PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ex Perimental (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Larson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larson has chosen Sweet Child of Mine as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Dan Larson enters the cage!

Perimental
vs
Larson

190 cm
28
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

185 cm
28
219 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ex Perimental!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Larson!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perimental showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Larson.
Larson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Perimental sprawls well. Perimental wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Larson gets slowly back to his feet.
Perimental moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Larson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Larson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Perimental slips a jab from Larson.
Larson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Perimental throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perimental throws a body punch but Larson moves out of range.
Larson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perimental ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Larson swings for the body but Perimental moves out of range.
Perimental scores with a jab. Larson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Perimental feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Larsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Perimental throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perimental ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larson moves away.
Larson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Perimental tries to close the distance and clinch but Larson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larson. Perimental does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perimental steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Larson.
Larson walks into a left hand.
Perimental scores with a jab to the jaw.
Larson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Perimental uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larson.
Perimental just misses with a punch to the body.
Larson looks to land a left hand but Perimental moved out of range nicely.
Perimental on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Perimental changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Perimental blocks a leg kick.
Perimental ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larson moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perimental throws a big shot that misses.
Perimental steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Larson.
Perimental looks to score with a jab to the body but Larson is just out of range.
Larson misses with a hook. Perimental ducked under it nicely.
Perimental is looking to wear down Larson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Larson does it's job there.

It looks like Ex Perimental has been cut.
Perimental cracks Larson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Perimental throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perimental misses the body punch
and Larson counters with a series of strikes. Perimental will be more careful next time no doubt.
Perimental swings for the body but Larson moves out of range.
Perimental changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Perimental fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larson manages to avoid it.
Larson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perimental.
No joy there for Larson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Perimental misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Larson misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perimental has a takedown stuffed.
Larson misses with a straight left.

Perimental gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Perimental has a couple of punches blocked by Larson.
Perimental lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Perimental misses with the head strike.
Perimental tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larson's elbow.
Perimental lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Perimental gets through Larson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Perimental lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Perimental doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Perimental tries to work over Larson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Larson breaks from the clinch.
Ex Perimental seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Perimental wants to clinch.
Perimental throws a hook but Larson blocks it.
Perimental is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larson misses with a straight left.
Perimental is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
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!
Perimental slips a jab and a cross from Larson.
Perimental attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Perimental throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Larson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perimental.
Perimental throws a hook but Larson blocks it.
Perimental ducks under a wild hook from Larson.
Perimental steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Larson.
Perimental swings for the body but Larson moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Larson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Perimental tests Larson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Larson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ex Perimental dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ex Perimental's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Larson throws a leg kick but Perimental moved away.
Perimental tries to close the distance and clinch up but Larson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Perimental swings for the body but Larson moves out of range.
Perimental throws a big shot that misses.
Perimental misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larson.
A cross from Perimental lands.
Larson throws a right hand that Perimental ducks under and follows up with a left that Perimental also avoids with ease.
Perimental lunges at Larson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Larson's hand.
Perimental blocks a jab.
Larson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Perimental as he avoids it easily.
Ex Perimental is winning the standup battle so far.
Perimental misses with a head kick.
Perimental takes a swing at Larson's ribcage but misses.
Perimental misses with an uppercut. Larson saw that one coming.
Perimental swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Larson misses with the combination.
Perimental throws a solid leg kick but Larson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Perimental.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Perimental is out of range.
Perimental throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perimental misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larson.

Perimental rushes Larson and presses him up against the cage.
Larson tries to break the clinch but Perimental is controlling the position.
Perimental scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Perimental.
Larson has had enough of the clinch but Perimental keeps him there for the moment.
Perimental throws a head punch that misses.
Perimental pushes Larson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Larson is breathing heavily.
Perimental lands a left hand.

Larson pulls guard successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Larson controls Perimental momentarily but Perimental frees himself.

Perimental gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perimental slips a straight right by Larson.
Perimental lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Perimental is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Larson.
Larson avoids the head kick by Perimental.
Larson throws a body kick that misses.
Larson slips under a jab from Perimental.
Perimental throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perimental's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Perimental duly obliges.
Perimental throws a leg kick that is checked
and Larson counters with a right hand to the body.
Larson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perimental throws out the jab.
Larson thuds his right hand into Perimental's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Perimental fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dan Larson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Larson misses the jab.
Perimental keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perimental uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larson.
Perimental scores with a crisp jab that stopped Larson in his tracks.
Perimental bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Perimental throws a body punch but Larson moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Larson blocks the leg kick.
Larson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Larson there as he acknowledges the shot.

Perimental shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Perimental wants to stand but Larson has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Larson is pressing down on Perimental's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perimental won't allow Larson to get back to his feet.

Perimental stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Larson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perimental.
Larson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Larson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perimental.
Perimental connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Larson's hands.
Perimental scores with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Perimental dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perimental misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larson.
A left lands for Perimental.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ex Perimental dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ex Perimental's cut.
That's time! Perimental's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Perimental connects with a body shot.
Perimental throws a lazy uppercut
and Larson counters with a stiff right hand.
Larson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Perimental as he avoids it easily.
Perimental throws a nice looking combination but Larson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Perimental lands a jab.

Perimental clinches.
Larson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Perimental has him pressed against the cage.
Larson is trying to break free.
Larson is trying to break the clinch but Perimental is controlling him.
Perimental has Larson pressed against the cage, preventing Larson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Larson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Larson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larson.

Larson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Larson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perimental scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Perimental lands a nice looking body shot.
Perimental connects with a nice looking jab.
Perimental is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Perimental scores with a three punch combo!
Donk. Perimental catches Larson right on the button with a cross.
Perimental misses with a left hand
and Larson counters with a straight right hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Perimental lands with a light punch inside.
Perimental misses with a hook from the clinch.
Larson wants to get back to striking at distance but Perimental won't allow it.
Perimental swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perimental lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Larson backwards.
Perimental lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!

Larson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Perimental stands up from Larson's guard - Perimental perhaps looking for a knockout.
Perimental changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Perimental connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Perimental looks to score with a jab to the body but Larson is just out of range.
Larson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Larson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Perimental counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perimental connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Perimental darts in and clinches Larson up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Perimental.
Perimental misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Perimental on the inside.
Ex Perimental has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Perimental working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perimental misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Larson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Perimental lands a shot to the body.
Larson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perimental lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Perimental.
Perimental softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Larson takes a shot to the head.
Perimental scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Perimental softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Perimental.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Perimental.
Perimental lands a nice uppercut.
Perimental tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Perimental lands a shot to the body.
Perimental can't find room to land a body shot as Larson controls the action.
Larson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perimental throws a punch but it's blocked by Larson.
Perimental tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Larson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Larson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Perimental listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Larson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Larson dodges the punch combination from Perimental.
Larson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Perimental shoots in for a double leg but Larson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Perimental punishes Larson's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Larson keeps the fight on the outside.
Perimental is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Larson can do to turn this around?
Perimental tests Larson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dan Larson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Perimental darts in and clinches Larson up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ex Perimental showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perimental 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ex Perimental!