PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruki Pushki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemanja Bunjevacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bunjevacki has chosen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvHYxNCaq2o as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Pushki
vs
Bunjevacki

190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 St Petersburg, Ruki Pushki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nemanja Bunjevacki!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pushki looks to land a combination but Bunjevacki avoids it well.
Bunjevacki shoots in looking for a takedown. Pushki tries to sprawl out of it but Bunjevacki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pushki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Pushki shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bunjevacki is trying to defend but Pushki finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Bunjevacki makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Pushki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bunjevacki throws a sloppy head kick and Pushki moves out of range easily.
Bunjevacki misses with a few strikes there.
Bunjevacki wants to clinch.
Bunjevacki has his takedown stuffed
and Pushki counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pushki tries to clinch but Bunjevacki is having none of it.
Pushki is looking to score with low kicks.
Bunjevacki feints and then cracks Pushki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pushki down.
Bunjevacki tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Pushki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pushki.
Pushki pushes Bunjevacki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bunjevacki is looking to control Pushki's arms but Pushki gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bunjevacki has his back to the cage.
Bunjevacki looking for a takedown.
Ruki Pushki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nemanja Bunjevacki.
Bunjevacki has Pushki pressed against the cage, preventing Pushki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pushki is looking to break free of the clinch but Bunjevacki has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pushki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pushki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bunjevacki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pushki misses with the combination.
Bunjevacki tries to move into range but Pushki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Nemanja Bunjevacki has been cut.
Bunjevacki checks a low kick from Pushki.
Pushki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bunjevacki throws a sloppy head kick

and Pushki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bunjevacki landing a few short strikes.
Pushki wants to free his trapped foot but Bunjevacki is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pushki is working hard here to advance position.
Pushki is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pushki wants to stand up but Bunjevacki is controlling the position.
Bunjevacki trying to control but Pushki postures up.
Pushki is looking to advance position but Bunjevacki won't allow it.
Pushki tries to stand but can't do so whilst Bunjevacki controls his leg.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bunjevacki wants to clinch

and Pushki counters with a single leg into guard. Bunjevacki didn't expect that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pushki won't allow Bunjevacki to sweep him here.

Bunjevacki has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Pushki off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bunjevacki misses with a jab, cross combination.

Bunjevacki changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Pushki looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Pushki is looking for a sweep.
Bunjevacki is looking to take a break and control but Pushki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bunjevacki is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruki Pushki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nemanja Bunjevacki's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bunjevacki throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bunjevacki misses with a takedown attempt

and Pushki counters by clinching up.

Pushki breaks from the clinch.
Bunjevacki swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Pushki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunjevacki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pushki throws a leg kick

and Bunjevacki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Pushki is looking to control Bunjevacki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pushki avoid being mounted?
Bunjevacki tries to stand and escape but Pushki is controlling the position.
Pushki tries to kick Bunjevacki off but Bunjevacki keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bunjevacki sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ruki Pushki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Bunjevacki stands up from half guard.
Bunjevacki misses with a takedown attempt
and Pushki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunjevacki shoots in and drives through. Pushki sprawls well.
Ruki Pushki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nemanja Bunjevacki.
Pushki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bunjevacki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pushki stuffs the takedown attempt from Bunjevacki. Bunjevacki gets slowly back to his feet.
Bunjevacki swinging wildly here.
Pushki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A combination from Bunjevacki does no damage.
Bunjevacki fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pushki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bunjevacki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pushki as he jumps to the side.
Pushki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bunjevacki as he jumps to the side.
Bunjevacki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bunjevacki fails with the takedown

and Pushki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pushki is looking to take a break and control but Bunjevacki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bunjevacki is trying to control but can't.

Pushki decides to stand up.
Pushki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bunjevacki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nemanja Bunjevacki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pushki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pushki wants to break free but Bunjevacki has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ruki Pushki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nemanja Bunjevacki's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Bunjevacki doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Pushki counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bunjevacki won't be happy with that.
Bunjevacki tries to buck Pushki off but Pushki is having none of it.

Pushki has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Pushki lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pushki.
Bunjevacki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Pushki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pushki.
Pushki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bunjevacki or not.

Pushki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunjevacki tries to clinch up but Pushki circles away and keeps his distance.
Bunjevacki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bunjevacki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pushki as he avoids it easily.
Ruki Pushki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nemanja Bunjevacki.
Pushki blocks the body kick.
Bunjevacki doesn't manage to clinch there - Pushki circles away.
Bunjevacki tries to clinch but Pushki moves away
and Pushki counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bunjevacki with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pushki counters with a two punch combo.
Pushki misses with the combination.

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.
Nice takedown defense from Pushki. No joy for Bunjevacki on that attempt.

Bunjevacki changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Pushki looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bunjevacki is looking to take a break and control but Pushki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pushki manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bunjevacki's best efforts.
Pushki is looking to get back to is feet but Bunjevacki passes into side control.
Pushki is trying to buck Bunjevacki off.

Bunjevacki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Pushki gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Pushki pushes Bunjevacki off and gets back to his feet.
Ruki Pushki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pushki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bunjevacki tries a head kick but it misses.
Bunjevacki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four 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.

Pushki takes the fight into the clinch.

Pushki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bunjevacki throws a head kick that misses.
Pushki throws a series of punches but Bunjevacki avoids them all with ease.
Pushki misses with the combination.
Bunjevacki tries for a takedown but Pushki circles away easily

and Pushki counters with a takedown into side control.
Nemanja Bunjevacki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ruki Pushki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bunjevacki is looking for a sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruki Pushki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pushki 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruki Pushki!