PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Emery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dolor Pulchra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Emery
vs
Pulchra

178 cm
22
172 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
27
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephen Emery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dolor Pulchra!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emery attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Emery tries to sprawl but Pulchra drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Emery is looking for a sweep. Pulchra is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Emery avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pulchra.
Emery wants to get back to his feet.
Pulchra sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Pulchra missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pulchra is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pulchra controlling the pace.
Pulchra stops Emery from getting back to his feet.
Pulchra scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Pulchra is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Pulchra looks to land a strike but Emery avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Emery utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pulchra is looking to work some ground and pound but Emery has wrist control.
Pulchra looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulchra throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Emery works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pulchra is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Pulchra trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Emery can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pulchra controls the pace.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Dolor Pulchra hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Emery misses with a two punch combination.
Emery fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Emery connects with a body shot that sends Pulchra's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pulchra shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Emery napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Pulchra lands an elbow.
Pulchra content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Let's hope that Pulchra 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.
Pulchra is working Emery over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulchra controlling the position.
Pulchra works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Pulchra has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulchra working the head and body with strikes.
Emery struggling a bit here.
Emery tries to improve position but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pulchra advances to mount.
Emery is breathing heavily.
Pulchra punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dolor Pulchra dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Emery misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Emery misses.
A combination from Emery does no damage.
Emery looks to land a combination but Pulchra avoids it well.
Emery throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pulchra.
Stephen Emery is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A leg kick checked by Pulchra.
Pulchra slips a jab and a cross from Emery.

Pulchra shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Emery manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Pulchra slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Pulchra distracts Emery with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulchra throws a big elbow that misses.
Pulchra showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Pulchra postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Emery preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Emery trying to control the position.
Pulchra works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Dolor Pulchra has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pulchra is looking to advance position but Emery won't allow it.
Pulchra is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulchra throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pulchra looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Emery with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pulchra is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pulchra looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Pulchra tries to pass to full mount but Emery defends it.
Pulchra is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emery is trying to control but can't.
Pulchra works his foot free and advances to mount.
Pulchra controlling from the full mount.
Pulchra landing shots from mount.
Pulchra in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pulchra controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Pulchra.

Emery is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pulchra landing strikes from the mount.
Oh Emery is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pulchra controlling the pace for now.
Pulchra lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pulchra drops a big elbow. That's hurt Emery! More shots from Pulchra and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dolor Pulchra!