PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sabin Figaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hy Wiener (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Figaro comes to the cage accompanied by Prospect - Warrior. Wiener has chosen Fok Julle Naaiers as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Figaro
vs
Wiener

180 cm
30
180 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

179 cm
28
181 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sabin Figaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hy Wiener!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiener ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Figaro closes the distance and clinches.
Figaro managing to block the knees to the body from Wiener.
Figaro takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Sabin Figaro has been cut.
Figaro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wiener backwards.
Wiener throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiener.
Wiener throws an elbow that misses.
Wiener slows down the pace here.
Figaro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Figaro lands a shoulder strike.
Figaro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Wiener on the inside.
Figaro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Figaro holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Figaro swings wildly with an uppercut but Wiener uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Figaro wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiener with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Figaro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Figaro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Figaro stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Figaro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Figaro!

It looks like Hy Wiener has been cut.
Wiener fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wiener takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big right from Wiener misses.
Wiener tries to clinch up.
Figaro motions for Wiener to come forward. Figaro throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Figaro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wiener checks a leg kick nicely.
Figaro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Figaro lands with a thumping leg kick.

Figaro moves into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wiener obliges.

Figaro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A solid leg kick lands there for Figaro.
Wiener keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Figaro.
Wiener keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Figaro.
Figaro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Figaro gets caught flat footed, as Wiener shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wiener throws a strike but Figaro rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Figaro is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Figaro is looking to work some ground and pound but Wiener has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Figaro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Figaro sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wiener is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wiener tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Figaro controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

We're going to have a standup here because Sabin Figaro wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Wiener throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wiener fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wiener uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Figaro.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Figaro throws a leg kick that misses.
Figaro throws a body punch but Wiener moves out of range.
Figaro misses with a straight right.
Wiener uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Figaro.
Wiener comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wiener tries to close the distance and clinch but Figaro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters circling - Figaro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wiener throws a jab when Figaro was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sabin Figaro dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wiener blocks a leg kick.
Wiener uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Figaro.
Figaro lunges at Wiener with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wiener's hand.
Figaro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wiener sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wiener bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Figaro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wiener connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wiener throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Figaro misses the jab.
Wiener is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wiener throws an overhand right that lands on Figaro's shoulder, as Figaro tries to avoid the shot.
Wiener throws a lazy right hand but Figaro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Figaro lands with a kick to the temple. Wiener shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiener connects with a right hand. Figaro shakes it off.
Wiener pivots, looking for a leg kick but Figaro is out of range and Wiener settles back down.
Figaro throws a nice head kick!
Figaro lands a head shot.
Wiener moves in looking to clinch but Figaro pushes him off.
Figaro checks a leg kick nicely.
Wiener slips a jab from Figaro.
Wiener throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Figaro. Wiener does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Wiener.
Wiener scoring well with a low kick there.
Figaro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Figaro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wiener attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Figaro checks a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good work by Wiener as he checks the leg kick.
Figaro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wiener can pounce on him.
Wiener tries to land a body kick
letting Figaro counter with a right hand.
Figaro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wiener scoring well with a low kick there.
Hy Wiener seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Figaro.
Wiener pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wiener throws out a loose jab but Figaro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Figaro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Figaro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wiener misses with an uppercut.
Figaro with a hook.
Sabin Figaro is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiener swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wiener uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Figaro.
A big left from Wiener misses.
Figaro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wiener was well out of range. Poor timing from Figaro.
Wiener drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wiener doesn't manage to clinch there - Figaro circles away.
Wiener throws a leg kick but Figaro sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wiener throws a body punch but Figaro moves out of range.
Wiener walks into a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Figaro.
Figaro tries a low kick but Wiener avoids it.
Figaro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wiener is looking to clinch but Figaro is avoiding it.
Wiener throws a shot from downtown. Figaro moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Figaro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wiener tries to score with a low kick but Figaro moves his leg out of the way.
Figaro moves away from the strike by Wiener.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wiener tries to bum rush Figaro with a series of wild strikes but Figaro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Figaro moves out of range as Wiener throws a body kick.
Figaro throws a nice inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Wiener.
An inside leg kick lands from Figaro.
Figaro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wiener keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Figaro.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Figaro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Figaro as he connects with a hook.
Wiener ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sabin Figaro dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Figaro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Figaro connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wiener lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Figaro.

Figaro gets tackled into the cage by Wiener. Wiener maintains the clinch.
Wiener throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wiener taking a breather.
Figaro has Wiener pressed against the cage.
Figaro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Figaro dodges an elbow strike from Wiener.
Figaro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Figaro tries to break free but Wiener pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Figaro's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiener takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wiener.
Figaro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiener just misses with a elbow thrown towards Figaro's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wiener throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wiener throws an elbow but misses.
Wiener throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short body shot lands from Wiener as the two fighters clinch.

Figaro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wiener connects with the punch.
Wiener misses with a body shot
and Figaro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Figaro clinches up against the cage.
Figaro presses Wiener against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Figaro.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wiener wants to stall.
Wiener misses with an elbow strike.
Sabin Figaro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiener using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Figaro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Figaro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wiener tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Figaro avoids it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Wiener - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Wiener pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sabin Figaro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wiener creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Figaro's defenses.
Figaro dodges an elbow strike from Wiener.
Wiener comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Figaro blocks a body shot from Wiener.
Figaro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiener pushes off an throws an elbow but Figaro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wiener tries to work over Figaro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Figaro blocks an elbow strike from Wiener.
Wiener tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Figaro wants to get back to striking at distance but Wiener won't allow it.
Figaro dodges an elbow strike from Wiener.
Wiener with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wiener throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Figaro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wiener prevents a takedown attempt there.
Figaro avoids the elbow strike from Wiener, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiener tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Figaro avoids it.
Wiener looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Figaro working aggressively here.
Figaro takes an elbow to the temple.
Wiener missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wiener.
Figaro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Figaro blocks the elbow strike.
Wiener is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Figaro is defending well for now.
Hy Wiener has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Figaro blocks an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hy Wiener comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Figaro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sabin Figaro!