PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bart Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Abramov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Simpson
vs
Abramov

205 cm
20
280 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

203 cm
21
280 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Hilo Nutrition
Hilo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bart Simpson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Abramov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simpson lands with an uppercut that bounces Abramov off the cage and back into range.
Simpson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Abramov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Abramov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Simpson defends it nicely.
Abramov throws a head kick that misses.
Simpson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abramov.
Abramov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Simpson.
Simpson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abramov.
Simpson lands a nice hook to Abramov's body. Abramov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Abramov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Simpson throws out the jab.
Abramov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Simpson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Simpson throws a body punch but Abramov moves out of range.
Abramov walks into a straight right hand from Simpson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abramov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abramov moves in looking to clinch but Simpson pushes him off.
Abramov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Simpson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abramov was well out of range. Poor timing from Simpson.
Abramov blocks a jab.
Abramov avoids the body shot from Simpson.
Simpson scores with a one two! Abramov had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Sergey Abramov has been cut.
Abramov takes one to the chin there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simpson throws a big shot that misses.
Abramov ducks under a wild hook from Simpson.
Abramov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Simpson looks to throw the jab but Abramov is out of range.
Abramov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Simpson.
Abramov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Simpson moves into the clinch.
Abramov lands a knee to the body.
Simpson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simpson tries to break the clinch but Abramov is controlling the position.
Simpson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Simpson can't find room to land a body shot as Abramov controls the action.
Abramov prevents a body shot from Simpson.
Simpson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Abramov or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simpson.
Abramov looking to stall.
Simpson misses with a short punch on the inside.

Simpson breaks from the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Abramov.
A head kick misses from Simpson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson connects with a right hand. Abramov shakes it off.
Simpson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Simpson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abramov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Simpson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Abramov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Simpson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Abramov lands a nice looking body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simpson misses with a straight right.
Simpson tries to bum rush Abramov with a series of wild strikes but Abramov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Abramov throws a jab but it's blocked by Simpson.
Simpson thows a body shot but no joy.
Simpson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Abramov.
Simpson is breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Abramov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abramov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Simpson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Both fighters circling a little - Abramov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Abramov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Simpson will feel that in the morning.
A looping hook to the body misses from Simpson. Abramov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Simpson swats away the attempt to clinch by Abramov.
Abramov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Simpson's sensitive parts.
Abramov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Simpson takes a swing at Abramov's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Abramov.
Simpson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Abramov.
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 Bart Simpson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sergey Abramov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Simpson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Bart Simpson has been cut.
Both fighters circling a little - Abramov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Abramov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Simpson.
Simpson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abramov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Simpson tries to keep at a distance but Abramov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Abramov wants to stall.
Abramov blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Abramov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Simpson misses.
Simpson lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Simpson misses with a hook.

Abramov closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson wants to get back to striking at distance but Abramov won't allow it.
Abramov wants to take the fight to the mat but Simpson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Abramov pulls guard.

Abramov is looking for a triangle but Simpson pushes his legs off easily.
Abramov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Abramov looking to control.
Abramov is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Simpson stands and steps away. Abramov gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Simpson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abramov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abramov throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Simpson misses with an uppercut. Abramov saw that one coming.
Abramov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Simpson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abramov avoids the body shot from Simpson.
Simpson misses with a straight left.
Abramov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simpson misses the shot to the body.
Abramov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Simpson throws a hook but Abramov blocks it.
Simpson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Abramov tries to clinch but Simpson moves out of range.
Bart Simpson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Simpson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Abramov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Abramov connects with a leg kick. Simpson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abramov throws a leg kick which misses Simpson's front leg but catches the back leg as Simpson tries to avoid it.
Simpson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Simpson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Abramov lands a nice looking body kick.
Sergey Abramov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Abramov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Simpson will feel that in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abramov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Abramov tries to clinch there but Simpson circles away.
Abramov cracks the inside of Simpson's front leg.
Abramov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Simpson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Simpson slaps away a takedown attempt from Abramov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bart Simpson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergey Abramov.
Abramov lands with a kick to the temple. Simpson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Abramov tries for a takedown but Simpson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Abramov. Abramov obviously looking to wear him down.
Abramov is looking to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Abramov.
Abramov scores with a head kick.

Bart Simpson's cut is getting worse.
Simpson swats away the attempt to clinch by Abramov.
Abramov scores with a spinning back kick!
Abramov shoots for a takedown but Simpson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Abramov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Simpson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Abramov avoids the body shot from Simpson.
Simpson throws a hook to the side of Abramov's head but Abramov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Abramov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Simpson is fending him off so far but Abramov persists. Nope, Simpson circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Abramov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Simpson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Simpson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Abramov.
A slow jab from Simpson misses its intended target.
Simpson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Simpson looks to score with a jab to the body but Abramov is just out of range.
Simpson lands a jab.
Simpson misses with a body shot.
Simpson throws a big shot that misses.
Simpson misses with an uppercut.
Abramov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Simpson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Abramov.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abramov throws a right hand that Simpson ducks under and follows up with a left that Simpson also avoids with ease.
Simpson takes a swing at Abramov's ribcage but misses.
Abramov moves out of range of the strikes.
Bart Simpson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Simpson misses.
Simpson works Abramov's body with a nice hook.
Abramov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Simpson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Abramov.
Simpson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Simpson misses the shot to the body.
Simpson throws a hook but Abramov avoids it easily.
Simpson keeps the fight on the outside.
Abramov thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abramov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Simpson connects with a crisp jab.
Abramov throws a head kick that Simpson semi-blocks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abramov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Simpson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Abramov tries a head kick but it misses.
Simpson throws a shot from downtown. Abramov moves away and avoids it.
Abramov avoids the body shot from Simpson.
Simpson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abramov.
Abramov tries to clinch there but Simpson circles away.
Abramov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice body punch from Simpson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Simpson.
Simpson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Abramov.
Simpson looks to throw the jab but Abramov is out of range.
Abramov tries to clinch up.
Simpson throws a hook but Abramov avoids it easily.
Abramov moves away from the strike by Simpson.
Simpson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Abramov ducks under a wild hook from Simpson.
Abramov tries to clinch but Simpson is having none of it.
Abramov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Abramov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Simpson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abramov lands a nice looking body kick.
Abramov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Simpson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Simpson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Abramov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from Abramov.
Abramov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Abramov tries to clinch up but Simpson circles away and keeps his distance.
Abramov takes a swing at Simpson's ribcage but misses.
Simpson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Abramov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Abramov throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Abramov lands with a nice body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergey Abramov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Abramov has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergey Abramov!