PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Buflienko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Levan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Buflienko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Buflienko
vs
Levan

175 cm
25
174 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
170 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Conquer

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Buflienko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Josh Levan!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buflienko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Levan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Levan wants to clinch.

Buflienko pushes Levan up against the cage in a clinch.
Levan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Buflienko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Buflienko misses with a knee strike.
Buflienko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Josh Levan has been cut.
Buflienko has Levan pushed against the cage.
Buflienko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Levan backwards.
Buflienko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Buflienko.

Levan is rocked!
Buflienko avoiding damage.
Levan is still on wobbly legs! Can Buflienko finish him?
Levan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Buflienko is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Buflienko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Levan seems to have recovered his senses.
Levan swats away the attempt to clinch by Buflienko.

Levan gets tackled into the cage by Buflienko. Buflienko maintains the clinch.
Levan misses with an elbow strike.
Levan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Levan is looking for a takedown.
Buflienko presses Levan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Levan wants a takedown.
Ivan Buflienko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Levan.
Buflienko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Buflienko.
Nice body punch from Buflienko - that landed with a thud.
Levan looks winded!
Buflienko lands a nice uppercut.
Buflienko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Buflienko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buflienko scores with a shot to the side of Levan's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Buflienko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Buflienko stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buflienko lands with a light punch inside.
Buflienko landing knees to the body.
Buflienko scores with a shot to the side of Levan's head.
A nice left hand lands by Buflienko.
Levan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Buflienko avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Buflienko trying to land knees to the body.

Buflienko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Buflienko clinches with his opponent.
Levan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Buflienko lands with a light punch inside.
Buflienko is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Buflienko is pushing Levan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Buflienko lands an elbow inside.
Buflienko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Buflienko.
Buflienko is leaning against Levan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Levan blocks the elbow strike.

Buflienko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Buflienko moves into the clinch successfully.
Buflienko digs a right hand into Levan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Levan's gas tank.
Nice elbow from Buflienko.
Buflienko lands a nice shot to the body.
Buflienko is leaning against Levan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Levan looking for a takedown.
Buflienko looking to throw knees to the head but Levan is blocking nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Buflienko.
Buflienko lands a nice elbow.
Buflienko scores with a shot to the side of Levan's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Buflienko.
Buflienko scores with a shoulder strike.
Buflienko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Buflienko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Buflienko - that landed with a thud.
Levan avoiding damage as Buflienko throws knees to the body.
Levan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Buflienko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Buflienko.
Buflienko prevents Levan from breaking the clinch.
Levan looking to stall.

Buflienko breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Buflienko drives through and clinches with Levan against the cage.
Levan wants to break free but Buflienko has control.
Buflienko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Levan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Buflienko pulls him back up using the underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Buflienko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Levan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Buflienko lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Levan falls backwards - clearly groggy! Buflienko dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Buflienko!