PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Gribov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Charriot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gribov
vs
Charriot

182 cm
25
180 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

192 cm
25
185 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Just Fight
Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

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 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Gribov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Charriot!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charriot dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gribov avoids a punch combination nicely.

Gribov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee warns Charriot that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gribov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gribov thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Charriot is desperately trying to improve his position but Gribov has a good base and remains in mount.

Gribov is working for a guillotine from mount but Charriot frees his head quite easily.
Charriot is desperately trying to improve his position but Gribov has a good base and remains in mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gribov raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charriot keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gribov throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gribov connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gribov is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Charriot can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gribov tries to control but Charriot wriggling away.
Gribov controlling his opponent.
Charriot is looking to improve his position but Gribov isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charriot avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gribov.
Charriot really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gribov tries to control but Charriot wriggling away.
Gribov lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gribov thowing shots but they're missing.

Gribov working for a guillotine from mount but Charriot is in no mood to give up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charriot taking shots to the head.
Gribov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gribov thowing shots but they're missing.
Charriot is looking to improve his position but Gribov isn't that keen on the idea.
Gribov scoring with strikes but Charriot is staying in there.
Charriot blocking the ground and pound.
Charriot tries to lock up and control but Gribov gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Gribov there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gribov 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.

Gribov is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Charriot to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Charriot shrugs it off.
Charriot is bucking up trying to escape but Gribov cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gribov looking to control but Charriot is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gribov sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Charriot wants to control but Gribov is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gribov throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Gribov there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Gribov dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Charriot avoids a punch combination nicely.
Charriot fails to land with a series of punches.
Charriot looks to throw the jab but Gribov is out of range.
Charriot stalks Gribov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gribov's face. Gribov staggers backwards, shaken.
Sergey Gribov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Charriot fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gribov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gribov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Charriot backs up against the cage.
Charriot throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Charriot falls off balance throwing a combination

and Gribov counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gribov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gribov postures up in Charriot's guard and throws a big left but Charriot blocks it.
Gribov throws a big elbow that misses.
Gribov slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charriot tries to kick Gribov off but Gribov keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Charriot taking some punishment here, with Gribov in his half guard.
Gribov perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gribov trying to control from half guard but Charriot is working away.
Charriot has his hands clasped together around Gribov's back. He's all about the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gribov is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Charriot doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gribov.

Gribov is looking for a kimura but Charriot is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gribov to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charriot slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Charriot is trying to keep Gribov in close.
Gribov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Charriot's guard.
Gribov trying to mount his opponent but Charriot defends it.
Charriot is holding on to half guard well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gribov takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Gribov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gribov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gribov is looking to take a break and control but Charriot is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gribov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Charriot avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gribov.
Gribov frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Charriot is looking to improve his position but Gribov isn't that keen on the idea.
Sergey Gribov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gribov with the ground and pound from mount.
Gribov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gribov prevents Charriot from getting the reversal.
Gribov unloads with some shots from mount but Charriot bucks and avoids them well.
Gribov scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Charriot tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gribov is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Charriot can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Charriot really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Gribov dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Gribov scores with a shot to the body.
Charriot misses with a body shot.
Charriot lands with a nice combination. Gribov backs away looking to recover.
Gribov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gribov misses with a kick to the body.
Charriot darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A punch combination from Gribov misses.

Gribov drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gribov passes Charriot's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Gribov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Charriot's head.
Gribov uses his free foot to push down on Charriot's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Charriot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charriot is looking to improve his position but Gribov isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gribov landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gribov with good strikes from the mount here!
Gribov prevents Charriot from getting the reversal.
Gribov lands a big shot there that rocks Charriot but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gribov is landing with some decent strikes but Charriot is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Gribov has hold of Charriot's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Charriot manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gribov landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gribov throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Charriot wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gribov.
Gribov looking to finish with strikes here!
Gribov thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Charriot is in a horrible position here. Gribov smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charriot is squirming around, avoiding Gribov's attempts to control the action.
Gribov working Charriot over with strikes here.
Gribov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gribov trying to control but Charriot is having none of it.
Sergey Gribov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Charriot is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Steve Charriot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charriot blocking the ground and pound.
Gribov throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gribov controlling the pace for now.
Gribov is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Charriot can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gribov looking to control but Charriot is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergey Gribov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gribov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergey Gribov!
A very excited looking Sergey Gribov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.