PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evgeny Zablotnik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Zablotnik
vs
Brown

180 cm
21
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
20
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Evgeny Zablotnik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rex Brown!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown moves in looking to clinch but Zablotnik pushes him off.
Evgeny Zablotnik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zablotnik circles away quickly and effectively.
Brown shoots in looking for a takedown. Zablotnik tries to sprawl out of it but Brown keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zablotnik manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Zablotnik swinging wildly here.
Zablotnik tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brown avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brown scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Brown shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Brown clinches with his opponent.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brown.
Brown jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Zablotnik walks away with a smile on his face. Brown gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nice body kick from Brown.
Brown avoids the head kick by Zablotnik.
Zablotnik connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Zablotnik's waist but Zablotnik gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brown off to one side.
Evgeny Zablotnik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Brown.
A punch combination from Zablotnik misses.
Zablotnik will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zablotnik could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Zablotnik breaks the clinch.
Brown has a takedown stuffed.
Brown will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Brown looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Brown looks gassed!
Zablotnik misses with a series of wild punches.

Zablotnik drops Brown with a beautiful combination! Brown stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Zablotnik is looking for the KO!

It looks like Rex Brown has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown shoots in but Zablotnik avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Evgeny Zablotnik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zablotnik gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Brown counters with an outside leg kick.
Zablotnik thumps Brown with a low kick.
Zablotnik throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
Brown moves in looking to clinch but Zablotnik pushes him off.
Zablotnik tries a head kick but it misses.
Zablotnik misses with a low kick.

Brown moves into the clinch.
Brown tries to break free but Zablotnik pushes him back against the cage.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Zablotnik avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
Zablotnik wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Brown is trying desperately to land a takedown but Zablotnik is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Brown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zablotnik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Zablotnik misses.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Zablotnik circles away.
Nice body punch from Zablotnik.
Brown tries to clinch there but Zablotnik circles away.
Donk. Zablotnik catches Brown right on the button with a cross.
Brown shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Zablotnik, as that shot connected.
Zablotnik misses with a few strikes there.
Zablotnik bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Zablotnik looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zablotnik scores with a hook to the body. Brown takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zablotnik connects with a right hand. Brown shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zablotnik rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brown moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown walks into a straight right hand from Zablotnik.
Brown closes the distance and clinches up with Zablotnik, looking for a takedown. Brown pushes Zablotnik against the cage but Zablotnik circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Zablotnik.
Zablotnik comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Zablotnik circles away.
Brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zablotnik.
Brown shoots in for a takedown but Zablotnik shows good takedown defense.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zablotnik's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Zablotnik duly obliges.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zablotnik swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown shoots in for a takedown but Zablotnik shows good takedown defense.
Zablotnik tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evgeny Zablotnik dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rex Brown's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brown defending well as Zablotnik loads up on a big left hand.
Sloppy strikes from Zablotnik. Those never looked like landing.
Zablotnik misses with a series of wild punches.
Zablotnik throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brown.
Brown shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Zablotnik as he avoids it easily.
Zablotnik fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Evgeny Zablotnik is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zablotnik works the jab nicely.

Brown pushes Zablotnik up against the cage in a clinch.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown takes a swing at Zablotnik's ribcage but misses.

Brown shoots in and bounces Zablotnik off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Zablotnik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zablotnik on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Zablotnik tries to get out of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown drops back looking for a leg! Zablotnik is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Zablotnik manages to kick Brown off! Brown jumps back into Zablotnik's guard.
Zablotnik keeping full guard, as Brown tries to pass.
Brown chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown prevents Zablotnik from getting back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brown accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Zablotnik keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Zablotnik kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Rex Brown wasn't active enough on the ground.
Brown gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zablotnik throws a sloppy head kick
and Brown counters with a head kick. That will keep Zablotnik thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Zablotnik throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Zablotnik scores with a decent looking hook.
Brown fails with the takedown
and Zablotnik counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zablotnik throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with a three punch combo that has Zablotnik backing up. Zablotnik nods at Brown to acknowledge the strikes.
Zablotnik cracks Brown with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Zablotnik will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zablotnik moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Brown lands a front kick.
Brown tries to score with a low kick but Zablotnik moves his leg out of the way.
Zablotnik throws a lazy head kick
and Brown counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Zablotnik is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Zablotnik scores with a sloppy right hand. Brown should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zablotnik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brown closes the distance and clinches up with Zablotnik, looking for a takedown. Brown pushes Zablotnik against the cage but Zablotnik circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Evgeny Zablotnik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Brown.
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!
A head kick misses from Brown.
A head kick misses from Zablotnik.
Zablotnik fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Brown scores a takedown into full mount!
Zablotnik is squirming around, avoiding Brown's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Brown has control of Zablotnik's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Zablotnik regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Zablotnik wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rex Brown will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rex Brown's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Zablotnik finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zablotnik connects with a jab.
Zablotnik swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Some wild striking there from Zablotnik.
Zablotnik scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brown takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Zablotnik fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice sprawl there from Zablotnik as Brown shoots in.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown looks for a takedown but Zablotnik sprawls well.
Evgeny Zablotnik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Brown.
Brown gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zablotnik scores with a punch to the head.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zablotnik.
Brown takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Zablotnik will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zablotnik throws a leg kick but Brown sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Zablotnik stuffs the takedown.
Zablotnik moves into range and connects with a jab.
Zablotnik misses with a kick to the body.
Zablotnik lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Brown backs up against the cage.
Zablotnik misses with a few strikes there.
Brown throws a head kick but Zablotnik moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zablotnik scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brown misses with a series of wild punches.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brown slips a jab and a cross from Zablotnik.
Nice takedown defense from Zablotnik. No joy for Brown on that attempt.
Evgeny Zablotnik is winning the standup battle so far.
Zablotnik throws a good cross that connects.
Brown fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Zablotnik tries a low kick but Brown avoids it.
Brown misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown fails to land the takedown.
Zablotnik smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brown takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Brown is defended easily by Zablotnik.
Zablotnik throws a nice looking combination but Brown bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zablotnik throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
Nice cross by Zablotnik.
Brown shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zablotnik sprawls well. Zablotnik wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brown gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Zablotnik.

Zablotnik gets tackled into the cage by Brown. Brown maintains the clinch.
Zablotnik wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Brown tries to score a body lock takedown but Zablotnik shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A frustrated look appears on Zablotnik's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zablotnik can't break the clinch.

Zablotnik manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Brown clinches.
Brown holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Zablotnik wants to break the clinch but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Evgeny Zablotnik showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Zablotnik 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evgeny Zablotnik!