PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Dilis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piolo Azkal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Dilis
vs
Azkal

190 cm
25
212 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
211 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruce Dilis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Piolo Azkal!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Azkal pushes Dilis up against the cage in a clinch.
Dilis throws an elbow but it misses.
Azkal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dilis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azkal.
Azkal comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Bruce Dilis has been cut.

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

Dilis pushes Azkal up against the cage in a clinch.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.

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

Dilis has managed to clinch.
Dilis blocks an elbow strike from Azkal.
Dilis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Azkal blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dilis throws an elbow but misses.
Dilis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Azkal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dilis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Azkal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

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

Dilis drives through and clinches with Azkal against the cage.
Azkal avoids a wild elbow strike from Dilis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dilis throws an elbow but misses.
Azkal missing with knees to the body.

Azkal breaks from the clinch.

Dilis moves into the clinch successfully.
Dilis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azkal avoids it.
Dilis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Azkal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dilis misses with a low kick.
Azkal checks the leg kick nicely there.

Dilis gets tackled into the cage by Azkal. Azkal maintains the clinch.
Dilis blocks an elbow strike from Azkal.
Azkal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Azkal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azkal wants to break free but Dilis has control.
Azkal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dilis is defending well for now.
Dilis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Azkal breaks the clinch.

Azkal gets a clinch.
Dilis dodges an elbow strike from Azkal.
Azkal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dilis lands an elbow that stopped Azkal in his tracks for a moment.
Azkal tries to break the clinch but Dilis is controlling the position.

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

Dilis closes the distance and clinches.

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

Azkal gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dilis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Piolo Azkal has been cut.
Dilis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azkal avoids it.
Dilis is trying to force a seperation but Azkal has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dilis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dilis blocks the elbow strike.
Dilis avoids a wild elbow strike from Azkal.
Azkal lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dilis missing with knees to the body.
Dilis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dilis blocks an elbow strike.
Dilis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Azkal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Azkal avoiding damage as Dilis throws knees to the body.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike.
Dilis blocks an elbow strike from Azkal.

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

Dilis moves into the clinch.
Azkal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Azkal avoids the elbow strike from Dilis, against the cage.
Azkal blocks the elbow strike.
Dilis avoids the elbow strike from Azkal, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azkal throws an elbow but misses.
Azkal wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dilis has him pressed against the cage.

Dilis breaks from the clinch.

Azkal clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Dilis.
Azkal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Azkal avoids a wild elbow strike from Dilis.
Azkal throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dilis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dilis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azkal is defending well for now.
Azkal avoids a wild elbow strike from Dilis.
Dilis misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dilis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Azkal's brow.

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

Azkal gets tackled into the cage by Dilis. Dilis maintains the clinch.
Dilis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Dilis manages to break the clinch.
Dilis misses with a hook.

Azkal clinches.
Dilis avoids a wild elbow strike from Azkal.
Dilis lands an elbow that stopped Azkal in his tracks for a moment.
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!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dilis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Azkal's brow.
Azkal tries to land a knee to the head but Dilis blocks with his arms.
Azkal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Azkal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dilis dodges an elbow strike from Azkal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azkal throws an elbow but misses.
Dilis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Azkal pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dilis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dilis throws an elbow but misses.
Azkal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dilis.

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

Azkal closes the distance and clinches.
Dilis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azkal avoids it.
Dilis misses with an elbow strike.
Azkal throws an elbow but it misses.
Azkal throws an elbow that misses.
Dilis takes an elbow to the forehead.

Bruce Dilis's cut is getting worse.

Dilis breaks the clinch.
Dilis misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Azkal darts in and clinches Dilis up against the cage.

Dilis breaks from the clinch.

Dilis has Azkal up against the cage in a clinch.
Azkal pushes off an throws an elbow but Dilis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dilis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bruce Dilis will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Azkal instigates a clinch.
Dilis looks to throw an elbow but misses.

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

Azkal clinches with his opponent.
Dilis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dilis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dilis blocks an elbow strike from Azkal.
Dilis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Azkal tries to break free but Dilis pushes him back against the cage.
Dilis blocks an elbow strike from Azkal.

