PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Buckley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitriy Bukharin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckley comes to the cage accompanied by Brandenburg Concerto 2. The crowd seem to be enjoying Bukharin's choice of entrance music: "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" by Brad Fiedel. This should be fireworks!

Buckley
vs
Bukharin

195 cm
27
260 lbs
14 - 15 - 0

183 cm
31
245 lbs
18 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, William Buckley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dmitriy Bukharin!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Buckley bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bukharin is looking to reverse the position.
The strikes coming from Buckley are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bukharin manages to get back to half guard.
Buckley blocks the strikes from Bukharin.
Bukharin is pressing down on Buckley's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bukharin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Buckley working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Buckley working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bukharin's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buckley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Buckley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bukharin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bukharin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Buckley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bukharin is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bukharin looking for a sweep. Not yet Bukharin, not yet.
Buckley has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Bukharin has his foot on Buckley's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Buckley works his way back into a safe position though.
Bukharin trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Bukharin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Buckley is one step ahead there.
Bukharin has momentary wrist control but Buckley slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckley keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bukharin's head.
Buckley throws a big elbow that misses.

Bukharin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Buckley defends well.
Bukharin has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Buckley is in close to Bukharin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Buckley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Buckley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Buckley postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buckley postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Buckley chips away with some ground and pound.
Buckley throwing strikes from guard but Bukharin blocks nicely.

Bukharin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Bukharin looking for a guillotine here but Buckley defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Buckley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bukharin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Buckley working some strikes from top position.

Bukharin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Buckley doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Buckley manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Buckley landing with the ground and pound.
Buckley distracts Bukharin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Buckley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Buckley is in close to Bukharin's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckley chips away with some ground and pound.
Buckley scoring with some ground and pound.
Buckley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Buckley is in close to Bukharin's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Bukharin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Buckley gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Buckley landing with the ground and pound.
Buckley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Buckley postures up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buckley lands a couple of elbows.
Buckley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Buckley with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bukharin trying to control the position.
Bukharin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Buckley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buckley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Bukharin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Buckley doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Buckley manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Buckley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Buckley lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bukharin 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.
Buckley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Buckley lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Buckley working some strikes from top position.
Buckley throwing strikes but missing.

Bukharin has his foot on Buckley's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Buckley works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buckley postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Buckley got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bukharin has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Buckley has managed to get both his arms back between Bukharin's legs - danger averted.
Buckley is working Bukharin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bukharin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Buckley dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bukharin throws a series of strikes that have Buckley backpedaling.

It looks like William Buckley has been cut.
Buckley misses with a series of wild punches.
Dmitriy Bukharin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bukharin tries to bum rush Buckley with a series of wild strikes but Buckley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Buckley has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Buckley pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bukharin is out of range and Buckley settles back down.
Buckley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Bukharin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Buckley trying to control but Bukharin postures up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bukharin looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Buckley trying to control here.
Bukharin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Buckley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Buckley is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Buckley is looking to improve his position.
Buckley makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Buckley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bukharin.
Buckley lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bukharin!
Bukharin can't escape the position.
Buckley avoids the attempt from Bukharin to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Buckley with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! Buckley connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buckley punishing his opponent with strikes.
Buckley scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bukharin?
Buckley looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Bukharin covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Buckley!
William Buckley looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'If it is reasonable to stipulate that in all competitions one truly wins and one absolutely loses, then it is manifest that this game is one of the zero sum variety.'.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
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