PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between wqek vaed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Kabij (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). vaed has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. 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.

vaed
vs
Kabij

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

182 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, wqek vaed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luis Kabij!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kabij rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but vaed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
vaed is breathing heavily.
No joy there for Kabij, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Kabij clinches up against the cage.
vaed wants to break free but Kabij has control.
vaed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
vaed is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kabij pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kabij will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning vaed up against the cage.

Kabij pulls guard effortlessly.

Kabij manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Kabij decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kabij prevents vaed from improving his position.

Kabij stands up and beckons vaed to join him on the feet.

vaed gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Kabij decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on vaed, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kabij moves in looking to clinch but vaed pushes him off.
No joy there for Kabij, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kabij misses with a two punch combination.
vaed is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kabij sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Kabij shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
vaed will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Kabij decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Kabij feints and as vaed raises his hands in defense, Kabij changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
vaed looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Kabij decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on vaed, up you get!
Kabij throws a series of punches but vaed avoids them all with ease.

Kabij closes the distance and pushes vaed back into the cage.
vaed is trying to break the clinch but Kabij has him pressed against the cage.

Kabij gets control of vaed's arms and successfully pulls guard. Kabij will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kabij scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Kabij throws a combination but it was largely blocked by vaed.
Kabij fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kabij throws a right and a left that vaed avoids nicely.
vaed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kabij paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kabij fails to land with a series of punches.

Kabij fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with vaed, pushing him back against the cage.
Kabij slows down the pace here.

Kabij jumps into guard, dragging vaed to the mat.
Kabij keeping moving, preventing vaed from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as vaed accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kabij keeping moving, preventing vaed from controlling successfully.

Kabij has his feet on vaed's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Kabij lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but vaed circles away quickly and effectively.

Kabij closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Kabij postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for vaed to stand up.

Kabij gets a takedown into half guard.

Kabij decides to stand and escape the position.
vaed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kabij.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
vaed shoots in for a takedown but Kabij shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for wqek vaed. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Kabij scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Kabij stands up and beckons vaed to join him on the feet.

Kabij closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. vaed did well to prevent Kabij getting side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kabij gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Kabij gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
vaed is trying to maintain a safe position but Kabij gets an underhook and turns vaed into the cage.

Kabij breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
vaed plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kabij throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Kabij moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Kabij dominated that 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.

Kabij swinging wildly here.

Kabij shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. vaed is trying to defend but Kabij finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
vaed trying to control but Kabij postures up.

Kabij decides to return to a standing position.
Kabij throws a nice looking combination but vaed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Kabij shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kabij tries to control but vaed wriggling away.
vaed is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Kabij stands up from mount. Strange move.
vaed lands a body shot.
No joy there for Kabij, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kabij throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kabij works over vaed's head and body with a nice combination.
Some wild striking there from Kabij.

Kabij shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Kabij stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows vaed to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
vaed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kabij moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kabij throws a left and a right that both miss

and vaed counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kabij has vaed pressed against the cage, preventing vaed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Kabij jumps guard.

Kabij pushes vaed off and gets back to his feet.

vaed has managed to clinch.
Kabij fails to pull the fight into his guard.
vaed looking to stall.
vaed jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kabij walks away with a smile on his face. vaed gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

vaed gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
vaed is trying to keep Kabij in close.

vaed is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Kabij stands and steps away. vaed gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kabij stuffs the takedown attempt from vaed. vaed gets slowly back to his feet.
vaed fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for wqek vaed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Kabij, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kabij misses with a few strikes there.
Kabij misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luis Kabij seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

vaed gets caught flat footed, as Kabij shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Kabij decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Kabij throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and vaed counters with a head kick. That will keep Kabij thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Kabij shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kabij looking to control but vaed is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
vaed is looking to improve his position but Kabij isn't that keen on the idea.
vaed manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
vaed tries to roll over but Kabij keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Kabij showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kabij has closed the distance and engaged vaed in a clinch.
Kabij tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. vaed just stands there and leans against the cage.

Kabij escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kabij fails to land with a series of punches.
Kabij throws a left and a right that both miss
and vaed counters with a left to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kabij!

Kabij closes the distance and pushes vaed back into the cage.
Kabij tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. vaed smiles and moves away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Kabij turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Kabij manages to end up in side control.

Kabij stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kabij takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
vaed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kabij throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and vaed counters with a one-two to the body.
Kabij has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from vaed, right into the meat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from vaed is defended easily by Kabij.
Kabij avoids the head kick by vaed.
vaed tries to clinch up.
Kabij throws a combination that misses
and vaed counters with a stiff right hand.
Kabij misses with a jab, cross combination.

Kabij scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kabij is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Kabij stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Luis Kabij is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kabij scores with a takedown into vaed's guard.
Kabij is looking to stand up but vaed won't let him.
vaed working a defensive guard but Kabij passes into half guard.

Kabij decides to stand and escape the position.

vaed darts in and clinches Kabij up against the cage.

Kabij pulls guard effortlessly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
vaed wants to stand but Kabij has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Kabij uses the cage to get back to his feet.
vaed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kabij lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
wqek vaed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Kabij drives through with a takedown into guard.
Luis Kabij has got the better of the ground game so far.
vaed is looking to stand up but Kabij isn't so interested in that idea.

Kabij gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Kabij misses with a few strikes there.
An inside leg kick from vaed misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from vaed is defended easily by Kabij.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kabij closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kabij lands in his opponent's guard.

Kabij stands up from vaed's guard - Kabij perhaps looking for a knockout.
Kabij has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kabij leaves vaed with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for wqek vaed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for vaed with that takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
vaed tries to clinch up.
wqek vaed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Kabij scores a takedown into full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Luis Kabij comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kabij has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Kabij!