PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Goran Schwarzeneg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jim crow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). crow has chosen Audioslave- Cohise as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that jim crow was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Schwarzeneg
vs
crow

187 cm
22
210 lbs
5 - 16 - 1

182 cm
23
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 5 - 16 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Goran Schwarzeneg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, jim crow!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schwarzeneg decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

crow looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

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

Schwarzeneg has managed to clinch.
crow utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Schwarzeneg gets control of crow's arms and successfully pulls guard. Schwarzeneg will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
crow being controlled here momentarily.
crow in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Schwarzeneg has his hands on crow's head, controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
crow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as crow 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.
crow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
crow loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
crow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Schwarzeneg preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Schwarzeneg clinches.
crow has had enough of the clinch but Schwarzeneg keeps him there for the moment.

Schwarzeneg successfully pulls guard.
Schwarzeneg tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Schwarzeneg escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. crow gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Schwarzeneg working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from crow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Schwarzeneg wants to get back to his feet but crow is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
crow with a nice head shot there.
crow won't allow Schwarzeneg to sweep him here.
crow keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Schwarzeneg's head.
crow lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
crow throws a strike but Schwarzeneg rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

crow has an active guard here but Schwarzeneg has managed to pass into half guard.
Schwarzeneg is breathing heavily.

Schwarzeneg escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Schwarzeneg moves into the clinch.

Schwarzeneg drags the fight down to the ground.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Schwarzeneg holds on and takes a little breather.
crow stopping the sweep attempt from Schwarzeneg.

Schwarzeneg has his feet on crow's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Schwarzeneg cracks crow with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Schwarzeneg lands a jab-cross combination.
A shot to de liver by Schwarzeneg. Beautiful body shot.

Schwarzeneg moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Schwarzeneg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schwarzeneg listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Schwarzeneg shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in crow's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

crow throws his legs up looking for a submission but Schwarzeneg uses it to pass to side control.
crow gets back to half guard.
Schwarzeneg is figuring out what he wants to do next.
crow flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schwarzeneg is taking a breather. crow 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.

Schwarzeneg decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goran Schwarzeneg dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Schwarzeneg looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Schwarzeneg stands up from crow's guard - Schwarzeneg perhaps looking for a knockout.
crow tries to clinch
and Schwarzeneg counters with a left and a right that stings crow.
crow tries to clinch

and Schwarzeneg counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for crow!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schwarzeneg can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as crow is looking to escape.
Poor strikes thrown by Schwarzeneg there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Schwarzeneg tries to control but crow wriggling away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
crow is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
crow tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg controlling the position easily from mount.
crow tries to hold on but Schwarzeneg pushes him away.
crow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Schwarzeneg controlling the pace for now.
crow is trying to escape the mount.
crow reaches up to try and control the position but Schwarzeneg seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! crow rolls and tries to escape and now Schwarzeneg has his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

crow defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Schwarzeneg lands a shot to the body.
crow is trying to stand back up.
Schwarzeneg lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
crow controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
crow is covering up but some of the strikes from Schwarzeneg are getting through and doing damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

crow preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Schwarzeneg.

Schwarzeneg is working for a rear naked choke. crow is not defending it well and Schwarzeneg has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! crow refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of crow's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Goran Schwarzeneg!