PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between MCJ Guti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baltika Beer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Baltika Beer enters the cage!

Guti
vs
Beer

185 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
230 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Dark Storm Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, MCJ Guti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baltika Beer!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Beer showed some decent athleticism there.
Beer prevents Guti from improving his position.

Guti looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Beer wants to stand up but Guti has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beer is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Beer prevents Guti from improving his position.

Guti looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guti tries to roll over but Beer keeps him under control.
Beer should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Guti shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Beer pinned against the cage. Beer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Guti is breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Beer gets a clinch.
Beer lands a knee to the body.
Beer pushes Guti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Beer is working Guti over against the cage.
Beer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Guti or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beer.
Knees to the body from Beer.
Guti tries for a takedown but Beer manages to get underhooks.
Guti is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Beer gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MCJ Guti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guti wants a takedown but no success here.
Guti tries to land knees in the clinch but Beer avoids the damage to the body.
Beer lands a knee to the body.
Beer prevents the takedown attempt.
Guti tries for a takedown. No joy.
Beer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Beer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Guti or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beer.
Beer scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Beer.
Guti changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Beer fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Beer clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beer.
Beer scores a nice knee to the body.
Guti drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Beer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Guti drops down looking for an ankle pick but Beer pulls his leg out and moves away.
Guti has a takedown stuffed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Guti closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Guti thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Guti throws an elbow but Beer slips to the side and avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Guti is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Beer is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Guti working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
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That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guti tries to move to mount but Beer blocks the move with his legs.
Guti laying and praying for a moment but Beer takes advantage and regains half guard.
Guti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beer keeps working.
Guti throwing shots but Beer is blocking nicely.
Guti tries to pass to full mount but Beer defends it.
Guti throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Guti trying to mount his opponent but Beer defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No luck for Guti with that takedown attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Guti drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Guti pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beer is keeping the position for now.
Beer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Guti tries to free his leg and advance position but Beer is retaining full guard.
Guti 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.
Guti works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Beer tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Guti wants to pass the guard but Beer is defending well.

Guti seems to be working for a kimura but Beer defends the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Guti is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baltika Beer dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Guti fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Guti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Guti fails with a takedown attempt.
Baltika Beer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guti fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MCJ Guti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guti will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Beer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Beer chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Guti fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Beer sprawls well initially but Guti persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Beer won't allow Guti to pass to mount.

Guti is trying to work for a kimura but Beer is defending well.

Guti is working for a submission of some sort.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Beer makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
MCJ Guti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Beer landing knees to the body.
Beer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guti backwards.
Guti fails to pull guard.
Guti can't break the clinch.
Guti looking for a takedown.
Beer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees to the body from Beer.
Beer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Guti or not.
Guti is trying to break free.
Guti managing to block the knees to the body from Beer.
Guti has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Beer avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Guti tries for a takedown. No joy.
Guti is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Beer gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Guti has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Beer avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Guti wants a takedown.
Guti is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Beer pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Guti landing knees to the body.

Guti has hold of one of Beer's legs. Beer is fighting the takedown attempt but Guti gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Guti wants to control from the top but Beer keeps moving.
Guti stands and throws Beer's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Beer holds on to Guti's head and controls the position momentarily.
Guti misses with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guti misses with the ground and pound.
Beer is looking to reverse the position.
The strikes coming from Guti are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Guti working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Beer is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Guti off and has taken his back!
Beer has good solid back control here.
Guti manages to reverse the position and now he's in Beer's guard. Nice work there by Guti.
Beer is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guti looking to pass the guard.
Beer wants to sweep here but Guti controlling him for the moment.
Beer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Guti. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Guti postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Beer is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Guti, into his guard.

Guti has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Beer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Beer gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Guti shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Beer wants to clinch.
Guti shoots in for a double leg but Beer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Guti is out of range and Beer settles back down.
Guti tries for a takedown but Beer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Guti shoots in and drives through. Beer sprawls well.
Guti fails with a takedown attempt.
Guti shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Guti takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Guti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Beer as Guti shoots in.
Beer missing with a left hand there. Guti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guti has a takedown stuffed.
Guti tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Beer swivels and escapes.
Guti shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Beer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Beer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beer tries to clinch there but Guti circles away.

Beer takes the fight into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Beer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beer gets through Guti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Guti looking for a takedown.
Beer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Guti or not.
Beer gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Guti.
Guti blocking some punches.
Beer is pressed up against the cage. Guti has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Beer down to the mat. Beer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Guti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baltika Beer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Guti shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Guti shoots in but no luck this time.
Guti shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Beer as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MCJ Guti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beer stuffs the takedown attempt from Guti. Guti gets slowly back to his feet.
Guti needs to keep his hands up - Beer had a free shot at his head there.
Beer tries to clinch but Guti moves out of range.
Guti fails to land the takedown.
Guti will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Guti gets the takedown into side control.

Guti tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Guti is looking to take a break and control but Beer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Guti is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Beer knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Beer can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beer tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Guti is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Beer knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Guti has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Guti fails to move to back control.

Guti working for a submission but Beer is keeping him at bay.

Guti moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Beer has worked his arm free - good work by Beer!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beer is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Guti is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Beer is just riding it out for now. Guti eventually gives up the hold.
Beer keeping hold of Guti's head, controlling as best he can.

Guti in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Beer tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Guti!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). MCJ Guti!