PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between TIRION hellscream (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reinis Repss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

hellscream
vs
Repss

194 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
195 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, TIRION hellscream!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Reinis Repss!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

hellscream clinches.
hellscream working Repss over with knees to the body.
Repss throws a head punch that misses.
Repss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Repss misses with a shot to the kidneys.
hellscream misses with a knee strike.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section. Repss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
hellscream missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by hellscream.

It looks like Reinis Repss has been cut.
hellscream is trying to stall.
hellscream is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section. Repss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Repss.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section. Repss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
hellscream creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Repss's defenses.
Repss lands with a left to the head.
Repss lands a hook that snaps the head of hellscream backwards.
hellscream scores a nice knee to the body.
Repss looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Repss.
Repss works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section. Repss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from hellscream.
hellscream scores with a knee to the head.
hellscream is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
hellscream lands a nice elbow.
Repss takes an elbow to the temple.
hellscream lands a good knee to the midsection. Repss won't want to take too many of those.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section. Repss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
hellscream stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hellscream landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
hellscream landing knees to the body.
hellscream lands a damaging elbow.
hellscream utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
hellscream using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
hellscream lands a damaging elbow.
hellscream lands a damaging elbow.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section. Repss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Repss lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of hellscream backwards.
hellscream scores a nice knee to the body.
Repss swings wildly with an uppercut but hellscream uses good head movement to avoid it.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Repss with a knee to the head.
hellscream crunches a lovely knee into Repss's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for hellscream.
hellscream blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Repss takes a knee to the side of the body.
hellscream is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repss working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Repss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Repss fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hellscream displaying some good clinch control by pressing Repss up against the cage.
hellscream looking to throw knees to the head but Repss is blocking nicely.
Repss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Repss misses with a hook from the clinch.
Repss throws a blind hook that connects with the side of hellscreams head.
hellscream is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Repss is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Repss scores with a nice short uppercut.
Repss softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repss throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Repss scores with a shoulder strike.
Repss lands a hook that snaps the head of hellscream backwards.
Repss lands a body shot in the clinch.
hellscream lands a nice knee to the body.
Repss misses with a knee strike.
hellscream holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Repss.
hellscream with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
hellscream trying to land knees to the body.
Repss scores with a nice hook to the head.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from hellscream.
Repss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Repss digs a right hand into hellscream's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on hellscream's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hellscream blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
hellscream landing knees to the head.
Repss trying to land knees to the body.
Repss avoiding damage as hellscream throws knees to the body.
Repss misses with a short punch on the inside.
Repss being controlled against the cage.
hellscream tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Repss avoids it.
Repss lands with a light punch inside.
hellscream tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from hellscream.
Repss lands a hook to the side of the head.
Repss throws a punch but it's blocked by hellscream.
A knee to the head by hellscream.
Repss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
hellscream taking a breather.
Repss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Repss lands a right hand that snaps the head of hellscream backwards.
Repss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
hellscream leaning against his opponent.
hellscream connects with a nasty looking knee right to Repss's face.
A short right from Repss.
Repss lands a right hand that snaps the head of hellscream backwards.
hellscream using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

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.
Repss trying to control the position but instead, hellscream has worked for underhooks and has pushed Repss into the cage.
hellscream lands a good knee to the midsection. Repss won't want to take too many of those.
hellscream lands a knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
hellscream lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Repss has a couple of punches blocked by hellscream.
hellscream lands a knee to the body.
Repss throws a punch but it's blocked by hellscream.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Repss scores with a shot to the side of hellscream's head.
hellscream trying to land knees to the body.
Repss lands a shoulder strike.
Repss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Repss fails to land.
Repss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Repss lands an uppercut.
hellscream using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
hellscream lands a nice knee to the body.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from hellscream.
Repss lands with a left to the head.
Repss lands a left hand that snaps the head of hellscream backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

TIRION hellscream dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reinis Repss's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Repss tries to clinch up

