PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Augustus Bulleit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Friedrich Nietzsche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bulleit
vs
Nietzsche

178 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Urban Fighter
BlackStar Athletics

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Augustus Bulleit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Friedrich Nietzsche!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nietzsche is looking to slow Bulleit down with leg kicks.
Nietzsche scores with a leg kick.
Nietzsche throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bulleit takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bulleit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nietzsche was well out of range. Poor timing from Bulleit.

Bulleit looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bulleit looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nietzsche with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bulleit lands with a punch from half guard.
Bulleit frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nietzsche wants to control but Bulleit is having none of it.
Bulleit dominating with strikes here.
Nietzsche really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bulleit. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nietzsche is squirming around, avoiding Bulleit's attempts to control the action.
Bulleit is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bulleit is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nietzsche can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bulleit lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bulleit is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bulleit wants to control the pace but Nietzsche is squirming around nicely.
Nietzsche is looking to improve his position but Bulleit isn't that keen on the idea.
Bulleit landing strikes from the mount and Nietzsche is in trouble!
Bulleit raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulleit unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bulleit cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nietzsche swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bulleit has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bulleit cracks Nietzsche with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bulleit working Nietzsche over with strikes here.
Bulleit raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bulleit landing strikes from the mount.
Nietzsche is squirming around, avoiding Bulleit's attempts to control the action.
Bulleit looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bulleit jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Nietzsche manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Bulleit working the ground and pound.
A lull in the action here.
Nietzsche is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nietzsche seems a little lost for a moment, as Bulleit dominates the positioning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulleit trying to control the position but Nietzsche is working away.
Nietzsche tries to improve position but can't.
Nietzsche on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bulleit trying to control the action but Nietzsche is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Nietzsche's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nietzsche taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bulleit working the head with strikes.
Bulleit landing a few strikes.
Nietzsche takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bulleit cracks Nietzsche with a big right hand but Nietzsche just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Bulleit is trying to get an arm triangle but Nietzsche is defending well.
Bulleit working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bulleit working the body and head with strikes.
Bulleit scoring with punches from side control.

Bulleit goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Nietzsche rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bulleit's guard! Nice work there by Nietzsche!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bulleit wants to sweep here but Nietzsche controlling him for the moment.

Bulleit looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bulleit is on top in guard.

Bulleit stands up over Nietzsche, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bulleit wants to control from the top but Nietzsche keeps moving.
Bulleit content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bulleit sitting in guard here, content to control.
Bulleit cracks Nietzsche with a solid left hand.

Bulleit is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bulleit makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bulleit wants to control from the top but Nietzsche keeps moving.
Bulleit slips nicely into half guard.
Bulleit with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nietzsche taking some punishment here, with Bulleit in his half guard.
Bulleit keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Bulleit is working for a kimura but Nietzsche is defending it quite comfortably.
Bulleit trying to control from half guard but Nietzsche is working away.
Bulleit is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Bulleit is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nietzsche is just riding it out for now. Bulleit eventually gives up the hold.

Bulleit wants to work for an arm triangle but Nietzsche is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bulleit drops an elbow to the side of Nietzsche's head.
Bulleit with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bulleit scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Augustus Bulleit dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Bulleit swinging wildly here.
Nietzsche plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bulleit takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Nietzsche! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Friedrich Nietzsche!