PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between lani polanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davis Bushby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bushby's choice of entrance music: DMX - Bad Boy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

polanski
vs
Bushby

170 cm
22
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
19
140 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, lani polanski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Davis Bushby!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
polanski thows a body shot but no joy.

Bushby closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
polanski sneaks back into half guard.
Bushby stalling.
polanski is looking for a sweep. Bushby is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bushby is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bushby is keen to just control but polanski is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bushby slows the pace down in half guard.

Bushby is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bushby with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bushby works his foot free and advances to mount.
polanski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bushby on the ground.
polanski working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bushby content just to control the position here.
polanski slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bushby trying to control the pace.
Bushby is keen to just control but polanski is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
polanski is looking for a sweep. Bushby is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
polanski is trying to control but can't.
polanski wants to control the action here but instead Bushby manages to pass to full mount!

Bushby get's back to his feet.

Bushby drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
polanski tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bushby wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bushby is looking to take a break and control but polanski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
polanski is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Bushby trying to control from half guard but polanski is working away.
polanski wants to improve his position but Bushby is controlling well.
polanski is looking to control Bushby's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can polanski avoid being mounted?
Bushby trying to control from half guard but polanski is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davis Bushby dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bushby with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling polanski to score with a decent uppercut.
Donk. polanski catches Bushby right on the button with a cross.

Bushby drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bushby controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bushby looking to pass the guard.

polanski looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bushby passes into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bushby is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but polanski is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
polanski is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Bushby is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Bushby can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as polanski is looking to escape.

Despite being in the dominant position, Davis Bushby just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Some wild striking there from polanski.

Bushby darts in and clinches polanski up against the cage.

That's two 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.

Bushby has dropped down and is working for a takedown. polanski is trying to keep an underhook but Bushby manages to get the takedown into half guard.
polanski is refusing to be controlled, as Bushby sits in half guard.
polanski is looking for a sweep. Bushby is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bushby wants to control but polanski is keeping him busy.
polanski wants to get back to full guard but Bushby has mounted him!
polanski regains half guard.

Bushby stands up and beckons polanski to join him on the feet.
polanski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bushby shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
polanski is refusing to be controlled, as Bushby sits in half guard.

Bushby stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Bushby with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling polanski to score with a decent uppercut.

Bushby darts in and clinches polanski up against the cage.

Bushby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
polanski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bushby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by polanski.

Bushby shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
polanski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bushby.
polanski keeping moving, preventing Bushby from controlling successfully.
Bushby is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

polanski throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Bushby escapes and throws polanski's legs to the side, diving into side control!
polanski is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davis Bushby showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! polanski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bushby with a jab.
polanski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bushby stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
polanski misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from polanski.

Bushby closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bushby is staying tight to polanski's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Davis Bushby has got the better of the ground game so far.
polanski parries the strikes from Bushby easily there. Bushby is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable polanski to escape.
Bushby controls the position.

Bushby decides to stand back up.
lani polanski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bushby closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bushby keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
polanski trying to control from the bottom.
Bushby works his way into side control.
Bushby trying to control the position but polanski is working away.
Bushby staying calm.
Bushby has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for polanski!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
polanski is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bushby wants to control the pace but polanski is squirming around nicely.

Bushby quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Bushby but it's paid off an polanski is forced to tap! Nice work by Bushby.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Davis Bushby!