PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Kulina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Cranium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kulina
vs
Cranium

193 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
209 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jay Kulina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Cranium !
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cranium buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cranium .
Kulina scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cranium buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kulina throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kulina misses with a left hand

and Cranium counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Kulina!
Cranium grinds an elbow into Kulina's temple.
Cranium scoring with punches and elbows.

It looks like Jay Kulina has been cut.
Kulina taking punishment in the form of punches.

Jay Kulina's cut is getting worse.
Kulina's coaches at TM Gym have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kulina is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Kulina's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kulina is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulina takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Check out the look on Cranium 's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cranium working the ground and pound.
Cranium looks up at the clock and then as Kulina takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cranium smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kulina manages to get back to half guard.
Kulina wants to improve his position but Cranium is controlling well.
Cranium thows a huge punch but Kulina dodges it nicely.
Kulina slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cranium must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cranium postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Kulina is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cranium is aware though and is defending well.
Kulina keeping moving, preventing Cranium from controlling successfully.
Cranium makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Jay Kulina's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cranium preventing the sweep.
Cranium missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cranium keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kulina's head.

Jeez, Jay Kulina's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jay Kulina's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Richard Cranium !
Richard Cranium was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.