PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Bugala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Burcee Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgARus5JFQY. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bugala
vs
Pain

183 cm
20
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Piotr Bugala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Burcee Pain!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bugala checks the leg kick nicely there.

Bugala shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Pain napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Pain tries to bench press Bugala off him but Bugala keeps the position.
Pain is trying to buck Bugala off.
Pain is trying to escape the position but Bugala is controlling the position.
Pain takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pain wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Pain is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pain is being controlled here.
Bugala is working Pain over with some ground and pound from side control.
Bugala working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bugala slows the pace down.
Pain is looking for a sweep.
Bugala lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bugala slows the pace down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bugala trying to control the position but Pain is working away.
Bugala working the ground and pound.
Pain is looking for a sweep.
Bugala content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bugala landing a few strikes.
Bugala looks up at the clock and then as Pain takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bugala smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bugala tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Pain wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Bugala is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Pain's shoulder. That is not cool.
Bugala is breathing heavily.
Pain is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bugala working the ground and pound.
Pain tries to improve position but can't.
Bugala wants to control but Pain is keeping him busy.
Bugala is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Pain will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Pain manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Bugala is nestled in close to Pain, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pain is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bugala's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bugala's back!
Bugala prevents Pain from getting a body triangle.
Bugala tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Pain scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bugala tries to hold on but Pain pushes him away.

Pain is going olschool here, as he tries to force Bugala to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Bugala shrugs it off.
Pain prevents Bugala from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Pain.
Bugala is looking to improve his position but Pain isn't that keen on the idea.
Pain tries to control but Bugala wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Bugala dominated that 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.

Bugala drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bugala lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pain down.
Pain is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Pain is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bugala scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pain is trying to stand.
Pain has hold of Bugala's hands but Bugala slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pain gets full guard.
Bugala not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pain keeping moving, preventing Bugala from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pain is trying to control the position but Bugala postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain being controlled here, momentarily.
Pain wants to stand but Bugala is controlling the position.
Bugala showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Pain is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bugala is controlling him.
Bugala not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pain keeping moving, preventing Bugala from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bugala throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bugala trying to control but Pain is working from the bottom.
Bugala won't allow Pain to sweep him here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pain throws a head kick that Bugala semi-blocks.

Bugala darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Bugala seems content to control.
Bugala thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bugala is looking to take a break and control but Pain is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Pain makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Bugala closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bugala lands with a punch from half guard.
Pain tries to kick Bugala off but Bugala keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bugala trying to mount his opponent but Pain defends it.
Bugala drops an elbow to the side of Pain's head.
Bugala trying to pass the guard but Pain defending well.
Bugala working over Pain with some ground and pound. Pain looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bugala controlling the action here.
Bugala wants to take a breather but Pain is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pain misses with a takedown

so Bugala counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Bugala with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bugala not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bugala trying to control but Pain is working from the bottom.
Bugala works over Pain with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Bugala dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pain pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pain takes a swing at Bugala's ribcage but misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Bugala has clasped his hands together around Pain's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Bugala in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Pain can't do much from the bottom here.
Pain is trying to get back to half guard.

Bugala is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pain is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bugala sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pain is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bugala working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bugala takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Pain is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bugala's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bugala's back!
Pain keeps control of the position as Bugala tries to break free.
Pain throwing strikes and Bugala squirms under the pressure, ending up mounted.
Bugala has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pain unloads with some shots from mount but Bugala bucks and avoids them well.
Bugala tries to hold on but Pain pushes him away.
Pain unloads with some shots from mount but Bugala bucks and avoids them well.
Bugala slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bugala keeps working.

Pain is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bugala is just riding it out for now. Pain eventually gives up the hold.
Bugala preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Pain seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bugala preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Pain seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bugala does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Pain is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bugala doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Pain.
Bugala slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

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.
Bugala pulls Pain in to control the position.
Pain throwing strikes from guard but Bugala blocks nicely.
Bugala on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bugala tries to get out of the position.
Bugala looking for a sweep. Not yet Bugala, not yet.
Pain throwing strikes from guard but Bugala blocks nicely.
Pain is looking to stand up but Bugala won't let him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pain connects with a couple of short punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Piotr Bugala showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bugala, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Piotr Bugala!