PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Colt Slater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Ronin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Slater
vs
Ronin

165 cm
21
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

165 cm
22
150 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Xotic Fruits
Forbidden Apple

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Colt Slater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ryan Ronin!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ronin doesn't manage to clinch there - Slater circles away.
Ronin shoots in looking for a takedown. Slater tries to sprawl out of it but Ronin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Slater manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ronin gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Slater closes the distance and clinches.
Ronin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Slater.
Ronin tries to pull guard but Slater holds him up against the cage and eventually Ronin drops back down to his feet.
Slater misses with a knee to the head.
Ronin tries to work over Slater's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ronin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Slater's brow.
Ronin tries a knee to the head but Slater blocks it.
Ronin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Slater lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Come on Slater - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ronin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slater unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ronin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ronin tries to pull guard but Slater won't allow it.
Colt Slater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Ronin.
Ronin connects with a knee to the head.
Ronin avoids the elbow strike from Slater, against the cage.
Slater prevents the takedown attempt.
Slater looking to throw knees to the head but Ronin is blocking nicely.
Ronin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slater landing knees to the body.
Ronin tries a knee to the head but Slater blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slater tries to land a knee to the head but Ronin blocks with his arms.
Ronin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Slater unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ronin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Slater wants to break free but Ronin has control.
Slater trying to land knees to the body.
Ronin cracks Slater with a nice body shot.
Slater is pressed up against the cage. Ronin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Slater down to the mat. Slater avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ronin looks gassed!
Ronin misses with the combination.
Slater throws a right and a left that Ronin avoids nicely.

Slater drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Slater stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Slater throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ronin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ronin fails to land with a series of punches.
Slater just misses with a punch to the body.
Ronin tries to clinch but Slater moves away
and Slater counters with a straight right hand.
Slater with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ronin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Slater counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Ronin is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Slater gets a clinch.
Ronin is still on wobbly legs! Can Slater finish him?
Ronin avoiding damage as Slater throws knees to the body.
Slater scores with a knee to the head.
Ronin landing knees to the head.
Slater gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Slater landing knees to the head.
Slater landing knees to the head.
Slater landing knees to the head.
Ronin misses with an elbow over the top.
Slater crunches a lovely knee into Ronin's ribcage.
Slater looking to throw knees to the head but Ronin is blocking nicely.
Ronin wants to get back to striking at distance but Slater won't allow it.
Ronin seems to have recovered his senses.
Ronin tries to break the clinch but Slater is controlling the position.
Slater landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ronin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slater trying to land knees to the body.
Slater wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ronin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slater blocks it with crossed arms.
Slater pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ronin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Slater has him pressed against the cage.
Slater tries to land a knee to the head but Ronin blocks with his arms.
Ronin connects with a knee to the head.
Ronin misses with a knee strike.

Slater escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ronin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Slater counters with a three punch combo that has Ronin backing up. Ronin nods at Slater to acknowledge the strikes.
Ronin wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ronin.
Ronin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Slater as he jumps to the side.

Ronin clinches up against the cage.
Ronin tries a knee to the head but Slater blocks it.
Slater tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ronin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Slater's face.
Ronin tries to pull guard but Slater holds him up against the cage and eventually Ronin drops back down to his feet.
Ronin landing knees to the head.
Ronin wants a takedown but no success here.
Ronin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ronin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ronin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Slater prevents it.
Slater takes a shot to the head.
Ronin letting Slater take a breather here.
Slater throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ronin blocks it with crossed arms.
Ronin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slater blocks it with crossed arms.
Ronin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ronin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Slater has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ronin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slater misses with an elbow strike.
Slater scores a nice knee to the body.
Slater misses with an elbow strike.
Slater unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ronin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Slater avoiding damage as Ronin throws knees to the body.
Slater lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ronin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slater misses with a knee to the head.
Ronin misses with a knee to the head.
Slater landing knees to the head.
Ronin jumps guard but Slater stands there with Ronin around his waist. Ronin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ronin tries to land a knee to the head but Slater blocks with his arms.
Ronin throws an elbow but it misses.
Ronin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Slater gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ronin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slater.

Ronin gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Ronin thows a big elbow that misses.
Ronin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Slater is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ronin trying to control but Slater is working from the bottom.

Ronin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ronin closes the distance and clinches.
Ronin is trying to break free.
Ronin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ronin tries to land a knee to the head but Slater blocks with his arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Slater.
Ronin is trying to break the clinch but Slater has him pressed against the cage.
Ronin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slater missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Ronin.
Slater tries to land knees in the clinch but Ronin avoids the damage to the body.
Ronin misses with a knee to the head.
Slater trying to land knees to the body.
Ronin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slater tries to land a knee to the head but Ronin blocks with his arms.
Ronin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Slater's face.
Slater misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ronin.
Slater with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ronin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronin misses with an elbow strike.
Ronin lands a knee to the head.
Ronin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ronin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Slater has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ronin is trying to stall.
Ronin throws a knee to the head but misses.

Ronin breaks from the clinch.
Ronin tries a head kick but it misses.

Ronin shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronin is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Slater!
Ronin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Slater is looking to escape.
Ronin throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Ronin is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Slater is surviving well by controlling Ronin's body position as best he can.

Ronin working for a guillotine from mount but Slater is in no mood to give up.

Ronin goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Slater turns into him and now he's in Ronin's guard.

Slater avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronin looking to control.

Ronin is looking to sinch up a triangle. Slater throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Ronin's body to avoid the submission. Ronin has instead reached around Slater's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Ronin arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ryan Ronin!