PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marius Budawalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and MR T (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Budawalski comes to the cage accompanied by Terminator Theme. The crowd seem to be enjoying T's choice of entrance music: mr t. Marius Budawalski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Budawalski
vs
T

186 cm
23
206 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

195 cm
21
205 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marius Budawalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, MR T!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Budawalski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Budawalski throws a lazy right hand but T sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marius Budawalski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

T closes the distance and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by T.
T has a couple of punches blocked by Budawalski.
T lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Budawalski tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A nice left hand lands by T.
T leaning against his opponent.
Budawalski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Budawalski tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. T just stands there and leans against the cage.
T lands a right hand that snaps the head of Budawalski backwards.
T makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Budawalski changes levels and goes for a takedown here. T fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marius Budawalski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Budawalski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Budawalski misses with a looping right.
Nice cross by T.
T scores with a jab. Budawalski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
T misses with a double jab.
Budawalski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

T has closed the distance and engaged Budawalski in a clinch.
Budawalski being controlled against the cage.
T lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Budawalski backwards.
T avoiding damage.
T lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
T scores with a nice hook to the head.
T lands with a right to the head.
T throws a punch but it's blocked by Budawalski.
T effectively controlling the action here.
T misses with a punch on the inside.
T displaying some good clinch control by pressing Budawalski up against the cage.
Budawalski jumps guard but T stands there with Budawalski around his waist. Budawalski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from T fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budawalski fails to pull guard.
Budawalski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
T is struggling to control the position.
Budawalski tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
T is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
T throws a head punch that misses.
T prevents a body shot from Budawalski.
Budawalski goes for a takedown attempt but T pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
T fails with an attempt to clinch.

T has managed to clinch.
T misses with a punch on the inside.
T lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Budawalski.
T scores with a shoulder strike.
T stalling against the cage.
T tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee is keeping an eye on T - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

MR T dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

T slips under a jab from Budawalski.
Budawalski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
T doesn't manage to clinch there - Budawalski circles away.
T tries to clinch up but Budawalski circles away and keeps his distance.
Budawalski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
T slips a jab from Budawalski.
T tries to clinch but Budawalski moves out of range.
T misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
T slips a jab from Budawalski.
T wants to clinch up but Budawalski keeps it at a distance.

T clinches up against the cage.
Budawalski tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. T just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
T misses with a short punch on the inside.
Budawalski is working for takedown but T is calmly controlling the position for now.
Come on T - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Budawalski takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
T avoiding damage.
T lands a nice uppercut.
Budawalski tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. T just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marius Budawalski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
T misses with some punches.
Budawalski blocking some punches.
T lands with a short head shot on the inside.
T lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
T misses with a short punch on the inside.
Budawalski jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as T walks away with a smile on his face. Budawalski gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
T tries to clinch up.
Budawalski fails with a takedown attempt.
T scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
T wants to clinch.
MR T is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The fight stays on the outside here - T looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

T has closed the distance and engaged Budawalski in a clinch.
T has Budawalski pushed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by T.
Budawalski tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Budawalski jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as T walks away with a smile on his face. Budawalski gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Budawalski circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
T uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Budawalski.
Budawalski tries to bum rush T with a series of wild strikes but T uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big right from Budawalski misses.

T forces Budawalski back against the cage and clinches.

Budawalski manages to pull guard.

T gets to his feet. Budawalski looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
T tries to clinch up.
Budawalski throws a jab but it's blocked by T.
Budawalski missing with a left hand there. T was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Budawalski is really struggling to find his range with his punches. T's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
T keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Budawalski.

T fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Budawalski, pushing him back against the cage.
T swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Budawalski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. T smiles and moves away.
T tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Budawalski is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budawalski tries to pull guard but T won't allow it.
Budawalski tries to pull guard but T won't allow it.
Budawalski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
T working aggressively here.
T taking a breather.
T tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
T throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Budawalskis head.
A nice right hand lands inside from T.
Budawalski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

MR T showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

T leaves Budawalski with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from T.
Budawalski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by T.
Budawalski misses with a straight left.
T staying out of range there.
T jabs Budawalski right on the nose. Budawalski blinks but takes it well.
T throws a series of punches but Budawalski moves out of range.

T takes the fight into the clinch.
T has a couple of punches blocked by Budawalski.
T has Budawalski pushed against the cage.
T lands with a short punch from the clinch.
T lands on the inside with an uppercut.
T lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
T lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Budawalski backwards.
Budawalski jumps guard but T stands there with Budawalski around his waist. Budawalski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short left from T.
T scores with an uppercut up the middle.
T swings wildly with an uppercut but Budawalski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Budawalski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. T smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marius Budawalski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
T keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Budawalski.
Budawalski closes the distance looking to clinch

and T counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A short left from T.
Budawalski jumps guard but T stands there with Budawalski around his waist. Budawalski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Come on T - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
T throws a head punch that misses.
Budawalski fails to pull guard.
Budawalski jumps guard but T stands there with Budawalski around his waist. Budawalski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
T working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
T working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Budawalski tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. T just stands there and leans against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, T creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
T swings wildly with an uppercut but Budawalski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Budawalski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
T lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Budawalski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. T smiles and moves away.
T lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

T clinches with his opponent.
T pushes Budawalski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Budawalski jumps guard but T stands there with Budawalski around his waist. Budawalski gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Marius Budawalski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
T has Budawalski pressed against the cage.
T continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
T makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
MR T is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Budawalski tries to pull guard but T holds him up against the cage and eventually Budawalski drops back down to his feet.
T's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Still in the clinch, T scores with a nice short uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
MR T comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well T has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... MR T!