PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Snorodecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahdi Makungu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Makungu comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nelly - Heart of a Champion kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Snorodecki
vs
Makungu

173 cm
21
154 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

174 cm
28
156 lbs
16 - 8 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

(GTI) PROLETARIAN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Snorodecki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Mahdi Makungu!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makungu cracks Snorodecki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Snorodecki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Makungu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Snorodecki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Makungu just misses with a punch to the body.
Makungu throws a poor cross that misses

and Snorodecki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Snorodecki keeps control of Makungu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Makungu has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Snorodecki uses from the top position.
Makungu controlling Snorodecki's posture.

Makungu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Makungu is looking for a triangle but Snorodecki pushes his legs off easily.
Snorodecki is looking to stand up but Makungu won't let him.

Makungu is working an open guard so Snorodecki takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Snorodecki tries to clinch
and Makungu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorodecki moves to clinch but Makungu breaks away
and Makungu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Snorodecki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Snorodecki staying out of range there.
Snorodecki walks into a left hand.
Snorodecki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Makungu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A big left from Snorodecki misses.
Mahdi Makungu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Snorodecki connects with a body shot that sends Makungu's belly button to the back.
Makungu misses with a right hand
and Snorodecki counters with an inside leg kick.
Snorodecki tries to clinch there but Makungu circles away.
Snorodecki tries to clinch but Makungu moves away
and Makungu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Snorodecki is looking to clinch but Makungu is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Makungu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Makungu.
Snorodecki tries to clinch up.

Makungu moves into range and clinches up with Snorodecki.
Snorodecki trying to stall but Makungu improves his position.
Makungu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Makungu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Snorodecki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Makungu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Makungu is trying to break the clinch but Snorodecki is controlling him.

Makungu decides to pull guard.
Snorodecki has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Makungu is proving hard to escape from.
Makungu is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Makungu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Snorodecki doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Snorodecki manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Snorodecki is looking to stand up but Makungu won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Makungu looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Snorodecki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Makungu on the ground.
Snorodecki would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Makungu has his foot on Snorodecki's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Snorodecki works his way back into a safe position though.
Snorodecki trying to stand up but can't free himself from Makungu's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Makungu looking for a guillotine here but Snorodecki defends easily.
Makungu looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Snorodecki puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Makungu actively working from the bottom here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snorodecki wants to stand up but Makungu is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mahdi Makungu dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Makungu swats away the attempt to clinch by Snorodecki.
Chris Snorodecki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Snorodecki moves into range and clinches up with Makungu.
Snorodecki blocks an elbow strike.
Makungu is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Snorodecki gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Makungu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Snorodecki has him pressed against the cage.
Makungu can't break the clinch.
Snorodecki blocks a body shot from Makungu.
Snorodecki working Makungu over with knees to the body.
Makungu misses with a hook from the clinch.

Makungu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Snorodecki checks a leg kick.
Jab from Makungu.
Snorodecki tries to clinch
and Makungu counters with a nice body shot.
Snorodecki tries to clinch there but Makungu circles away.
Makungu loads up on a big right hand but Snorodecki slips the punch.
Makungu misses with a double jab.
Snorodecki moves to clinch but Makungu breaks away
and Makungu counters with a three punch combo that has Snorodecki backing up. Snorodecki nods at Makungu to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorodecki tries to clinch
and Makungu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Makungu looks to land a combination but Snorodecki avoids it well.
Makungu scores with a sloppy right hand. Snorodecki should have avoided that one.
Makungu looks to score with a jab to the body but Snorodecki is just out of range.
Makungu lands the left hand.
Makungu looks for a takedown but Snorodecki sprawls well.
Makungu is breathing heavily.
Snorodecki tries to clinch but Makungu moves out of range.
Makungu looks for a takedown but Snorodecki sprawls well.
Chris Snorodecki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mahdi Makungu.
Snorodecki tries to clinch but Makungu is having none of it.
Makungu just misses with a punch to the body.
Chris Snorodecki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Snorodecki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Makungu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Makungu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Snorodecki is looking to clinch but Makungu is avoiding it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Makungu.
Nice cross by Makungu.

