PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Russian Experiment II (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willem DeFoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Experiment II's entrance music is Terminator 2 - Bad to the Bone. A fine choice. Russian Experiment II has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Experiment II
vs
DeFoe

185 cm
27
187 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

178 cm
22
177 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Russian Experiment II!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Willem DeFoe!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeFoe thuds a left hand into Experiment II's body.
Experiment II throws a series of punches but DeFoe moves out of range.
DeFoe tries to clinch but Experiment II is having none of it.
Experiment II circles away from the clinch attempt.
DeFoe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Experiment II takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
DeFoe moves away from the strike by Experiment II.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeFoe tries to close the distance and clinch but Experiment II swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
DeFoe is looking to clinch but Experiment II is avoiding it.
DeFoe scores with a punch to the head.
Experiment II lands a glancing blow to the side of DeFoe's head.
Experiment II throws a right and a left that DeFoe avoids nicely.
Russian Experiment II is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
DeFoe moves in looking to clinch but Experiment II pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment II scores with a shot to the body.
Experiment II misses with the combination.
DeFoe bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Experiment II's head backwards.
Experiment II ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeFoe throws a hook to the side of Experiment II's head but Experiment II sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
DeFoe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Experiment II throws a hook but DeFoe avoids it easily.
DeFoe fails with an attempt to clinch.

DeFoe shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. DeFoe showed some decent athleticism there.
Experiment II on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Experiment II tries to get out of the position.
Experiment II is pressing down on DeFoe's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment II keeping moving, preventing DeFoe from controlling successfully.
DeFoe must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
DeFoe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Experiment II works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Experiment II preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Experiment II is on top in guard.
Experiment II won't allow DeFoe to sweep him here.
Experiment II stands and throws DeFoe's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Experiment II decides to stand back up. Experiment II steps back and let's DeFoe get back to his feet.
DeFoe fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

DeFoe will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
DeFoe is looking to clinch.
DeFoe doesn't manage to clinch there - Experiment II circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeFoe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Experiment II.
Experiment II looks to land a right hand but DeFoe moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

DeFoe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Experiment II lands a left hand.
DeFoe tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Experiment II smiles and moves away.
DeFoe fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Experiment II misses the target.
Experiment II throws the left hand but DeFoe avoids the punch easily.
Experiment II cracks DeFoe with a good jab.
Experiment II lands with an overhand left.
DeFoe tries to close the distance and clinch but Experiment II swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Experiment II scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Willem DeFoe has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Experiment II keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Russian Experiment II has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willem DeFoe.
DeFoe tries to clinch up but Experiment II circles away and keeps his distance.
Experiment II fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches DeFoe on the side of the head.
DeFoe moves forwards but Experiment II connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment II keeps the fight on the outside.
DeFoe is looking to clinch but Experiment II is avoiding it.
DeFoe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Experiment II lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but DeFoe circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Experiment II lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russian Experiment II dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Willem DeFoe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

DeFoe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body punch from Experiment II.
Russian Experiment II is winning the standup battle so far.
Experiment II throws the left hand but DeFoe avoids the punch easily.
DeFoe tries to clinch but Experiment II is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeFoe slips a straight right by Experiment II.
DeFoe throws the left hand but Experiment II avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment II lands with a hook. DeFoe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Experiment II throws a looping overhand right but DeFoe ducks down to avoid it.
Experiment II loads up on a big right hand but DeFoe slips the punch.
A lazy left from Experiment II finds it's target.
Horrible takedown by DeFoe or perhaps it was just good defense by Experiment II which made him look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nice uppercut lands for Experiment II. That snapped DeFoe's head back.
DeFoe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
DeFoe on the wrong end of a nice jab.
DeFoe throws a chopping leg kick but Experiment II manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Experiment II lands a straight punch to the body, keeping DeFoe at a distance.
Experiment II throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Experiment II missing with a left hand there. DeFoe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Experiment II misses the shot to the body.
DeFoe missing with a left hand there. Experiment II was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four 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.
Experiment II misses with a body shot.
DeFoe slips a straight right by Experiment II.
DeFoe fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Experiment II avoids it really well and circles away.
DeFoe tries to close the distance and clinch but Experiment II swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Russian Experiment II showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Experiment II 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russian Experiment II!