PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Kulina (ranked 4356 p4p, 4513 weight class) and Baldimir Zsofka (ranked 544 p4p, 559 weight class). Kulina comes to the cage accompanied by Tool - Schism. Zsofka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Raid - MF DOOM kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Kulina
vs
Zsofka

184 cm
21
171
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
180
1 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

HELLBENT

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Justin Kulina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baldimir Zsofka!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Francis DeMontford and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zsofka lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Justin Kulina has been cut.
Kulina chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zsofka can pounce on him.
Kulina misses with an uppercut
and Zsofka counters with a head kick.
Kulina connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kulina lands a head shot.
Zsofka blocks a jab.
Zsofka slips under a jab.
Zsofka misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Kulina misses the target.
Zsofka takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zsofka throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kulina slips under a jab from Zsofka.
Kulina throws a right hand that misses
and Zsofka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kulina with a jab.
Zsofka walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zsofka looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zsofka.
Justin Kulina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kulina displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Baldimir Zsofka has been cut.
Kulina misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zsofka avoids the body shot from Kulina.
Kulina lands with a good body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zsofka. Kulina does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kulina moves out of range as Zsofka strikes.
Zsofka throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zsofka walks into a straight right hand from Kulina.
Kulina on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kulina misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zsofka throws out a counter right but Kulina avoids it with no problem.
Zsofka looks to throw the jab but Kulina is out of range.
Zsofka moves away from the strike by Kulina.
Zsofka lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Kulina moves into the clinch.
Kulina prevents a body shot from Zsofka.
Zsofka is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Kulina digs a right hand underneath Zsofka's ribcage. Zsofka let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kulina misses with a punch on the inside.

Zsofka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kulina looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kulina moves out of range of the body kick.
Kulina swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kulina backing away here, and Zsofka unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kulina throws a body shot but no joy.
And Zsofka responds with a good body kick, but Kulina manages to step out the way in time.
Kulina scores with a shot to the body.
Kulina dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zsofka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kulina.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kulina lands with a short shot to the head.
Zsofka has had enough of the clinch but Kulina keeps him there for the moment.
Zsofka is trying to break the clinch but Kulina has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kulina fails to land.
Zsofka misses with a punch to the body.
Kulina has a couple of punches blocked by Zsofka.
A short left from Zsofka.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zsofka.
Kulina blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kulina blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka misses with a body punch.
Zsofka misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kulina.
Zsofka struggles to land a body shot inside as Kulina controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Kulina.
Kulina misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zsofka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zsofka blocks an uppercut.
Zsofka wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kulina scores with a shot to the side of Zsofka's head.
Zsofka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zsofka.
A nice left hand lands by Kulina.

Zsofka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zsofka throws a leg kick which misses Kulina's front leg but catches the back leg as Kulina tries to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Zsofka.
Kulina misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zsofka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good shot there by Kulina.
Kulina looks to score with a jab to the body but Zsofka is just out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice cross by Kulina.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka slips a straight right by Kulina.
Kulina connects with a single shot there.
Kulina misses with a combination
and Zsofka counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kulina blocks a low kick nicely.
Zsofka fakes the leg kick and cracks Kulina in the body.
Zsofka misses with a looping left.
Zsofka tried to score with a low kick but Kulina checks it.
Zsofka slips a straight right by Kulina.
Zsofka feints a counter leg kick.
Kulina misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kulina throws out a loose jab but Zsofka uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kulina takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kulina waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zsofka.
Kulina uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zsofka.
A swing and a miss from Zsofka.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Kulina dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kulina takes a swing at Zsofka's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Kulina.
Zsofka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kulina fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zsofka looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kulina lands a slapping body shot.
Zsofka defending well as Kulina loads up on a big left hand.
Zsofka lands a nice shot to the body.
Justin Kulina is winning the standup battle so far.
Zsofka avoids the body shot from Kulina.
Zsofka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kulina's sensitive parts.
Zsofka takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zsofka throws the kick towards the body but Kulina avoids it.
Zsofka tries to land a front kick but Kulina steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kulina throws an overhand right that lands on Zsofka's shoulder, as Zsofka tries to avoid the shot.
Kulina takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kulina is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zsofka can do to turn this around?
Kulina throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kulina is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zsofka takes a swing at Kulina's ribcage but misses.
Zsofka on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kulina throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zsofka counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kulina misses with an uppercut.
Zsofka scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kulina throws a poor cross that misses
and Zsofka makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kulina throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zsofka counters with a nice leg kick.
Kulina throws a hook to the side of Zsofka's head but Zsofka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kulina tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zsofka was well out of range. Poor timing from Kulina.
Zsofka misses with a straight left.
Kulina takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kulina ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zsofka moves away.
Kulina throws a right hand that misses
and Zsofka counters with a stiff right hand.
Kulina misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulina takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kulina throws an off balance right hand
and Zsofka counters with a leg kick.
Zsofka blocks a jab.
Kulina throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zsofka throws a head kick that misses.
Kulina throws an off balance right hand
and Zsofka counters with a thumping low kick.

