PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aidan Kincaid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasili Gregorovitsj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gregorovitsj has chosen Pink Panther Theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Vasili Gregorovitsj was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Kincaid
vs
Gregorovitsj

183 cm
29
203 lbs
15 - 13 - 1

187 cm
29
185 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aidan Kincaid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vasili Gregorovitsj!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kincaid has managed to clinch.
A knee to the head by Gregorovitsj.
Kincaid gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gregorovitsj.
Kincaid's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A right hand to the body from Gregorovitsj.
Kincaid misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj scores with a knee to the head.
Gregorovitsj tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gregorovitsj using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kincaid has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kincaid has a couple of punches blocked by Gregorovitsj.
Kincaid is trying to break the clinch but Gregorovitsj has him pressed against the cage.
Gregorovitsj connects with a knee to the head.

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

Kincaid feints and as Gregorovitsj raises his hands in defense, Kincaid changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gregorovitsj is trying to control the position but Kincaid postures up.
Gregorovitsj throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kincaid stopping the sweep attempt from Gregorovitsj.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincaid prevents Gregorovitsj from getting back to his feet.
Kincaid is stalling in the full guard.
Gregorovitsj striking from the bottom here.
Gregorovitsj looking to control.
Gregorovitsj can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kincaid controls the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A jab from Kincaid misses.

Gregorovitsj closes the distance and pushes Kincaid back into the cage.

Gregorovitsj drags the fight down to the ground.
Gregorovitsj pulls Kincaid in close to prevent any damage.
Gregorovitsj not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kincaid trying to control the position from guard on top but Gregorovitsj is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gregorovitsj looking for a sweep. Not yet Gregorovitsj, not yet.
Gregorovitsj avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gregorovitsj trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Kincaid chips away with some ground and pound.
Gregorovitsj preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kincaid wants to control from the top but Gregorovitsj keeps moving.
Gregorovitsj working a defensive guard here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gregorovitsj throws a head kick that misses.
Gregorovitsj lands a high kick!
Kincaid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gregorovitsj circles away quickly and effectively.

Gregorovitsj darts in and clinches Kincaid up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gregorovitsj creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj stalling the fight.
Kincaid lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gregorovitsj looking to throw knees to the head but Kincaid is blocking nicely.
Kincaid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kincaid working aggressively here.
Gregorovitsj jumps guard but Kincaid stands there with Gregorovitsj around his waist. Gregorovitsj gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gregorovitsj swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gregorovitsj has Kincaid pressed against the cage, preventing Kincaid from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kincaid tries to break the clinch but Gregorovitsj is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee calls for Gregorovitsj to work.
Kincaid is trying to break free.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gregorovitsj slowing the pace effectively.
Gregorovitsj looking to stall.
Gregorovitsj misses with a knee strike.
Gregorovitsj with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gregorovitsj looks gassed!
Gregorovitsj throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kincaid blocks it with crossed arms.

Kincaid breaks the clinch.
Gregorovitsj misses with a takedown attempt
letting Kincaid counter with a right hand.
Aidan Kincaid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vasili Gregorovitsj.
Kincaid throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Gregorovitsj. No joy for Kincaid on that attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kincaid rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gregorovitsj moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gregorovitsj throws a head kick but Kincaid moves out of range.

Gregorovitsj has Kincaid up against the cage in a clinch.
Gregorovitsj looking to slow down the pace here.
Gregorovitsj tries a knee to the head but Kincaid blocks it.
Kincaid wants to break free but Gregorovitsj has control.
A short left from Gregorovitsj.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gregorovitsj scores a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kincaid takes a shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gregorovitsj tries to pull guard but Kincaid won't allow it.
Kincaid blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gregorovitsj missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kincaid.
Kincaid blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kincaid tries to land a knee to the head but Gregorovitsj blocks with his arms.
Gregorovitsj lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kincaid is trying to break the clinch but Gregorovitsj has him pressed against the cage.
Kincaid is trying to break the clinch but Gregorovitsj is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vasili Gregorovitsj dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kincaid throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gregorovitsj was covering up waiting for the punch and Kincaid finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Kincaid controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gregorovitsj is pulling down on Kincaid's head to control his posture.
Gregorovitsj working a defensive guard here.
Kincaid wants to control from the top but Gregorovitsj keeps moving.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Kincaid has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gregorovitsj lands with a left to the head.
Gregorovitsj wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincaid wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kincaid wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gregorovitsj is looking to control Kincaid's arms but Kincaid gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gregorovitsj has his back to the cage.
Gregorovitsj tries a knee to the head but Kincaid blocks it.
Gregorovitsj misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kincaid.
Kincaid is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gregorovitsj lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gregorovitsj pushes off an throws an elbow but Kincaid leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gregorovitsj lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gregorovitsj blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gregorovitsj throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kincaid blocks it with crossed arms.
Gregorovitsj is trying to stall.
Gregorovitsj pushes off an throws an elbow but Kincaid leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gregorovitsj tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kincaid takes an elbow to the temple.
Kincaid throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kincaid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gregorovitsj is looking to control Kincaid's arms but Kincaid gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gregorovitsj has his back to the cage.
Gregorovitsj looking for a takedown.
Gregorovitsj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Kincaid breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gregorovitsj is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kincaid sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Aidan Kincaid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vasili Gregorovitsj.
Nice sprawl there from Kincaid as Gregorovitsj shoots in.

