PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between White Death (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Swole Hole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Death
vs
Hole

193 cm
24
282 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, White Death!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Swole Hole!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Death throws a sloppy head kick and Hole moves out of range easily.
Hole fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Death avoids it really well and circles away.
Hole defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Death.
Hole shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Death shoots in for a takedown but Hole shows good takedown defense.
Hole misses with a double jab.
Hole blocks the body kick.
Death throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hole's waist but Hole gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Death off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for White Death. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hole - that will leave a mark!
Hole tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Death paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Death gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Death tries for a takedown but Hole manages to get underhooks.

Death jumps guard and drags Hole to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hole in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Death managing to control the position.

Death throws his legs up looking for a submission but Hole uses it to pass to side control.
Death is trying to improve his position.
I wouldn't like to be where Death is right now.
Death sneaks back into half guard.
Death works his way to full guard. Good work.

Hole avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hole is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Hole looks gassed!

Death looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hole tries to stand but Death is controlling from the bottom.
Hole must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Death lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hole!
Death controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole has given up his back. Will we see Death going for some submissions?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Death is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Death tightening his grip on Hole, looking for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Death throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Death trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Hole doesn't escape.
Hole covering up well under a barage of strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Death missing with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

White Death dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Death looks to land a body kick but Hole moved away.
Death throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hole's waist but Hole gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Death off to one side.
Death misses with a low kick.
Death fails with the takedown.
Death throws a right hand that Hole ducks under and follows up with a left that Hole also avoids with ease.
Hole has a takedown stuffed.
Hole takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hole moves out of range of the body kick from Death.
Hole fails with a takedown attempt.

Death pushes Hole up against the cage in a clinch.
Death using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hole has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hole is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hole has Death pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Death manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
White Death has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Swole Hole.
Hole prevents Death from breaking the clinch.
Death tries to circle away but Hole has him pinned against the cage.

Death manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Hole throws a strike but Death rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Death throws a big right hand that misses.
Death works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Death stands up out of the half guard.
Death throws a head kick but Hole moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Death shoots in looking for a takedown but Hole manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Death's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hole misses with a takedown attempt - Death sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Death shoots in looking for a takedown but Hole manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Death's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Death clinches with his opponent.

Death pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
White Death is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Death blocks a low kick nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Death pushes Hole up against the cage in a clinch.
Death taking a breather.

Death decides to pull guard.
Death controlling Hole's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Death preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Death manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Death looking to secure an arm triangle but Hole defends it well.
Death takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hole takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Death thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Death controlling the position easily from mount.
Hole should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Death landing strikes from the mount and Hole is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

White Death dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Death tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hole swivels and escapes.
Death fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hole stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for White Death. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Death has taken the fight to the clinch.
Death is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hole drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Death works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Death is looking for a takedown.
Hole is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Death pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hole is trying to push Death away but Death has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Death goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hole prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Death looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Death has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hole avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Death tries to circle away but Hole has him pinned against the cage.

Death jumps guard and drags Hole to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hole stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Death swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Death has Hole pulled in close to control his posture.
Hole is looking to stand up but Death won't let him.

Death scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hole avoids the head kick by Death.
Death wants to slow Hole down by chopping away at his legs.
Death misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hole lands a two punch combo.
Nice takedown defense from Hole. No joy for Death on that attempt.
Death throws a push kick but Hole slaps the foot to one side.
Hole tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hole misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hole avoids a kick to the body.
Hole falls off balance throwing a combination
and Death counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hole throws a shot from downtown. Death moves away and avoids it.
Death tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hole slaps away a takedown attempt from Death, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Swole Hole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Death clinches up against the cage.
Hole is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Death is looking to break free of the clinch but Hole has double underhooks.
Death is trying to break the clinch but Hole is controlling him.

Death jumps into guard, dragging Hole to the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Death holds on and takes a little breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Death is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Death is looking for a triangle here but Hole uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Hole working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Death is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hole is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
An elbow from Hole crashes against the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
White Death showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Death has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... White Death!