PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jarek Dobromir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darnell Klutie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dobromir
vs
Klutie

173 cm
27
134 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

178 cm
27
140 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Dangerous GnP
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jarek Dobromir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darnell Klutie!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klutie leaves Dobromir with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Klutie misses with a head kick.
Dobromir misses with an uppercut. Klutie saw that one coming.
Klutie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dobromir misses with a body shot.
Klutie misses with a leg kick.
Klutie tries a low kick but Dobromir avoids it.
Both fighters circling a little - Klutie finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Dobromir will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dobromir thows a body shot but no joy.
Klutie has his takedown stuffed

and Dobromir counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dobromir tries to pass to full mount but Klutie defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dobromir is looking for a kimura but Klutie is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dobromir to get the leverage.
Dobromir looks to land a strike but Klutie avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Dobromir sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Klutie's guard.

Dobromir is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Dobromir misses with a head shot. Klutie uses the momentum to regain guard.
Klutie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Dobromir is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Klutie is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Klutie has escaped and now he's on top!
Dobromir 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klutie trying to control but Dobromir is working from the bottom.

Dobromir is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Klutie defends well.

Dobromir working for submissions but it's allowed Klutie to get to half guard.

Dobromir looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Klutie pushes past his half guard into mount!
Dobromir keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Klutie tries to control but Dobromir wriggling away.
Klutie lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Klutie trying to control but Dobromir is having none of it.
Klutie has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dobromir's face.
Dobromir working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klutie working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Klutie is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Dobromir to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Dobromir shrugs it off.
Dobromir tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dobromir is working hard here to advance position.
Klutie lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klutie dominating with strikes here.
Klutie landing strikes from the mount.
Klutie prevents Dobromir from getting the reversal.
Klutie unloading with bombs!

Dobromir is rocked!
Dobromir can't escape the position.
Klutie tries to control but Dobromir wriggling away.
Dobromir tries to reverse the position but Klutie maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Klutie.
Klutie landing strikes from the mount and Dobromir is in trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dobromir can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darnell Klutie dominated that round.
That's time! Dobromir's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Klutie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Darnell Klutie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dobromir shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Klutie is trying to defend but Dobromir finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Klutie is trying to get back to full guard.
Klutie wants to control but Dobromir is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Dobromir looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dobromir missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klutie keeping hold of Dobromir's head, controlling as best he can.

Dobromir is trying to work for a kimura but Klutie is defending well.
Klutie is looking to control Dobromir's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Klutie avoid being mounted?
Dobromir throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Klutie controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Dobromir seems to be working for a kimura but Klutie defends the submission attempt.

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.
Klutie is trying is best to control the position here.
Dobromir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Klutie regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Dobromir.
Dobromir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Klutie is trying to keep Dobromir in close.
Klutie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dobromir.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dobromir throws and elbow that misses. Klutie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dobromir's guard. Nice move by Klutie!
Klutie preventing the sweep.
Klutie is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Dobromir working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Klutie has passed into half guard!

Dobromir looking for submissions off his back.

Dobromir looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dobromir is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Klutie pulls his head out easily.

Dobromir actively working from the bottom here.
Klutie lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klutie working the head and body with strikes.
Klutie scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Klutie looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dobromir wants to get back to full guard but Klutie has mounted him!
Dobromir keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Klutie raining down hammerfists from mount.
Dobromir is trying desperately to improve position.
Dobromir slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Dobromir looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Klutie is looking for a kimura but Dobromir is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Klutie to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darnell Klutie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dobromir swats away the attempt to clinch by Klutie.
Dobromir takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Klutie is looking to clinch but Dobromir is avoiding it.
Klutie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Klutie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Dobromir is trying to escape the mount.
Dobromir bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Dobromir postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobromir throws and elbow that misses. Klutie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dobromir's guard. Nice move by Klutie!

Dobromir throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Dobromir looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Dobromir is looking for a triangle here but Klutie uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Dobromir regains half guard.

Dobromir actively working from the bottom here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dobromir is in trouble now - Klutie has advanced to mount!
Dobromir really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klutie cracks Dobromir with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Klutie unloading with bombs!
Klutie trying to control but Dobromir is having none of it.
BOOM! Klutie connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dobromir is looking to improve his position but Klutie isn't that keen on the idea.
Klutie connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Klutie prevents Dobromir from getting the reversal.
Dobromir slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Klutie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Klutie wants to control but Dobromir is keeping him busy.
Jarek Dobromir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Dobromir actively working from the bottom here.
Darnell Klutie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Dobromir is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Klutie pulls his head out easily.
Klutie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Dobromir is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Klutie pulls his head out easily.

Dobromir actively working from the bottom here.

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.
Dobromir is refusing to be controlled, as Klutie sits in half guard.
Darnell Klutie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Klutie takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Klutie is looking to take a break and control but Dobromir is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Dobromir is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Klutie pulls his head out easily.

Dobromir looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dobromir looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Klutie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darnell Klutie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Klutie has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darnell Klutie!