PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Will Brawler Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josefski Slabadavski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brawler Jr comes to the cage accompanied by "Hard Knock Life" Dr. Evil & Mini Me. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brawler Jr
vs
Slabadavski

150 cm
27
163 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

164 cm
26
150 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Demonic Drugs

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Will Brawler Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josefski Slabadavski!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Slabadavski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Brawler Jr!

Brawler Jr bucks Slabadavski off and manages to get back to his feet!
Slabadavski keeps the fight on the outside.
Brawler Jr really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Brawler Jr tries to clinch up.
Brawler Jr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Slabadavski counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Brawler Jr's guard now.
Slabadavski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Slabadavski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Slabadavski stands up over Brawler Jr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Slabadavski controlling from the top position.
Brawler Jr is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Slabadavski is controlling him.
Slabadavski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Slabadavski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brawler Jr wants to stand but Slabadavski is controlling the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Slabadavski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Slabadavski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brawler Jr lands a left and a right that send Slabadavski crashing to the mat, dazed. Brawler Jr thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Slabadavski is rocked!
Brawler Jr tries for a takedown but Slabadavski circles away easily

and Slabadavski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brawler Jr is trying to stand.
Slabadavski keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Brawler Jr wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Slabadavski lands a nice short elbow.
Brawler Jr has hold of Slabadavski's hands but Slabadavski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Slabadavski uses his free foot to push down on Brawler Jr's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Brawler Jr.
Brawler Jr squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Slabadavski cracks Brawler Jr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Slabadavski lands a big elbow.
Brawler Jr is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Brawler Jr is breathing heavily.
Slabadavski landing punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Slabadavski connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Slabadavski unloading with bombs!
Slabadavski is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Brawler Jr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Slabadavski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Brawler Jr looks a forlorn figure.
Brawler Jr really wants to buck Slabadavski off and get back to his feet.
Slabadavski with the ground and pound from mount.
Slabadavski lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brawler Jr hang on?
Brawler Jr taking shots to the head.
Brawler Jr is trying to stand.
Slabadavski pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Slabadavski lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Brawler Jr somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Brawler Jr throws a right hand that Slabadavski ducks under and follows up with a left that Slabadavski also avoids with ease.
A jab lands there for Slabadavski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brawler Jr throws a left and a right that both miss

so Slabadavski counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Slabadavski working some strikes from top position.
Slabadavski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Slabadavski passes Brawler Jr's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Slabadavski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Slabadavski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Slabadavski working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Slabadavski is nestled in close to Brawler Jr, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Slabadavski lands strikes from half guard.
Brawler Jr is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Slabadavski.
Slabadavski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slabadavski stops Brawler Jr from getting back to his feet.
Slabadavski landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Slabadavski winds up and cracks Brawler Jr with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Slabadavski is pressing down on Brawler Jr's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brawler Jr is holding on for now.
Slabadavski is trying to control. Brawler Jr wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Brawler Jr kicks Slabadavski off and gets back to his feet.
Brawler Jr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Slabadavski counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Will Brawler Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brawler Jr fails with the takedown

and Slabadavski counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slabadavski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Brawler Jr is pushing Slabadavski's head away, looking to escape. Slabadavski manages to hold on to the position though.
Slabadavski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josefski Slabadavski dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Slabadavski scores with a nice right hand.
Brawler Jr throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Slabadavski counters with a nice double leg into side control. Brawler Jr won't be happy with that.
Brawler Jr might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Brawler Jr wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Brawler Jr trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Slabadavski scoring with punches and elbows.
Slabadavski working the ground and pound from side control.
Josefski Slabadavski has got the better of the ground game so far.
Check out the look on Slabadavski's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Brawler Jr takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Slabadavski landing a few strikes.
Slabadavski lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Brawler Jr is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slabadavski working the head with strikes.
Slabadavski prevents Brawler Jr from escaping the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Slabadavski is putting a hurting on Brawler Jr here, landing some big shots from side control.
Slabadavski working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slabadavski is chipping away with strikes.
Slabadavski moves into full mount!
Slabadavski pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Brawler Jr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Slabadavski putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Brawler Jr takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Brawler Jr really wants to buck Slabadavski off and get back to his feet.
Brawler Jr seems to have got his legs back now.
Slabadavski landing strikes from the mount.
Brawler Jr is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Slabadavski in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Slabadavski scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Slabadavski lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brawler Jr hang on?
Slabadavski landing punches.
Brawler Jr is trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slabadavski with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slabadavski pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Slabadavski drops a big elbow. That's hurt Brawler Jr! More shots from Slabadavski and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josefski Slabadavski!