PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ichiban Tostito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikael Sadman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tostito might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hero - Nickelback. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tostito
vs
Sadman

180 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

182 cm
22
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin

Fighters Formula
Demonic Drugs

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ichiban Tostito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikael Sadman!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sadman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tostito misses with a head kick.
Sadman checks a low kick from Tostito.
Tostito ducks under a wild hook from Sadman.
Tostito clinches but Sadman breaks the clinch
and Sadman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tostito jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sadman blocks a head kick by Tostito.
Ichiban Tostito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sadman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tostito comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sadman blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tostito just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sadman's brow.
Sadman has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tostito is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tostito is trying to stall.
Sadman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tostito pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadman drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ichiban Tostito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikael Sadman.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tostito.
Tostito stops a takedown attempt from Sadman.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tostito.
Sadman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tostito just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sadman's brow.
Sadman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tostito pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sadman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tostito throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tostito just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sadman's brow.
Tostito lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Tostito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tostito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tostito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tostito slips under a jab.
Tostito tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sadman counters with a left to the body.
Sadman misses with a body shot.
Tostito is looking to land body kicks.
Sadman scores with a shot to the body.
Sadman blocks a jab.
Tostito misses with an uppercut.

Sadman takes the fight into the clinch.

Sadman lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tostito regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sadman pushes down on Tostito's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tostito manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tostito keeping moving, preventing Sadman from controlling successfully.
Sadman looks gassed!

Sadman drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Tostito dives on top into guard.
Sadman trying to keep a closed guard but Tostito is proving a slippery customer.

Tostito drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sadman dives on top into guard.
Sadman is fighting to break Tostito's control of his arms but Tostito is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sadman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sadman looking to sit in guard and control but Tostito gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sadman can't keep his opponent in guard - Tostito advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Tostito is looking for a kimura but Sadman is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tostito to get the leverage.
Sadman missing with punches from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tostito is tying to control. Sadman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Tostito is trying to work for a kimura but Sadman is defending well.
Sadman trying to control but Tostito postures up.
Tostito prevents Sadman from improving his position.
Tostito wants to pass the guard but Sadman is defending well.
Tostito throwing shots but Sadman is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mikael Sadman will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sadman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tostito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tostito misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sadman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tostito will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tostito closes the distance but Sadman moves to the side
and Sadman counters with a nice uppercut.
Tostito on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tostito goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sadman misses with a wild body shot.
Tostito scores with a decent looking hook.
Sadman works Tostito's body with a nice hook.
A leg kick checked by Sadman.
Sadman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tostito has time to react.
Tostito swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sadman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sadman is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sadman clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tostito.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tostito up against the cage.
Sadman is trying to maintain a safe position but Tostito gets an underhook and turns Sadman into the cage.
with the fighters clinched against the cage, Tostito creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sadman tries to clinch but Tostito is having none of it.
Tostito throws out a leg kick but Sadman moves out of range and Tostito only half commits.
Tostito throws a right and a left that Sadman avoids nicely.
Sadman is looking to clinch.
Tostito walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sadman misses with a body shot.
Sadman tries to close the distance and clinch but Tostito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tostito misses with a head kick.
Sadman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Tostito.

Tostito closes the distance and clinches.
Sadman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tostito misses with a knee strike.
Sadman tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tostito throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sadman has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Tostito avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sadman stalling against the cage.
Tostito scores with a hook to the body.
Sadman is trying to maintain a safe position but Tostito gets an underhook and turns Sadman into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mikael Sadman.
Tostito feints and then cracks Sadman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sadman down.
Sadman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tostito throws out the jab.
A head kick misses from Tostito.
Sadman lands a nice shot to the body.

Sadman forces Tostito back against the cage and clinches.
Sadman has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tostito is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ichiban Tostito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikael Sadman.
Sadman wants a takedown but no success here.
Tostito lands an elbow that stopped Sadman in his tracks for a moment.
Sadman stalling in the clinch but Tostito improves position.
Sadman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tostito up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tostito throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tostito throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Sadman gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Tostito regains guard.
Tostito is trying to keep Sadman in close.
Sadman trying to control the position from guard on top but Tostito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sadman is working Tostito over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sadman is pushing down on Tostito's leg trying to pass to half guard. Tostito is fighting to maintain full guard but Sadman has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sadman wants to advance to full mount but Tostito doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

Sadman gets to his feet - Tostito follows without any prompting.
Tostito misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Sadman moves into the clinch successfully.
Sadman has Tostito pushed against the cage.
Tostito lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tostito tries a knee to the head but Sadman blocks it.

Sadman has clasped his hands together around Tostito's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Tostito takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Sadman working away.
Tostito gets back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Tostito is trying to stand back up but Sadman is controlling him
Tostito tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Tostito works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tostito looking for a sweep. Not yet Tostito, not yet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tostito avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sadman trying to control but Tostito is working from the bottom.
Tostito manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sadman manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikael Sadman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sadman is looking to clinch but Tostito is avoiding it.
Tostito misses with a hook.
Ichiban Tostito is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tostito misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sadman throws a jab when Tostito was well out of range.
Sadman moves out of range as Tostito throws a body kick.

Sadman drives through and clinches with Tostito against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sadman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tostito is keeping busy.
Sadman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tostito missing with knees to the body.
Tostito misses with an elbow over the top.
Sadman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tostito pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tostito just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sadman's brow.
Tostito gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sadman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tostito prevents it.
Sadman takes an elbow to the temple.
Sadman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sadman stalling in the clinch.
Tostito throws an elbow that misses.
Sadman goes for a takedown attempt but Tostito pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ichiban Tostito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikael Sadman.
Tostito scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadman misses with a body shot.
Tostito takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sadman tries to clinch but Tostito moves out of range.
Sadman cracks Tostito with an open hand slap.

Sadman closes the distance and clinches.
Sadman blocks an elbow strike.
Tostito lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sadman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tostito prevents it.
Sadman leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sadman changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tostito fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Sadman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sadman tries for a takedown but Tostito manages to get underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Tostito.
Sadman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadman is trying to maintain a safe position but Tostito gets an underhook and turns Sadman into the cage.
with the fighters clinched against the cage, Tostito creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sadman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tostito.
A cross from Sadman lands.
Tostito misses with a hook.
Tostito lands a head kick. Sadman smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Mikael Sadman has been cut.
Sadman takes a swing at Tostito's ribcage but misses.
Sadman slips under a jab from Tostito.
Tostito throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sadman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tostito wants to clinch

and Sadman moves into the clinch.
Sadman tries to stall but Tostito uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Sadman has clasped his hands together around Tostito's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sadman in side control, throwing shots but Tostito defends.
Tostito manages to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tostito looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Tostito is defending against the submission attempts here by Sadman.
Sadman prevents Tostito from improving his position.

Tostito is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Sadman pulls his head out easily.
Tostito is trying to control but can't.
Sadman controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tostito wants to improve his position but Sadman is controlling well.
Sadman is stalling here. Tostito is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sadman seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Tostito has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Sadman's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ichiban Tostito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tostito scores with a sloppy right hand. Sadman should have avoided that one.
Mikael Sadman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tostito throws a head kick that misses.
Sadman throws a shot from downtown. Tostito moves away and avoids it.
Sadman moves out of range of the strikes.

Tostito tries to keep at a distance but Sadman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tostito misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ichiban Tostito.
Well Sadman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikael Sadman!