PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Harkonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilir The Finisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ilir The Finisher struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harkonnen
vs
The Finisher

185 cm
26
215 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

205 cm
26
226 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Knock Out Artistry

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Harkonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ilir The Finisher!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harkonnen moves in looking to clinch but The Finisher pushes him off.
Harkonnen slips a straight right by The Finisher.
Harkonnen slips under a jab.
The Finisher misses with a looping right.
Harkonnen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Finisher.
The Finisher looks to land a right hand but Harkonnen moved out of range.
Harkonnen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Harkonnen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Harkonnen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and The Finisher defends it well.
The Finisher is looking to improve his position.
Harkonnen uses his free foot to push down on The Finisher's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for The Finisher.
The Finisher is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Finisher is looking to escape.
Harkonnen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Harkonnen trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Harkonnen is going oldschool here, as he tries to force The Finisher to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so The Finisher shrugs it off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harkonnen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Finisher is looking to escape.
Poor strikes thrown by Harkonnen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The Finisher 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.
The Finisher tries to roll over but Harkonnen keeps him under control.
Harkonnen is pressing down on The Finisher's thigh, looking to free his foot. The Finisher is holding on for now.
Harkonnen is keen to just control but The Finisher is a slippery customer.
The Finisher trying to hold on to Harkonnen's head to control him but Harkonnen postures up.
Harkonnen is looking to stall here but The Finisher recovers full guard.
Harkonnen slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen is looking to take a break and control but The Finisher is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harkonnen prevents The Finisher from improving his position.
The Finisher gets back to full guard.
Harkonnen trying to control but The Finisher is working from the bottom.
Harkonnen looking to sit in guard and control but The Finisher gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Vladimir Harkonnen just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch but The Finisher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harkonnen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch but The Finisher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick but The Finisher moved away.
Harkonnen misses with a head kick.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Finisher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harkonnen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harkonnen fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Finisher takes a swing at Harkonnen's ribcage but misses.
Harkonnen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harkonnen misses with a body kick.
Vladimir Harkonnen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harkonnen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Finisher.
Harkonnen looks for a takedown but The Finisher sprawls well.
A leg kick checked by The Finisher.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vladimir Harkonnen will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The Finisher keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Harkonnen tries for a takedown but The Finisher sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Harkonnen wants to clinch up but The Finisher keeps it at a distance.
Harkonnen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Finisher lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Harkonnen backs up against the cage.

The Finisher lands a big uppercut and Harkonnen crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Harkonnen looks OK. The Finisher waves Harkonnen back to his feet!

Harkonnen is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Finisher scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Harkonnen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Finisher throws a hook but Harkonnen avoids it easily.
Harkonnen seems to have got his legs back now.
Harkonnen scores with a jab to the head.
Harkonnen tries to clinch up.

The Finisher gets caught flat footed, as Harkonnen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The Finisher manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Harkonnen manages to get himself to full guard.

The Finisher decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Finisher listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ilir The Finisher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Finisher looks to score with a jab to the body but Harkonnen is just out of range.
Harkonnen dips to his left and cracks The Finisher with an uppercut!
Harkonnen staying out of range there.
Harkonnen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Harkonnen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Finisher was well out of range. Poor timing from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harkonnen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The Finisher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harkonnen.
Harkonnen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harkonnen wants to clinch up but The Finisher keeps it at a distance.
Harkonnen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ilir The Finisher seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harkonnen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Finisher misses with a hook. Harkonnen ducked under it nicely.
Harkonnen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harkonnen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for The Finisher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Finisher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick that misses.
The Finisher throws a hook but Harkonnen blocks it.
Harkonnen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harkonnen tries to clinch but The Finisher is having none of it.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Finisher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Finisher connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The Finisher throws a hook to the side of Harkonnen's head but Harkonnen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harkonnen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Finisher keeps the fight on the outside.
The Finisher lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harkonnen at a distance.
Harkonnen slips a jab from The Finisher.
Harkonnen misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by The Finisher.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Finisher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harkonnen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harkonnen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harkonnen fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Harkonnen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice defenses there by Harkonnen.
The Finisher connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Harkonnen tries to move into range but The Finisher moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harkonnen misses with a low kick.
Harkonnen tries to clinch there but The Finisher circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by The Finisher as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harkonnen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harkonnen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harkonnen shoots for a takedown but The Finisher saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The Finisher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harkonnen sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen misses with a low kick.
Harkonnen tries to clinch up.
The Finisher just misses with a punch to the body.
The Finisher thows a body shot but no joy.
The Finisher avoids the head kick by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen tries to clinch there but The Finisher circles away.
The Finisher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Harkonnen scores with a takedown into The Finisher's guard.
Harkonnen passes The Finisher's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Harkonnen wants to take a breather but The Finisher is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Finisher moves into full guard.
The Finisher manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Harkonnen manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ilir The Finisher showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Harkonnen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harkonnen is looking to clinch.
Harkonnen shoots for a takedown but The Finisher saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harkonnen wants to clinch up but The Finisher keeps it at a distance.
Harkonnen tries to clinch but The Finisher moves out of range.
The Finisher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harkonnen.
The Finisher moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harkonnen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Finisher. That did some damage!
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Finisher paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Harkonnen moves into the clinch.
Harkonnen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Finisher smiles and moves away.
Harkonnen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with The Finisher but The Finisher pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Harkonnen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harkonnen tries to clinch there but The Finisher circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Finisher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Finisher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harkonnen circles away quickly and effectively.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Finisher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harkonnen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping The Finisher at a distance.
The Finisher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harkonnen throws a sloppy head kick and The Finisher moves out of range easily.
Harkonnen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Harkonnen is looking to clinch.
Harkonnen is looking to clinch but The Finisher is avoiding it.
The Finisher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Finisher takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The Finisher throws a body punch but Harkonnen moves out of range.
Harkonnen doesn't manage to clinch there - The Finisher circles away.
Harkonnen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from The Finisher.
The Finisher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen slips a jab from The Finisher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen misses with a looping left.
Harkonnen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Finisher throws a hook but Harkonnen avoids it easily.
Harkonnen doesn't manage to clinch there - The Finisher circles away.
Harkonnen moves away from the strike by The Finisher.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Finisher, as that shot connected.
Harkonnen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harkonnen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping The Finisher at a distance.
The Finisher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Finisher on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harkonnen. Harkonnen obviously looking to wear him down.
The Finisher blocks a head kick by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen is looking to clinch but The Finisher is avoiding it.
Harkonnen is looking to clinch.
Harkonnen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harkonnen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harkonnen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Finisher swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Finisher cracks Harkonnen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The Finisher swats away the attempt to clinch by Harkonnen.
The Finisher is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Harkonnen fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Harkonnen misses its intended target.

Harkonnen gets a clinch.
A body shot lands from The Finisher.

The Finisher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harkonnen slips under a jab from The Finisher.
Harkonnen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from The Finisher misses.
Harkonnen fails to land the takedown.
The Finisher missing with a left hand there. Harkonnen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harkonnen tries to clinch but The Finisher is having none of it.
The Finisher misses with an uppercut. Harkonnen saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Finisher misses with a body shot.
The Finisher keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harkonnen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Finisher.
Harkonnen fails to pull guard.
The Finisher lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Finisher lands a body shot.
The Finisher lands a nice shot to the body.

Harkonnen pulls guard successfully.
Harkonnen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The Finisher content to stall in guard here.

Harkonnen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. The Finisher is aware though and is defending well.
The Finisher pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harkonnen is keeping the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ilir The Finisher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Finisher has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ilir The Finisher!