PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Garadhzijck Kjnuimpez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maynard has chosen Your Betrayal as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kjnuimpez
vs
Maynard

190 cm
22
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Garadhzijck Kjnuimpez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Greg Maynard!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Maynard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maynard throws a combination that misses
and Kjnuimpez counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Greg Maynard has been cut.
Maynard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kjnuimpez slaps away a takedown attempt from Maynard, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kjnuimpez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kjnuimpez throws a sloppy head kick and Maynard moves out of range easily.
Maynard shoots for a double leg takedown but Kjnuimpez sprawls well. He's pushed Maynard's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kjnuimpez throws a sloppy head kick and Maynard moves out of range easily.
Kjnuimpez throws a head kick that misses.
Kjnuimpez throws a head kick but Maynard moves out of range.

Kjnuimpez lands a big head kick that sends Maynard tumbling to the mat! Kjnuimpez takes a step backwards and waves Maynard back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Maynard is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maynard wants to clinch
and Kjnuimpez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maynard is still on wobbly legs! Can Kjnuimpez finish him?
Maynard looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard blocks a head kick by Kjnuimpez.
Maynard seems to have recovered his senses.

Maynard shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Maynard was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kjnuimpez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Maynard.
Kjnuimpez's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Poor strikes thrown by Maynard there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
You get the feeling that Kjnuimpez really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Maynard sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
You get the feeling that Kjnuimpez really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard landing strikes, looking to finish!
Poor strikes thrown by Maynard there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Maynard cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
You get the feeling that Kjnuimpez really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Maynard landing strikes, looking to finish!
Maynard scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kjnuimpez?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kjnuimpez's face.
Maynard looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Maynard postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kjnuimpez looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maynard with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Kjnuimpez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Maynard scores with a couple of good head shots there.
BOOM! Maynard connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maynard has hold of Kjnuimpez's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Kjnuimpez manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Maynard breaks from Kjnuimpez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Maynard breaks from Kjnuimpez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kjnuimpez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maynard working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Maynard is landing with some decent strikes but Kjnuimpez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garadhzijck Kjnuimpez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Greg Maynard's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Maynard clinches with his opponent.
Maynard should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Kjnuimpez is pressed up against the cage. Maynard has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kjnuimpez down to the mat. Kjnuimpez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Maynard shoots in for a takedown but Kjnuimpez shows good takedown defense.
Maynard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maynard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kjnuimpez counters with a thumping low kick.
Kjnuimpez scores with a push kick.
Kjnuimpez with a jab.

That has opened up Greg Maynard's cut even more.
Greg Maynard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kjnuimpez lands with a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Kjnuimpez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maynard shoots in for a double leg but Kjnuimpez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Garadhzijck Kjnuimpez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Maynard.
Kjnuimpez throws a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kjnuimpez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kjnuimpez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Maynard looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kjnuimpez throws a head kick that half lands.
Maynard throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kjnuimpez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Garadhzijck Kjnuimpez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kjnuimpez throws a head kick but Maynard moves out of range.
Maynard blocks a head kick by Kjnuimpez.
Nice takedown defense from Kjnuimpez. No joy for Maynard on that attempt.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Maynard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kjnuimpez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Maynard postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Kjnuimpez parries the strikes from Maynard easily there. Maynard is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kjnuimpez to escape.
The strikes coming from Maynard are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Maynard is trying to get an arm triangle but Kjnuimpez is defending well.
Kjnuimpez is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Maynard has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard working the head and body with strikes.
Maynard scoring with punches from side control.
Maynard working the strikes but Kjnuimpez uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Kjnuimpez wants to get back to his feet.
Maynard is pressing down on Kjnuimpez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kjnuimpez is holding on for now.
Maynard looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kjnuimpez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Greg Maynard has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maynard looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kjnuimpez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Maynard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Maynard content to control rather than advance.
Maynard thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kjnuimpez's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maynard is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garadhzijck Kjnuimpez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Greg Maynard's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Kjnuimpez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kjnuimpez wants it to stay on the feet.
A head kick from Kjnuimpez lands but Maynard takes it in his stride.
Maynard fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Maynard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kjnuimpez. Kjnuimpez obviously looking to wear him down.
Maynard avoids the head kick by Kjnuimpez.
Maynard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kjnuimpez counters with a good, hard body kick but Maynard shrugs it off.
Maynard blocks a head kick by Kjnuimpez.
Maynard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Maynard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard trying to control the action but Kjnuimpez is working from the bottom.
The strikes coming from Maynard are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Maynard throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's two 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.
Kjnuimpez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Kjnuimpez taking punishment in the form of punches.
Maynard lands a few punches from side control.
Maynard postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Maynard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kjnuimpez down.
Kjnuimpez being controlled for a moment.
Maynard cracks Kjnuimpez with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Kjnuimpez sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Maynard scores with a couple of short elbows.
Maynard scores with a couple of short elbows.
Maynard scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kjnuimpez to see if he's OK.
Maynard cracks Kjnuimpez with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maynard is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Maynard working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Maynard looks up at the clock and then as Kjnuimpez takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Maynard smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Maynard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Maynard working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Greg Maynard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kjnuimpez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Garadhzijck Kjnuimpez!