PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Hefner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peeta Mellark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hefner's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Puff The Magic Dragon. Hugh Hefner could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Peeta Mellark's chin.

Hefner
vs
Mellark

175 cm
28
153 lbs
13 - 7 - 1

172 cm
32
157 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% )

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugh Hefner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Peeta Mellark!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mellark misses with a body shot.
Hefner misses the body punch
and Mellark counters with a straight right hand.
Mellark ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hefner looks to throw the jab but Mellark is out of range.
Hefner blocks a low kick nicely.
Hefner digs a good hook to Mellark's body.
Mellark lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hefner slips a jab and a cross from Mellark.
Mellark throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mellark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hefner.
A jab lands there for Hefner.
Hefner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mellark lands a jab to the head.
Hefner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mellark doesn't seem bothered though.
Hefner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mellark.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hefner cracks a nice hook into Mellark's ribs.
Mellark fails with a takedown attempt.
Hefner throws the left hand but Mellark avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hefner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mellark throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hefner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hefner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mellark as he avoids it easily.
Hefner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hefner connects with a right hand. Mellark shakes it off.
A good leg kick by Hefner.
Hefner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hefner. Mellark does a little dance to reset his feet.

Mellark closes the distance and clinches.
Hefner tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mellark smiles and moves away.
Hefner tries to bum rush Mellark with a series of wild strikes but Mellark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hefner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hefner is looking to wear down Mellark with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mellark throws a right and a left that Hefner avoids nicely.
Hefner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mellark.
Hefner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mellark counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hefner takes a swing at Mellark's ribcage but misses.
Mellark has a takedown stuffed.
Mellark misses with a looping right.
Hefner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mellark in his tracks.
Mellark bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hefner's head.
Hefner lands a nice shot to the body.
Hefner looks to throw the jab but Mellark is out of range.
Hefner looks to score with a jab to the body but Mellark is just out of range.
Mellark missing with a left hand there. Hefner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hefner. Mellark does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hefner throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Mellark counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hefner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mellark.
Hefner moves out of range of the body kick.
Hefner misses with a shot to the body
and Mellark counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Mellark has managed to clinch.
Mellark drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hugh Hefner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peeta Mellark.
Mellark is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mellark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mellark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mellark takes an elbow to the temple.
A left hand lands to the body for Mellark.
Hefner blocks a body shot from Mellark.
Hefner fails to pull guard.
Good body shot from Mellark.

Mellark manages to break the clinch.
Hefner ducks under a wild hook from Mellark.
Hefner lunges at Mellark with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mellark's hand.
Mellark looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hefner lands a body shot.
Hefner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hefner lands a really nice looking cross but Mellark seems unphased.
Hefner just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick from Hefner misses.
Mellark misses with a wild combination.

Hefner gets tackled into the cage by Mellark. Mellark maintains the clinch.
Knees to the body from Mellark.

Hefner gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Hefner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hefner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hefner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hefner controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
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 Hugh Hefner will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hefner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mellark rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hefner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hefner looks to throw the jab but Mellark is out of range.
Hefner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hefner throws a hook but Mellark blocks it.
Mellark throws a jab when Hefner was well out of range.
Mellark rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hefner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mellark gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mellark wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hefner moves away from the strike by Mellark.
Mellark throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mellark lands with a nice body punch.
Hefner throws an off balance right hand

and Mellark holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Mellark - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hefner lands an elbow inside that Mellark shrugs off.
Hefner throws an elbow that misses.

Hefner has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Mellark regains guard immediately.

Hefner is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Mellark is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Mellark has escaped and now he's on top!

Hefner wriggles free and stands up.
Mellark scores with a shot to the body.
Mellark tries to bum rush Hefner with a series of wild strikes but Hefner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hefner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mellark manages to avoid it.
Hefner misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mellark takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hugh Hefner is winning the standup battle so far.
Mellark throws a series of punches but Hefner moves out of range.
Mellark lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hefner misses with a wild body shot.
Hefner swings for the body but Mellark moves out of range.
Mellark connects with the punch.
Mellark shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hefner as he avoids it easily.
Hefner sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mellark blocks a head kick by Hefner.
Mellark will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hefner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hefner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mellark manages to avoid it.

Mellark closes the distance and clinches.

Hefner successfully pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mellark is looking to stand up but Hefner won't let him.
Mellark must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Mellark won't allow Hefner to get back to his feet.
Mellark trying to control but Hefner is working from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hefner wants to stand but Mellark is controlling the position.
Mellark trying to control but Hefner is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Peeta Mellark was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Mellark stuffs the takedown.
Good shot there by Mellark.
Mellark 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.
Mellark uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hefner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mellark throws a lazy uppercut
and Hefner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Mellark gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mellark stops a takedown attempt from Hefner.

Mellark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hefner misses with an uppercut
and Mellark counters with a nice body shot.
Peeta Mellark is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hefner connects with a body shot.
Hefner defending well as Mellark loads up on a big left hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hefner.
Mellark throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mellark sizes up Hefner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Mellark closes the distance and clinches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right hook to the body lands for Mellark.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hefner is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mellark to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugh Hefner. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mellark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hefner throws a sloppy head kick
and Mellark counters with an outside leg kick.
Hefner's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mellark connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hefner scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Peeta Mellark will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Mellark connects with a right hand. Hefner shakes it off.
Mellark dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mellark lands a nice shot to the body.
Hefner scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hefner digs a good hook to Mellark's body.
Hefner misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hefner misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Hefner misses.
Mellark fails to land with a series of punches.
Hefner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mellark.
Hefner misses with a left hand
and Mellark counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hefner misses with a low kick as Mellark jumps back.

Mellark closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mellark prevents the takedown attempt.
Hefner has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mellark avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hefner tries to pull guard but Mellark holds him up against the cage and eventually Hefner drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugh Hefner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hefner lands an elbow that stopped Mellark in his tracks for a moment.
Hefner is trying to pull guard but Mellark has him pressed against the cage.
Mellark misses with a body punch.

Mellark has clasped his hands together around Hefner's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Hefner trying to remain calm as Mellark controls from the top position.
Mellark trying to control the position but Hefner is working away.
Hefner wants to get back to his feet but Mellark drags him back down.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mellark just content to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hefner wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Mellark trying to control the position but Hefner is working away.
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!
Hefner prevents Mellark from moving into mount.
Mellark is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Hefner's shoulder. That is not cool.
Mellark scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hefner wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Hefner trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Hugh Hefner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mellark wants to control but Hefner is keeping him busy.
Mellark takes a little break here. Hefner wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Mellark tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hefner is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Mellark asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Mellark cracks Hefner with a big elbow.
Hefner prevents Mellark from improving position.

Mellark decides to stand back up. Mellark steps back and let's Hefner get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mellark steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hefner.
Hefner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hefner walks into a jab.
Hefner throws a body punch but Mellark moves out of range.
Hefner throws a hook to the side of Mellark's head but Mellark sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hefner has a takedown stuffed.
Hefner throws a chopping leg kick but Mellark manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hefner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mellark stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hefner throws a hook but Mellark avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hefner tries a low kick but Mellark avoids it.
Hefner scores with a jab. Mellark acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mellark misses with a body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peeta Mellark comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mellark 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peeta Mellark!
An out of breath and clearly excited Peeta Mellark thanked Balco Boys - Hilo for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).