PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Bo Brunson (ranked 4298 p4p, 5821 weight class) and Gancho Ganevski (ranked 496 p4p, 599 weight class). Bo Brunson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brunson
vs
Ganevski

192 cm
25
200
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
183
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Good chin

Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 London, Bo Brunson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gancho Ganevski!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brunson looks to land a combination but Ganevski avoids it well.
Brunson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Ganevski rushes Brunson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Brunson pushes off an throws an elbow but Ganevski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Brunson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gancho Ganevski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brunson connects with a looping right hand.

Ganevski has closed the distance and engaged Brunson in a clinch.

Brunson breaks from the clinch.
Ganevski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brunson keeps the fight on the outside.
Brunson is looking for a counter combo.
Brunson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Brunson takes the fight into the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Brunson.

Brunson manages to break the clinch.
Brunson throws a right and a left that Ganevski avoids nicely.
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!

Brunson has managed to clinch.
Ganevski takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganevski avoids the elbow strike from Brunson, against the ropes.
Brunson prevents Ganevski from breaking the clinch.
Ganevski dodges an elbow strike from Brunson.
Ganevski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Brunson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Brunson.
Bo Brunson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Brunson moves into the clinch.
Ganevski misses with a punch on the inside.
Ganevski lands a body punch.
Ganevski holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Brunson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Brunson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ganevski closes the distance and pushes Brunson back into the ropes.

Brunson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ganevski is looking to clinch but Brunson is avoiding it.
Brunson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ganevski.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Brunson closes the distance and pushes Ganevski back into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ganevski misses with a body punch.
Ganevski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brunson's elbow.
Ganevski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ganevski misses with a punch to the body.
Brunson prevents a body shot from Ganevski.

Brunson breaks the clinch.
Brunson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ganevski tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Brunson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ganevski misses with a few strikes there.

Brunson clinches with his opponent.
Ganevski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ganevski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brunson tries to stall but Ganevski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ganevski works on Brunson's body with a couple of short punches.
Brunson avoiding damage as Ganevski throws knees to the body.
Brunson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ganevski misses with a body punch.

Brunson breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brunson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ganevski is looking to clinch but Brunson is avoiding it.
Ganevski is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Brunson.

Brunson rushes Ganevski and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Ganevski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ganevski working hard to break the clinch.
Brunson misses with some punches.
Brunson is trying to maintain a safe position but Ganevski gets an underhook and turns Brunson into the ropes.
Ganevski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brunson's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Ganevski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Ganevski.
Ganevski tries to throw a body punch but Brunson avoids it by throwing Ganevski back against the ropes.
Ganevski looking to throw knees to the head but Brunson is blocking nicely.
Brunson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ganevski struggles to land a body shot inside as Brunson controls his hands.
Ganevski struggles to land a body shot inside as Brunson controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brunson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brunson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch but Brunson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brunson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Brunson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Brunson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ganevski tries to clinch up.
Brunson keeps the fight on the outside.

Brunson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stalling in the clinch from Brunson.
Ganevski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ganevski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brunson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ganevski trying to stall but Brunson improves his position.

Brunson manages to break the clinch.
Ganevski tries to clinch there but Brunson circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Brunson misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Brunson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ganevski moves in looking to clinch but Brunson pushes him off.

Brunson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Brunson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ganevski wants to clinch
and Brunson counters with a series of strikes. Ganevski will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brunson misses with a hook to the body
and Ganevski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Brunson gets a clinch.
Ganevski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ganevski misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Brunson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ganevski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brunson.
Brunson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brunson looks to land a combination but Ganevski avoids it well.
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!

Ganevski gets tackled into the ropes by Brunson. Brunson maintains the clinch.
Ganevski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A right hand to the body from Brunson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganevski misses with a punch to the body.

Brunson manages to break the clinch.
Ganevski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ganevski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bo Brunson is winning the standup battle so far.

Brunson moves into the clinch.

