PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krzys Soszynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demian Bustamante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Soszynski
vs
Bustamante

186 cm
25
210 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

195 cm
25
220 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krzys Soszynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demian Bustamante!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bustamante displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Soszynski.

Bustamante moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Soszynski as Bustamante tries to tie him up.

Soszynski gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Bustamante regains guard.
Soszynski controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bustamante is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Soszynski looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bustamante is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Soszynski drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bustamante dives on top into guard.
Soszynski trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bustamante gets to his feet - Soszynski follows without any prompting.
Soszynski digs a good hook to Bustamante's body.
Soszynski tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Bustamante counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante working aggressively here.
Soszynski dodges an elbow strike from Bustamante.
Bustamante misses with an elbow over the top.
Bustamante lands an elbow inside.
Soszynski blocks an uppercut.
Bustamante misses with a body punch.
Soszynski blocks an uppercut.
Bustamante using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soszynski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bustamante tries a body shot but Soszynski blocks it.
Bustamante lands an elbow inside that Soszynski shrugs off.

Soszynski decides to pull guard.
Bustamante won't allow Soszynski to sweep him here.
Soszynski has Bustamante pulled in close to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soszynski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski wants to sweep here but Bustamante controlling him for the moment.

Soszynski looking for a guillotine here but Bustamante defends easily.
Bustamante tries to stand but Soszynski is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Soszynski controls Bustamante momentarily but Bustamante frees himself.
Soszynski wants to hit a switch here but Bustamante passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Soszynski there!
Soszynski is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Demian Bustamante 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.

Bustamante misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bustamante attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Soszynski fails with the takedown
and Soszynski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bustamante misses with a looping right.
Bustamante fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Soszynski fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bustamante moves in looking to clinch but Soszynski pushes him off.
Bustamante lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Soszynski scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Krzys Soszynski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Soszynski gets a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soszynski trying to control the pace.
Soszynski wants to control but Bustamante is keeping him busy.
Soszynski looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Soszynski seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bustamante does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Soszynski is looking for a kimura but Bustamante is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Soszynski to get the leverage.

Bustamante makes his way to full guard, as Soszynski worked for a kimura.
Bustamante wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Soszynski wants to pass the guard but Bustamante is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski throws a big right hand that misses.
Soszynski trying to control the position from guard on top but Bustamante is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bustamante can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Soszynski controls the pace.
Soszynski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bustamante swivels though and keeps the full guard.

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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Soszynski gets the takedown into side control.
Soszynski sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bustamante is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krzys Soszynski dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Soszynski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bustamante counters with a nice leg kick.
Soszynski doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bustamante connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soszynski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Bustamante to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Krzys Soszynski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Soszynski with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bustamante counters with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bustamante misses with a shot to the body

and Soszynski counters with a shoot takedown. Bustamante fights it but they end up in guard.
Bustamante is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bustamante seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bustamante not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Soszynski wants to control from the top but Bustamante keeps moving.
Soszynski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bustamante is keeping the position for now.
Soszynski sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bustamante's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bustamante is staying active underneath Soszynski, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Soszynski working Bustamante over with strikes.
Bustamante looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bustamante is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Soszynski trying to mount his opponent but Bustamante defends it.
Bustamante keeping control of the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Soszynski with a poor takedown

and Bustamante counters by moving into the clinch.
Bustamante working aggressively here.
Soszynski will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bustamante up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Bustamante.
Bustamante pushes off an throws an elbow but Soszynski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Soszynski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soszynski tries to pull guard but Bustamante won't allow it.
A short right from Bustamante on the inside.
Soszynski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Soszynski drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Soszynski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bustamante lands an elbow just above Soszynski 's eye.
Bustamante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Soszynski looking for a takedown.
Soszynski takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bustamante gets through Soszynski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Soszynski avoiding damage as Bustamante throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Bustamante.
Bustamante lands an elbow inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A frustrated look appears on Soszynski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bustamante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bustamante misses with some punches.
Bustamante working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Demian Bustamante comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bustamante has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight for Demian Bustamante!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Demian Bustamante!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Demian Bustamante!

Demian Bustamante wins by unanimous decision!