PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Palahnuik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jack
vs
Palahnuik

174 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

184 cm
22
189 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harry Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pete Palahnuik!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Palahnuik.
Palahnuik connects with an inside leg kick.
Jack moves in looking to clinch but Palahnuik pushes him off.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palahnuik swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Palahnuik avoids a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jack.
Jack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palahnuik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Palahnuik circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jack is looking to clinch but Palahnuik is avoiding it.
Jack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jack darts in trying to clinch
and Palahnuik counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jack throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Palahnuik.

It looks like Pete Palahnuik has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palahnuik shoots in looking for a takedown but Jack manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Palahnuik's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Palahnuik scores with the left hand. Jack knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack tries to clinch up.
Palahnuik tries to clinch but Jack moves out of range.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch but Palahnuik swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jack tries to clinch up
and Palahnuik counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jack shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Harry Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jack feints and then cracks Palahnuik's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Palahnuik down.
Jack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palahnuik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jack tries to clinch up.
Jack tries to clinch up.
Jack is looking to clinch but Palahnuik is avoiding it.
Jack is looking to clinch but Palahnuik is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack throws a sloppy head kick and Palahnuik moves out of range easily.
Palahnuik keeps the fight on the outside.
Jack throws a lazy head kick
and Palahnuik counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jack tries to clinch there but Palahnuik circles away.
Palahnuik blocks a head kick by Jack.
Jack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palahnuik paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack tries to clinch
and Palahnuik counters with a right hand to the body.
Jack tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Palahnuik counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palahnuik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jack tries to clinch up but Palahnuik circles away and keeps his distance.
Jack moves to clinch but Palahnuik breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Palahnuik has closed the distance and engaged Jack in a clinch.

Palahnuik manages to break the clinch.
Jack wants to clinch
and Palahnuik counters with a three punch combo that has Jack backing up. Jack nods at Palahnuik to acknowledge the strikes.
Jack wants to clinch.
Jack tries to clinch up

and Palahnuik counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Palahnuik.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Palahnuik controls the pace.
Palahnuik trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Palahnuik stopping the sweep attempt from Jack.
Palahnuik has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Palahnuik controls from within his opponent's guard.
Palahnuik stopping the sweep attempt from Jack.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jack has control of Palahnuik's left arm, preventing Palahnuik from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Jack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pete Palahnuik's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jack walks into a jab.
Palahnuik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palahnuik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Palahnuik avoids the head kick by Jack.
Palahnuik dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jack is looking to clinch but Palahnuik is avoiding it.
Jack throws the kick towards the body but Palahnuik avoids it.
Harry Jack is winning the standup battle so far.
Jack darts in trying to clinch
and Palahnuik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Palahnuik has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Palahnuik blocks a head kick by Jack.
Jack tries to clinch but Palahnuik moves away
and Palahnuik counters with a nice leg kick.
Jack tries to clinch but Palahnuik moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack tries to clinch up but Palahnuik circles away and keeps his distance.
Jack wants to clinch but Palahnuik slips to the side
and Palahnuik counters with a two punch combo.
Jack tries to clinch but Palahnuik is having none of it.
Palahnuik scores with a nice right hand.
Palahnuik throws a nice looking combination but Jack bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jack looks to clinch
and Palahnuik counters with a one-two to the body.
Jack checks a low kick from Palahnuik.
Jack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palahnuik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jack wants to clinch
and Palahnuik counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jack darts in trying to clinch
and Palahnuik counters with a head kick. That will keep Jack thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Harry Jack is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Palahnuik circles away from the clinch attempt.
Palahnuik jabs Jack right on the nose. Jack blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jack throws the kick towards the body but Palahnuik avoids it.

Jack gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jack throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jack throws an elbow that misses.
Jack tries to land knees in the clinch but Palahnuik avoids the damage to the body.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Palahnuik blocks the elbow strike.
Palahnuik trying to land knees to the body.
Palahnuik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palahnuik wants to get back to striking at distance but Jack won't allow it.
Palahnuik is looking to control Jack's arms but Jack gets an underhook and turns him. Now Palahnuik has his back to the cage.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Palahnuik blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack misses with an elbow over the top.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Palahnuik tries to throw a body punch but Jack avoids it by throwing Palahnuik back against the cage.
Palahnuik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palahnuik lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jack or not.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Palahnuik blocks it.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Jack blocks a body shot from Palahnuik.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
Palahnuik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jack misses with an elbow strike.

Palahnuik breaks the clinch.
Jack is looking to clinch.
Jack moves in looking to clinch but Palahnuik pushes him off.
Palahnuik circles away from the clinch attempt
and Palahnuik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Palahnuik dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jack tries to clinch but Palahnuik is having none of it.
Palahnuik circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jack tries to clinch but Palahnuik is having none of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palahnuik takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Jack is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Palahnuik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jack wants to clinch up but Palahnuik keeps it at a distance.
Jack doesn't manage to clinch there - Palahnuik circles away.
Palahnuik lands with a kick to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jack looks for the body kick but Palahnuik saw that one coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Palahnuik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Pete Palahnuik will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Pete Palahnuik's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jack tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Palahnuik counters with a shoot takedown. Jack fights it but they end up in guard.
Jack striking off his back but it's not causing Palahnuik any problems.
Palahnuik postures up in Jack's guard and throws a big left but Jack blocks it.
Palahnuik stands and throws Jack's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Palahnuik is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jack knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ground and pound from Palahnuik seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Palahnuik trying to control the position but Jack is working away.
Jack on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palahnuik working the ground and pound.
Palahnuik misses with the ground and pound.
Jack can't do much from the bottom here.
Jack is not content to let Palahnuik control the position.
Jack is letting Palahnuik control him for a moment.
Jack tries to buck Palahnuik off but Palahnuik is having none of it.
Palahnuik working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palahnuik working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Palahnuik wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jack keeps working.
Palahnuik tries to score with some ground and pound. Jack controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Palahnuik trying to control the action but Jack is working from the bottom.
Palahnuik in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palahnuik working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack trying to remain calm as Palahnuik controls from the top position.
Jack on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jack tries to get out of the position.
Jack manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Palahnuik thows a huge punch but Jack dodges it nicely.
Palahnuik missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Palahnuik not doing much here.
Palahnuik is keen to just control but Jack is a slippery customer.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Pete Palahnuik was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch but Palahnuik swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jack moves into the clinch successfully.
Palahnuik tries a body shot but Jack blocks it.
Palahnuik lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jack backwards.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but Palahnuik blocks with his arms.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack misses with an elbow over the top.
Palahnuik blocks an elbow strike.
Palahnuik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jack is defending well for now.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Palahnuik works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Palahnuik lands an uppercut.
Palahnuik blocks an elbow strike from Jack.
Palahnuik avoids the elbow strike from Jack, against the cage.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Palahnuik blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palahnuik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jack is defending well for now.
Palahnuik can't find room to land a body shot as Jack controls the action.
Palahnuik dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jack misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Palahnuik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Palahnuik 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Palahnuik!