PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Beloglasov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Boyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beloglasov comes to the cage accompanied by KASTA-PRO MAKSA. On his way into the cage it seems that Sergei Beloglasov has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Sergei Beloglasov seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Beloglasov
vs
Boyd

170 cm
20
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

160 cm
19
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sergei Beloglasov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brandon Boyd!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyd moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Beloglasov looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Beloglasov sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Boyd on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Beloglasov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Beloglasov connects with a nice short shot to Boyd's temple.
Beloglasov slips a nice elbow through Boyd's hands, connecting with Boyd's forehead.
Boyd on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Boyd is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Beloglasov scores with a couple of nice shots.
Beloglasov takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Boyd looks gassed!
Beloglasov lands strikes from half guard.
Beloglasov 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.
Beloglasov moves into full mount! Boyd won't be happy about that!
Beloglasov looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beloglasov scoring with strikes but Boyd is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beloglasov has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Boyd's face.
Beloglasov lands a big shot there that rocks Boyd but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Beloglasov lands a big shot there that rocks Boyd but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Beloglasov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Beloglasov cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Boyd is rocked!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A nice elbow there by Beloglasov.
Beloglasov lands a nice shot to the head.
Beloglasov scoring with strikes but Boyd is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beloglasov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Beloglasov dominating with strikes here.
Beloglasov with shots to the head and body - Boyd looks very uncomfortable down there.
Boyd takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Beloglasov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Boyd looks a forlorn figure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beloglasov landing strikes, looking to finish!
Beloglasov looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyd in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Beloglasov lands a nice shot to the head.
Beloglasov looking to finish Boyd with some ground and pound. This is bad for Boyd!
Beloglasov scoring with strikes but Boyd is staying in there.
Beloglasov lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Boyd hang on?
Beloglasov landing strikes from the mount and Boyd is in trouble!
Beloglasov cracks Boyd with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Beloglasov looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Beloglasov is landing with some decent strikes but Boyd is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Beloglasov is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Boyd can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Beloglasov dominating with strikes here.
Boyd can't escape the position.
Beloglasov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Beloglasov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Beloglasov landing strikes from the mount and Boyd is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beloglasov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Beloglasov lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Beloglasov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Beloglasov breaks from Boyd's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Boyd is looking to improve his position but Beloglasov isn't that keen on the idea.
Beloglasov lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Beloglasov dominating with strikes here.
Boyd is in all sorts of trouble here.
Beloglasov looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Beloglasov working Boyd over with strikes here.
Beloglasov scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Beloglasov looking to finish Boyd with some ground and pound. This is bad for Boyd!
Boyd taking shots to the head.
Beloglasov dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyd taking shots to the head.
Beloglasov working the ground and pound effectively.
Beloglasov scoring with strikes but Boyd is staying in there.
Beloglasov with a couple of short strikes.
Beloglasov lands with some strikes.
Beloglasov connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Beloglasov unloading with bombs!
Beloglasov connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Boyd is desperately trying to improve his position but Beloglasov has a good base and remains in mount.
Beloglasov has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Boyd's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beloglasov scoring with strikes but Boyd is staying in there.
Beloglasov with good strikes from the mount here!
Beloglasov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Beloglasov connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Beloglasov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Beloglasov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Boyd to the mat! Boyd manages to get full guard.
Beloglasov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Beloglasov landing some decent shots from guard.
Beloglasov scoring with some ground and pound.
Beloglasov connects with a couple of short punches.
Beloglasovis looking to pass into half guard but Boyd pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Boyd is in guard.
Boyd wants to stand and escape but instead Beloglasov has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Beloglasov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Beloglasov is working Boyd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Beloglasov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Beloglasov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boyd swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Beloglasov postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beloglasov connects with a couple of short punches.
Sergei Beloglasov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Boyd trying to control the position.
Beloglasov is in close to Boyd's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Beloglasov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Boyd is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Beloglasov passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Boyd is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Beloglasov scoring with punches from side control.
Beloglasov scores with punches from side control.
Beloglasov wants to control but Boyd is keeping him busy.
Beloglasov landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beloglasov lands a few punches from side control.
Beloglasov connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Boyd some visible discomfort.
Boyd is trying to get back to his feet.
Beloglasov scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Boyd to see if he's OK.
Beloglasov lands a few punches from side control.
Beloglasov lands some shots froms side control.
Beloglasov lands some shots froms side control.
Beloglasov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boyd can do to turn this around?
Beloglasov connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Boyd some visible discomfort.
Beloglasov lands some shots froms side control.
Beloglasov grinds an elbow into Boyd's temple.
Beloglasov landing strikes.
Boyd is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Beloglasov is working Boyd over with some ground and pound from side control.
Beloglasov scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beloglasov scores with a couple of short elbows.
Beloglasov is putting a hurting on Boyd here, landing some big shots from side control.
Boyd taking punishment in the form of punches.
Beloglasov lands a nice forearm strike.
Beloglasov grinds an elbow into Boyd's temple.
Beloglasov grinds an elbow into Boyd's temple.
Beloglasov in side control lands a decent elbow.
Beloglasov working the ground and pound from side control.
Beloglasov working the head with strikes.
Boyd is looking to reverse the position.
Boyd on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Boyd struggling a bit here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Beloglasov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Boyd as he jumps to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Beloglasov keeps the fight on the outside.

