PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juga Zmaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and gaetan ditte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Zmaj
vs
ditte

177 cm
23
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Resistance

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juga Zmaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, gaetan ditte!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zmaj scores with a head kick.

Zmaj shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches ditte napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Zmaj cracks ditte with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Zmaj lands a decent elbow from side control.
You can see the frustration on ditte's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
ditte is looking for a sweep.

Zmaj decides to take the fight back to the feet.
gaetan ditte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Zmaj clinches up against the cage.
ditte is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
ditte takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like gaetan ditte has been cut.
Zmaj landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zmaj is pressed up against the cage. ditte has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Zmaj down to the mat. Zmaj avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
ditte looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
ditte avoids the head kick by Zmaj.
ditte doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Zmaj counters by moving into the clinch.
Zmaj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zmaj with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zmaj lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zmaj breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Zmaj gets a clinch.
Zmaj using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Zmaj manages to break the clinch.

Zmaj closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Zmaj lands in his opponent's guard.
ditte can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Zmaj controls the pace.
Zmaj wants to pass the guard but ditte is keeping the position.

Zmaj stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Zmaj clinches up with ditte and pushes him back against the cage.
Zmaj prevents the takedown attempt.
Juga Zmaj has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of gaetan ditte.
Zmaj lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zmaj gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
ditte takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zmaj lands an elbow inside that ditte shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zmaj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zmaj lands an elbow just above ditte 's eye.

That has opened up gaetan ditte's cut even more.
Zmaj scores a nice knee to the body.
Zmaj lands a nice knee to the body.
Zmaj lands a knee to the body.
Zmaj lands an elbow just above ditte 's eye.
Zmaj lands an elbow just above ditte 's eye.

Zmaj wants the takedown. ditte is fighting it off but Zmaj persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in ditte's guard against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zmaj scoring with some ground and pound.
Zmaj is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
ditte utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zmaj slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

ditte has his foot on Zmaj's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Zmaj works his way back into a safe position though.
ditte being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Zmaj works over ditte with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zmaj lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Zmaj makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zmaj trying to control but ditte is working from the bottom.
Zmaj is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
ditte keeping moving, preventing Zmaj from controlling successfully.
ditte is trying to control the position but Zmaj postures up.

Zmaj avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Zmaj is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Zmaj connects with a couple of short punches.

Zmaj stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Zmaj clinches.

Zmaj gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Zmaj is taking a breather. ditte 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.
Zmaj lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zmaj is trying to control the action in half guard but ditte is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zmaj scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Zmaj is taking a breather. ditte 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.
ditte is trying to maintain the position but Zmaj is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juga Zmaj dominated that round.
The cut man is working on gaetan ditte's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Zmaj instigates a clinch.
ditte drops down looking for an ankle pick but Zmaj pulls his leg out and moves away.
Zmaj connects with a solid leg kick.
ditte with a lazy takedown attempt

so Zmaj counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Zmaj passes easily into side control. Nice work.
ditte manages to work his way to half guard, despite Zmaj's best efforts.
Zmaj looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Zmaj working ditte over with strikes.
ditte is trying to control but Zmaj passes into side control!
ditte is breathing heavily.
ditte can't do much from the bottom here.
Zmaj creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zmaj working the head with strikes.
ditte takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Zmaj is looking to take a break and control but ditte is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Zmaj gets to mount! ditte was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Zmaj lands with some strikes.
Zmaj is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that ditte can do to turn this around?
Zmaj with the ground and pound from mount.
ditte working to try and regain half guard.
Zmaj lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Zmaj controlling the position easily from mount.
BOOM! Zmaj connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zmaj raining down shots from the mount!
Zmaj lands with some vicious ground and pound - can ditte hang on?

ditte is rocked!
ditte taking shots to the head.
ditte is still in real trouble! Can Zmaj finish him?
Zmaj lands a heavy elbow.
Zmaj postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt ditte bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Zmaj and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juga Zmaj!