Kulina gets a clinch.
Kulina throws a head punch that misses.
Kulina prevents a body shot from Zsofka.
Zsofka scores with a shot to the side of Kulina's head.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zsofka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zsofka.
Jab by Kulina.
Zsofka tries to score with a low kick but Kulina moves his leg out of the way.
Zsofka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kulina digs a good hook to Zsofka's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulina throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kulina misses with a looping left.
A good leg kick by Zsofka.
Kulina throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zsofka throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Zsofka gets tackled into the cage by Kulina. Kulina maintains the clinch.
Zsofka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kulina swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Justin Kulina has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zsofka has a couple of punches blocked by Kulina.
Kulina lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zsofka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kulina takes a shot to the head.
Kulina swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kulina fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kulina throws a punch but it's blocked by Zsofka.

Zsofka breaks from the clinch.
Kulina checks a leg kick.
Kulina takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kulina misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zsofka throws a right hand that misses
and Kulina counters with a stiff right hand.
Kulina walks into a straight right hand from Zsofka.
Zsofka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kulina tests Zsofka's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kulina will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kulina bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zsofka throws a hook but Kulina avoids it easily.
Kulina throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zsofka stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kulina throws an overhand right that lands on Zsofka's shoulder, as Zsofka tries to avoid the shot.
Zsofka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kulina throws a body shot but no joy.
Kulina stalks Zsofka and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zsofka's face. Zsofka staggers backwards, shaken.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Justin Kulina will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Kulina has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zsofka.
Kulina on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kulina misses with a few strikes there.
Zsofka doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kulina lands with a cross.
Kulina feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zsofkas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kulina, as that shot connected.
Zsofka ducks right into an uppercut from Kulina.
Kulina with a nice cross.
Kulina throws a jab but it's blocked by Zsofka.
Kulina misses with a straight right.
Zsofka was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kulina looks to throw the jab but Zsofka is out of range.
Kulina misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zsofka counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Zsofka throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kulina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kulina throws the left hand but Zsofka avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zsofka with the inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Kulina throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zsofka throws a big counter head kick but Kulina avoids it with no problem.
Kulina throws a predictable looking body shot
and Zsofka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zsofka misses with a straight left.
Kulina tries to clinch there but Zsofka circles away.
Zsofka feints a counter leg kick.
Zsofka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kulina throws out a loose jab but Zsofka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zsofka slips a straight right by Kulina.
Kulina cracks Zsofka with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kulina throws a body shot but no joy.
Zsofka moves out of range of the strikes.
Zsofka thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kulina if he has to take too many more of those.
Zsofka throws a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zsofka.
Zsofka throws a jab when Kulina was well out of range.
Baldimir Zsofka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zsofka.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kulina scores with a punch to the head.
Zsofka throws a hook to the side of Kulina's head but Kulina sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zsofka tries a head kick but it misses.
Kulina blocks the body kick.
Zsofka throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kulina misses with a right hand
and Zsofka makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Zsofka looks to land a left hand but Kulina moved out of range nicely.
Kulina swings widly with a right hand
and Zsofka counters with an outside leg kick.
Kulina falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kulina takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zsofka has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kulina throws out a loose jab but Zsofka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kulina getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Zsofka throws a jab when Kulina was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulina is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zsofka.
Kulina walks into a straight right hand from Zsofka.
A jab from Kulina finds it's way through Zsofka's defenses.
A swing and a miss from Kulina.
Zsofka misses with a body kick.
Zsofka finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zsofka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zsofka moves out of range as Kulina strikes.
Zsofka looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kulina takes a swing at Zsofka's ribcage but misses.
Kulina is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kulina misses the shot to the body.
Zsofka takes one to the chin there.
Zsofka throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulina just misses with a punch to the body.
Zsofka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kulina connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kulina lands with a hook. Zsofka tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kulina avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zsofka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kulina. That did some damage!

Kulina clinches up against the cage.
Zsofka misses with the head strike.

Zsofka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zsofka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kulina.
Zsofka moves away from the strike by Kulina.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kulina. Zsofka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kulina slips under a jab.
Zsofka cracks Kulina with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Justin Kulina is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zsofka thows a left - swing and a miss!

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 Justin Kulina.
Well Kulina 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Kulina!
A victorious Justin Kulina thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.