PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gugo Ograni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ograni has chosen Ameno - Era as his entrance music. Gugo Ograni has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin's chin.

Trollin
vs
Ograni

178 cm
29
197 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

183 cm
30
195 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 6 - 6 - 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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gugo Ograni!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ograni avoids the body shot from Trollin.
Ograni avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trollin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Trollin throws a shot to the body.
Ograni connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trollin momentarily.
Trollin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ograni closes the distance and clinches up with Trollin, looking for a takedown. Ograni pushes Trollin against the cage but Trollin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ograni scores with a nice right hand.
Nice takedown defense from Trollin. No joy for Ograni on that attempt.
Trollin tries to clinch there but Ograni circles away.

Trollin closes the distance and clinches.
Trollin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ograni has him pressed against the cage.
Trollin has had enough of the clinch but Ograni keeps him there for the moment.
Trollin can't break the clinch.
Ograni is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Trollin scores with a shoulder strike.
Trollin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trollin misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ograni is looking to take this one to the mat.
Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gugo Ograni.
Trollin is trying to break the clinch but Ograni is controlling him.
Trollin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Trollin breaks from the clinch.
Ograni throws a leg kick but Trollin moved away.
Some wild striking there from Trollin.
Trollin throws a right hand that Ograni ducks under and follows up with a left that Ograni also avoids with ease.
Trollin throws a series of punches but Ograni avoids them all with ease.
Trollin wants to clinch.
Ograni connects with a right hand. Trollin shakes it off.
Ograni showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trollin.
Trollin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ograni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Trollin throws out the jab.
Ograni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trollin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trollin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ograni back to the cage. Trollin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ograni throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab from Ograni.
A telegraphed right hand from Ograni misses the target.
Ograni shoots in for a takedown but Trollin shows good takedown defense.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ograni dodges the punch combination from Trollin.

Ograni closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ograni lands in his opponent's guard.
Trollin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ograni with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ograni stops Trollin from standing up.
Ograni stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Trollin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ograni prevents Trollin from getting back to his feet.
Ograni missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ograni content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ograni in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Trollin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Trollin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ograni is controlling him.
Trollin keeping full guard, as Ograni tries to pass.
Trollin is trying to control the position but Ograni postures up.
Trollin looking to control but Ograni passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ograni seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Trollin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ograni missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ograni is trying to control the action in half guard but Trollin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ograni keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Trollin is trying to stand up here but Ograni is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Gugo Ograni was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Trollin throws a right hand that Ograni ducks under and follows up with a left that Ograni also avoids with ease.
Trollin throws a left and a right that both miss

and Ograni counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ograni missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Trollin is trying to stand back up but Ograni is controlling him
Ograni looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ograni thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trollin's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ograni connects with a nice short shot to Trollin's temple.

Ograni is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Trollin sees it coming and defends easily.
Still in half guard, Ograni seems content to control.
Trollin is trying to maintain the position but Ograni is very close to passing his half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ograni not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gugo Ograni dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Some wild striking there from Trollin.
Trollin lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Gugo Ograni has been cut.
Ograni connects with a right hand. Trollin shakes it off.
Ograni works the jab nicely.
Ograni swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ograni scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Trollin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Trollin clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Trollin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trollin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Trollin is looking to break free of the clinch but Ograni has double underhooks.
Ograni has Trollin pressed against the cage, preventing Trollin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trollin is trying to break the clinch but Ograni has him pressed against the cage.
Trollin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ograni has him pressed against the cage.

Trollin breaks from the clinch.
Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ograni shoots in looking for a takedown. Trollin tries to sprawl out of it but Ograni keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Trollin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fuuuuuuuuuuu Trollin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ograni shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Trollin napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Trollin parries the strikes from Ograni easily there. Ograni is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Trollin to escape.

Ograni working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Ograni is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Trollin has escaped the position, nice work there.
Trollin is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ograni has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Ograni creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Ograni has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Trollin is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Ograni yanks on the arm and Trollin is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Ograni.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gugo Ograni!
Gugo Ograni made sure to mention his sponsor, Russian Top Team Nutrition in his post fight interview.