PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raiden Stefansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floppy McPoppins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stefansson
vs
McPoppins

183 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
168 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good takedowns
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% )

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raiden Stefansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Floppy McPoppins!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stefansson throws a solid leg kick but McPoppins takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Stefansson.
Stefansson moves in looking to clinch but McPoppins pushes him off.
McPoppins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
McPoppins blocks a leg kick.
McPoppins blocks a head kick by Stefansson.
McPoppins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stefansson moves out of range of the strikes.
McPoppins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stefansson doesn't seem bothered though.
Stefansson moves out of range of the body kick from McPoppins.
A head kick misses from Stefansson.
Stefansson throws a low kick but McPoppins moves out of range easily.
Stefansson misses with a kick to the body.
McPoppins moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Stefansson lands a leg kick that knocks McPoppins off balance momentarily.

McPoppins scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stefansson is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stefansson trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Stefansson is desperately trying to improve his position but McPoppins has a good base and remains in mount.
McPoppins looking to control but Stefansson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McPoppins throws a sloppy strike and Stefansson uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Stefansson has ended up in McPoppins's guard.
Stefansson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McPoppins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Stefansson is controlling him.
McPoppins is wriggling around but Stefansson manages to pass to half guard.
McPoppins slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Stefansson wants to control from the top but McPoppins keeps moving.
Stefansson stopping the sweep attempt from McPoppins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stefansson wants to control from the top but McPoppins keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McPoppins is trying to keep Stefansson in close.
Stefansson trying to control but McPoppins is working from the bottom.
McPoppins looking for a sweep. Not yet McPoppins, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Raiden Stefansson.
McPoppins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stefansson throws a low kick but it's checked well by McPoppins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stefansson. That's going to slow McPoppins down.
Stefansson is looking to slow McPoppins down with leg kicks.
Stefansson misses with a kick to the body.
Stefansson misses with the body kick
and McPoppins counters with an outside leg kick.
McPoppins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stefansson lands a leg kick that knocks McPoppins off balance momentarily.
Some bone on bone action there as McPoppins checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stefansson.

McPoppins tries to sprawl but Stefansson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McPoppins trying to control here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McPoppins won't allow Stefansson to pass to mount.
Stefansson trying to control from half guard but McPoppins is working away.
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 Raiden Stefansson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Stefansson pivots, looking for a leg kick but McPoppins is out of range and Stefansson settles back down.
Stefansson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stefansson thows a leg kick but McPoppins checks it
and McPoppins counters with a left and a right that stings Stefansson.
A head kick misses from Stefansson.
Stefansson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stefansson lands a nice leg kick that just misses McPoppins's sensitive parts.
Stefansson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Raiden Stefansson is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Stefansson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McPoppins displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Stefansson throws a leg kick which misses McPoppins's front leg but catches the back leg as McPoppins tries to avoid it.
Stefansson tried to score with a low kick but McPoppins checks it.
McPoppins works over Stefansson's head and body with a nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stefansson cracks the inside of McPoppins's front leg.
Raiden Stefansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McPoppins shoots in for a double leg but Stefansson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice takedown defense from Stefansson. No joy for McPoppins on that attempt.
Stefansson scores with a leg kick.
McPoppins is breathing heavily.
Stefansson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stefansson throws a nice outside leg kick.
McPoppins throws a sloppy head kick and Stefansson moves out of range easily.
McPoppins misses with a series of wild punches.
Stefansson cracks the inside of McPoppins's front leg.
Stefansson lands a leg kick that knocks McPoppins off balance momentarily.
Stefansson wants to land a leg kick but McPoppins is out of range.
Stefansson tries to score with a low kick but McPoppins moves his leg out of the way.
Stefansson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Stefansson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
McPoppins is trying to keep Stefansson in close.
Stefansson advances to half guard.
Stefansson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Stefansson scoring with strikes but McPoppins is staying in there.
Stefansson landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stefansson looking for a guillotine from mount but McPoppins is having none of it.
McPoppins regains half guard.
McPoppins trying to control but Stefansson postures up.
Still in half guard, Stefansson seems content to control.
McPoppins tries to get to full guard but Stefansson has control of the leg.
McPoppins is trying to stand back up but Stefansson is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McPoppins misses with some strikes from the bottom.
McPoppins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stefansson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stefansson is taking a breather. McPoppins says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
McPoppins desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Stefansson wants to take a breather but McPoppins is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Stefansson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raiden Stefansson dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A low kick from Stefansson misses
and McPoppins counters with a two punch combo.
Good leg kick by Stefansson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McPoppins fails with a takedown attempt.
Stefansson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McPoppins.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stefansson.
McPoppins throws the left hand but Stefansson avoids the punch easily.
Stefansson is looking to clinch but McPoppins is avoiding it.
McPoppins misses with a few strikes there.
McPoppins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stefansson.
Stefansson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

McPoppins throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Stefansson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. McPoppins is in Stefansson's guard.
McPoppins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McPoppins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stefansson working a defensive guard here.
McPoppins tries to stand but Stefansson is controlling from the bottom.

Stefansson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
McPoppins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stefansson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McPoppins shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stefansson but Stefansson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
McPoppins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stefansson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McPoppins.
McPoppins cracks Stefansson with a right hand to the side of the head.
McPoppins misses with an uppercut. Stefansson saw that one coming.
Stefansson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McPoppins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A bone on bone clash there as McPoppins blocks the leg kick.
McPoppins throws a right hand that Stefansson ducks under and follows up with a left that Stefansson also avoids with ease.
Stefansson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stefansson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McPoppins checks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McPoppins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stefansson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stefansson, right into the meat.
Floppy McPoppins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stefansson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McPoppins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stefansson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Stefansson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
No luck for McPoppins with that takedown attempt.
Raiden Stefansson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Floppy McPoppins.
Stefansson avoids the head kick by McPoppins.
McPoppins fails to land the takedown.
Stefansson doesn't manage to clinch there - McPoppins circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Stefansson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and McPoppins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McPoppins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stefansson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McPoppins throws a nice looking combination but Stefansson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stefansson throws a low kick but McPoppins avoids it.
Stefansson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stefansson throws a head kick but McPoppins moves out of range.
Stefansson tries to clinch up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stefansson.
McPoppins lands with a good body shot.
Stefansson is looking to slow McPoppins down with leg kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stefansson tried to score with a low kick but McPoppins checks it.

McPoppins gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Stefansson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Floppy McPoppins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Raiden Stefansson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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!
McPoppins trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raiden Stefansson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stefansson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raiden Stefansson!
During a confident post fight interview, Raiden Stefansson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.