PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demetri Puleveski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Tucker has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tucker
vs
Puleveski

188 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
28
206 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Demetri Puleveski!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker throws a lazy right hand but Puleveski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tucker misses with an uppercut
and Tucker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Puleveski connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Chris Tucker has been cut.
Puleveski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Puleveski has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tucker misses with a hook
and Puleveski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tucker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Puleveski counters with a nice leg kick.
Tucker swings widly with a right hand
and Puleveski counters with a body kick.
Puleveski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tucker. That did some damage!
Tucker falls off balance throwing a combination

and Puleveski decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Tucker's guard.

Tucker is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puleveski is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tucker definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puleveski distracts Tucker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Puleveski postures up in Tucker's guard and throws a big left but Tucker blocks it.
Puleveski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Puleveski controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Puleveski works over Tucker with some ground and pound from guard.
Puleveski controlling from the top position.
Puleveski postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Puleveski slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Puleveski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Puleveski not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tucker throws an off balance right hand
and Puleveski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tucker is breathing heavily.
Tucker misses with a right hand
and Puleveski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tucker misses with a shot to the body

and Puleveski counters with a big uppercut that knocks Tucker off his feet! Puleveski dives into side control looking to finish!
Oh Tucker is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Puleveski works to advance to full mount. Tucker defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Puleveski loads up with a big shot that hurts Tucker! He's pulled Puleveski in close but Puleveski has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Tucker survive? More strikes from Puleveski and Tucker is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Demetri Puleveski!
Our winner, Demetri Puleveski, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.