PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Makarov (ranked 422 p4p, 324 weight class) and Panda Aorigele (ranked 55 p4p, 46 weight class). Aorigele is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Mama Said Knock You Out. Sergey Makarov had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Makarov
vs
Aorigele

200 cm
26
250
9 - 5 - 0

193 cm
29
268
23 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013
Core Combat

PWNAGE
Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 165$

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Makarov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Panda Aorigele!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aorigele takes a jab right on the kisser.
Makarov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Sergey Makarov has been cut.
Aorigele lands a nice looking body shot.
Aorigele blocks a jab.
Makarov with a poor takedown

and Aorigele counters with a crisp right hand that drops Makarov! Aorigele lets Makarov back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aorigele checks a leg kick.
Aorigele swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aorigele misses with an uppercut. Makarov saw that one coming.
Makarov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sergey Makarov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice takedown defense from Aorigele. No joy for Makarov on that attempt.
Aorigele throws a right hand that Makarov ducks under and follows up with a left that Makarov also avoids with ease.
Makarov misses with a hook. Aorigele ducked under it nicely.
Aorigele now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Makarov shoots in and gets a takedown into Aorigele's guard.
Makarov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Makarov forces his way into half guard.
Aorigele preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Aorigele wants to improve his position but Makarov is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makarov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Aorigele's head.
Makarov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Aorigele is controlling Makarov's trapped leg to prevent Makarov from advancing to side control.
Aorigele's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Aorigele trying to control but Makarov postures up.

Makarov seems to be looking for submissions.
Aorigele controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Makarov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Aorigele keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Makarov is taking a breather. Aorigele says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Aorigele trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Makarov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Makarov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Aorigele does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Aorigele gets back to full guard.
Makarov connects with a couple of short punches.
Aorigele keeping moving, preventing Makarov from controlling successfully.
Aorigele is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Makarov postures up.
Makarov lands a couple of elbows.
Makarov being controlled here momentarily.
Makarov is looking to work some ground and pound but Aorigele has wrist control.
Makarov trying to control but Aorigele is working from the bottom.
Makarov chips away with some ground and pound.
Makarov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Makarov postures up.
Makarov preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makarov trying to control the position from guard on top but Aorigele is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Makarov works over Aorigele with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aorigele keeping moving, preventing Makarov from controlling successfully.
Makarov stopping the sweep attempt from Aorigele.
Aorigele wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Aorigele looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Makarov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Makarov is in close to Aorigele's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Makarov won't allow Aorigele to get back to his feet.
Makarov scoring with some ground and pound.
Makarov prevents Aorigele from getting back to his feet.
Makarov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Aorigele 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.
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.
Makarov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Aorigele wants to sweep here but Makarov controlling him for the moment.
Makarov lands a couple of elbows.
Aorigele working a defensive guard here.
Aorigele preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Makarov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Aorigele preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Aorigele working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Makarov.
Aorigele is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Makarov trying to control the position from guard on top but Aorigele is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Makarov is in close to Aorigele's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Aorigele wants to sweep but no luck.
Aorigele utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Aorigele is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sergey Makarov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sergey Makarov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Makarov.

Makarov is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Aorigele knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Makarov in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Aorigele gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Makarov 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.
Makarov takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Makarov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Aorigele is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Makarov lands a nice short elbow.
Makarov 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.
Aorigele is doing well to control the position and prevent Makarov from advancing to side control.
Aorigele trying to hold on to Makarov's head to control him but Makarov postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Makarov is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Aorigele sees it coming and defends easily.
Aorigele wants to get back to full guard.
Makarov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aorigele can do to turn this around?

Makarov is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Aorigele doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Makarov.

