PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Liste Pik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrej Sharko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pik
vs
Sharko

170 cm
25
155 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

176 cm
20
161 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Liste Pik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrej Sharko!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pik swinging wildly here.
Pik uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sharko.
Sharko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pik misses with a straight left.
Pik takes one to the chin there.
Pik ducks under a wild hook from Sharko.
Sharko throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Pik blocks the leg kick.
Sharko looks to land a combination but Pik avoids it well.
Pik moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sharko misses the jab.
Sharko on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sharko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pik.
Pik fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sharko avoids it really well and circles away.

Pik instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sharko as Pik tries to tie him up.

Pik manages to break the clinch.
Sharko gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Pik counters by clinching up.
Pik tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pik lands a knee to the head.
Pik throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pik lands an elbow that stopped Sharko in his tracks for a moment.
Pik trying to control the position but instead, Sharko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pik into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pik throws an elbow but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pik tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Pik.
Pik connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sharko's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sharko avoids a wild elbow strike from Pik.
Pik lands an elbow just above Sharko 's eye.
Pik lands a knee to the body.
Pik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pik creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pik tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pik throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pik using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sharko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sharko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pik tries a knee to the head but Sharko blocks it.
Sharko effectively controlling the action here.
Pik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sharko tries to break free but Pik pushes him back against the cage.
Pik tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pik trying to control the position but instead, Sharko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pik into the cage.
Pik pushes off an throws an elbow but Sharko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sharko takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Maybe Pik would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Pik misses with an elbow over the top.
Pik misses with a body punch.
Pik will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sharko up against the cage.

Sharko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sharko thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Sharko misses.
Sharko throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pik.
Sharko throws a predictable looking body shot

and Pik holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Sharko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharko lands with an overhand left.
Sharko looks to score with a jab to the body but Pik is just out of range.
Pik has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sharko finds it's way round the side to connect with Pik's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharko misses with a straight right.

Pik instigates a clinch.
Pik tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A bit of stalling here from Sharko.

Sharko breaks from the clinch.
Sharko tries to bum rush Pik with a series of wild strikes but Pik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pik moves out of range of the strikes.
Pik misses with a double jab.
Sharko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sharko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pik lands with a nice combination. Sharko backs away looking to recover.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sharko darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sharko misses with an uppercut. Pik saw that one coming.
Sharko throws an overhand right that lands on Pik's shoulder, as Pik tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Andrej Sharko will probably get the nod.
That's time! Pik's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A big left from Pik misses.

Pik clinches up with Sharko and pushes him back against the cage.
Pik tries a knee to the head but Sharko blocks it.
Pik has Sharko pressed against the cage.
Pik throws an elbow but it misses.
Pik lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pik.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pik.
Pik's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sharko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pik misses with a knee strike.
Pik lands a nice knee to the body.
Sharko is struggling to control the position.
Pik taking a breather.
Sharko avoiding damage as Pik throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Sharko's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pik swings wildly with an uppercut but Sharko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pik misses with an elbow over the top.
Pik misses with an elbow strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Sharko.
Pik tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pik misses with a knee strike.

Pik turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
You can see the frustration on Sharko's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sharko sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pik is looking to advance position but Sharko won't allow it.
Pik thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sharko is trying to stand up here but Pik is controlling him well.

Sharko looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sharko trying to hold on to Pik's head to control him but Pik postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pik thows a huge punch but Sharko dodges it nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pik moves away from the strike by Sharko.
Sharko misses with a body shot.
Liste Pik is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sharko misses with a looping left.
Pik lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sharko throws a big shot that misses.
Sharko misses with a few strikes there.
Sharko scores with a decent looking hook.
Pik throws a jab but it's blocked by Sharko.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sharko.
Sharko throws a jab when Pik was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pik moves out of range as Sharko strikes.
A punch combination from Sharko misses.
Pik throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sharko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pik circles away quickly and effectively.
Pik fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pik shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sharko throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pik counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Sharko.
Sharko throws an overhand right that lands on Pik's shoulder, as Pik tries to avoid the shot.
Pik throws a right and a left that Sharko avoids nicely.
Nice jab there from Sharko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Pik.
Sharko has his takedown stuffed

and Pik holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pik working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pik lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pik tries a knee to the head but Sharko blocks it.
Pik scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pik throws a head punch that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pik with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pik landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pik stalling in the clinch but Sharko improves position.
Sharko blocks the elbow strike.
Pik goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sharko prevents it.
Pik tries to land a knee to the head but Sharko blocks with his arms.
Sharko drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sharko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liste Pik dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Pik blocks a head kick by Sharko.
Sharko throws a right hand that Pik ducks under and follows up with a left that Pik also avoids with ease.
A low kick from Sharko is predictable there
and Pik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sharko throws a right and a left that both miss.

Pik has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sharko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pik tries to land knees in the clinch but Sharko avoids the damage to the body.
Sharko tries to break the clinch but Pik is controlling the position.
Pik wants a takedown but no success here.
Pik displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sharko up against the cage.
Pik throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pik misses with a knee strike.
Pik lands an elbow inside that Sharko shrugs off.
Pik lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pik has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sharko is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Sharko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pik pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sharko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pik backwards.
Pik trying to control the position but instead, Sharko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pik into the cage.
Pik lands an elbow inside.
Pik tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sharko is defending well for now.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pik throws an elbow but misses.
Pik throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pik throws an elbow but misses.
Sharko looking to stall.
Pik misses with an elbow over the top.
Pik has a couple of punches blocked by Sharko.
Pik pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pik tries to stall but Sharko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sharko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pik.
Pik missing with knees to the body.
Pik looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sharko working hard to break the clinch.
Sharko is pressed up against the cage. Pik has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sharko down to the mat. Sharko avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liste Pik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sharko misses with a hook.
Sharko misses with a series of wild punches.
Andrej Sharko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharko looks for the body kick but Pik saw that one coming.
Pik takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pik throws a leg kick but Sharko checks it.
Sharko lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pik swings for the body but Sharko moves out of range.
No joy there for Sharko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sharko throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A jab from Sharko does it's job there.
Sharko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pik.
Sharko looks to throw the jab but Pik is out of range.
Pik lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sharko circles away quickly and effectively.
Pik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sharko.
A big right from Pik misses.
Pik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sharko.
Sharko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharko lands a two punch combo.
Pik slips a straight right by Sharko.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pik.
Nice body kick there by Pik.
Sharko misses with a wild body shot.
Sharko misses with a hook. Pik ducked under it nicely.
Sharko gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pik counters with a one-two to the body.
Pik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sharko.
Pik misses with a straight left.
Sharko gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pik counters with a flying knee. Nice.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrej Sharko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sharko 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrej Sharko!