PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Svistoplyasov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Svistoplyasov comes into the arena with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down blaring out of the sound system. Patterson has chosen Tech N9ne - Like Yeah as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Svistoplyasov
vs
Patterson

191 cm
24
255 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

183 cm
24
276 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Svistoplyasov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lee Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Svistoplyasov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Patterson closes the distance and clinches up with Svistoplyasov, looking for a takedown. Patterson pushes Svistoplyasov against the cage but Svistoplyasov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Patterson throws a hook but Svistoplyasov blocks it.
Patterson misses with a two punch combination.
Nice shot lands for Svistoplyasov.

It looks like Lee Patterson has been cut.
Svistoplyasov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Patterson.
Patterson throws out a loose jab but Svistoplyasov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Svistoplyasov.
Svistoplyasov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Patterson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Patterson.
Svistoplyasov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Patterson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Patterson tries to keep at a distance but Svistoplyasov has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patterson avoiding damage as Svistoplyasov throws knees to the body.
Patterson working aggressively here.
Svistoplyasov misses with a knee to the head.
Patterson throws an elbow that misses.
Svistoplyasov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patterson.
Patterson misses with an elbow strike.
Patterson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svistoplyasov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson dodges an elbow strike from Svistoplyasov.
Patterson is pushing Svistoplyasov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Svistoplyasov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Svistoplyasov missing with knees to the body.
Svistoplyasov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patterson's face.
Svistoplyasov with a knee to the head.
Patterson looks gassed!
Svistoplyasov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Svistoplyasov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Svistoplyasov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Svistoplyasov tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Svistoplyasov connects with a knee to the head.
Svistoplyasov with a knee to the head.
Svistoplyasov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Svistoplyasov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Svistoplyasov prevents a body shot from Patterson.
Svistoplyasov crunches a lovely knee into Patterson's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Svistoplyasov lands a knee to the body.
Svistoplyasov misses with a knee to the head.
Svistoplyasov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patterson is defending well for now.
Svistoplyasov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svistoplyasov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patterson blocks it with crossed arms.
Svistoplyasov tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Svistoplyasov tries a knee to the head but Patterson blocks it.
Patterson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Svistoplyasovs head.
Svistoplyasov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patterson is defending well for now.
Svistoplyasov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Patterson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Svistoplyasov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patterson.
Svistoplyasov tries a knee to the head but Patterson blocks it.
Patterson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Patterson pushes off an throws an elbow but Svistoplyasov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Svistoplyasov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.
Svistoplyasov lands a good knee to the midsection. Patterson won't want to take too many of those.
Svistoplyasov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patterson is trying to stall.
Svistoplyasov landing knees to the head.
Svistoplyasov connects with a knee to the head.
Patterson tries to stall but Svistoplyasov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svistoplyasov tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Svistoplyasov trying to land knees to the body.
Svistoplyasov tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Patterson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Svistoplyasov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Svistoplyasov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patterson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Patterson manages to break the clinch.
Svistoplyasov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Patterson throws out the jab.
Patterson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Svistoplyasov.

Patterson takes the fight into the clinch.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Svistoplyasov.
Patterson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Svistoplyasov.
Svistoplyasov missing with knees to the body.
Svistoplyasov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Patterson lands a nice uppercut.
Patterson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Patterson fails to land.
Patterson landing knees to the head.
Svistoplyasov misses with a knee strike.
Svistoplyasov with a knee to the head.
Svistoplyasov looking to throw knees to the head but Patterson is blocking nicely.
Still in the clinch, Patterson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Patterson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.
Patterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Svistoplyasov on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patterson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Svistoplyasov's brow.
Svistoplyasov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patterson.
Svistoplyasov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patterson blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patterson wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patterson.
Patterson can't break the clinch.

Patterson manages to break the clinch.
A big right from Svistoplyasov misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Svistoplyasov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Patterson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Patterson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Svistoplyasov swinging wildly here.

Patterson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Svistoplyasov here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Patterson avoiding damage as Svistoplyasov throws knees to the body.
Patterson avoiding damage as Svistoplyasov throws knees to the body.
Svistoplyasov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice body punch from Svistoplyasov.
Patterson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Svistoplyasov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patterson blocks it with crossed arms.
Patterson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Svistoplyasov blocks it with crossed arms.
Patterson has had enough of the clinch but Svistoplyasov keeps him there for the moment.
Svistoplyasov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svistoplyasov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Alexander Svistoplyasov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Svistoplyasov scores with a knee to the head.
Svistoplyasov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patterson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Svistoplyasov misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Svistoplyasov.
Svistoplyasov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patterson is defending well for now.
Patterson avoiding damage as Svistoplyasov throws knees to the body.
Svistoplyasov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patterson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patterson avoiding damage as Svistoplyasov throws knees to the body.

