PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ury Sigaretov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Travers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sigaretov
vs
Travers

180 cm
23
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ury Sigaretov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cody Travers!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sigaretov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Travers is fending him off so far but Sigaretov persists. Nope, Travers circles away and we're back to standing.
Travers tries to clinch up.

Sigaretov instigates a clinch.
Sigaretov managing to block the knees to the body from Travers.
Sigaretov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Travers smiles and moves away.

Sigaretov has Travers up against the cage in a clinch.
Travers misses with a punch to the body.
Sigaretov prevents the takedown attempt.
Travers swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Travers breaks the clinch.
Sigaretov misses with the combination.

Sigaretov drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Travers wants to sweep here but Sigaretov controlling him for the moment.
Sigaretov prevents Travers from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sigaretov is one step ahead there.
Sigaretov throwing strikes from guard but Travers blocks nicely.
Sigaretov trying to control but Travers is working from the bottom.
Travers wants to sweep but no luck.
Sigaretov sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Sigaretov fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Travers sprawls well initially but Sigaretov persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sigaretov prevents Travers from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travers is trying to stand up here but Sigaretov is controlling him well.
Travers is trying to control but can't.
Sigaretov is controlling the pace.

Sigaretov gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigaretov ducks under a wild hook from Travers.

Sigaretov closes the distance and clinches.
Travers scores with a nice hook to the head.

Travers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Travers throws a combination that misses

and Sigaretov counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Travers!
Travers regains half guard.
Travers is trying is best to control the position here.
Travers trying to control here.
Sigaretov stalling.
Sigaretov is breathing heavily.
Travers wants to improve his position but Sigaretov is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sigaretov content to control rather than advance.
Travers pushes Sigaretov off but Sigaretov dives into side control.

Sigaretov looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Travers is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ury Sigaretov dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fight stays on the outside here - Sigaretov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice uppercut lands for Travers. That snapped Sigaretov's head back.
Travers shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sigaretov but Sigaretov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A head kick by Travers misses
and Sigaretov counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Travers is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ury Sigaretov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sigaretov avoids the head kick by Travers.
Sigaretov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Travers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Travers darts in trying to clinch

and Sigaretov counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Travers's guard now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sigaretov wants to pass the guard but Travers is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Travers is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travers has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Travers is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Travers wants to sweep but no luck.
Sigaretov looking to pass the guard.
Sigaretov stops Travers from standing up.

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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Travers darts in trying to clinch

and Sigaretov counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Travers's guard now.
Sigaretov won't allow Travers to get back to his feet.
Sigaretov trying to control but Travers is working from the bottom.
Travers wants to stand up but Sigaretov is controlling him.
Sigaretov wanted to stand there but Travers had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travers wants to sweep here but Sigaretov controlling him for the moment.
Travers is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Travers trying to control the position here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Travers throws a head kick but Sigaretov moves out of range.
Travers connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Travers with a poor takedown

and Sigaretov decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Travers's guard.
Travers manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sigaretov manages to get himself to full guard.
Travers wants to control from the top but Sigaretov keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sigaretov trying to keep a closed guard but Travers is proving a slippery customer.
Sigaretov is really struggling to control Travers but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Sigaretov trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Travers lands a couple of digs.
Sigaretov is trying to keep Travers in close.
Travers must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Travers trying to control the position from guard on top but Sigaretov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sigaretov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Travers shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sigaretov sprawls well. Sigaretov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Travers gets slowly back to his feet.
Sigaretov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sigaretov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Travers tries to clinch

and Sigaretov counters with a shoot takedown. Travers fights it but they end up in guard.
Sigaretov looking to sit in guard and control but Travers gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sigaretov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Travers.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Travers works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Travers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Travers seems to be working for a kimura but Sigaretov defends the submission attempt.
Sigaretov is looking to improve his position.
Sigaretov is trying to maintain the position but Travers is very close to passing his half guard.
Sigaretov is looking to improve his position.
Travers seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sigaretov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Travers tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Sigaretov counters with a single leg into guard. Travers didn't expect that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sigaretov stops Travers from standing up.
Sigaretov looking to pass the guard.
Travers can't keep his opponent in guard - Sigaretov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sigaretov is stalling here. Travers is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sigaretov seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Travers has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Travers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sigaretov keeps working.
Travers lands some shots froms side control.
Travers throws a strike aimed at the side of Sigaretov's head but Sigaretov avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travers creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sigaretov sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sigaretov managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Travers.
Travers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sigaretov keeps working.
Sigaretov tries to buck Travers off but Travers is having none of it.
Travers lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sigaretov tries to buck Travers off but Travers is having none of it.
Ury Sigaretov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sigaretov takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Travers creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sigaretov managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Travers.
Sigaretov is looking to reverse the position.
Sigaretov takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Travers in side control, throwing shots but Sigaretov defends.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travers with the ground and pound but Sigaretov regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Travers misses with a head shot. Sigaretov uses the momentum to regain guard.
Travers wants to control from the top but Sigaretov keeps moving.

Travers avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sigaretov keeping full guard, as Travers tries to pass.
Cody Travers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ury Sigaretov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sigaretov trying to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ury Sigaretov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sigaretov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ury Sigaretov!