PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jake Hender (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Acckiy Barcuha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hender
vs
Barcuha

172 cm
19
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Hender!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Acckiy Barcuha!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barcuha shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hender but Hender pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Hender clinches with his opponent.

Hender manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Barcuha stands up over Hender, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hender controls Barcuha momentarily but Barcuha frees himself.
Barcuha keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hender's head.
Barcuha stopping the sweep attempt from Hender.
Barcuha landing some decent shots from guard.
Hender trying to keep a closed guard but Barcuha is proving a slippery customer.

Hender is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Barcuha postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Barcuha lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barcuha lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hender working a defensive guard here.
Barcuha lands a couple of elbows.
Barcuha tries to stand but Hender is controlling from the bottom.
Barcuha postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hender on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hender tries to get out of the position.

Hender has his foot on Barcuha's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Barcuha works his way back into a safe position though.
Hender knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Barcuha on the ground.
Hender is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Barcuha keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hender's head.
Barcuha connects with a couple of short punches.
Barcuha with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barcuha's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Barcuha landing some decent shots from guard.

Hender is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barcuha wants to control from the top but Hender keeps moving.
Barcuha makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Oh Hender is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hender is trying to keep Barcuha in close.
Hender seems to have got his legs back now.
Barcuha postures up and lands a big shot to Hender's brow.
Hender is breathing heavily.
Barcuha passes Hender's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Barcuha working the head and body with strikes.
Hender has hold of Barcuha's hands but Barcuha slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hender is refusing to be controlled, as Barcuha sits in half guard.
Barcuha scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Barcuha scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Barcuha sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barcuha works his way into full mount!
Hender is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hender is trying to escape the mount.
Barcuha is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hender can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hender throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Barcuha lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hender hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barcuha unloading with bombs!
Barcuha lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hender hang on?
Hender wants to control but Barcuha is having none of it.
Barcuha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Barcuha lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hender hang on?
Barcuha raining down shots from the mount!
Hender is bucking up trying to escape but Barcuha cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Barcuha breaks from Hender's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hender is in a horrible position here. Barcuha smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hender is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Barcuha scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hender?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Acckiy Barcuha dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hender gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Barcuha to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Barcuha scoring with some ground and pound.
Barcuha works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hender is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Barcuha there.
Hender has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Barcuha is working away from the top position though.
Barcuha lands strikes from half guard.
Hender wants to get back to his feet.
Barcuha takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Acckiy Barcuha has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ground and pound from Barcuha.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barcuha moves nicely into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hender takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Barcuha scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hender to see if he's OK.
Barcuha is looking to take a break and control but Hender is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Barcuha works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Barcuha landing strikes.
Barcuha is putting a hurting on Hender here, landing some big shots from side control.
Barcuha working the head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hender tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Hender taking a bit of punishment here - Barcuha scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hender is working to avoid the ground and pound but Barcuha connects with a decent elbow.
Barcuha working the head and body with strikes.
Barcuha working the ground and pound from side control.
Barcuha working the head and body with strikes.
Barcuha is chipping away with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Hender's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hender takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hender wants to control but Barcuha postures up.
Barcuha landing a few strikes.
Barcuha scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hender to see if he's OK.
Barcuha cracks Hender with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hender is looking for a sweep.
Barcuha grinds an elbow into Hender's temple.
Barcuha working the ground and pound.
Barcuha lands a few punches from side control.
Barcuha staying calm.
Barcuha wants to take a breather but Hender manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Barcuha.
Barcuha chips away with some ground and pound.
Barcuha is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hender is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Barcuha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Barcuha scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Barcuha scoring with some ground and pound.
Barcuha slips nicely into half guard.
Barcuha trying to control from half guard but Hender is working away.
Barcuha looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hender with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Barcuha lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Acckiy Barcuha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Barcuha shoots in for a takedown but Hender shows good takedown defense.

Barcuha gets a takedown into half guard.
Hender has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Barcuha is working away from the top position though.
Barcuha is nestled in close to Hender, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Barcuha wants to pass to mount but Hender is defending the position.
Barcuha is thwarting Hender's attempts to control the position.
Hender is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Barcuha wants to free his trapped foot but Hender is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barcuha winds up and cracks Hender with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hender on the receiving end of some nice 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. Barcuha connects with a nice short shot to Hender's temple.
Barcuha lands with a punch from half guard.
Hender taking some punishment here, with Barcuha in his half guard.
Hender is looking to improve his position.
Barcuha is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hender wants to control but Barcuha is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Barcuha stops Hender from getting back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Barcuha there.

That's two 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.
Barcuha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hender is trying to stand back up but Barcuha is controlling him
Barcuha drops an elbow to the side of Hender's head.
Barcuha lands strikes from half guard.
Barcuha seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Hender has hold of Barcuha's hands but Barcuha slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Barcuha scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hender trying to control but Barcuha postures up.
Barcuha seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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. Barcuha connects with a nice short shot to Hender's temple.
Barcuha 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.
Barcuha working over Hender with some ground and pound. Hender looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hender is not content to let Barcuha control the position.
Hender on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hender tries to kick Barcuha off but Barcuha keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Barcuha is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hender trying to control but Barcuha postures up.
Barcuha lands strikes from half guard.
Barcuha works his way into full mount!
You get the feeling that Hender really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Barcuha landing strikes from the mount.
Hender is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Barcuha raining down shots from the mount!
Barcuha cracks Hender with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hender is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Barcuha dominating with strikes here.
Hender tries to hold on but Barcuha postures up.
Hender is in all sorts of trouble here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Acckiy Barcuha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Barcuha winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Acckiy Barcuha!