PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Berik Yawoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yawoka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. keep running up that hill kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Trollin
vs
Yawoka

178 cm
28
197 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
187 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Berik Yawoka!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Trollin has managed to clinch.
Yawoka has Trollin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Trollin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Trollin wants to break free but Yawoka has control.

Trollin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trollin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yawoka avoids the body shot from Trollin.
Yawoka fails with a takedown attempt.
Trollin staying out of range there.
Yawoka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Yawoka takes the fight into the clinch.
Trollin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Yawoka gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Yawoka slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trollin pushes Yawoka off looking to stand but Yawoka dives back in and keeps control.
Yawoka wants to control but Trollin is keeping him busy.

Yawoka is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Trollin is defending against the submission attempts here by Yawoka.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Trollin wants to get back to his feet.
Yawoka wants to pass the guard but Trollin is defending well.
Yawoka passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yawoka looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Trollin wants to control but Yawoka is having none of it.
Trollin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Trollin wants to hold on but Yawoka pushes him away.
Yawoka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Trollin hang on?
Trollin tries to hold on but Yawoka pushes him away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trollin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trollin tries to lock up and control but Yawoka gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Yawoka punching from mount but Trollin doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Trollin is trying to stand up.
Yawoka takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yawoka punching from mount but Trollin doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Yawoka looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Yawoka working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Yawoka.

Yawoka looking to secure an arm triangle but Trollin defends it well.
Trollin really wants to buck Yawoka off and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yawoka scoring with strikes but Trollin is staying in there.
Trollin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Yawoka tries to control but Trollin wriggling away.
Trollin is trying to escape the mount.
Yawoka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yawoka throwing strikes here but Trollin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Yawoka controlling from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yawoka's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Yawoka trying to control but Trollin is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Berik Yawoka dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Trollin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trollin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yawoka manages to avoid it.
Yawoka tries to clinch up.
Trollin thows a body shot but no joy.
Yawoka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Trollin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Trollin closes the distance and clinches.

Trollin breaks the clinch.
Yawoka shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Trollin swings for the body but Yawoka moves out of range.
Yawoka shoots in for a double leg but Trollin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Trollin lands the left hand.
Trollin throws a series of punches but Yawoka avoids them all with ease.
Trollin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yawoka shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Trollin pinned against the cage. Trollin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Berik Yawoka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yawoka works Trollin's body with a nice hook.
Trollin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yawoka counters with a nice uppercut.
Trollin misses with a two punch combination.
Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trollin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Trollin tries to clinch there but Yawoka circles away.
Trollin misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trollin wants to clinch.

Yawoka drives through with a takedown into Trollin's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Trollin can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yawoka controls the pace.
Yawoka trying to control but Trollin is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yawoka looking to pass the guard.
Yawoka trying to control the position from guard on top but Trollin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Yawoka is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Berik Yawoka hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Trollin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
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!
Yawoka walks into a jab.
Trollin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Trollin looks to score with a jab to the body but Yawoka is just out of range.
Yawoka wants to slow Trollin down by chopping away at his legs.
Trollin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yawoka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed right hand from Yawoka misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yawoka drives through and clinches with Trollin against the cage.
Yawoka is looking to take this one to the mat.
Trollin is working Yawoka over against the cage.

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

Trollin moves into the clinch.
Yawoka wants to take the fight to the mat but Trollin manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Trollin breaks the clinch.
Yawoka fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trollin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Trollin tries to close the distance and clinch but Yawoka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yawoka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trollin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Trollin lands a two punch combo.
Trollin digs a good body shot into Yawoka's ribs.
Trollin throws a one two combo.

Yawoka is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Trollin moves into the clinch successfully.
Yawoka is still on wobbly legs! Can Trollin finish him?
Trollin works on Yawoka's body with a couple of short punches.
Yawoka seems to have recovered his senses.
Trollin digs a right hand underneath Yawoka's ribcage. Yawoka let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Trollin.

Trollin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yawoka tries for a takedown but Trollin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Trollin is looking to wear down Yawoka with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Trollin moves into the clinch.
Trollin tries to work over Yawoka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

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

Trollin lands a left and a right that send Yawoka crashing to the mat, dazed. Trollin thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Trollin throws a nice looking combination but Yawoka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Trollin. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trollin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yawoka circles away quickly and effectively.
Trollin tries to clinch up but Yawoka circles away and keeps his distance.
Trollin feints a jab promting Yawoka to slip. Trollin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yawoka slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin dominated that second round.
That's time! Trollin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Trollin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Trollin avoids a punch combination nicely.

Yawoka gets a double leg takedown into Trollin's guard.
Yawoka won't allow Trollin to sweep him here.
Trollin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Yawoka looking to pass the guard.
Yawoka wants to control from the top but Trollin keeps moving.
Yawoka is fighting to break Trollin's control of his arms but Trollin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Yawoka trying to control the position from guard on top but Trollin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Trollin throws a series of strikes that have Yawoka backpedaling.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trollin wants to clinch.

Trollin gets a clinch.
Trollin stops a takedown attempt from Yawoka.

Yawoka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trollin scores with a jab to the body.
Trollin throws a series of punches but Yawoka avoids them all with ease.

Yawoka closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yawoka is thwarting Trollin's attempts to control the position.
Trollin is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Yawoka is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Trollin is trying to stand.
Trollin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yawoka on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Yawoka seems to be working for a kimura but Trollin defends the submission attempt.
Yawoka is looking to take a break and control but Trollin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Trollin wants to get back to his feet.
Yawoka is trying to control. Trollin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Trollin tries to kick Yawoka off but Yawoka keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Yawoka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yawoka looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Trollin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yawoka wants to clinch up but Trollin keeps it at a distance.
Trollin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yawoka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yawoka tries for a takedown but Trollin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Trollin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Trollin pushes Yawoka up against the cage in a clinch.

Trollin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A cross from Trollin lands.
Yawoka shoots in for a takedown but Trollin shows good takedown defense.
Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Berik Yawoka.
Trollin with a hook.
Trollin throws a head kick but Yawoka moves out of range.
Yawoka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yawoka on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yawoka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yawoka avoids the head kick by Trollin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yawoka shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Trollin pinned against the cage. Trollin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Yawoka tries to clinch but Trollin moves out of range.
Yawoka shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Trollin defends it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trollin fails to land with a series of punches.

Trollin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yawoka, pushing him back against the cage.
Trollin prevents the takedown attempt.
Trollin prevents a takedown attempt there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trollin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yawoka.
Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Trollin lands with a short head shot on the inside.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Trollin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin!