PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alla Pugacheva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Pitbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pugacheva kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is osenny pocelyi. Johnny Pitbull has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pugacheva
vs
Pitbull

187 cm
22
253 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

199 cm
20
281 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alla Pugacheva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Pitbull!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pitbull closes the distance and clinches.
Pugacheva throws a punch but it's blocked by Pitbull.
Pugacheva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pugacheva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pitbull prevents Pugacheva from breaking the clinch.
Pitbull blocks a body shot from Pugacheva.
Pitbull scores a nice knee to the body.
Pitbull looking to throw knees to the head but Pugacheva is blocking nicely.
Pugacheva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pitbull throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pugacheva blocks it with crossed arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pitbull.
Pugacheva can't break the clinch.
Pitbull missing with knees to the body.
Pitbull with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Alla Pugacheva has been cut.
Pugacheva is trying to push Pitbull away but Pitbull has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pugacheva avoiding damage as Pitbull throws knees to the body.
Pugacheva misses with some punches.
Pugacheva has a couple of punches blocked by Pitbull.
Pugacheva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pugacheva is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pitbull landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pitbull is looking to control Pugacheva's arms but Pugacheva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pitbull has his back to the cage.
Pitbull misses with a knee strike.
Pugacheva lands with a short shot to the head.
Pitbull connects with a knee to the head.
Pitbull unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pitbull landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pitbull throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pitbull misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pugacheva.
Pugacheva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pitbull connects with a knee to the head.
Pitbull scores with a knee to the head.
Pugacheva working aggressively here.
Pitbull is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pugacheva is defending well for now.

Pugacheva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Pugacheva misses.
Pitbull is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pitbull tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pugacheva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pugacheva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pugacheva slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pugacheva misses with the combination.
Pitbull is looking to clinch but Pugacheva is avoiding it.
Pitbull tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pugacheva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pitbull just misses with a punch to the body.
Alla Pugacheva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pugacheva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pugacheva throws a right hand that Pitbull ducks under and follows up with a left that Pitbull also avoids with ease.
Pugacheva throws a right and a left that Pitbull avoids nicely.
Pugacheva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pugacheva looks to score with a jab to the body but Pitbull is just out of range.
Pitbull showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva fails to land with a series of punches.
Pugacheva throws a right and a left that Pitbull avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pugacheva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pugacheva fails to land with a series of punches.
Pitbull throws a big shot that misses.
Pugacheva swats away the attempt to clinch by Pitbull.

Pitbull clinches up with Pugacheva and pushes him back against the cage.
Pugacheva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pugacheva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pugacheva misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pugacheva.
Pugacheva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pugacheva works on Pitbull's body with a couple of short punches.
Pugacheva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pitbull backwards.
Pitbull with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pugacheva pushes Pitbull back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pugacheva scores with a hook to the body.
Pugacheva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pitbull or not.
A short right from Pugacheva on the inside.
Pugacheva scores with a shot to the side of Pitbull's head.
Pugacheva digs a right hand into Pitbull's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pitbull's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pitbull trying to stall but Pugacheva improves his position.
Pugacheva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pugacheva lands with a right to the head.
Pugacheva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Pugacheva scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pugacheva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pugacheva lands a left hand.

Pugacheva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pitbull takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pugacheva throws a nice looking combination but Pitbull bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pitbull takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pugacheva fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Pugacheva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pugacheva fails to land with a series of punches.
Pugacheva misses with a series of wild punches.
Pugacheva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pugacheva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pugacheva lands with a nice combination. Pitbull backs away looking to recover.
Pugacheva feints a jab promting Pitbull to slip. Pugacheva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pitbull slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Pugacheva is having none of it.
Pugacheva misses with a double jab.
Pugacheva scores with a jab to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pugacheva scores with a punch to the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pugacheva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pugacheva throws a series of punches but Pitbull moves out of range.

Pitbull darts in and clinches Pugacheva up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Pugacheva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pitbull using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pugacheva avoiding damage as Pitbull throws knees to the body.
Pugacheva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pitbull misses with a knee to the head.

Pugacheva breaks the clinch.
Pugacheva sizes up Pitbull with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pugacheva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pugacheva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pitbull stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pugacheva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pugacheva clobbers Pitbull with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pugacheva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pugacheva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pugacheva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pugacheva misses with a double jab.
Pitbull slips a jab and a cross from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva jabs Pitbull to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Pugacheva. That snapped Pitbull's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pitbull takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pugacheva.
Alla Pugacheva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pitbull takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pitbull tries to clinch there but Pugacheva circles away.
A left lands for Pugacheva.
Pugacheva misses with a few strikes there.
Alla Pugacheva is winning the standup battle so far.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Pugacheva is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pitbull looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pugacheva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pugacheva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pitbull moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pitbull takes one to the chin there.
Pitbull tries to clinch there but Pugacheva circles away.
Pitbull slips a jab and a cross from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pugacheva connects with a looping right hand.
Pitbull is breathing heavily.
Pugacheva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pugacheva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pitbull doesn't manage to clinch there - Pugacheva circles away.
Pugacheva lands with a hook. Pitbull tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pugacheva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pitbull dodges the punch combination from Pugacheva.
A nice combination there by Pugacheva.
Pitbull slips a jab and a cross from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pitbull wants to clinch up but Pugacheva keeps it at a distance.
Pugacheva misses with a wild body shot.
Pugacheva throws a one two combo.
Nice jab there from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva keeps the fight on the outside.
Pugacheva lands with a shot to the body.
Alla Pugacheva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pugacheva misses with a double jab.
Pitbull takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pugacheva misses with a series of wild punches.
Pugacheva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pugacheva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pugacheva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pugacheva connects with the punch.
Pitbull has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pitbull missing with a left hand there. Pugacheva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pitbull will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pugacheva lands with a nice combination. Pitbull backs away looking to recover.
Pitbull avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pugacheva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Pugacheva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pugacheva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pitbull has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pugacheva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pugacheva cracks Pitbull with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pitbull tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pugacheva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pitbull is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pugacheva.
Pitbull takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pitbull takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pugacheva throws a series of punches but Pitbull moves out of range.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Pugacheva moves out of range.
Pugacheva misses with a few strikes there.
Pugacheva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pugacheva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pugacheva misses with a series of wild punches.
Pitbull misses with a double jab.
Pugacheva misses with a few strikes there.
Pitbull misses with a body kick.
Pitbull slips a jab and a cross from Pugacheva.
Pitbull tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pugacheva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pitbull dodges the punch combination from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva misses with a few strikes there.
Pugacheva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pitbull can do to turn this around?

