PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Buckley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frane Bartulovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Buckley
vs
Bartulovic

162 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeremy Buckley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frane Bartulovic!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bartulovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Buckley counters with a solid body kick.
Bartulovic moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Jeremy Buckley has been cut.
A jab from Bartulovic misses.
Buckley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bartulovic.
Buckley could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Bartulovic throws a shot from downtown. Buckley moves away and avoids it.
Buckley misses with a leg kick
and Bartulovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Buckley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bartulovic looks to land a right hand but Buckley moved out of range.
A quick step to the side and Buckley tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bartulovic lands with a cross.
Buckley throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bartulovic counters with a crisp right that sends Buckley to the canvas! Bartulovic follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frane Bartulovic!
A relieved looking Frane Bartulovic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.