PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Bumanov (ranked 4785 p4p, 503 weight class) and Harvey Fury (ranked 7417 p4p, 653 weight class). Sergei Bumanov has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bumanov
vs
Fury

185 cm
19
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
24
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Mockstar Energy Drinks 160Q
Sully's Bar & Grill

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergei Bumanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harvey Fury!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Topper Green and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury closes the distance and clinches up with Bumanov, looking for a takedown. Fury pushes Bumanov against the cage but Bumanov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot by Bumanov.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fury.
Fury shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bumanov pinned against the cage. Bumanov gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sergei Bumanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harvey Fury.
Bumanov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bumanov lands with a good body shot.
Fury takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fury has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bumanov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bumanov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bumanov wants it to stay on the feet.
Bumanov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fury looks winded!

Bumanov clinches.
Bumanov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bumanov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fury.
Bumanov has Fury pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fury manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Bumanov pulls guard successfully.
Fury preventing the sweep.
Bumanov pulls Fury in close to his closed guard and prevents Fury from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bumanov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Bumanov controlling the action here.
Bumanov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Bumanov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bumanov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bumanov lands a nice short elbow.
Bumanov takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bumanov has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bumanov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bumanov landing strikes from the mount and Fury is in trouble!
Bumanov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bumanov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fury is in a horrible position here. Bumanov smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Fury is rocked!
The referee warns Fury that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fury is still in real trouble! Can Bumanov finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fury in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Bumanov! Fury is hurt baaadly! Bumanov is firing away with more strikes - Fury is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergei Bumanov!
A very excited looking Sergei Bumanov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.