PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Branko Dalibor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Branko Dalibor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hughes
vs
Dalibor

225 cm
22
311 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
23
290 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Divine Clothing [GTI]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight 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, Matt Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Branko Dalibor!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Dalibor. No joy for Hughes on that attempt.
Dalibor misses with a low kick.

Dalibor looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hughes won't allow Dalibor to pass to mount.
Hughes moves into full guard.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Dalibor from controlling successfully.

Dalibor gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Hughes throws a combination. Dalibor tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dalibor tries to clinch but Hughes moves out of range.
Matt Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes misses with a takedown

and Dalibor decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hughes's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hughes has a closed guard, preventing Dalibor from standing up.
Hughes is looking to stand up but Dalibor isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalibor wants to stand but Hughes is controlling his posture from full guard.
Dalibor trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dalibor is one step ahead there.
Hughes wants to stand but Dalibor is controlling the position.
Dalibor trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes is looking to stand up but Dalibor isn't so interested in that idea.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hughes with a lazy takedown attempt

and Dalibor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Hughes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is looking to stand up but Dalibor isn't so interested in that idea.
Hughes wants to hit a switch here but Dalibor passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Hughes there!
Hughes wants to hold on but Dalibor pushes him away.
Hughes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hughes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dalibor trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hughes trying desperately to get to his feet.
Hughes is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hughes looks a forlorn figure.
Hughes can't escape the position.
Dalibor controlling from the full mount.
Hughes is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dalibor wants to control the pace but Hughes is squirming around nicely.
Dalibor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hughes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dalibor trying to control but Hughes is having none of it.
Hughes is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor with shots to the head and body - Hughes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dalibor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Hughes is rocked!
Hughes tries to reverse the position but Dalibor maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dalibor softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Hughes is out cold! Dalibor jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Branko Dalibor!