PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Braumann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Tutchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tutchenko has chosen Аггробабруl as his entrance music. Ivan Tutchenko told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Braumann
vs
Tutchenko

180 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

The Red Eye

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruno Braumann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Tutchenko!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tutchenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tutchenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Braumann moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Braumann lands a jab to Tutchenko's midsection.
A punch combination from Tutchenko misses.
Tutchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Braumann scores with a decent looking hook.

Braumann shoots in and bounces Tutchenko off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tutchenko throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Braumann is stalling in the full guard.
Braumann trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Braumann controlling from the top position.
Braumann stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tutchenko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tutchenko is looking to stand up but Braumann isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tutchenko working a defensive guard here.
Braumann sitting in guard here, content to control.
Braumann pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tutchenko is keeping the position for now.

Tutchenko has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Braumann can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tutchenko wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tutchenko misses with a few strikes there.
Tutchenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Braumann dodges the punch combination from Tutchenko.
Tutchenko looks gassed!
Braumann punishes Tutchenko's body with a nice straight punch.
Tutchenko shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Braumann counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Braumann.
Braumann looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Braumann sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braumann wants to pass the guard but Tutchenko is keeping the position.
Tutchenko can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Braumann controls the pace.
Braumann forces his way into half guard.
Braumann is controlling the pace.
Braumann missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tutchenko is looking to improve his position.
Braumann content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Tutchenko is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Braumann pulls his head out easily.
Tutchenko is controlling Braumann's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Well, if Braumann 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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Bruno Braumann just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Braumann looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tutchenko is fending him off so far but Braumann persists. Nope, Tutchenko circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Braumann dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Braumann circles away from the clinch attempt

and Braumann counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Braumann.
Tutchenko wants to sweep but no luck.
Braumann looking to pass the guard.
Tutchenko wants to sweep here but Braumann controlling him for the moment.
Tutchenko tries to strike from the bottom.
Tutchenko managing to control the position.
Braumann showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tutchenko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tutchenko with a lazy takedown attempt

so Braumann counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Tutchenko is breathing heavily.
Braumann slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Tutchenko tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Braumann wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Tutchenko's face as Braumann controls the position.
Tutchenko is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Braumann slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tutchenko misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Tutchenko is trying to get back to full guard.
Bruno Braumann overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tutchenko flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Braumann seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Tutchenko is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Braumann content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tutchenko has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Braumann is working away from the top position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Braumann scores with a takedown into Tutchenko's guard.
Braumann stays in close to Tutchenko's body and controls the position.
Tutchenko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Braumann looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Tutchenko had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Braumann is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Tutchenko Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Braumann's back instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braumann turns into Tutchenko and is now in his guard.
Braumann not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Tutchenko wants to stand up but Braumann is controlling him.
Braumann stays in close to Tutchenko's body and controls the position.
Tutchenko is trying to control the position but Braumann postures up.
Braumann sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Tutchenko wants to control the position but Braumann says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Tutchenko punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Braumann dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Braumann closes the distance and clinches.
Tutchenko is trying to break free.
Tutchenko gets underhooks to prevent Braumann's takedown attempt.
Tutchenko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Braumann has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tutchenko is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tutchenko can't break the clinch.

Tutchenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Braumann just misses with a punch to the body.

Tutchenko looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tutchenko is keen to just control but Braumann is a slippery customer.
Tutchenko prevents Braumann from improving his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tutchenko working over Braumann with some ground and pound. Braumann looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braumann is looking to control Tutchenko's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Braumann avoid being mounted?
Tutchenko wants to take a breather but Braumann is having none of it.
Nice strikes from Tutchenko there.
Braumann moves into full guard.
Tutchenko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Braumann works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Braumann manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tutchenko manages to get himself to full guard.
Braumann stopping the sweep attempt from Tutchenko.
Braumann showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tutchenko has his hands on Braumann's head, controlling the position.
Braumann trying to control the position from guard on top but Tutchenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tutchenko throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Tutchenko working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Braumann doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Braumann manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Tutchenko wants to stand but Braumann is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tutchenko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Tutchenko is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Braumann tries for a takedown but Tutchenko circles away easily

and Tutchenko decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Braumann's guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Braumann. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Braumann keeping moving, preventing Tutchenko from controlling successfully.
Tutchenko thows a big elbow that misses.
Braumann wants to sweep but no luck.
Braumann is adopting a defensive guard.
Tutchenko postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tutchenko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Braumann works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bruno Braumann is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tutchenko with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Braumann wants to clinch up but Tutchenko keeps it at a distance.
Tutchenko scores with a kick to the midsection.
A combination from Tutchenko does no damage.
Tutchenko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tutchenko tries for a takedown but Braumann circles away easily
and Braumann counters with a nice uppercut.
Ivan Tutchenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
No joy there for Tutchenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bruno Braumann is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tutchenko falls off balance throwing a combination

and Braumann counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tutchenko!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Tutchenko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Braumann 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Braumann!