PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Igor Wietrzny (ranked 9358 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikael Buzpung (ranked 8594 p4p, 653 weight class). Wietrzny comes to the cage accompanied by Hunter-Fallen. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Wietrzny
vs
Buzpung

174 cm
54
163 lbs
26 - 39 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 39 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Wietrzny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikael Buzpung!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Darius Henderson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buzpung lands a lovely overhand right.
Wietrzny shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Buzpung pinned against the cage. Buzpung gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Buzpung looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wietrzny moves in looking to clinch but Buzpung pushes him off.

Wietrzny clinches up against the cage.
Buzpung takes a shot to the head.
I was talking to Wietrzny's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wietrzny is breathing heavily.
Buzpung tries to circle away but Wietrzny has him pinned against the cage.
Buzpung wants to get back to striking at distance but Wietrzny won't allow it.
Buzpung blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buzpung tries to land knees in the clinch but Wietrzny avoids the damage to the body.
Wietrzny is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Buzpung gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buzpung can't break the clinch.
Wietrzny can't find room to land a body shot as Buzpung controls the action.
Wietrzny tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Buzpung is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wietrzny working aggressively here.
Buzpung lands a nice elbow.
Buzpung can't break the clinch.
Buzpung tries to break the clinch but Wietrzny is controlling the position.
Buzpung tries to break the clinch but Wietrzny is controlling the position.
Wietrzny tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Buzpung avoids it.
Buzpung misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wietrzny misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Wietrzny fails to land.
Buzpung blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

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

Buzpung drops Wietrzny with a beautiful combination! Wietrzny stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Buzpung is looking for the KO!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Buzpung clinches up with Wietrzny and pushes him back against the cage.
Wietrzny dodges an elbow strike from Buzpung.
Buzpung misses with a punch to the body.
Buzpung is trying to break the clinch but Wietrzny has him pressed against the cage.
Wietrzny throws a punch but it's blocked by Buzpung.
Buzpung misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buzpung wants to break free but Wietrzny has control.
Buzpung tries to break the clinch but Wietrzny is controlling the position.
Wietrzny blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wietrzny.
Buzpung is trying to break free.
Wietrzny keeps control of Buzpung as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Buzpung wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buzpung misses with an elbow strike.
Buzpung working hard to break the clinch.
Buzpung is trying to break the clinch but Wietrzny is controlling him.
Buzpung swings wildly with an uppercut but Wietrzny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buzpung is trying to break free.
Buzpung lands an elbow that stopped Wietrzny in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Igor Wietrzny has been cut.
Buzpung looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Buzpung tries to circle away but Wietrzny has him pinned against the cage.
Buzpung blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buzpung working hard to break the clinch.
Buzpung is trying to push Wietrzny away but Wietrzny has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Buzpung crunches a lovely knee into Wietrzny's ribcage.
Buzpung can't break the clinch.
Buzpung looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Buzpung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Buzpung.
Wietrzny avoiding damage as Buzpung throws knees to the body.
Buzpung is trying to break free.
Wietrzny takes an elbow to the forehead.
Buzpung lands a body shot.
Buzpung lands an elbow just above Wietrzny 's eye.
Buzpung tries to circle away but Wietrzny has him pinned against the cage.
Buzpung is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wietrzny is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikael Buzpung dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Igor Wietrzny's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Buzpung lands a big head kick that sends Wietrzny tumbling to the mat! Buzpung takes a step backwards and waves Wietrzny back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Wietrzny is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!

Buzpung closes the distance and pushes Wietrzny back into the cage.
Oh Wietrzny is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wietrzny blocks an elbow strike.
Buzpung blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buzpung blocks an uppercut.
Buzpung wants to break free but Wietrzny has control.
Buzpung's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wietrzny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wietrzny swings wildly with an uppercut but Buzpung uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wietrzny tries a body shot but Buzpung blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Buzpung blocks an elbow strike from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny seems to have got his legs back now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch on the inside from Wietrzny fails to land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Buzpung breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wietrzny misses with a looping left.
Buzpung lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Wietrzny falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mikael Buzpung!