PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Le Boulder (ranked 2615 p4p, 2294 weight class) and Borscht Balgav (ranked 134 p4p, 118 weight class). Le Boulder comes to the ring accompanied by Monty Python Lumberjack Song. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Le Boulder
vs
Balgav

150 cm
30
290
8 - 0 - 0

200 cm
30
300
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob Le Boulder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Borscht Balgav!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Balgav tries to sprawl but Le Boulder drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Le Boulder performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Le Boulder seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Balgav for as long as he can get away with.
Le Boulder passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Balgav!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Boulder takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Balgav can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Boulder has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Balgav looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Balgav is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Le Boulder sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Le Boulder continues to stall.
Balgav is trying to stand.
Le Boulder controlling from the full mount.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Le Boulder.
Balgav is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Balgav wants to try and get back to his feet.
Le Boulder thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Balgav is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Le Boulder controlling from the full mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Balgav is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Le Boulder controlling from the full mount.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Le Boulder won't let Balgav get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Le Boulder controlling from the full mount.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
More hug and hope from Le Boulder.

Le Boulder looking to secure an arm triangle but Balgav defends it well.
Le Boulder tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Balgav is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Balgav is in real trouble.
Le Boulder biding his time, controlling Balgav.
Balgav is trying to stand back up.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Balgav covering up well under a series of strikes from Le Boulder.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Le Boulder showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Le Boulder 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight for Bob Le Boulder!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Bob Le Boulder!
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight for Bob Le Boulder!

Bob Le Boulder wins by unanimous decision!
Bob Le Boulder very nearly forgot to thank Pulling Guard amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.