PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fjodor Fedja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holy Girl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedja comes to the cage accompanied by The Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK . Girl has chosen Holy Ghost as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Fedja
vs
Girl

192 cm
25
215 lbs
12 - 6 - 1

190 cm
23
221 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Bloodsport Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Fjodor Fedja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Holy Girl!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Girl misses with the combination.
Fedja shoots in but Girl avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fedja cracks Girl with a good jab.
Girl throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Girl takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Girl looks to land a right hand but Fedja moved out of range.
Holy Girl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Girl misses with a hook

and Fedja decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Girl's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fedja seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Girl working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fedja doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fedja manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Girl looking for a guillotine here but Fedja defends easily.
Fedja trying to control but Girl is working from the bottom.
Fedja wants to get up but he can't break Girl's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Girl looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Girl working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fedja.

Girl is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fedja has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Girl is proving hard to escape from.
Fedja preventing the sweep.

Fedja got a little sloppy there for a moment and Girl has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fedja has managed to get both his arms back between Girl's legs - danger averted.
Girl has momentary wrist control but Fedja slips an elbow through the middle.
Fedja has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Girl is proving hard to escape from.

Fedja gets to his feet - Girl follows without any prompting.
Fedja scores with a decent looking hook.
Fedja lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Girl at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Girl throws a right hand that misses
and Fedja counters with a nice uppercut.
Fedja scores with a nice right hand.
A combination from Fedja does no damage.
Girl tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Girl moves into range and connects with a jab.
Girl rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Fedja counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fedja.
Girl looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fedja wants to control from the top but Girl keeps moving.

Fedja stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Girl misses with a body punch
and Fedja counters with a nice body shot.
Girl misses with a left hand

and Fedja counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fedja frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fedja unloading with bombs!
Fedja with good strikes from the mount here!
Fedja lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fedja with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Girl taking shots to the head.
Fedja putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fedja has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Girl's face.
Girl is bucking up trying to escape but Fedja cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fedja cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Fedja jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Girl manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Fedja decides to stand up, so the ref orders Girl to his feet.
Girl throws an off balance right hand
and Fedja cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fedja connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Fedja shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fedja wants to stand and escape but instead Girl has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Fedja has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Girl can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fedja looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Girl is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Girl wants to control from the top but Fedja keeps moving.

Girl drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Girl jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Girl trying to control but Fedja is working from the bottom.
Fedja wants to stand up but Girl is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Girl misses with a wild body shot.
Girl misses with an uppercut
and Fedja cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fedja lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Girl tries to clinch

and Fedja counters with a single leg into guard. Girl didn't expect that.
Fedja lands a couple of digs.
Fedja wants to stand but Girl has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Girl has momentary wrist control but Fedja slips an elbow through the middle.

Girl looking for a guillotine here but Fedja defends easily.

Girl is working an open guard so Fedja takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Girl is breathing heavily.
Girl misses with a lunging right hand
and Fedja counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Fedja shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fedja showed some decent athleticism there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Girl looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Girl tries to get to full guard but Fedja has control of the leg.

Fedja stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Girl to get to his feet.

Fedja shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fedja was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Girl regains half guard.
Girl tries to roll over but Fedja keeps him under control.
Girl works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedja trying to control the position from guard on top but Girl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Fedja got a little sloppy there for a moment and Girl has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fedja has managed to get both his arms back between Girl's legs - danger averted.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Girl is on top in guard.

Fedja wriggles free and stands up.
Fedja with a jab.
Fedja jabs Girl right on the nose. Girl blinks but takes it well.

Fedja shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Girl's guard.

Girl is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedja thows a big elbow that misses.

Fedja avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fedja landing some decent shots from guard.
Fedja working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Girl's head.
Fedja trying to control the position from guard on top but Girl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Girl is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Fedja decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Girl, up you get!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedja connects with a looping right hand.
Fedja uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Girl has time to react.
Fedja is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Girl throws a nice looking combination but Fedja bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Girl falls off balance throwing a combination

and Fedja counters with a takedown into side control.
Fedja working the ground and pound from side control.
Fedja scores with punches from side control.
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!
Fedja working the head and body with strikes.
Fedja looks up at the clock and then as Girl takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fedja smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fedja wants to control but Girl is keeping him busy.
Girl tries to buck Fedja off but Fedja is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fedja wants to control but Girl is keeping him busy.
Fedja landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fjodor Fedja 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!

Girl takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fedja listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Girl swings widly with a right hand
and Fedja counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fedja fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Girl looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Fedja drives through and clinches with Girl against the cage.
Fedja has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Girl avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Girl stops a takedown attempt from Fedja.
Girl prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fjodor Fedja. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Girl tries to work over Fedja's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fedja wants to break free but Girl has control.
A short right from Girl on the inside.

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

Fedja shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Girl wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fedja is looking to stall here but Girl recovers full guard.
Fedja in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fedja gets to his feet. Girl looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Girl thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good shot there by Girl.
Girl rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Fedja counter with a right hand.
A shot to the body from Girl misses
and Fedja counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Girl falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fedja counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Fedja moves into range and clinches up with Girl.
Girl fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fedja drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Girl gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Girl lands with a right to the head.
Fedja missing with knees to the body.

Fedja pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fedja decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Girl wants to get back to full guard.
Fedja trying to control from Girl's half guard. Girl has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

Girl is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Fedja stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Fedja shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Girl is trying to defend but Fedja finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fedja connects with a nice short shot to Girl's temple.
Girl tries to roll over but Fedja keeps him under control.
Fedja working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Fedja there.
Girl is looking for a sweep. Fedja is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fedja wants to stand up but Girl has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Girl is looking to control Fedja's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Girl avoid being mounted?
Girl tries to roll over but Fedja keeps him under control.
Fedja looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Girl with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fedja looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Girl with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fedja scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fedja prevents Girl from improving his position.
Fedja working Girl over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Girl tries to roll over but Fedja keeps him under control.

Fedja is trying to work for a kimura but Girl is defending well.
Holy Girl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Girl tries to get to full guard but Fedja has control of the leg.
Fjodor Fedja is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fedja seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Fedja is keen to just control but Girl is a slippery customer.

Girl looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fedja seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Fjodor Fedja overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fedja winds up and cracks Girl with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fjodor Fedja showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fedja 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Fjodor Fedja!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Fjodor Fedja!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Fjodor Fedja!

Fjodor Fedja wins by unanimous decision!