Kincaid clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kincaid lands a body punch.
Kincaid tries to break free but Gregorovitsj pushes him back against the cage.
Kincaid takes a knee right on the jaw!

Kincaid's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kincaid fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gregorovitsj sprawls well initially but Kincaid persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gregorovitsj is trying to get back to full guard.
Kincaid winds up and cracks Gregorovitsj with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Kincaid postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Gregorovitsj to stand up.
Kincaid misses with a hook
and Gregorovitsj counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kincaid throws a combination that misses

and Gregorovitsj counters by clinching up.
Kincaid has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gregorovitsj wants to stall.
Gregorovitsj with a knee to the head.
Gregorovitsj swings wildly with an uppercut but Kincaid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kincaid takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kincaid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gregorovitsj utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Kincaid's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kincaid moves into the clinch successfully.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kincaid as Gregorovitsj tries to tie him up.
Gregorovitsj connects with a knee to the head.

Kincaid's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kincaid has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gregorovitsj misses with a knee to the head.
Gregorovitsj misses with a knee to the head.
Gregorovitsj keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kincaid's efforts to push away.
Gregorovitsj tries to pull guard but Kincaid holds him up against the cage and eventually Gregorovitsj drops back down to his feet.
Kincaid stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gregorovitsj tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kincaid avoids it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Kincaid breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gregorovitsj throws a sloppy head kick and Kincaid moves out of range easily.

Gregorovitsj tries to keep at a distance but Kincaid has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kincaid scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj scores with a knee to the head.
Kincaid working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gregorovitsj misses with a knee to the head.

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

Kincaid gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kincaid lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Kincaid manages to break the clinch.
Kincaid tries for a takedown but Gregorovitsj sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gregorovitsj shoots for a double leg takedown but Kincaid sprawls well. He's pushed Gregorovitsj's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Kincaid forces Gregorovitsj back against the cage and clinches.
Gregorovitsj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gregorovitsj tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gregorovitsj tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Kincaid breaks from the clinch.

Kincaid closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gregorovitsj did well to prevent Kincaid getting side control.
Kincaid has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kincaid missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gregorovitsj trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Kincaid lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aidan Kincaid dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kincaid missing with a left hand there. Gregorovitsj was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Gregorovitsj shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gregorovitsj was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kincaid blocking the ground and pound.
Gregorovitsj throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kincaid avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kincaid is looking to escape.
Kincaid is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gregorovitsj misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincaid is trying desperately to improve position.
Poor strikes thrown by Gregorovitsj there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kincaid is squirming around, avoiding Gregorovitsj's attempts to control the action.
Gregorovitsj lands a nice shot to the head.
Gregorovitsj misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's two 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.
Gregorovitsj throwing strikes here but Kincaid is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gregorovitsj controlling the position easily from mount.
Gregorovitsj with the ground and pound from mount.
Gregorovitsj sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gregorovitsj throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gregorovitsj looking to control but Kincaid is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gregorovitsj sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Aidan Kincaid overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Poor strikes thrown by Gregorovitsj there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kincaid wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gregorovitsj thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Gregorovitsj controlling from mount.
Gregorovitsj trying to control but Kincaid is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gregorovitsj raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gregorovitsj misses with a head shot.
Gregorovitsj avoids the attempt from Kincaid to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A nice elbow there by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kincaid can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vasili Gregorovitsj comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gregorovitsj has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vasili Gregorovitsj!