PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Artur Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alpha Male (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ross might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pain - Shut your mouth. 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.

Ross
vs
Male

183 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
28
185 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artur Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alpha Male!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Male 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.
Ross moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Ross gets tackled into the cage by Male. Male maintains the clinch.
Male lands a nice uppercut.
Ross lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Male misses with a short punch on the inside.
Male misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Male to work.
Male tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ross's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Male.
Male has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ross stalling.
Ross takes a shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross digs a right hand underneath Male's ribcage. Male let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Male tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ross's elbow.
Ross throws a head punch that misses.
Ross misses with some punches.
Ross blocks an uppercut.
Male tries to circle away but Ross has him pinned against the cage.
Ross keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Male's efforts to push away.
Male has a couple of punches blocked by Ross.
Ross lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Male.
Ross blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Male.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ross tries a body shot but Male blocks it.
Ross is stalling here.
Male misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ross fails to land.
Ross misses with a punch to the body.
Ross has a couple of punches blocked by Male.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Ross.
Ross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Male goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Male lands a nice uppercut.
Male misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Male can't break the clinch.
Male prevents a body shot from Ross.
Ross trying to control the position but instead, Male has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ross into the cage.
Ross works on Male's body with a couple of short punches.
Male lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ross backwards.
Ross taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ross has a couple of punches blocked by Male.
Ross taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Male has a couple of punches blocked by Ross.

Male breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Male gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Male fails to land.
Ross blocks a body shot from Male.
Ross swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Male pushes Ross back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Male lands a body punch.
Male tries to work over Ross's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Male misses with a punch to the body.
Ross stalling in the clinch.
Ross is leaning against Male and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ross stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ross is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Male is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ross swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Male wants to break free but Ross has control.
A head punch on the inside from Male fails to land.
Male struggles to land a body shot inside as Ross controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Male as Ross tries to tie him up.
Male blocks an uppercut.
Male lands with a short shot to the head.
Ross prevents a body shot from Male.
Ross misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ross keeps control of Male as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Male is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Male letting Ross take a breather here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Male.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Male.
Male wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alpha Male will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Male rushes Ross and presses him up against the cage.
Male lands an uppercut.
Ross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ross doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ross prevents Male from breaking the clinch.
Ross misses with a punch to the body.
Male tries to work over Ross's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ross misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ross tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Male's elbow.
Male lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Male lands a body punch in the clinch.
Male pushes Ross back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Ross is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Male dips a shoulder and cracks Ross with a mighty uppercut! Ross falls back against the cage and Male unloads with a barrage of strikes! Ross is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Male screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alpha Male!
In his post fight interview, Alpha Male gave a big smile as he said 'That is how it is done guys.'.