and hellscream counters by clinching up.
hellscream blocks an uppercut.
TIRION hellscream has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Repss letting hellscream take a breather here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
hellscream lands an elbow that stopped Repss in his tracks for a moment.
hellscream lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Repss lands a shot to the body.
hellscream scores with a knee to the head.
Repss tries to stall but hellscream uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Repss working aggressively here.
Repss misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
hellscream tries to stall but Repss uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Repss stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Repss takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Repss lands a left hand that snaps the head of hellscream backwards.
Repss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Repss.
Repss swings wildly with an uppercut but hellscream uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Repss working aggressively here.
Repss avoiding damage as hellscream throws knees to the body.
Repss taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Repss creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Repss.
Repss lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down hellscream.
Repss scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Repss misses with a punch on the inside.
Repss wants to stall.
Repss lands an elbow just above hellscream 's eye.
Repss lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of hellscream backwards.
Repss working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
hellscream trying to stall but Repss improves his position.
Repss misses with a knee strike.
Repss lands a nice uppercut.
hellscream working Repss over with knees to the body.
Repss lands an uppercut.
hellscream throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Repss blocks it with crossed arms.
Repss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
hellscream's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
hellscream has Repss pressed against the cage.
Repss throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Repss tries a knee to the head but hellscream blocks it.
Repss misses with a punch on the inside.
hellscream crunches a lovely knee into Repss's ribcage.
hellscream lands an elbow just above Repss 's eye.
hellscream misses with a knee strike.
hellscream blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
hellscream landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Repss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section.
hellscream scores a nice knee to the body.
hellscream blocking some punches.
Repss avoiding damage.
hellscream lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
hellscream lands a knee to the body.
hellscream tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Repss throws a head punch that misses.
hellscream throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Repss throws a punch but it's blocked by hellscream.
Repss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Repss avoiding damage as hellscream throws knees to the body.
Repss avoiding damage as hellscream throws knees to the body.
Repss trying to land knees to the body.
hellscream tries a knee to the head but Repss blocks it.
hellscream is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Repss is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Repss working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
hellscream misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
hellscream on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section.
hellscream blocking some punches.
hellscream trying to stall but Repss improves his position.
Repss takes an elbow to the forehead.
Repss misses with the head strike.
Repss avoiding damage as hellscream throws knees to the body.
hellscream throws an elbow that misses.
hellscream blocking some punches.
hellscream is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Repss is defending well for now.
hellscream throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Repss blocks it with crossed arms.
Repss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Repss lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Repss blocks the elbow strike.
hellscream is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Repss is keeping busy.
Repss taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Repss fails to land.
hellscream dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
hellscream working Repss over with knees to the body.
Repss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Repss on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Repss.
hellscream with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Repss scores with a shoulder strike.
hellscream comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Repss digs a right hand underneath hellscream's ribcage. hellscream let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Repss.
hellscream blocks an uppercut.
hellscream is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
hellscream with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Repss lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
hellscream is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Repss looking to throw knees to the head but hellscream is blocking nicely.
Repss lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for hellscream.
hellscream has Repss pressed against the cage.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Repss misses with a knee strike.
hellscream leaning his opponent against the cage.
Repss working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Reinis Repss will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Reinis Repss's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Repss connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between hellscream's hands.
Repss tries to clinch up

and hellscream counters by moving into the clinch.
Repss takes an elbow to the forehead.
Repss lands a hook that snaps the head of hellscream backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Repss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
hellscream blocks an uppercut.
hellscream working Repss over with knees to the body.
hellscream utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Repss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from hellscream.
hellscream landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Repss takes a knee to the side of the body.
hellscream lands a nice elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for hellscream.
Repss lands a right hand that snaps the head of hellscream backwards.
hellscream scores with a knee to the head.
hellscream putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Repss in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
hellscream takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hellscream is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Repss is defending well for now.
hellscream landing knees to the head.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repss misses with some punches.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repss lands on the inside with an uppercut.
hellscream is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Repss is defending well for now.
Repss presses hellscream against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Repss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
hellscream landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
hellscream crunches a lovely knee into Repss's ribcage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
hellscream utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
hellscream scores with a knee to the head.
hellscream landing knees to the body.
hellscream lands a knee to the body.
Repss tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Repss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by hellscream.
hellscream controlling the action here for a moment.
Repss pushes hellscream back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two 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.
hellscream comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
hellscream is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Repss is defending well for now.
Repss looking to stall.
Repss pushes hellscream back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by hellscream.
hellscream blocking some punches.
hellscream landing some nice looking knees to the body.
hellscream crunches a lovely knee into Repss's ribcage.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section. Repss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Repss is trying to stall.
hellscream lands a nice elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Repss.
Repss misses with a short punch on the inside.
Repss can't find room to land a body shot as hellscream controls the action.
hellscream utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Repss takes an elbow to the temple.
hellscream lands an elbow just above Repss 's eye.
hellscream trying to land knees to the body.
hellscream trying to land knees to the body.
Repss using the Thai plumb to throw knees but hellscream has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Repss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
hellscream trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hellscream lands a knee to the body.
hellscream misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
hellscream trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Repss.
hellscream missing with knees to the body.
Repss throws a blind hook that connects with the side of hellscreams head.
hellscream is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section. Repss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
hellscream trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. hellscream obliges.
Repss lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Repss on the inside.
Repss is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section.
hellscream looking to stall.
Repss avoiding damage as hellscream throws knees to the body.
Repss avoiding damage.
hellscream is trying to maintain a safe position but Repss gets an underhook and turns hellscream into the cage.
Repss avoiding damage as hellscream throws knees to the body.
Repss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but hellscream blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from hellscream.
hellscream putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Repss in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
hellscream lands a nice elbow.
hellscream lands a knee to the head.
hellscream working Repss over with knees to the body.
Repss lands a nice uppercut.
Repss lands a shot to the body.
hellscream creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Repss's defenses.
Repss scores with a shoulder strike.
hellscream missing with knees to the body.
Repss working aggressively here.
hellscream landing some nice looking knees to the body.
hellscream comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Repss avoiding damage as hellscream throws knees to the body.
hellscream utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
hellscream tries to land a knee to the head but Repss blocks with his arms.
A bit of stalling here from Repss.
hellscream managing to block the knees to the body from Repss.
hellscream unloads a knee to the mid-section. Repss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
hellscream using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Repss avoiding damage as hellscream throws knees to the body.
Repss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
hellscream comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
hellscream tries to stall but Repss uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Still in the clinch, Repss scores with a nice short uppercut.
hellscream working Repss over with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
TIRION hellscream showed his dominance in that final round.
I think hellscream 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... TIRION hellscream!