PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Olek Furczyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Trager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olek Furczyk looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Furczyk
vs
Trager

185 cm
21
193 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Likes comics

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olek Furczyk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Trager!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Furczyk drives through and clinches with Trager against the cage.
Furczyk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Furczyk is struggling to control the position.
Trager unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short uppercut from Trager.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Trager misses with a knee to the head.
Furczyk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Furczyk landing knees to the head.

It looks like Alex Trager has been cut.
Trager doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Furczyk blocks an uppercut.
Trager avoiding damage as Furczyk throws knees to the body.
Trager presses Furczyk against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trager blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Furczyk landing knees to the body.
Furczyk is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furczyk tries for a takedown. No joy.
Trager lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Olek Furczyk has been cut.
Furczyk has had enough of the clinch but Trager keeps him there for the moment.
Trager tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Furczyk misses with a knee to the head.
Trager tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Furczyk avoids it.
Trager looking to stall.
Trager managing to block the knees to the body from Furczyk.
Trager scores with a knee to the head.
Trager connects with a nasty looking knee right to Furczyk's face.
Furczyk misses with a knee strike.
Trager unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trager unloads a knee to the mid-section. Furczyk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trager goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trager tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Furczyk's elbow.
Trager is working Furczyk over against the cage.
Trager looking to slow down the pace here.
Trager misses with a body punch.
Trager lands a nice shot to the body.
Trager is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Trager goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trager lands a left hand.
Trager presses Furczyk against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Trager misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knees to the body from Trager.
Our sources have told us that Furczyk has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furczyk is trying to break free.
Trager lands a nice elbow.
Furczyk misses with an elbow strike.
Trager scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trager scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Trager.
Knees in the clinch landing for Trager.
Trager has Furczyk pushed against the cage.
Trager lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Furczyk backwards.
Trager lands a nice uppercut.
Trager avoiding damage as Furczyk throws knees to the body.
Trager manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice body punch from Trager.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trager is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Furczyk is keeping busy.
A short right from Trager.
A right handed body shot lands from Trager.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Furczyk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Furczyk drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Trager gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Trager crunches a lovely knee into Furczyk's ribcage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trager landing knees to the body.
Trager connects with a knee to the head.
Furczyk throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Trager dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Trager clinches up with Furczyk and pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Furczyk throws an elbow but misses.
Trager is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Trager.
Trager is trying to maintain a safe position but Furczyk gets an underhook and turns Trager into the cage.
Trager is pressed up against the cage. Furczyk has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Trager down to the mat. Trager avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Trager closes the distance and pushes Furczyk back into the cage.
Furczyk tries for a takedown but Trager manages to get underhooks.
Furczyk takes a shot to the head.
Trager blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Furczyk can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olek Furczyk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trager landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right hook to the body lands for Trager.
Trager lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Furczyk.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Furczyk as Trager tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trager lands a knee to the body.
Trager tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trager tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Come on Trager - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Trager landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Trager landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Trager pushes Furczyk back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trager tries a body shot but Furczyk blocks it.
Trager pushes Furczyk back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Trager landing knees to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trager creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trager tries to work over Furczyk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Trager creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Furczyk's defenses.
Trager landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Trager is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Trager tries a knee to the head but Furczyk blocks it.
Furczyk tries a body shot but Trager blocks it.
Trager lands a good knee to the midsection. Furczyk won't want to take too many of those.
Trager with a knee to the head.

Furczyk is rocked!
Trager working Furczyk over with knees to the body.
Oh Furczyk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trager dips a shoulder and cracks Furczyk with a mighty uppercut! Furczyk falls back against the cage and Trager unloads with a barrage of strikes! Furczyk is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Trager screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Trager!