bullet misses with the head strike.
Bullet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chernyshevsky blocks it with crossed arms.
Chernyshevsky misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bullet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chernyshevsky softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bullet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chernyshevsky blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bullet blocking some punches.
Chernyshevsky lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bullet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chernyshevsky lands a hook that snaps the head of Bullet backwards.
Chernyshevsky lands a left hand.
Bullet throws a punch but it's blocked by Chernyshevsky.
Bullet swings wildly with an uppercut but Chernyshevsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chernyshevsky pushes Bullet back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chernyshevsky doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rakhmetov Chernyshevsky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chernyshevsky tries a body shot but Bullet blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Bullet fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bullet gets through Chernyshevsky's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chernyshevsky lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bullet or not.
Chernyshevsky blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bullet.
Chernyshevsky blocking some punches.
Chernyshevsky lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chernyshevsky lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bullet backwards.
Chernyshevsky digs a right hand into Bullet's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bullet's gas tank.
Bullet takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Still in the clinch, Chernyshevsky scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chernyshevsky.
Chernyshevsky lands with a right to the head.
Bullet working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chernyshevsky.
Chernyshevsky blocks a body shot from Bullet.
Chernyshevsky doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bullet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chernyshevsky lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bullet misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bullet fails to land.
Chernyshevsky lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bullet backwards.
Chernyshevsky misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Bullet fails to land.
Bullet misses with the head strike.
Chernyshevsky lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bullet backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Chernyshevsky.
Chernyshevsky lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bullet backwards.
Chernyshevsky lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bullet misses with a knee strike.
Chernyshevsky working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Chernyshevsky.
Bullet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bullet working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bullet misses with the head strike.
Chernyshevsky lands a nice uppercut.
Bullet can't find room to land a body shot as Chernyshevsky controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chernyshevsky swings wildly with an uppercut but Bullet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chernyshevsky misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bullet blocks a body shot from Chernyshevsky.
Bullet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chernyshevsky is defending well for now.
Chernyshevsky lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bullet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Chernyshevsky breaks the clinch.
Bullet avoids the body shot from Chernyshevsky.
Jake Bullet is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bullet keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bullet moves to clinch but Chernyshevsky breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Chernyshevsky misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chernyshevsky throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bullet sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bullet takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bullet blocks a low kick nicely.
Chernyshevsky throws a body punch but Bullet moves out of range.
Bullet doesn't manage to clinch there - Chernyshevsky circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rakhmetov Chernyshevsky showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bullet has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

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