PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafal Kula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafal Kula will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Andrews
vs
Kula

180 cm
19
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
212 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Andrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rafal Kula!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrews lands with a right hand.
Kula lands with a right hand.
Kula waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Andrews.
A left lands for Kula.
Andrews misses with a lunging right hand
and Kula counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Andrews takes a swing at Kula's ribcage but misses.
Justin Andrews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andrews uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kula.
A little feinted left hand from Andrews on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kula scores with a nice head shot.
Kula looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kula bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Andrews's head.
Andrews misses with a wild body shot.
Kula throws out a loose jab but Andrews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Andrews throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kula sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kula let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kula scores with a crisp jab that stopped Andrews in his tracks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kula. Andrews does a little dance to reset his feet.
Andrews on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Justin Andrews has been cut.
Andrews throws a body punch but Kula moves out of range.
Kula takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kula. Andrews does a little dance to reset his feet.

Kula gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Andrews to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Andrews is working Kula over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kula avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Andrews forces his way into half guard.
Andrews thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Andrews throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Andrews seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Andrews is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Andrews winds up and cracks Kula with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Andrews passes to full mount!
Andrews lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kula hang on?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andrews lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kula tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Andrews 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.
Andrews postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kula looks a forlorn figure.
Andrews fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews lands a big elbow.
Kula in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Andrews connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Andrews landing strikes from the mount and Kula is in trouble!
Andrews landing strikes from the mount and Kula is in trouble!

Kula is rocked!
Kula is squirming around, avoiding Andrews's attempts to control the action.
Kula is still in real trouble! Can Andrews finish him?
Andrews postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Kula badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Andrews around the waist but Andrews pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Andrews is the winner by TKO! Andrews jumps onto the ropes and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Andrews!