PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ismael Fulton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sinisa Farkas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fulton
vs
Farkas

170 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

168 cm
22
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ismael Fulton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sinisa Farkas!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Farkas closes the distance and clinches.
Fulton tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Farkas just stands there and leans against the cage.

Farkas pulls Fulton into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farkas trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Fulton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fulton throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fulton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Farkas will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fulton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Farkas wants to get back to his feet but Fulton is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fulton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Farkas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fulton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fulton is looking to work some ground and pound but Farkas has wrist control.
Farkas wants to get back to his feet but Fulton is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Farkas is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fulton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fulton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Farkas wants to improve his position but instead Fulton has moved into half guard.
Fulton drops an elbow to the side of Farkas's head.
Fulton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Farkas defending well though.
Fulton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fulton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fulton thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Farkas's head.
Fulton working over Farkas with some ground and pound. Farkas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Farkas has hold of Fulton's hands but Fulton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fulton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farkas is trying to stand back up but Fulton is controlling him
Farkas tries to kick Fulton off in order to stand up. Fulton Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fulton scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Farkas to see if he's OK.
Farkas takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fulton works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Farkas parries the strikes from Fulton easily there. Fulton is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Farkas to escape.
Farkas avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fulton.
Fulton throwing shots but missing, from side control.
An elbow from Fulton crashes against the mat.
Fulton in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Fulton prevents Farkas from escaping the position.
Farkas looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farkas wants to get back to his feet but Fulton is dominant here and he's now got Farkas's back!
Fulton lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fulton lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fulton lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Fulton throwing damaging strikes from the back! Farkas could be in trouble here!
Fulton misses with a punch to the head.
Fulton gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Fulton is not going to allow Farkas to sit and survive in this position.
Fulton lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Fulton.
Fulton punishes Farkas with strikes from the back mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fulton lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Fulton.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farkas holding both Fulton 's hands and preventing any damage.
Farkas trying to control the hands but Fulton breaks the grip.
Fulton lands a shot to the body.
Fulton misses with a punch to the head.
Fulton scores with punches from the back.
Farkas wants to escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Farkas is trying to remain composed but Fulton is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Fulton softening up his opponent with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Farkas takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sinisa Farkas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Farkas rushes Fulton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fulton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fulton fails to pull guard.
Fulton tries to pull guard but Farkas holds him up against the cage and eventually Fulton drops back down to his feet.

Fulton manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fulton is on top in guard.
Fulton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fulton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Farkas wants to stand up but Fulton is controlling him.
Fulton distracts Farkas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fulton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fulton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fulton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fulton throwing strikes from guard but Farkas blocks nicely.
Fulton won't allow Farkas to get back to his feet.
Fulton throwing strikes from guard but Farkas blocks nicely.
Fulton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fulton stops Farkas from standing up.
Farkas is breathing heavily.

Farkas pushes Fulton off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Farkas moves into range and clinches up with Fulton.
Fulton tries to pull guard but Farkas forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ismael Fulton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Farkas misses with an elbow over the top.

Farkas breaks the clinch.
Farkas throws a head kick but Fulton moves out of range.

Farkas closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Fulton did well to prevent Farkas getting side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fulton missing with punches from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fulton gets full guard.
Fulton throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Fulton manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Farkas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fulton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fulton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Farkas?
Fulton landing shots from mount.
Fulton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The referee warns Farkas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fulton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Farkas hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farkas working to try and regain half guard.
Fulton working Farkas over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
You get the feeling that Farkas really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Fulton raining down shots from the mount!
Fulton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Farkas?
The referee warns Farkas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fulton has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Farkas's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fulton wants to control the pace but Farkas is squirming around nicely.
Fulton punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ismael Fulton dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Farkas clinches with his opponent.

Farkas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Farkas has taken the fight to the clinch.

Farkas has Fulton pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Farkas pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Fulton tumbling to the mat - Farkas dives into Fulton's guard.
Fulton looking for a sweep. Not yet Fulton, not yet.
Fulton is working hard here to advance position.
Farkas wants to stand but Fulton is controlling his posture from full guard.
Farkas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fulton pulls Farkas in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fulton wriggles free and stands up.

Farkas darts in and clinches Fulton up against the cage.
Fulton jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Farkas walks away with a smile on his face. Fulton gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fulton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A bit of stalling here from Farkas.
Fulton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Farkas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fulton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Farkas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fulton throws an elbow but misses.
Farkas lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Ismael Fulton has been cut.
Fulton is looking for a takedown.

Farkas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ismael Fulton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Farkas has managed to clinch.
Fulton jumps guard but Farkas stands there with Fulton around his waist. Fulton gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ismael Fulton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Farkas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Fulton gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farkas wants to get up but he can't break Fulton's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Fulton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farkas scoring with some ground and pound.

Fulton had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Farkas defends it easily.
Farkas stands up over Fulton, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Farkas is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fulton keeping moving, preventing Farkas from controlling successfully.
Farkas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fulton wants to sweep but no luck.

Fulton isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Farkas stacks Fulton on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Farkas!
You can see the frustration on Fulton's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Farkas stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Farkas closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Fulton did well to prevent Farkas getting side control.
Sinisa Farkas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ismael Fulton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Farkas working over Fulton with some ground and pound. Fulton looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sinisa Farkas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fulton has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ismael Fulton!