PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jim Jim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgars Lusins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Jim
vs
Lusins

185 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
176 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jim Jim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edgars Lusins!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Lusins with that takedown attempt.
Lusins shoots in looking for a takedown. Jim tries to sprawl out of it but Lusins keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Jim manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jim thows a body shot but no joy.
Jim Jim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jim looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lusins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jim defends it nicely.
Jim Jim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edgars Lusins.
Good shot there by Jim.
Jim digs a good body shot into Lusins's ribs.
Lusins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jim defends it nicely.
Jim misses with the combination.
Jim misses with a few strikes there.
Lusins closes the distance and clinches up with Jim, looking for a takedown. Lusins pushes Jim against the ropes but Jim circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jim swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jim scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jim throws a right hand that Lusins ducks under and follows up with a left that Lusins also avoids with ease.

Lusins gets the takedown into side control.
Jim manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Well, if Jim is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lusins wants to get back to full guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Lusins is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jim scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lusins is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jim lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lusins is not content to let Jim control the position.
Jim 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.

Lusins actively working from the bottom here.
Lusins looks gassed!
Lusins tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Jim has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Jim pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lusins taking shots to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lusins can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lusins is bucking up trying to escape but Jim cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Jim.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lusins is looking to get to half guard.
Jim punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jim breaks from Lusins's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jim working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jim tries to control but Lusins wriggling away.
Jim controlling from mount.
Lusins is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jim landing shots from mount.
Jim looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lusins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jim breaks from Lusins's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jim is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lusins is bucking up trying to escape but Jim cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jim tries to control but Lusins wriggling away.
Jim landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jim dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jim lands a nice shot to the body.
Jim works over Lusins's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice cross by Jim.
Lusins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lusins looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jim lands a two punch combo.
Lusins slips a jab and a cross from Jim.
Nice takedown defense from Jim. No joy for Lusins on that attempt.
Jim misses with a few strikes there.
Lusins has a takedown stuffed.
Jim Jim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edgars Lusins.
Jim lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lusins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jim scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lusins is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jim scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lusins walks into a straight right hand from Jim.
Jim wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jim lands with a shot to the body.
Jim throws a series of punches but Lusins avoids them all with ease.
Jim misses with a wild combination.
Jim leaves Lusins with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jim lands a two punch combo.
Jim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jim misses with a two punch combination.
Jim lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lusins is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jim sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jim moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lusins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jim looks to land a combination but Lusins avoids it well.
A nice combination there by Jim.
Jim scores with a one two! Lusins had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jim misses with a two punch combination.
Lusins fails with a takedown attempt.
Jim connects with a body shot.
Jim throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jim is working the combinations to good effect here.
Lusins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jim throws a right and a left that Lusins avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lusins shoots in and drives through. Jim sprawls well.
Jim lands with a nice combination. Lusins backs away looking to recover.
Lusins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jim is fending him off so far but Lusins persists. Nope, Jim circles away and we're back to standing.
No joy there for Jim, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jim Jim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Jim as Lusins shoots in.
Lusins fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A combination from Jim does no damage.

Lusins shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Lusins looking to pass the guard.
Jim is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lusins has gone for a leg lock! Jim slips out almost immediately though and dives into Lusins's guard.

Jim got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lusins has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jim has managed to get both his arms back between Lusins's legs - danger averted.
Jim won't allow Lusins to sweep him here.
Jim lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Jim dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Jim connects with a body shot.
Jim displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jim misses with a series of wild punches.
Lusins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jim sprawls well. Jim wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lusins gets slowly back to his feet.

Lusins decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Lusins is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Lusins is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lusins is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jim sees it coming and defends easily.
Jim is controlling Lusins's trapped leg to prevent Lusins from advancing to side control.
Jim Jim overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Lusins is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jim is just riding it out for now. Lusins eventually gives up the hold.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jim slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lusins wants to pass the guard but Jim is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lusins postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Jim is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Lusins, into his guard.
Jim content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Lusins is looking for a triangle but Jim pushes his legs off easily.
Jim scoring with some ground and pound.
Jim keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lusins's head.
Jim postures up and lands a big shot to Lusins's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jim wants to control from the top but Lusins keeps moving.
Jim scoring with some ground and pound.
Jim slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lusins is looking for a sweep.
Jim wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lusins keeps working.
Jim is working Lusins over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lusins looks to move to half guard but instead Jim has passed into mount! Damn!
Edgars Lusins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jim blocks Lusins's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Jim showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jim has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Jim!