PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gugo Ograni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heinz Guderian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ograni comes to the cage accompanied by Ameno - Era . Heinz Guderian will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ograni
vs
Guderian

183 cm
29
195 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

180 cm
26
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Russian Top Team Nutrition

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gugo Ograni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Heinz Guderian!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ograni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Guderian as Ograni shoots in.
Guderian misses with a hook
letting Ograni counter with a right hand.
Ograni takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ograni misses with a hook
and Guderian counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Heinz Guderian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guderian misses with a low kick.
Guderian staying out of range there.
Ograni misses the shot to the body.
Guderian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big left from Guderian misses.
Guderian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ograni takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guderian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Guderian misses the jab.
Ograni missing with a left hand there. Guderian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ograni tries a head kick but it misses.
Guderian misses with a body shot.
Guderian showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ograni.
Ograni dodges the punch combination from Guderian.
Ograni throws a lazy right hand but Guderian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ograni digs a good hook to Guderian's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guderian. Ograni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice cross by Guderian.
Ograni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guderian.
Guderian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ograni.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ograni avoids the body shot from Guderian.
Ograni throws a shot from downtown. Guderian moves away and avoids it.
Guderian gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Guderian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guderian throws a looping overhand right but Ograni ducks down to avoid it.
Guderian moves out of range of the strikes.
Guderian slips a straight right by Ograni.

Ograni drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ograni throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Guderian wants to stand and escape but Ograni is having none of it.
Ograni trying to control the position from guard on top but Guderian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Guderian controls Ograni momentarily but Ograni frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ograni trying to control but Guderian is working from the bottom.
Ograni sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

We're going to have a standup here because Gugo Ograni wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Good shot there by Guderian.
Guderian misses with a double jab.
Guderian throws a series of punches but Ograni moves out of range.
Guderian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ograni manages to avoid it.
Guderian lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ograni connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guderian misses with a low kick as Ograni jumps back.
Guderian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heinz Guderian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ograni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Guderian.
Guderian connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Guderian misses with a body shot
and Ograni counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guderian misses with a looping left.
Ograni lands with an overhand left.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ograni is defended easily by Guderian.
Guderian misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ograni feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Heinz Guderian will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ograni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guderian.
Guderian moves away from the strike by Ograni.
Guderian lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ograni circles away quickly and effectively.
Guderian lands the left hand.
Guderian slips a jab from Ograni.
Ograni slips under a jab from Guderian.
Guderian misses with a wild combination.
Ograni shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Guderian defends it nicely.
Ograni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guderian.
Guderian walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ograni's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Guderian connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ograni scrambles back to his feet.
Ograni's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Guderian connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ograni scrambles back to his feet.
Ograni is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ograni scores with a nice strike.
A punch combination from Guderian misses.
A punch combination from Guderian misses.
Ograni cracks Guderian with a good jab.
Guderian throws a nice looking combination but Ograni bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Heinz Guderian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ograni's jab looks to have found its range, popping Guderian under the eye.
Ograni cracks Guderian with a good jab.
A jab from Ograni misses.
Guderian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ograni misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Ograni finds it's target.
Ograni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ograni tries to bum rush Guderian with a series of wild strikes but Guderian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Guderian is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Guderian is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Heinz Guderian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice jab there from Ograni.
Guderian moves out of range as Ograni strikes.
Ograni throws a hook to the side of Guderian's head but Guderian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Guderian with a jab.

It looks like Gugo Ograni has been cut.
Guderian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guderian misses with a double jab
and Ograni counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guderian walks into a jab.
Guderian shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Guderian misses with a hook.
Ograni takes one to the chin there.
Guderian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ograni sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Ograni scores a takedown into full mount!
Guderian blocking the ground and pound.
Guderian really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ograni. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Guderian is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Ograni locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Guderian is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gugo Ograni!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Gugo Ograni waved his t-shirt featuring Russian Top Team Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.