PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Mack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and nargit english (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roy Mack had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Mack
vs
english

200 cm
22
249 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roy Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, nargit english!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
english ducks under a wild hook from Mack.
Mack misses with a straight left.
Mack fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Mack gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
english wants to get up but he can't break Mack's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Mack utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
english should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Mack working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from english.
english is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
english working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
english throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
english trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
english throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mack works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mack looks to land a right hand but english moved out of range.
Mack throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mack looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
english avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mack misses with the combination.
english ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roy Mack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mack is breathing heavily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for english.
english bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

english drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mack keeping moving, preventing english from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
english postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
english forces his way into half guard.
english trying to control the pace.

english decides to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

english forces Mack back against the cage and clinches.

english jumps guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
english not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
english controlling the position.

english scrambles and gets back to his feet.
english throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

english shoots in and bounces Mack off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
english content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
english lands a couple of digs.
english pushes down on Mack's leg and manages to get into half guard.
english thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

english decides to stand and escape the position.

english fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mack sprawls well initially but english persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

nargit english dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

english drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
english in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Mack parries the strikes from english easily there. english is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Mack to escape.

english stands up.
english tries to clinch there but Mack circles away.
Mack lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but english circles away quickly and effectively.

english darts in and clinches Mack up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mack swings wildly with an uppercut but english uses good head movement to avoid it.
english lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack misses with a hook from the clinch.

english breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
english throws a series of punches but Mack moves out of range.
english misses with a two punch combination.
english shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mack sprawls well. Mack wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. english gets slowly back to his feet.
english shoots in for a takedown but Mack shows good takedown defense.
english goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
english throws a series of punches but Mack avoids them all with ease.

english closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mack to the mat! Mack manages to get full guard.
english with a flurry of punches that miss.
english landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack keeping moving, preventing english from controlling successfully.
english content to stall in guard here.
english thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

english decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Roy Mack is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
english misses with the combination.
english shoots in and drives through. Mack sprawls well.
Roy Mack has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of nargit english.
english tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No luck with that takedown attempt from english.
Mack throws a left and a right that both miss

so english counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mack wants to stand but english is controlling the position.
english postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mack keeping full guard, as english tries to pass.
nargit english has got the better of the ground game so far.
english missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mack knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for english on the ground.
english thows a big elbow that misses.
english slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
english sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mack is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

nargit english showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Mack's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A big left from Mack misses.
Mack misses with a straight left.
Mack throws a combination that misses
and english counters with a three punch combo that has Mack backing up. Mack nods at english to acknowledge the strikes.
Mack throws a lazy right hand but english sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
english slips a straight right by Mack.
english changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mack tries to avoid it but english manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mack to the ground. Mack escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

english shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than english was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
english postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mack looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by english.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
english lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mack hang on?
Mack is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
english tries to control but Mack wriggling away.

english is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Mack to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Mack shrugs it off.
Mack is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
english sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
english has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
english working the ground and pound effectively.
english landing strikes from the mount.
Mack is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
english looking to control but Mack is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
english landing strikes from the mount and Mack is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
english breaks from Mack's wrist control and lands an elbow.
english 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.

english jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Mack manages to avoid the submission attempt.
A lull in the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
english is looking to take a break and control but Mack is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ground and pound from english seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
english in side control, throwing shots but Mack defends.

And that's the end of the fight!
nargit english comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well english 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... nargit english!