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

Patterson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Patterson drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Svistoplyasov dives on top into guard.
Patterson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Patterson throws his legs up looking for a submission but Svistoplyasov uses it to pass to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Svistoplyasov decides to stand back up.
Svistoplyasov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Svistoplyasov scores with a body shot.
Svistoplyasov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patterson dodges the punch combination from Svistoplyasov.
Alexander Svistoplyasov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Patterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Svistoplyasov moves away.
Patterson misses with a jab to the body
and Svistoplyasov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Svistoplyasov moves in looking to clinch but Patterson pushes him off.
Alexander Svistoplyasov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Patterson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svistoplyasov misses with the combination.
Svistoplyasov digs a good hook to Patterson's body.
Svistoplyasov lands the left hand.
Patterson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Svistoplyasov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Svistoplyasov!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patterson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Svistoplyasov's waist but Svistoplyasov gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Patterson off to one side.
Svistoplyasov clobbers Patterson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Patterson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lee Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Svistoplyasov gets a clinch.
Svistoplyasov lands a good knee to the midsection. Patterson won't want to take too many of those.
Svistoplyasov is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Svistoplyasov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patterson is defending well for now.
Patterson stalling in the clinch but Svistoplyasov improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svistoplyasov landing knees to the head.
Svistoplyasov scores a nice knee to the body.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Svistoplyasov.
Svistoplyasov throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Patterson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Svistoplyasov tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Svistoplyasov misses with a knee strike.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Patterson.
Patterson taking a breather.
Svistoplyasov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patterson's face.
Svistoplyasov lands a nice uppercut.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Svistoplyasov tries a body shot but Patterson blocks it.
Patterson trying to control the position but instead, Svistoplyasov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Patterson into the cage.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Svistoplyasov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lee Patterson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Svistoplyasov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Patterson tries for a takedown but Svistoplyasov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Svistoplyasov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Svistoplyasov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alexander Svistoplyasov is winning the standup battle so far.
Svistoplyasov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Svistoplyasov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Svistoplyasov scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Svistoplyasov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patterson was well out of range. Poor timing from Svistoplyasov.
Patterson avoids the body shot from Svistoplyasov.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Patterson misses with a wild body shot.
Patterson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Svistoplyasov counters with a three punch combo that has Patterson backing up. Patterson nods at Svistoplyasov to acknowledge the strikes.
Svistoplyasov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Svistoplyasov is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Patterson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Svistoplyasov counters with a one-two to the body.
Svistoplyasov connects with a single shot there.
Svistoplyasov scores with a jab.
Patterson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Svistoplyasov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Patterson thinking.
Alexander Svistoplyasov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Patterson.

Svistoplyasov moves into the clinch.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
Svistoplyasov scores with a knee to the head.
Patterson lands an elbow inside.
Patterson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Patterson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Svistoplyasov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patterson can do to turn this around?
Patterson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson lands a slapping body shot.
Patterson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Svistoplyasov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Patterson throws a big shot that misses.

Svistoplyasov moves into range and clinches up with Patterson.
Svistoplyasov tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Svistoplyasov scores a nice knee to the body.
Patterson managing to block the knees to the body from Svistoplyasov.
Svistoplyasov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patterson.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Svistoplyasov landing knees to the body.
Patterson is trying to break the clinch but Svistoplyasov is controlling him.
Svistoplyasov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patterson lands a nice uppercut.
Patterson gets through Svistoplyasov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Svistoplyasov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Svistoplyasov - that landed with a thud.
Svistoplyasov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Patterson or not.
Patterson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Svistoplyasov tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Svistoplyasov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Svistoplyasov lands a shot to the body.
Alexander Svistoplyasov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Patterson breaks from the clinch.
Patterson misses with a combination

and Svistoplyasov moves into the clinch.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Svistoplyasov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patterson lands an elbow that stopped Svistoplyasov in his tracks for a moment.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Svistoplyasov's brow.
A short left from Patterson.
Svistoplyasov lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Svistoplyasov with a knee to the head.
Svistoplyasov cracks Patterson with a nice body shot.
Svistoplyasov looking to throw knees to the head but Patterson is blocking nicely.
Svistoplyasov tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
Patterson digs a right hand into Svistoplyasov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Svistoplyasov's gas tank.
Patterson is leaning against Svistoplyasov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Svistoplyasov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patterson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patterson blocks a body shot from Svistoplyasov.
Lee Patterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Svistoplyasov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patterson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Patterson blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Svistoplyasov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Patterson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patterson throws an elbow that misses.
Svistoplyasov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patterson is defending well for now.
Svistoplyasov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patterson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Svistoplyasov backwards.
Svistoplyasov scores a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Svistoplyasov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Svistoplyasov 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Svistoplyasov!