PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erol Ganush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Imillion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Max Imillion has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Erol Ganush's chin.

Ganush
vs
Imillion

186 cm
22
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Erol Ganush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Imillion!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Imillion tries to clinch there but Ganush circles away.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ganush.
Ganush working away.
Imillion is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
You can see the frustration on Imillion's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ganush trying to control the position but Imillion is working away.

Ganush is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Imillion knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ganush content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Ganush lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Imillion defending against the ground and pound.
Imillion really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ganush. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ganush throws an elbow but Imillion slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ganush creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Imillion tries to improve position but can't.
Ganush 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.
Imillion prevents Ganush from improving position.
Imillion is trying to control Ganush's posture but Ganush avoids it.
Ganush in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Imillion is looking for a sweep.

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.
Imillion is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ganush has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Ganush trying to control the action but Imillion is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Imillion's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Imillion misses with a takedown
and Ganush counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Imillion looks gassed!
Imillion with a poor takedown

and Ganush counters with a takedown into side control.
Ganush content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Ganush is putting a hurting on Imillion here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ganush landing a few strikes.
Ganush working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ganush working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Imillion takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ganush scoring with punches and elbows.
Ganush lands a decent elbow from side control.
A lull in the action here.

Ganush is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Imillion knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Imillion throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ganush cracks Imillion with a big elbow.
Ganush landing strikes.
Imillion taking a bit of punishment here - Ganush scoring with strikes.

Ganush tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ganush has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ganush cracks Imillion with a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ganush works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Imillion is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erol Ganush dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Imillion doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Ganush counters with a shoot takedown. Imillion fights it but they end up in guard.
Ganush landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ganush content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ganush not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ganush lands a couple of digs.
Imillion is trying to control the position but Ganush postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ganush lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ganush with a nice head shot there.
Ganush content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Imillion is looking to stand up but Ganush isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Imillion tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ganush lands a couple of digs.
Imillion has momentary wrist control but Ganush slips an elbow through the middle.
Ganush's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ganush keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Imillion's head.
Ganush controlling from the top position.
Ganush trying to control the position from guard on top but Imillion is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ganush content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ganush advances position into side control!
Ganush working the head with strikes.
Ganush scores with punches from side control.
Ganush is working Imillion over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ganush lands some shots froms side control.
Ganush just content to control the position.
Ganush is chipping away with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ganush working away.
Imillion trying to remain calm as Ganush controls from the top position.
Imillion is trying to control Ganush's posture but Ganush avoids it.
Ganush in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Ganush lands a nice forearm strike.
Imillion is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ganush asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Ganush gets to mount! Imillion was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ganush controlling from the full mount.
Ganush landing strikes from the mount.
Ganush working Imillion over with strikes here.
Imillion keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Imillion is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ganush with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erol Ganush dominated that second round.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ganush shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ganush was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ganush landing strikes from the mount.
Ganush looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ganush working Imillion over with strikes here.
Imillion is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ganush tries to control but Imillion wriggling away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Imillion is bucking up trying to escape but Ganush cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Imillion tries to hold on but Ganush postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganush landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ganush lands with some strikes.
Ganush controlling his opponent.
Ganush with a couple of short strikes.

Ganush is working for a guillotine from mount but Imillion frees his head quite easily.
Imillion wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ganush.
Imillion blocking the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ganush landing punches.
Ganush working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Imillion holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ganush tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ganush lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Erol Ganush overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Imillion is squirming around, avoiding Ganush's attempts to control the action.
Ganush lands a big elbow.
Ganush tries to control but Imillion wriggling away.
Ganush thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imillion wants to control but Ganush is having none of it.
Ganush scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ganush controlling the pace for now.
Ganush has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Imillion's face.
Imillion wants to try and get back to his feet.
Ganush looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ganush scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Imillion?
Ganush lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Imillion taking shots to the head.
Imillion is trying to escape the mount.
Imillion wants to hold on but Ganush pushes him away.
Erol Ganush is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ganush working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Imillion keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ganush controlling from the full mount.
Ganush lands with some strikes.
Max Imillion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice elbow there by Ganush.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erol Ganush showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ganush 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erol Ganush!