PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacob The Black Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucian Bute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Lucian Bute enters the cage!

The Black Knight
vs
Bute

190 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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, Jacob The Black Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lucian Bute!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Black Knight throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Black Knight throws a head kick that misses.
The Black Knight misses with a head kick.
Bute tries to clinch up but The Black Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from The Black Knight.
Bute avoids the head kick by The Black Knight.
The Black Knight throws a wild body kick that Bute sees coming a mile off.
Bute tries to clinch up but The Black Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
The Black Knight misses with a head kick.

Bute gets the takedown into side control.
Bute is looking to take a break and control but The Black Knight is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The Black Knight really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bute controls the position.
Let's hope that Bute has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The Black Knight prevents Bute from improving position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bute throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and The Black Knight works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Bute not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bute is just content to waste time from the top position. The Black Knight takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

Bute stands up from guard. Let's bang!

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.

Bute drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The Black Knight is breathing heavily.

Bute working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Bute has knee on belly momentarily but The Black Knight bucks him off and regains half guard.
Bute is stalling here. The Black Knight is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Bute seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and The Black Knight has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bute pushes The Black Knight away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, The Black Knight gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bute being controlled for a moment.
Bute wants to control but The Black Knight postures up.
Bute tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bute tries to control but The Black Knight manages to take his back.
Bute is trying to break free.
The Black Knight controls the position.
Bute tries to escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Black Knight is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucian Bute dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bute shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bute thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Bute unloads with some shots from mount but The Black Knight bucks and avoids them well.

Bute jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… The Black Knight is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by The Black Knight and Bute has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Bute throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sloppy strikes there by Bute.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bute stands up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bute.
Bute tries to move into full mount but can't pass The Black Knight's legs.
The Black Knight is trying to escape the position but Bute is controlling the position.
Bute trying to control the action but The Black Knight is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Black Knight prevents Bute from moving into mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Black Knight taking a bit of punishment here - Bute scoring with strikes.
Bute wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Black Knight keeps working.
The Black Knight being controlled for a moment.
Bute tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bute wants to take a breather but The Black Knight manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Bute.
The Black Knight keeping moving, preventing Bute from controlling successfully.
Bute looking to sit in guard and control but The Black Knight gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bute tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four 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.
The Black Knight advances position into side control!
Bute can't do much from the bottom here.
The Black Knight wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bute keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bute tries to control but The Black Knight manages to take his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucian Bute showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The Black Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Bute closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bute lands in his opponent's guard.
The Black Knight keeping moving, preventing Bute from controlling successfully.

Despite being in the dominant position, Lucian Bute just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Black Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

The Black Knight gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bute content to stall in guard here.

Bute decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bute shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bute throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bute looking to control but The Black Knight is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bute controlling the pace for now.
Bute punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jacob The Black Knight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bute postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. The Black Knight looks a forlorn figure.
Bute looking to control but The Black Knight is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bute tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bute throwing strikes but The Black Knight uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Bute trying to control from The Black Knight's half guard. The Black Knight has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Bute trying to control but The Black Knight is working from the bottom.
Lucian Bute has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bute works over The Black Knight with some ground and pound from guard.
Bute trying to control the position from guard on top but The Black Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bute looking to sit in guard and control but The Black Knight gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four 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.

Despite being in the dominant position, Lucian Bute just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Black Knight misses with a head kick.
The Black Knight tries a head kick but it misses.

Bute gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Black Knight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Black Knight prevents Bute from breaking the clinch.
The Black Knight looking to throw knees to the head but Bute is blocking nicely.
The Black Knight tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bute tries to pull guard but The Black Knight holds him up against the cage and eventually Bute drops back down to his feet.
The Black Knight lands a knee to the body.
The Black Knight misses with a knee to the head.
Bute takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Black Knight scores with a knee to the head.

Bute wants the takedown. The Black Knight is fighting it off but Bute persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in The Black Knight's guard against the cage.
Bute slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Bute decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
The Black Knight misses with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucian Bute comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bute winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucian Bute!