Brunson manages to break the clinch.
Ganevski wants to clinch up but Brunson keeps it at a distance.
Brunson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Brunson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brunson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ganevski can do to turn this around?
The fight stays on the outside here - Ganevski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Brunson breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ganevski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Brunson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ganevski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ganevski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brunson appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ganevski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ganevski.
Brunson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bo Brunson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Brunson clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Brunson breaks the clinch.
Brunson throws a head kick that misses.
Ganevski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ganevski tries to clinch
and Brunson counters with a nice body shot.
Ganevski tries to clinch there but Brunson circles away.

Brunson closes the distance and clinches.
Ganevski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ganevski is looking to break free of the clinch but Brunson has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brunson pushes off an throws an elbow but Ganevski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Ganevski can't find room to land a body shot as Brunson controls the action.
Brunson looking to slow down the pace here.
Ganevski misses with a punch to the body.
Ganevski being controlled against the ropes.
Ganevski trying to stall but Brunson improves his position.
Nice body punch from Brunson - that landed with a thud.

Brunson breaks from the clinch.
Ganevski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brunson appears to be looking for a big counter.

Brunson closes the distance and clinches.
Ganevski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ganevski can't find room to land a body shot as Brunson controls the action.
Ganevski trying to stall but Brunson improves his position.

Brunson breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ganevski doesn't manage to clinch there - Brunson circles away.

Brunson rushes Ganevski and presses him up against the ropes.
Ganevski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brunson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ganevski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brunson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ganevski's efforts to push away.
Ganevski looking to stall.
Brunson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ganevski backwards.
A hook to the body from Brunson.
A short left from Brunson.
Ganevski tries a body shot but Brunson blocks it.
Ganevski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brunson's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brunson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Brunson breaks the clinch.
Ganevski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Brunson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Brunson instigates a clinch.

Brunson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ganevski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ganevski tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brunson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch but Brunson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brunson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Brunson has Ganevski up against the ropes in a clinch.

Brunson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ganevski wants to clinch.
Ganevski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brunson moves into the clinch.
Ganevski can't find room to land a body shot as Brunson controls the action.
Brunson trying to stall but Ganevski improves his position.

Brunson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brunson misses with a combination
and Ganevski counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Brunson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ganevski closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ganevski throws a right and a left that Brunson avoids nicely.
Ganevski is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ganevski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ganevski wants to clinch up but Brunson keeps it at a distance.
Brunson misses with a few strikes there.
Brunson circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brunson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ganevski is looking to clinch but Brunson is avoiding it.
Brunson misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brunson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gancho Ganevski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ganevski wants to clinch.
Brunson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ganevski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Brunson misses with a wild combination.

Ganevski scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Brunson to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.

Brunson is rocked!
Ganevski looks to clinch
and Brunson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Ganevski. Those never looked like landing.
A little feinted left hand from Brunson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brunson swats away the attempt to clinch by Ganevski.
Ganevski misses with a leg kick.
Ganevski throws a right and a left that Brunson avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ganevski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brunson throws a sloppy head kick and Ganevski moves out of range easily.
Ganevski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ganevski tries to clinch but Brunson is having none of it.
A little feinted left hand from Brunson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ganevski works over Brunson's head and body with a nice combination.
Brunson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ganevski tries to close the distance and clinch but Brunson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice shot by Brunson.
Ganevski fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ganevski tries to clinch there but Brunson circles away.
Brunson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brunson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ganevski throws a combination that misses
and Brunson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ganevski closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brunson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ganevski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ganevski wants to clinch up but Brunson keeps it at a distance.

Ganevski gets a clinch.
Ganevski tries a body shot but Brunson blocks it.
Ganevski trying to stall but Brunson improves his position.

Brunson breaks from the clinch.

Brunson gets a clinch.
Ganevski lands a body punch.
Bo Brunson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Ganevski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bo Brunson.
Well Brunson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!