PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eli Bathory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ditte Sebastien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bathory's entrance music is 'The Butcher' By Radiohead. A fine choice. Eli Bathory is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Bathory
vs
Sebastien

190 cm
30
192 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

185 cm
27
193 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eli Bathory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ditte Sebastien!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bathory moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Ditte Sebastien has been cut.

Bathory closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sebastien to the mat! Sebastien manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Bathory trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sebastien wants to sweep here but Bathory controlling him for the moment.
Bathory pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sebastien is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bathory stopping the sweep attempt from Sebastien.
Bathory working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sebastien's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sebastien working a defensive guard here.
Bathory with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bathory keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sebastien's head.
Bathory postures up in Sebastien's guard and throws a big left but Sebastien blocks it.
Sebastien is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bathory postures up in Sebastien's guard and throws a big left but Sebastien blocks it.
Sebastien working a defensive guard here.
Sebastien working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bathory.
Bathory throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sebastien works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sebastien can't keep his opponent in guard - Bathory advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sebastien trying to hold on to Bathory's head to control him but Bathory postures up.
Sebastien is staying active underneath Bathory, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bathory looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bathory throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sebastien makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sebastien.
Sebastien wants to stand and escape but Bathory is having none of it.
Sebastien is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bathory throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sebastien utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Sebastien wriggles free and stands up.
Sebastien misses with a double jab.
Bathory fails to land with a series of punches.
Sebastien tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sebastien tries to clinch up.

Bathory shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sebastien napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bathory trying to control the action but Sebastien is working from the bottom.
Sebastien wants to get back to his feet.
Bathory scoring with punches from side control.
Bathory is working Sebastien over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sebastien is pushing Bathory's head away, looking to escape. Bathory manages to hold on to the position though.
Bathory in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bathory working the ground and pound from side control.
Sebastien is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bathory working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sebastien is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Bathory asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sebastien looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bathory is chipping away with strikes.
Sebastien is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bathory working the body and head with strikes.
Check out the look on Bathory's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bathory working the ground and pound from side control.
Bathory lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bathory landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Check out the look on Bathory's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bathory landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sebastien tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bathory wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sebastien takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sebastien gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bathory lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sebastien is looking to improve his position.
Bathory controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sebastien avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bathory.
Bathory perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sebastien keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bathory prevents Sebastien from improving his position.
Bathory thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sebastien's head.
Sebastien has hold of Bathory's hands but Bathory slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bathory lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sebastien keeping hold of Bathory's head, controlling as best he can.
Sebastien wants to get back to full guard.
Bathory thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sebastien is not content to let Bathory control the position.
Bathory throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sebastien gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Bathory dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ditte Sebastien's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sebastien displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bathory.
Sebastien tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bathory paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bathory tries to bum rush Sebastien with a series of wild strikes but Sebastien uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bathory swats away the attempt to clinch by Sebastien.
Bathory looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sebastien is fending him off so far but Bathory persists. Nope, Sebastien circles away and we're back to standing.
Sebastien takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sebastien is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sebastien tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bathory manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sebastien tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bathory swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sebastien fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Sebastien misses.
Bathory scores with a hook to the body. Sebastien takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sebastien is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sebastien moves in looking to clinch but Bathory pushes him off.
Sebastien doesn't manage to clinch there - Bathory circles away.
Eli Bathory is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bathory wants to slow Sebastien down by chopping away at his legs.
Bathory lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eli Bathory. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sebastien takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bathory has a takedown stuffed.
Bathory ducks under a wild hook from Sebastien.
Sebastien closes the distance looking to clinch

and Bathory counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sebastien trying to hold on to Bathory's head to control him but Bathory postures up.
Eli Bathory overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bathory missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sebastien kicks Bathory off and gets back to his feet.
Sebastien tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eli Bathory is winning the standup battle so far.
Sebastien fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sebastien moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sebastien throws a shot from downtown. Bathory moves away and avoids it.
Sebastien tries to clinch but Bathory is having none of it.
Ditte Sebastien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sebastien tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sebastien defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bathory.
Bathory avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Bathory scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bathory lands a big elbow.
Sebastien tries to lock up and control but Bathory gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bathory working the ground and pound effectively.
Sebastien really wants to buck Bathory off and get back to his feet.
Bathory landing strikes from the mount and Sebastien is in trouble!
Sebastien is trying desperately to improve position.
Bathory punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bathory controlling the position easily from mount.
Sebastien is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sebastien really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bathory cracks Sebastien with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sebastien is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bathory scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bathory in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bathory scoring with strikes but Sebastien is staying in there.
Bathory can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sebastien is looking to escape.
Bathory landing punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bathory working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sebastien tries to hold on but Bathory pushes him away.
Bathory working the ground and pound effectively.

Sebastien is rocked!
Bathory drops a big elbow. That's hurt Sebastien! More shots from Bathory and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eli Bathory!
After winning the bout, Eli Bathory thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.