PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Sarbinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Master Blaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master Blaster has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Yuri Sarbinov's chin.

Sarbinov
vs
Blaster

177 cm
21
182 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
178 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yuri Sarbinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Master Blaster!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sarbinov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sarbinov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Blaster has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sarbinov finds it's way round the side to connect with Blaster's head.

Sarbinov has closed the distance and engaged Blaster in a clinch.
Sarbinov can't get the takedown.

Sarbinov has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Blaster is trying to keep an underhook but Sarbinov manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sarbinov in particular looking to stall.
Blaster is trying to control but can't.
Sarbinov trying to control the pace.
Sarbinov prevents Blaster from improving his position.
Sarbinov lands strikes from half guard.
Blaster wants to improve his position but Sarbinov is controlling well.
Sarbinov is taking a breather. Blaster says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarbinov trying to control the action but Blaster is working from the bottom.
Blaster is trying to get back to full guard.
Sarbinov frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sarbinov putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Blaster is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaster is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sarbinov blocks Blaster's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blaster is looking to get to half guard.
Blaster sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Blaster punching from the bottom.
Sarbinov has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Blaster swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Blaster is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaster sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Blaster wants to improve his position but Sarbinov is controlling well.
Sarbinov working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Blaster tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Blaster is trying to get back to full guard.
Sarbinov slips a nice elbow through Blaster's hands, connecting with Blaster's forehead.
Blaster is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sarbinov is thwarting Blaster's attempts to control the position.
Blaster moves into full guard.
Blaster wants to sweep here but Sarbinov controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarbinov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sarbinov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sarbinov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sarbinov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Blaster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Blaster keeping moving, preventing Sarbinov from controlling successfully.
Sarbinov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Blaster striking off his back but it's not causing Sarbinov any problems.
Blaster trying to keep a closed guard but Sarbinov is proving a slippery customer.
Sarbinov wants to control from the top but Blaster keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Sarbinov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Blaster throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Sarbinov drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Blaster looking for a sweep. Not yet Blaster, not yet.
Sarbinov lands a couple of elbows.
Blaster wants to sweep but no luck.
Blaster thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Sarbinov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Blaster working a defensive guard here.
Sarbinov stopping the sweep attempt from Blaster.
Sarbinov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blaster is keeping the position for now.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sarbinov looks to land a combination. Blaster sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Yuri Sarbinov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blaster. Sarbinov does a little dance to reset his feet.

Sarbinov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sarbinov trying to control but Blaster is working from the bottom.
Sarbinov is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Blaster is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Blaster wants to sweep here but Sarbinov controlling him for the moment.
Sarbinov working some strikes from top position.
Blaster manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
A nice elbow there by Blaster.
Sarbinov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sarbinov tries to get out of the position.
Blaster landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sarbinov holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Blaster tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaster avoids the attempt from Sarbinov to control.
Blaster with good strikes from the mount here!
Sarbinov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Blaster unloading with bombs!
Sarbinov holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Blaster tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sarbinov is trying to escape the mount.
Blaster landing punches.
Blaster throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sarbinov because Blaster loaded up on that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaster punching from mount but Sarbinov doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sarbinov wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Blaster.
Blaster misses with a head shot.
Yuri Sarbinov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Blaster punching from mount but Sarbinov doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sarbinov holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Blaster tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Blaster throwing strikes here but Sarbinov is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sarbinov sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Sarbinov is looking to improve his position.
Blaster trying to pass the guard but Sarbinov defending well.
Blaster lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Blaster tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sarbinov knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Blaster is breathing heavily.
Sarbinov is concentrating on defense, preventing Blaster from advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Blaster thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sarbinov wants to control but Blaster is keeping busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Blaster avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blaster dodges the punch combination from Sarbinov.
Blaster slips a straight right by Sarbinov.
Sarbinov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Blaster decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Blaster moves nicely into side control.
You can see the frustration on Sarbinov's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Yuri Sarbinov will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sarbinov shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Blaster is trying to control but can't.
Blaster wants to get back to full guard.
Blaster has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blaster gets back to full guard.
Blaster wants to sweep but no luck.
Blaster looking to control.
Blaster takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sarbinov trying to control but Blaster is working from the bottom.
Blaster is trying to control the position but Sarbinov postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blaster lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Sarbinov.
Blaster throws a right and a left that Sarbinov avoids nicely.

Sarbinov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Blaster did well to prevent Sarbinov getting side control.
Blaster is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sarbinov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Blaster tries to get to full guard but Sarbinov has control of the leg.
Blaster keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarbinov tries to pass the half guard into mount. Blaster knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sarbinov works his way into full mount!
Blaster tries to hold on but Sarbinov postures up.
Sarbinov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Blaster working to try and regain half guard.
Blaster sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Blaster is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Blaster gets back to full guard.
Sarbinov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaster will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Blaster keeping moving, preventing Sarbinov from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blaster is on top in guard.
Sarbinov keeping moving, preventing Blaster from controlling successfully.
Sarbinov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Blaster is one step ahead there.
Blaster is looking to advance position but Sarbinov has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Blaster slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarbinov wants to pass to mount but Blaster is defending the position.
Sarbinov keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Blaster is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sarbinov is trying to control. Blaster wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Master Blaster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blaster is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sarbinov tries to close the distance and clinch but Blaster swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yuri Sarbinov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sarbinov 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuri Sarbinov!