Makarov is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Aorigele has managed to free his arm - good work.
Makarov trying to pass the guard but Aorigele defending well.
Aorigele gets full guard.
Sergey Makarov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Makarov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Aorigele is adopting a defensive guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makarov throws a big right hand that misses.
Makarov being controlled here momentarily.
Aorigele tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Makarov here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Aorigele is adopting a defensive guard.
Makarov landing with the ground and pound.
Makarov wants to control from the top but Aorigele keeps moving.
Makarov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Aorigele looking to control.
Makarov throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makarov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Aorigele wants to stand up but Makarov is controlling him.
Makarov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Aorigele pulls Makarov in close to prevent any damage.
Makarov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Aorigele pulls Makarov in close to prevent any damage.
Aorigele looking to hit a scissor sweep but Makarov is one step ahead there.
Aorigele controlling the position.
Makarov is looking to work some ground and pound but Aorigele has wrist control.
Aorigele tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Makarov wants to pass the guard but Aorigele is keeping the position.
Makarov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makarov scoring with some ground and pound.
Aorigele wants to sweep here but Makarov controlling him for the moment.
Aorigele is adopting a defensive guard.
Aorigele is continuing to stall.
Makarov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Aorigele wants to sweep but no luck.
Makarov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Aorigele has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Makarov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sergey Makarov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Makarov scores with a one two! Aorigele had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Makarov is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Aorigele takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Makarov throws a wild body kick that Aorigele sees coming a mile off.
Aorigele throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Makarov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Makarov lands a leg kick that knocks Aorigele off balance momentarily.
Makarov throws a jab but it's blocked by Aorigele.
Makarov tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Aorigele defends well and Makarov ends up having to push Aorigele into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Makarov blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makarov lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Panda Aorigele has been cut.
Makarov trying to control the position but instead, Aorigele has worked for underhooks and has pushed Makarov into the cage.
Makarov lands a good knee to the midsection. Aorigele won't want to take too many of those.
Makarov pushes off an throws an elbow but Aorigele leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aorigele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Makarov is trying to maintain a safe position but Aorigele gets an underhook and turns Makarov into the cage.
Aorigele lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Makarov backwards.
Makarov wants a takedown but no success here.
Aorigele tries a body shot but Makarov blocks it.
Makarov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Aorigele gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergey Makarov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aorigele tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aorigele has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Makarov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Aorigele can turn it around.
Aorigele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aorigele cracks Makarov with a nice body shot.
Aorigele misses with the head strike.
Aorigele misses with a body punch.
Makarov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Makarov trying to land knees to the body.
Aorigele is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Makarov tries a body shot but Aorigele blocks it.
Makarov wants a takedown.
Makarov is trying to drag Aorigele to the mat but Aorigele just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Panda Aorigele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aorigele working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Makarov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aorigele is defending well for now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Aorigele.
Aorigele stalls.
Aorigele lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Aorigele - that landed with a thud.
Aorigele lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aorigele.
A nice left hand lands by Aorigele.
Aorigele lands with a short shot to the head.
Panda Aorigele seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Aorigele escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aorigele throws a jab when Makarov was well out of range.
Makarov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aorigele paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Makarov throws a low kick but Aorigele avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aorigele misses with a looping left.

Makarov scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sergey Makarov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aorigele is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Aorigele manages to get to full guard.
Makarov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aorigele works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Makarov stopping the sweep attempt from Aorigele.
Aorigele keeping moving, preventing Makarov from controlling successfully.
Makarov stands up over Aorigele, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Aorigele is looking to stand up but Makarov isn't so interested in that idea.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Aorigele holds on and takes a little breather.
Aorigele looking for a sweep. Not yet Aorigele, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aorigele trying to keep a closed guard but Makarov is proving a slippery customer.
Makarov scoring with punches to the head and body.

Aorigele looking for a guillotine here but Makarov defends easily.
Makarov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Makarov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Aorigele's head.
Makarov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aorigele works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Makarov postures up in Aorigele's guard and throws a big left but Aorigele blocks it.
Makarov cracks Aorigele with a solid left hand.
Aorigele wants to sweep here but Makarov controlling him for the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Makarov trying to control the position from guard on top but Aorigele is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aorigele working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Makarov.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Panda Aorigele.
I think Makarov 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sergey Makarov!
After winning the bout, Sergey Makarov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.