Pitbull rushes Pugacheva and presses him up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Pugacheva.
A hook to the body from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva lands a right hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Pugacheva.
Nice body punch from Pugacheva - that landed with a thud.

Pugacheva breaks from the clinch.
Pitbull doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pugacheva misses with the combination.
Pugacheva throws a series of punches but Pitbull avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Pugacheva misses.
Pugacheva looks to land a combination but Pitbull avoids it well.

Pitbull pushes Pugacheva up against the cage in a clinch.
Pugacheva lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Pugacheva.
Pitbull wants to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Pugacheva.
Pugacheva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pitbull backwards.
Pugacheva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pugacheva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pugacheva tries to circle away but Pitbull has him pinned against the cage.
Pugacheva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pitbull backwards.
Pugacheva lands with a left to the head.

Pugacheva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pugacheva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pitbull moves out of range as Pugacheva strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Pitbull scores a takedown into full mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pugacheva is trying to reverse the position but instead Pitbull has taken his back - oops!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alla Pugacheva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alla Pugacheva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Pugacheva cracks a nice hook into Pitbull's ribs.
Pugacheva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pitbull manages to avoid it.
Pugacheva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pugacheva looks to land a combination but Pitbull avoids it well.
Pitbull tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pugacheva slips under a jab.
Pugacheva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pitbull fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pitbull throws a good cross that connects.
No joy there for Pugacheva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice jab there from Pugacheva.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva lands a right hook to the body.
Pugacheva throws a series of punches but Pitbull avoids them all with ease.
Pitbull tries to clinch there but Pugacheva circles away.
Pugacheva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pugacheva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pugacheva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pugacheva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pitbull moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pugacheva misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pugacheva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pitbull wants to clinch up but Pugacheva keeps it at a distance.
A punch combination from Pugacheva misses.
Pugacheva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pitbull.
A punch combination from Pugacheva misses.
Pugacheva swinging wildly here.
Pugacheva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pitbull manages to avoid it.
Pitbull is looking to clinch.
Pugacheva keeps the fight on the outside.
Pugacheva misses with a double jab.
Pitbull tries to clinch there but Pugacheva circles away.
Pugacheva dodges the punch combination from Pitbull.
Some wild striking there from Pugacheva.
Pugacheva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pitbull circles away quickly and effectively.
Pitbull avoids the body shot from Pugacheva.
No luck for Pitbull with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pugacheva misses with a body shot.
Pugacheva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pugacheva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pugacheva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pitbull displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pugacheva throws out the jab.
Pugacheva is working the combinations to good effect here.
Pugacheva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pitbull on the side of the head.
A left and a right from Pugacheva both land. Nice combination.
Pugacheva misses the jab.
Pugacheva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pugacheva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pitbull slips a jab and a cross from Pugacheva.

Pitbull closes the distance and clinches.
Pitbull unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pugacheva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pitbull prevents Pugacheva from breaking the clinch.
Pugacheva managing to block the knees to the body from Pitbull.
Pitbull tries to stall but Pugacheva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Pugacheva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pitbull cracks the inside of Pugacheva's front leg.
Pugacheva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pitbull tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pugacheva throws a series of punches but Pitbull moves out of range.
Pugacheva falls off balance throwing a combination

and Pitbull counters by moving into the clinch.
Pugacheva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pugacheva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pugacheva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pitbull keeps control of Pugacheva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pitbull blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pugacheva tries to throw a body punch but Pitbull avoids it by throwing Pugacheva back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Pitbull.
Pitbull trying to control the position but instead, Pugacheva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pitbull into the cage.
Pitbull tries a knee to the head but Pugacheva blocks it.
Pitbull tries to land a knee to the head but Pugacheva blocks with his arms.
Pugacheva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pugacheva lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pugacheva.
Pugacheva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pugacheva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Pugacheva.
Pitbull has Pugacheva pressed against the cage, preventing Pugacheva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pugacheva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pitbull tries a knee to the head but Pugacheva blocks it.
Pugacheva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pugacheva lands with a right to the head.

Pugacheva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

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.
Pugacheva misses with a combination
and Pitbull connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pugacheva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Pitbull darts in and clinches Pugacheva up against the cage.

Pugacheva breaks from the clinch.
Pitbull is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alla Pugacheva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pitbull showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pugacheva.
Pitbull ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pitbull tries to clinch but Pugacheva moves out of range.
Pugacheva lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice cross by Pitbull.
Johnny Pitbull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pitbull tries to clinch up but Pugacheva circles away and keeps his distance.
Pitbull throws a sloppy head kick and Pugacheva moves out of range easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Pugacheva as he connects with a hook.
A jab from Pugacheva does it's job there.
Pugacheva looks to land a combination. Pitbull sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pitbull moves in looking to clinch but Pugacheva pushes him off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alla Pugacheva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pugacheva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alla Pugacheva!