PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pepsi Max (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Onur Erkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Max
vs
Erkan

225 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

220 cm
24
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pepsi Max!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Onur Erkan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erkan throws a head kick that misses.

Erkan clinches with his opponent.

Max drags the fight down to the ground.
Erkan trying to control but Max is working from the bottom.
Max has control of Erkan's left arm, preventing Erkan from doing any damage.
Erkan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Erkan wants to control but Max is keeping him busy.
Max is trying to get back to half guard.
Max manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erkan is trying to control. Max wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Max slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Max is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Max trying to keep a closed guard but Erkan is proving a slippery customer.
Erkan wants to control from the top but Max keeps moving.
Max is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Max is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Erkan is trying to stand up here but Max is controlling him well.
Erkan is staying active underneath Max, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Erkan is trying to control but Max passes into side control!
Max wants to lay and pray for a moment but Erkan keeps working.
Erkan dodges the ground and pound from Max.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erkan wants to get back to his feet.
The strikes coming from Max are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Max fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Erkan sprawls well initially but Max persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Max passes to side control.
Erkan wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Max lands a decent elbow from side control.
Max in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Max has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Erkan!
Max avoids the attempt from Erkan to control.

Max goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Erkan is on top in guard.
Max throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pepsi Max 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.

Good shot there by Erkan.

It looks like Pepsi Max has been cut.
Erkan fails with the takedown

and Max counters with a takedown into side control.
Erkan is trying to buck Max off.
Erkan is trying to escape the position but Max is controlling the position.
Max looking to control but instead Erkan has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Max trying to pass the guard but Erkan defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Max is looking to stall here but Erkan recovers full guard.
Max sitting in guard here, content to control.
Erkan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Erkan looking to control.
Erkan being controlled here, momentarily.
Max lands a couple of digs.
Erkan working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Max postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Max stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Erkan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Max stays in close to Erkan's body and controls the position.
Max trying to control but Erkan is working from the bottom.

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.
Max landing with the ground and pound.
Max advances position into side control!
Max trying to control the position but Erkan is working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Pepsi Max.

Erkan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Max to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Erkan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pepsi Max dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pepsi Max's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Erkan has managed to clinch.
Max fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Erkan prevents a takedown attempt there.

Erkan turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Erkan manages to end up in side control.
Max keeps Erkan under control for a moment.
Max is looking to reverse the position.
Max can't do much from the bottom here.
Erkan has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Max!
Erkan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Erkan unloads with some shots from mount but Max bucks and avoids them well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erkan throwing strikes here but Max is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Erkan looking to control but Max is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Max is desperately trying to improve his position but Erkan has a good base and remains in mount.
Max wants to control but Erkan is having none of it.
Erkan misses with a head shot.
Erkan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Erkan trying to control but Max is having none of it.
Max is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two 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.
Erkan landing punches.
Erkan controlling the pace for now.
Erkan throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Erkan tries to control but Max wriggling away.
Max is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Max is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Erkan is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Erkan tries to control but Max wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Max is wriggling around trying to escape.
Erkan landing strikes from the mount.
Max wants to hold on but Erkan pushes him away.
Erkan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Max is looking to escape.
Max tries to reverse the position but Erkan maintains control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

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.
Erkan wants to control the pace but Max is squirming around nicely.
A nice elbow there by Erkan.
Erkan looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Erkan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Max is trying to escape the mount.
Erkan trying to control but he's not successful this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Onur Erkan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Max has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pepsi Max!