PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Alcantara (ranked 1938 p4p, 2619 weight class) and Vasiliy Kulik (ranked 238 p4p, 327 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Alcantara
vs
Kulik

180 cm
31
200
11 - 12 - 0

200 cm
23
195
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abraham Alcantara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vasiliy Kulik!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Francis DeMontford and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kulik gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kulik displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alcantara up against the cage.
Kulik is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Alcantara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kulik makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kulik avoiding damage as Alcantara throws knees to the body.
Kulik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kulik taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Alcantara just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kulik's brow.
Alcantara throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kulik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kulik lands a right hand.
Alcantara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kulik.
Kulik trying to control the position but instead, Alcantara has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kulik into the cage.
Alcantara has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kulik blocks an elbow strike from Alcantara.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulik avoids the elbow strike from Alcantara, against the cage.
Alcantara pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kulik blocks the elbow strike.
Kulik tries to work over Alcantara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alcantara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kulik avoids it.
Alcantara pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alcantara.
Kulik blocks an elbow strike.
Kulik lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alcantara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kulik lands a left hand.
Alcantara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kulik backwards.
Alcantara lands an uppercut.
A short right from Kulik on the inside.
Kulik leaning his opponent against the cage.
Alcantara landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Alcantara is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kulik is defending well for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Alcantara misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulik lands a nice shot to the body.
Kulik will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Alcantara up against the cage.
Alcantara throws a head punch that misses.
Kulik is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kulik is looking to control Alcantara's arms but Alcantara gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kulik has his back to the cage.
Alcantara lands a left hand.
A short left from Kulik.
Alcantara lands a nice knee to the body.
Kulik tries a body shot but Alcantara blocks it.
Kulik trying to stall but Alcantara improves his position.
Alcantara lands an elbow inside.
Alcantara misses with a punch on the inside.
Alcantara throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Kulik.
Alcantara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kulik.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kulik.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kulik takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulik taking a breather.
Kulik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kulik is stalling here.
Kulik is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kulik avoiding damage as Alcantara throws knees to the body.
Kulik works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kulik is pushing Alcantara up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kulik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kulik lands an uppercut.
Kulik just leaning against Alcantara, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Vasiliy Kulik.

Alcantara has Kulik up against the cage in a clinch.
Alcantara throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kulik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kulik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulik wants to stall.
Kulik misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Alcantara just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kulik's brow.
Alcantara throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kulik avoids a wild elbow strike from Alcantara.
Kulik stalling in the clinch but Alcantara improves position.
Kulik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kulik is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Still in the clinch, Kulik scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alcantara.
A short right from Alcantara on the inside.
Kulik avoiding damage as Alcantara throws knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kulik lands a hook that snaps the head of Alcantara backwards.
Alcantara letting Kulik take a breather here.
Kulik blocks an elbow strike from Alcantara.
Kulik lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Kulik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vasiliy Kulik will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kulik tests Alcantara's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Alcantara throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Alcantara finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kulik moves out of range as Alcantara strikes.
Kulik is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Kulik gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kulik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alcantara throws a head punch that misses.
Alcantara working aggressively here.
Kulik gets through Alcantara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alcantara working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alcantara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kulik's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kulik throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alcantaras head.
Kulik misses with a punch to the body.
Alcantara misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Alcantara throws an elbow but misses.
Kulik is trying to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kulik - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulik working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alcantara lands with a left to the head.
Kulik takes an elbow to the forehead.
Alcantara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kulik is looking to control Alcantara's arms but Alcantara gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kulik has his back to the cage.
Alcantara creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kulik stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kulik can't find room to land a body shot as Alcantara controls the action.
Alcantara misses with some punches.
Kulik scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alcantara.
Alcantara scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kulik scores with a hook to the body.
Kulik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alcantara lands a damaging elbow.
Kulik blocks the elbow strike.
Kulik lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alcantara creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Kulik.
Alcantara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alcantara creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kulik lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kulik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alcantara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Kulik.
Kulik lands a nice shot to the body.
Kulik pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kulik cracks Alcantara with a nice body shot.
Alcantara misses with a punch on the inside.
Alcantara tries to land knees in the clinch but Kulik avoids the damage to the body.
Kulik avoids a wild elbow strike from Alcantara.
Alcantara trying to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Kulik.
Alcantara letting Kulik take a breather here.
Kulik slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alcantara's elbow.
Alcantara pushes off an throws an elbow but Kulik leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kulik is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Alcantara is keeping busy.
Alcantara is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kulik is defending well for now.
The referee calls for Kulik to work.
Alcantara lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Kulik.
The referee calls for Kulik to work.
Alcantara trying to land knees to the body.
Kulik lands an uppercut.
Kulik lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alcantara.
Kulik lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alcantara backwards.
Alcantara pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kulik is leaning against Alcantara and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kulik's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kulik lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alcantara backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alcantara.
Kulik lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kulik lands a body punch.
Kulik stalling the fight.
Alcantara lands a nice elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kulik lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kulik throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kulik stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kulik lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kulik looking to slow down the pace here.
Alcantara tries to land knees in the clinch but Kulik avoids the damage to the body.
Kulik effectively controlling the action here.
Kulik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Kulik.
Vasiliy Kulik seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kulik dodges an elbow strike from Alcantara.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vasiliy Kulik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Kulik stalks Alcantara and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Alcantara's face. Alcantara staggers backwards, shaken.
Alcantara looks to throw the jab but Kulik is out of range.

Kulik clinches up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Kulik.
Kulik trying to control the position but instead, Alcantara has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kulik into the cage.
Kulik lands a left hand.
Alcantara lands with a short shot to the head.
Alcantara has a couple of punches blocked by Kulik.
Kulik struggles to land a body shot inside as Alcantara controls his hands.
Kulik blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alcantara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kulik cracks Alcantara with a nice body shot.
Kulik blocks the elbow strike.
Kulik works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kulik throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alcantaras head.
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!
Alcantara misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kulik.
A bit of stalling here from Kulik.
Kulik lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alcantara backwards.
Alcantara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kulik is pushing Alcantara up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kulik scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kulik scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kulik lands a nice uppercut.
Kulik lands a left hand.
Kulik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kulik digs a right hand into Alcantara's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Alcantara's gas tank.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kulik.
Kulik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Alcantara takes a shot to the head.
Kulik just leaning against Alcantara, taking a breather.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kulik lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kulik lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Abraham Alcantara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulik lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kulik pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kulik lands an uppercut.
Kulik avoids a wild elbow strike from Alcantara.
Kulik works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alcantara being controlled against the cage.
Kulik digs a right hand underneath Alcantara's ribcage. Alcantara let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Kulik.
A short left from Kulik.
Alcantara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kulik is leaning against Alcantara and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Kulik - that landed with a thud.
Kulik leaning against his opponent.
Kulik stalling the fight.
Kulik leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alcantara lands a damaging elbow.
A shot in the inside from Kulik.
Kulik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alcantara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kulik lands a nice shot to the body.
Kulik effectively controlling the action here.
Kulik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kulik.
A bit of stalling here from Kulik.
Good body shot from Kulik.
Kulik stalling against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Kulik.
Kulik lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alcantara backwards.
Kulik presses Alcantara against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kulik working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulik leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Kulik.
Kulik scores with a shoulder strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Alcantara obliges.
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!
The referee is keeping an eye on Kulik - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Vasiliy Kulik.
No joy there for Kulik, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kulik scores with a hook.
Kulik cracks Alcantara with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kulik scores with a head kick.
Vasiliy Kulik is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kulik throws a combination. Alcantara tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kulik will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vasiliy Kulik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kulik has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vasiliy Kulik!