PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Click Here (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Minister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Here
vs
Minister

215 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

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, Click Here!
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, Mr Minister!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minister shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Here pinned against the cage. Here gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Minister tries to clinch there but Here circles away.

Here closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Here lands in his opponent's guard.
Minister wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Here is now in half guard.
Here is thwarting Minister's attempts to control the position.
Here has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Here sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minister is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Minister really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Here. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Here controlling from the full mount.
Minister has given up his back here.
Minister trying to control the hands but Here won't let him.
Minister wants to escape the position.
Here 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.
Good control from Here.
Here throwing sloppy strikes.

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.
Here keeps control of the position easily here as Minister tries to buck him off.

Here looking for the choke but no joy.
Minister looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Here has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Minister's body.
Here missing with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Here is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Here has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Minister is really stuck here.
Here throwing sloppy strikes.
I really don't envy Minister right now.
Here scores with punches from the back.
Minister looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Here struggling to keep hold of the position.
Minister is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Here.
Here punches the canvas rather than the man.
Minister prevents Here from getting a body triangle.
Minister avoids the strikes from Here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Here missing with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Click Here dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Minister tries to clinch up but Here circles away and keeps his distance.

Here gets the takedown into side control.
Here throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Minister parries the strikes from Here easily there. Here is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Minister to escape.
You can see the frustration on Minister's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Here controlling the position.

Here is trying to get an arm triangle but Minister is defending well.
Here trying to control the position but Minister is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minister is pushing Here's head away, looking to escape. Here manages to hold on to the position though.

Here tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Here has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Here tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Here has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Here in side control, just content to control the action for now.

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.

Here tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Here has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Minister!
Here looking to ground and pound but Minister is blocking nicely.
Here content just to control the position here.
Here takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Minister showing good submission defense here.
Minister wants to control his opponent's hands but Here gets his hands free.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Minister tries to escape the position.
Here is punishing Minister with strikes - can he finish him?!
Here softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Here is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minister tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Here controlling from the full mount.
Here with shots to the head and body - Minister looks very uncomfortable down there.
Minister tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Minister is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Here controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Click Here dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Minister throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Minister.
Here fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Minister avoids it really well and circles away.
Minister shoots and misses

and Here counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Click Here overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Here is trying to control. Minister wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Here is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Minister doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Here.
Minister trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Here not doing much here.
Here trying to pass the guard but Minister defending well.

Here stands up out of the half guard.
Click Here is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Minister throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Click Here has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minister closes this distance looking for a takedown but Here circles away.
Click Here has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Minister.
Here wants to clinch

and Minister holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Here is pressed up against the cage. Minister has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Here down to the mat. Here avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Minister doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Here counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Minister can do anything to dispel that myth.
Minister takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Minister tries to get to full guard but Here has control of the leg.
Here looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Here moves nicely into side control.
Here landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Here controls the position.
Minister wants to control but Here postures up.

Here looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Here content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Here throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Here is looking to take a break and control but Minister is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Minister is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Here looks up at the clock and then as Minister takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Here smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Here decides to stand up, so the ref orders Minister to his feet.
Here tries to clinch but Minister moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Minister shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Here defends it nicely.
Mr Minister has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Click Here is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Click Here showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Here, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Click Here!