PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimbo Slice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Seryogin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slice comes to the cage accompanied by M.O.P. - Ante Up Remix (featuring Busta Rhymes, Teflon, and Remy Martin). Seryogin has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Slice
vs
Seryogin

191 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
222 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kimbo Slice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, George Seryogin!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slice stuffs the takedown attempt from Seryogin. Seryogin gets slowly back to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Seryogin or perhaps it was just good defense by Slice which made him look bad.

Slice shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Seryogin looks gassed!
Slice controlling from the full mount.
Seryogin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Slice can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Seryogin is looking to escape.
Seryogin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Slice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seryogin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Slice.

Slice is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Seryogin has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Slice controlling the pace for now.
Seryogin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Slice.

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.
Slice throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Slice landing strikes from the mount and Seryogin is in trouble!
Slice misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Slice thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Slice working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Seryogin slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Slice missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slice wants to free his trapped foot but Seryogin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Slice controlling the action here.

Slice is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Seryogin still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Seryogin has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Slice is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Slice is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Slice manages to work his way to half guard, despite Seryogin's best efforts.
Seryogin is trying to control. Slice wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Slice is trying to maintain the position but Seryogin is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slice wants to get back to his feet.
Slice gets full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Slice 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.
Slice keeping moving, preventing Seryogin from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kimbo Slice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Seryogin'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.

Slice shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Seryogin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Slice controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Slice looking to sit in guard and control but Seryogin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Slice is looking to stand up but Seryogin isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seryogin won't allow Slice to sweep him here.
Seryogin trying to control the position from guard on top but Slice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slice could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Slice is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Slice wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Slice wants to stand and escape but Seryogin is having none of it.
Seryogin wants to control from the top but Slice keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Seryogin doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Slice counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Slice looking to sit in guard and control but Seryogin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slice keeping moving, preventing Seryogin from controlling successfully.
Slice is looking to stand up but Seryogin isn't so interested in that idea.
Seryogin stopping the sweep attempt from Slice.
Seryogin trying to control the position from guard on top but Slice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Slice holds on and takes a little breather.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Seryogin shoots and misses

and Slice counters with a single leg into guard. Seryogin didn't expect that.
Slice seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Slice missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slice wants to stand but Seryogin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Slice will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Slice throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Seryogin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Slice looking to sit in guard and control but Seryogin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Seryogin trying to control the position from guard on top but Slice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Seryogin prevents Slice from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kimbo Slice dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on George Seryogin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Seryogin misses with a takedown attempt

so Slice counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Slice throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Seryogin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Slice is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Slice wants to pass the guard but Seryogin is keeping the position.
Slice working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Slice thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Slice is looking to work some ground and pound but Seryogin has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slice throwing strikes but missing.
Seryogin keeping moving, preventing Slice from controlling successfully.
Seryogin trying to control the position here.
Seryogin working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Slice misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Slice lands a front kick.
Seryogin shoots and misses
and Slice counters with a thumping low kick.
Seryogin shoots and misses

and Slice counters with a takedown into side control.
Kimbo Slice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Seryogin.

Slice swings around for an armbar but Seryogin sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Slice's guard.
Seryogin trying to control but Slice is working from the bottom.
Slice managing to control the position.
Seryogin trying to control the position from guard on top but Slice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slice keeping full guard, as Seryogin tries to pass.
Seryogin preventing the sweep.
Slice keeping moving, preventing Seryogin from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Seryogin shoots and misses

and Slice counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Seryogin's guard now.
Slice throws a strike but Seryogin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slice wants to get back to his feet but Seryogin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Slice is pulling down on Seryogin's head. It's preventing any offense from Seryogin, at least for the moment.
Kimbo Slice is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Slice wants to stand up but Seryogin is controlling him.
Seryogin wants to control from the top but Slice keeps moving.
George Seryogin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kimbo Slice overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Slice avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kimbo Slice showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Slice 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kimbo Slice!