Beloglasov scores with a takedown into Boyd's guard.
Boyd is trying to keep Beloglasov in close.
Boyd has momentary wrist control but Beloglasov slips an elbow through the middle.
Beloglasov connects with a couple of short punches.
Beloglasov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Beloglasov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Boyd wants to improve his position but instead Beloglasov has moved into half guard.
Beloglasov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boyd with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Beloglasov dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Beloglasov digs a good hook to Boyd's body.

Boyd gets caught flat footed, as Beloglasov shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Beloglasov landing some decent shots from guard.
Beloglasov postures up and lands a big shot to Boyd's brow.
Beloglasov lands a couple of digs.
Beloglasov works over Boyd with some ground and pound from guard.
Beloglasov distracts Boyd with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Beloglasov chips away with some ground and pound.
Beloglasov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Beloglasov working some strikes from top position.
Beloglasov with a nice head shot there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Beloglasov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Beloglasov wants to control from the top but Boyd keeps moving.
Beloglasov won't allow Boyd to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyd controls Beloglasov momentarily but Beloglasov frees himself.
Beloglasov advances to half guard.
Beloglasov takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Beloglasov.
Beloglasov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Beloglasov 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.
Beloglasov slips a nice elbow through Boyd's hands, connecting with Boyd's forehead.
Beloglasov has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Beloglasov dominating with strikes here.
Beloglasov unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beloglasov looking to finish Boyd with some ground and pound. This is bad for Boyd!
Beloglasov lands a big shot there that rocks Boyd but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Beloglasov working Boyd over with strikes here.
Beloglasov punishing his opponent with strikes.
Beloglasov landing punches.
Boyd tries to lock up and control but Beloglasov gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Boyd in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Beloglasov looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Beloglasov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Beloglasov avoids the attempt from Boyd to control.
BOOM! Beloglasov connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Boyd taking shots to the head.
Beloglasov with a couple of short strikes.
Beloglasov lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyd wants to control but Beloglasov is having none of it.
Beloglasov with a couple of short strikes.
Beloglasov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Beloglasov scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Beloglasov unloading with bombs!
Boyd really wants to buck Beloglasov off and get back to his feet.
Beloglasov unloading with bombs!
Beloglasov breaks from Boyd's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Boyd is in all sorts of trouble here.
Beloglasov putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Beloglasov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Beloglasov has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Boyd's face.
Beloglasov landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Boyd is trying to escape the mount.
Beloglasov landing punches.
Beloglasov punishing his opponent with strikes.
Boyd tries to hold on but Beloglasov pushes him away.
Beloglasov working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Boyd keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sergei Beloglasov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Beloglasov with a couple of short strikes.
Boyd wants to hold on but Beloglasov pushes him away.
Beloglasov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Beloglasov avoids the attempt from Boyd to control.
Beloglasov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Brandon Boyd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beloglasov scoring with strikes but Boyd is staying in there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergei Beloglasov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Beloglasov, 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergei Beloglasov!