PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Pulanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sehanine Moonbow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pulanski might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sonic Empire. Sehanine Moonbow acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Pulanski
vs
Moonbow

175 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
165 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Make Me Pop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Pulanski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sehanine Moonbow!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulanski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Pulanski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pulanski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pulanski working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pulanski lands a nice shot to the head.
Moonbow is desperately trying to improve his position but Pulanski has a good base and remains in mount.
Pulanski raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pulanski pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Moonbow wants to hold on but Pulanski pushes him away.
Pulanski tries to control but Moonbow wriggling away.
Pulanski scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Moonbow tries to lock up and control but Pulanski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Moonbow is looking to improve his position but Pulanski isn't that keen on the idea.
Pulanski punishing his opponent with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulanski with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulanski landing shots from mount.
Moonbow is squirming around, avoiding Pulanski's attempts to control the action.
Pulanski with good strikes from the mount here!
Pulanski has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Moonbow's face.
Pulanski lands a heavy elbow.
Moonbow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pulanski tries to control but Moonbow wriggling away.
Pulanski landing shots from mount.
Moonbow is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pulanski trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Moonbow is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moonbow looks gassed!
Moonbow is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Moonbow is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pulanski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Moonbow looks a forlorn figure.
Moonbow is looking to improve his position but Pulanski isn't that keen on the idea.
Pulanski pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pulanski trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Moonbow is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulanski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Moonbow looks a forlorn figure.
Pulanski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Moonbow looks a forlorn figure.
Pulanski controlling his opponent.
Pulanski connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Moonbow tries to hold on but Pulanski postures up.
Pulanski tries to control but Moonbow wriggling away.
Pulanski working the ground and pound effectively.
Pulanski lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulanski looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pulanski working Moonbow over with strikes here.
Pulanski landing punches.
Moonbow is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pulanski controlling the pace for now.
Pulanski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Moonbow looks a forlorn figure.
Pulanski lands a nice shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pulanski lands with some strikes.
Pulanski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Moonbow on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pulanski tries to control but Moonbow wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pulanski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Pulanski drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pulanski is working Moonbow over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pulanski in side control lands a decent elbow.
Pulanski working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moonbow is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Pulanski is staying active.
Pulanski working the head with strikes.
Pulanski scores with a couple of short elbows.
Pulanski is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Moonbow's shoulder. That is not cool.
Moonbow tries to improve position but can't.
Moonbow struggling a bit here.
Pulanski trying to control the action but Moonbow is working from the bottom.
Moonbow is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulanski content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Pulanski working the ground and pound.
Pulanski scoring with punches from side control.
Pulanski cracks Moonbow with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Moonbow is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Pulanski cracks Moonbow with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Pulanski working the ground and pound from side control.
Yuri Pulanski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Check out the look on Pulanski's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pulanski lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Moonbow down.
Moonbow is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Pulanski is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulanski landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Moonbow taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pulanski lands a nice forearm strike.
Pulanski trying to control the position but Moonbow is working away.
A lull in the action here as Pulanski stalls from top position.
Pulanski is working Moonbow over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pulanski is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Moonbow will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moonbow is looking for a sweep.
Pulanski lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Moonbow down.
Check out the look on Pulanski's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pulanski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Moonbow keeps working.
Pulanski lands an elbow.
Moonbow is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Pulanski off and has taken his back!
Moonbow somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Pulanski tries to break free.
Pulanski covers up after that shot from Moonbow.
I would not like to be Pulanski right now.
Pulanski turns into Moonbow and is now in his guard.
Pulanski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Moonbow can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulanski with a nice head shot there.
Pulanski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Moonbow thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Pulanski trying to control but Moonbow is working from the bottom.
Pulanski is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pulanski looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Moonbow wants to sweep but no luck.
Pulanski tries to free his leg and advance position but Moonbow is retaining full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Pulanski drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Pulanski dominated that second round.
That's time! Pulanski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Moonbow throws a leg kick

and Pulanski counters with a shoot takedown. Moonbow fights it but they end up in guard.
Moonbow wants to sweep but no luck.
Moonbow looking to control.
Moonbow looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pulanski puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Moonbow flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Pulanski lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pulanski is controlling the pace.
Pulanski trying to control from half guard but Moonbow is working away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moonbow looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulanski is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Moonbow keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pulanski seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Moonbow does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Moonbow controlling the position well.
Moonbow wants to control but Pulanski is keeping busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pulanski scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Moonbow wants to get back to his feet.
Pulanski looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moonbow is trying to get back to full guard.
Pulanski working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Moonbow moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pulanski sitting in guard here, content to control.
Pulanski trying to control the position from guard on top but Moonbow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Moonbow 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.
Pulanski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulanski stopping the sweep attempt from Moonbow.
Moonbow preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pulanski scoring with some ground and pound.
Pulanski landing some decent shots from guard.
Pulanski has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A jab from Moonbow misses.
Yuri Pulanski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Moonbow darts in trying to clinch

and Pulanski counters by moving into the clinch.
Moonbow trying to control the position but instead, Pulanski has worked for underhooks and has pushed Moonbow into the cage.

Pulanski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pulanski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Moonbow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pulanski.
Pulanski avoids the body shot from Moonbow.

Pulanski feints and as Moonbow raises his hands in defense, Pulanski changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Moonbow wants to stand and escape but Pulanski is having none of it.
Pulanski is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Moonbow has momentary wrist control but Pulanski slips an elbow through the middle.
Pulanski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moonbow swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pulanski works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Moonbow wants to control but Pulanski is keeping busy.
Sehanine Moonbow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moonbow wants to get back to full guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yuri Pulanski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pulanski has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuri Pulanski!