PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aziz Karaoglu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Bullock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karaoglu
vs
Bullock

183 cm
25
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

177 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aziz Karaoglu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seth Bullock!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karaoglu misses with a takedown attempt - Bullock sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bullock misses with the combination.

Karaoglu looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Karaoglu is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bullock is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bullock has escaped and now he's on top!
Bullock controlling from the top position.
Bullock scoring with punches to the head and body.
Karaoglu can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bullock controls the pace.
Bullock trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bullock slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Bullock gets to his feet - Karaoglu follows without any prompting.
Karaoglu shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bullock as he avoids it easily.
Bullock scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karaoglu in his tracks.

It looks like Aziz Karaoglu has been cut.

Bullock darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Karaoglu is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Karaoglu looking for submissions off his back.
Bullock is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Karaoglu on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Bullock stands up out of the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bullock drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bullock lands a few punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bullock lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bullock happy to just control the position for now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Karaoglu is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bullock connects with a decent elbow.
Bullock lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bullock remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Bullock has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bullock connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Karaoglu some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bullock content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Bullock landing a few strikes.
Karaoglu tries to bench press Bullock off him but Bullock keeps the position.
Karaoglu is working hard here to advance position.
Bullock working the ground and pound from side control.
Karaoglu takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Karaoglu being controlled for a moment.
Let's hope that Bullock has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bullock's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Bullock landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Bullock happy to just control the position for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Seth Bullock.

Bullock scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Karaoglu is letting Bullock control him for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bullock working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Bullock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aziz Karaoglu's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bullock drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bullock loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bullock slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bullock working some strikes from top position.
Bullock is stalling in the full guard.
Bullock with a nice head shot there.
Bullock cracks Karaoglu with a solid left hand.

Bullock gets to his feet - Karaoglu follows without any prompting.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bullock.

Aziz Karaoglu's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bullock closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Karaoglu did well to prevent Bullock getting side control.
Bullock trying to control the pace.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Seth Bullock.

Bullock scores a takedown into full mount!
Bullock scoring with strikes but Karaoglu is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bullock blocks Karaoglu's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bullock with shots to the head and body - Karaoglu looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bullock controlling from mount.
Bullock is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Karaoglu can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Aziz Karaoglu's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bullock lands with some strikes.

Jeez, Aziz Karaoglu's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Aziz Karaoglu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Seth Bullock!