Dilis breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dilis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

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

Azkal moves into the clinch.
Bruce Dilis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dilis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dilis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azkal avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Azkal throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azkal throws an elbow but misses.
Dilis misses with a knee to the head.
Azkal throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azkal pushes off an throws an elbow but Dilis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dilis avoiding damage as Azkal throws knees to the body.
Dilis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Azkal has Dilis pressed against the cage, preventing Dilis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dilis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Azkal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Azkal avoids a wild elbow strike from Dilis.
Dilis tries to land a knee to the head but Azkal blocks with his arms.
Azkal tries to land knees in the clinch but Dilis avoids the damage to the body.
Azkal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dilis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dilis is trying to push Azkal away but Azkal has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Azkal lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Azkal misses with an elbow strike.
Azkal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dilis is defending well for now.
Azkal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dilis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Azkal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azkal misses with an elbow strike.
Azkal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dilis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

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

Dilis instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azkal trying to land knees to the body.
Azkal tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dilis avoids it.
Azkal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dilis looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Azkal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Dilis closes the distance and pushes Azkal back into the cage.
Dilis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azkal's defenses.
Azkal lands a damaging elbow.

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

Dilis rushes Azkal and presses him up against the cage.

Azkal breaks the clinch.
Dilis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Dilis has Azkal up against the cage in a clinch.
Azkal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dilis.
Dilis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dilis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Azkal dodges an elbow strike from Dilis.
Dilis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azkal lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dilis lands an elbow inside that Azkal shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Azkal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dilis's brow.

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

Azkal tries to keep at a distance but Dilis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Azkal using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dilis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

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

Dilis moves into the clinch.
Azkal missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dilis throws an elbow but misses.
Dilis tries to break free but Azkal pushes him back against the cage.
Azkal takes an elbow to the temple.

Dilis breaks the clinch.

Azkal gets a clinch.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Azkal missing with knees to the body.
Dilis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dilis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dilis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azkal trying to land knees to the body.
Dilis misses with an elbow over the top.
Dilis looking to throw knees to the head but Azkal is blocking nicely.
Dilis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azkal throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azkal avoids the elbow strike from Dilis, against the cage.
Dilis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dilis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Azkal blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Azkal tries to land knees in the clinch but Dilis avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Azkal just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dilis's brow.
Dilis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dilis working hard to break the clinch.
Dilis missing with knees to the body.
Dilis blocks an elbow strike from Azkal.
Azkal looking to throw knees to the head but Dilis is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

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

Azkal rushes Dilis and presses him up against the cage.

Azkal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Azkal has Dilis up against the cage in a clinch.
Azkal tries a knee to the head but Dilis blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bruce Dilis will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Dilis darts in and clinches Azkal up against the cage.
Azkal managing to block the knees to the body from Dilis.
Dilis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Azkal misses with an elbow over the top.
Dilis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Azkal has him pressed against the cage.
Dilis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

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

Azkal has closed the distance and engaged Dilis in a clinch.
Dilis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azkal throws an elbow but misses.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dilis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Azkal's brow.
Azkal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

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

Dilis forces Azkal back against the cage and clinches.
Dilis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azkal's defenses.
Dilis misses with a knee to the head.
Dilis misses with an elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Azkal creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

Dilis clinches with his opponent.
Azkal tries to land knees in the clinch but Dilis avoids the damage to the body.

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

Azkal moves into the clinch successfully.
Dilis tries a knee to the head but Azkal blocks it.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike.
Dilis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dilis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dilis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Azkal throws a knee to the head but misses.

Dilis breaks the clinch.

Azkal has closed the distance and engaged Dilis in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dilis throws an elbow but misses.
Azkal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azkal throws an elbow but misses.

Azkal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Azkal takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azkal connects with a solid leg kick.

Dilis gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Azkal manages to break the clinch.

Azkal rushes Dilis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dilis.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azkal.

Bruce Dilis's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Azkal misses with an elbow strike.
Azkal lands a nice elbow.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike from Dilis.

Dilis breaks the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Azkal, as that shot connected.

Azkal instigates a clinch.
Dilis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Azkal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dilis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azkal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dilis is defending well for now.
Azkal managing to block the knees to the body from Dilis.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dilis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azkal is defending well for now.

Azkal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Dilis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dilis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dilis blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azkal blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dilis.
Dilis blocks an elbow strike.
Dilis avoids the elbow strike from Azkal, against the cage.
Dilis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Azkal wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dilis has him pressed against the cage.
Azkal blocks an elbow strike from Dilis.
Dilis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azkal avoids a wild elbow strike from Dilis.
Dilis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Azkal's defenses.
Dilis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dilis tries a knee to the head but Azkal blocks it.
Dilis blocks an elbow strike from Azkal.
Azkal avoids a wild elbow strike from Dilis.
Azkal lands a damaging elbow.

Jeez, Bruce Dilis's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Azkal lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bruce Dilis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Piolo Azkal!