Makungu tries to keep at a distance but Snorodecki has taken the fight into the clinch.
Makungu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Makungu.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Makungu is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Snorodecki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Makungu blocks it with crossed arms.
Snorodecki blocks a body shot from Makungu.
Snorodecki missing with knees to the body.
Snorodecki keeps control of Makungu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Snorodecki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Makungu tries to circle away but Snorodecki has him pinned against the cage.
Snorodecki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Mahdi Makungu has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Makungu blocks it with crossed arms.
Snorodecki scores with a knee to the head.
Makungu tries to break free but Snorodecki pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Makungu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Snorodecki landing knees to the body.
Makungu jumps guard but Snorodecki stands there with Makungu around his waist. Makungu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Snorodecki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Snorodecki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Makungu blocks it with crossed arms.
Makungu managing to block the knees to the body from Snorodecki.
Makungu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Makungu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Snorodecki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Makungu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Makungu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Makungu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Snorodecki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Makungu throws a jab when Snorodecki was well out of range.

Snorodecki has closed the distance and engaged Makungu in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Snorodecki trying to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Makungu working hard to break the clinch.
Makungu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Snorodecki's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Makungu tries to land knees in the clinch but Snorodecki avoids the damage to the body.
Makungu tries to score a body lock takedown but Snorodecki shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Snorodecki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Makungu's efforts to push away.
Snorodecki stalling in the clinch.
Snorodecki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Snorodecki lands a knee to the head.
Snorodecki scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Snorodecki.
Makungu managing to block the knees to the body from Snorodecki.
Makungu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Makungu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Snorodecki smiles and moves away.
Makungu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Snorodecki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Snorodecki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mahdi Makungu's cut.
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!

Snorodecki tries to clinch but Makungu moves out of range.
Makungu misses with a right hand

and Snorodecki holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Makungu has had enough of the clinch but Snorodecki keeps him there for the moment.
Snorodecki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Makungu.
Makungu can't break the clinch.
Makungu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Makungu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Snorodecki missing with knees to the body.
Makungu avoiding damage as Snorodecki throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Makungu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Snorodecki's brow.
Snorodecki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Makungu.
Makungu fails to pull guard.
Makungu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Snorodecki avoids a wild elbow strike from Makungu.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snorodecki tries a knee to the head but Makungu blocks it.
Snorodecki looking to throw knees to the head but Makungu is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Snorodecki misses with a knee strike.
Makungu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Makungu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Makungu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Snorodecki moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorodecki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Makungu has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Snorodecki is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chris Snorodecki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mahdi Makungu.
Snorodecki missing with knees to the body.

Makungu ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Makungu no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Snorodecki got a little sloppy there for a moment and Makungu has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Snorodecki has managed to get both his arms back between Makungu's legs - danger averted.
Snorodecki has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Snorodecki stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Snorodecki pushes Makungu up against the cage in a clinch.
Snorodecki misses with an elbow over the top.
Makungu wants to get back to striking at distance but Snorodecki won't allow it.
Snorodecki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Makungu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Snorodecki is struggling to control the position.
Snorodecki gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Makungu jumps guard but Snorodecki stands there with Makungu around his waist. Makungu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Makungu working hard to break the clinch.
Snorodecki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki lands a knee to the body.
Makungu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Snorodecki walks away with a smile on his face. Makungu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Makungu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Snorodecki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Makungu misses with a left hand
and Snorodecki counters with a stiff right hand.

Snorodecki moves into the clinch.
Snorodecki missing with knees to the body.
Snorodecki lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Snorodecki obliges.
Makungu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Snorodecki landing knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Makungu.
Snorodecki prevents Makungu from breaking the clinch.
Snorodecki leaning his opponent against the cage.
Snorodecki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Makungu jumps into guard, dragging Snorodecki to the mat.
Makungu has a closed guard, preventing Snorodecki from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Makungu has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Snorodecki doesn't defend quickly enough and Makungu has managed to lock this one up! Can Snorodecki escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Makungu on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mahdi Makungu!