PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fair Child (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grappling Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Child
vs
Best

189 cm
21
197 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

178 cm
27
199 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful

Balco Boys - Hilo
Balco Boys - Hilo

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fair Child!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grappling Best!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Child avoids a punch combination nicely.
Best fails to land with a series of punches.
Child moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Fair Child has been cut.
Child fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Best forces Child back against the cage and clinches.
Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Best misses with an elbow strike.
Child takes a knee to the side of the body.
Child scores with a knee to the head.
Best misses with an elbow strike.
Child tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Best avoids it.
Best managing to block the knees to the body from Child.
Child blocks the elbow strike.
Best trying to land knees to the body.
Child misses with an elbow strike.
Best managing to block the knees to the body from Child.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Best throws an elbow but it misses.
Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Best misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Child throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bests head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Child.
Best scores with a shoulder strike.
Child tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Child tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Best creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Child avoids the elbow strike from Best, against the cage.
Child has Best pushed against the cage.
Best takes a knee to the side of the body.
Best is pushing Child up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Child lands an elbow inside that Best shrugs off.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Best as Child tries to tie him up.
Child pushes off an throws an elbow but Best leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Best looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Child using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Best has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Child drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Child avoiding damage as Best throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Child obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Child is trying to stall.
Child content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Child trying to control the position but instead, Best has worked for underhooks and has pushed Child into the cage.
Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Child leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Child.
Best trying to control the position but instead, Child has worked for underhooks and has pushed Best into the cage.
The referee calls for Best to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Child using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Child using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Best just misses with a elbow thrown towards Child's brow.
Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Child leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Child is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Best is defending well for now.

Child breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Best moves into the clinch successfully.
Child lands a damaging elbow.
Child lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Child with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Best trying to land knees to the body.
Best misses with an elbow strike.
Best trying to control the position but instead, Child has worked for underhooks and has pushed Best into the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Child.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Best pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Best stalling in the clinch but Child improves position.
Child content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Best is pushing Child up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Best avoiding damage as Child throws knees to the body.
Child avoids the elbow strike from Best, against the cage.
Child landing knees to the body.
Best is trying to stall.
Child trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Child.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Child pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Child lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Best at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fair Child dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fair Child's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Best fails to land with a series of punches.
Child throws a body punch but Best moves out of range.

Best clinches with his opponent.
Best creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Child lands a right hand that snaps the head of Best backwards.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Child tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Best avoiding damage as Child throws knees to the body.
Child lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Best.
Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Child leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Child escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Best needs to keep his hands up - Child had a free shot at his head there.
Best throws a jab when Child was well out of range.

Child clinches up with Best and pushes him back against the cage.
Child blocks an elbow strike from Best.
Child pressing his opponent against the cage.
Best throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Best is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Child is keeping busy.
Best on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Child blocks an elbow strike.
Fair Child has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Child pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Child ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Best lands a body shot.
Best misses with a wild body shot.
Child misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An inside leg kick lands from Child.

Best fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Child, pushing him back against the cage.
Best dodges an elbow strike from Child.
Best wants to stall.

Child turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Best is trying to escape the position but Child is controlling the position.
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!
Best is not content to let Child control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Best can do anything to dispel that myth.

Child is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Best has escaped the position, nice work there.
Child takes a little break here. Best wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

Child is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Best knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Child trying to control the position but Best is working away.
Best is looking to reverse the position.
Child wants to control but Best is keeping him busy.

Child tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Child has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Child looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Best is looking to reverse the position.

Child tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Child wants to control but Best is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fair Child dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fair Child's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Child tries to land a front kick but Best steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Best is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Child takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Best checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Best just misses with a punch to the body.
Child misses with a two punch combination.
Child slips under a jab from Best.
Best tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Best moves into the clinch.
Best is looking to control Child's arms but Child gets an underhook and turns him. Now Best has his back to the cage.

Child manages to break the clinch.
Child avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice shot by Best.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Best instigates a clinch.
Child changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Best fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Grappling Best seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Best avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Best thuds his right hand into Child's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Child will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Child missing with a left hand there. Best was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Best throws a combination that misses
and Child counters with a low kick, right behind Best 's knee.
Best throws a jab when Child was well out of range.
Best misses with a straight right.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Child.

Child has closed the distance and engaged Best in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Child connects with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Child misses with a body punch.
Best misses with an elbow over the top.

Child manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Best throws a shot to the body.
Child avoids a punch combination nicely.
Child lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Best circles away quickly and effectively.
Child swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Best. Those never looked like landing.

Child clinches up with Best and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Child lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Best throws an elbow but misses.

Child breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grappling Best seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Best clinches.
Best pushes off an throws an elbow but Child leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

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

Best forces Child back against the cage and clinches.
A short uppercut from Best.
Child avoids the elbow strike from Best, against the cage.
Child tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Best misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Child.
Child avoids the elbow strike from Best, against the cage.
Child throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Best blocks it with crossed arms.
Child scores with a shot to the side of Best's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Child blocks an uppercut.
Child blocks an elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Child.
Best lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Child works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Best keeping moving, preventing Child from controlling successfully.
Child trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grappling Best has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Child's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Best really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Child. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Best keeping moving, preventing Child from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Grappling Best.
I think Child 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Fair Child!
Post fight, an emotional Fair Child said 'Legalize Marijuana!!!!'.