PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juice Pigg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Balboa
vs
Pigg

190 cm
19
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
23
220 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juice Pigg!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa misses with a wild body shot.

Pigg shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Balboa manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Balboa uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Balboa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Balboa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Balboa with a poor takedown

and Pigg counters with a shoot takedown. Balboa fights it but they end up in guard.
Balboa trying to control the position here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balboa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pigg manages to get himself to full guard.
Pigg avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pigg is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pigg content to control rather than advance.
Pigg missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Balboa pushes Pigg off and gets back to his feet.
Balboa misses with a two punch combination.
Pigg fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice combination there by Balboa.
Pigg avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balboa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rocky Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pigg tries to clinch there but Balboa circles away.
Balboa swinging wildly here.
Balboa closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Juice Pigg has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pigg tries to clinch there but Balboa circles away.
Balboa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Pigg counters with a shoot takedown. Balboa fights it but they end up in guard.
Balboa keeping full guard, as Pigg tries to pass.
Pigg looks gassed!
Pigg trying to control but Balboa is working from the bottom.
Pigg postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pigg thows a big elbow that misses.
Pigg trying to control but Balboa is working from the bottom.
Pigg must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Balboa has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Pigg off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Balboa jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Balboa.
Balboa throws a combination that misses

and Pigg counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pigg.
Pigg throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Balboa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pigg throwing strikes from guard but Balboa blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Pigg stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Balboa has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Pigg manages to get his head free but now Balboa has transitioned to an armbar! Pigg grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Balboa! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rocky Balboa!