PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demon Rich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Florry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Florry's choice of entrance music: The Fight Song by Marilyn Manson. Cody Florry acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Rich
vs
Cody Florry

200 cm
22
235 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

189 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Syndicate Drugs

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Demon Rich!
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, Cody Florry!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rich fails in his attempt to clinch.

Florry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rich tries to land a knee to the head but Florry blocks with his arms.
Rich missing with knees to the body.

Florry manages to break the clinch.
Florry throws a head kick but Rich moves out of range.
Florry misses with a two punch combination.
Rich shoots for a double leg takedown but Florry sprawls well. He's pushed Rich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Florry scores with a jab to the body.
Florry tries to clinch but Rich moves out of range.
Rich looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Florry is fending him off so far but Rich persists. Nope, Florry circles away and we're back to standing.
Florry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rich.
Left hook, right uppercut from Florry.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Florry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rich dodges the punch combination from Florry.
Florry misses with a wild combination.
Florry connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rich momentarily.

It looks like Demon Rich has been cut.
Rich fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demon Rich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rich is breathing heavily.
Florry tries to clinch but Rich is having none of it.
Florry misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Florry misses with a few strikes there.
Florry misses with a double jab.
Rich shoots in and drives through. Florry sprawls well.

Florry takes the fight into the clinch.
Rich tries to land knees in the clinch but Florry avoids the damage to the body.
Rich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Florry.
Florry tries to break the clinch but Rich is controlling the position.
Florry just leaning against Rich, taking a breather.
Florry has had enough of the clinch but Rich keeps him there for the moment.
Florry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Florry tries to throw a body punch but Rich avoids it by throwing Florry back against the cage.
Rich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Florry blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from Rich.

Florry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Florry misses with a series of wild punches.
Rich tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Florry swivels and escapes.

Florry pushes Rich up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Florry throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Rich pulls guard.
Rich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Florry!

Rich looking to secure an arm triangle but Florry defends it well.
Florry is controlling an arm, preventing Rich from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Rich trying to control but Florry is having none of it.
Rich will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Rich jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Florry is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Florry and Rich has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Florry wants to get back to his feet.
Florry can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Florry tries to buck Rich off but Rich is having none of it.
Rich tries to advance to mount but can't.
Florry is pushing Rich's head away, looking to escape. Rich manages to hold on to the position though.
Rich working away.

Rich has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Rich showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Florry.

Rich closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Florry wants to get back to his feet.

Rich seems to be working for a kimura but Florry defends the submission attempt.
Florry is looking for a sweep. Rich is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Florry is trying to stand up here but Rich is controlling him well.
Florry tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Rich manages to move to mount!

Rich is working for a guillotine from mount but Florry frees his head quite easily.
Florry is trying desperately to improve position.
Florry is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Rich swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Florry is now in Rich's guard. A big mistake from Rich there, giving up the dominant position!
Florry won't allow Rich to sweep him here.

Florry stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Rich closes the distance looking to clinch
and Florry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Florry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Demon Rich's cut.
That's time! Rich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Florry tries to bum rush Rich with a series of wild strikes but Rich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Florry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Florry jabs at Rich's body.
Rich slips a jab and a cross from Florry.
Florry throws a nice looking combination but Rich bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rich misses with a takedown attempt

and Florry counters by clinching up.

Rich pulls guard.
Florry wants to stand but Rich has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Florry is working Rich over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rich throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Florry decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rich, up you get!
Florry tries to clinch up but Rich circles away and keeps his distance.

Florry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Florry avoiding damage as Rich throws knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Florry takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Florry is trying to break the clinch but Rich has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rich throws an elbow but misses.
Rich misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Florry is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Florry avoiding damage as Rich throws knees to the body.
Florry is trying to stall.

Rich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rich fails with the takedown
and Florry counters with a slapping leg kick.
Florry scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Florry misses with a wild body shot.
Rich tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Florry counters with a series of strikes. Rich will be more careful next time no doubt.

Rich fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Florry, pushing him back against the cage.
Florry is trying to break the clinch but Rich has him pressed against the cage.
Rich content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Florry has had enough of the clinch but Rich keeps him there for the moment.
Rich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Florry.
Rich tries to pull guard but Florry won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demon Rich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from Rich.
Rich landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rich gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Rich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rich shoots for a takedown but Florry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Florry with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rich wants to clinch.
Florry moves in looking to clinch but Rich pushes him off.

Florry instigates a clinch.
Florry prevents a takedown attempt there.
Florry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rich has him pressed against the cage.
Florry looking to slow down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Florry.
Rich avoiding damage as Florry throws knees to the body.
Florry lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rich fails to pull guard.
Florry is trying to break free.
Florry is trying to break the clinch but Rich has him pressed against the cage.
Rich prevents Florry from breaking the clinch.
Rich blocks a body shot from Florry.
Florry wants to stall.
Come on Florry - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Florry.
Florry is looking to break free of the clinch but Rich has double underhooks.
Rich is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Florry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Florry looking to stall.
Rich misses with a knee to the head.

Florry manages to break the clinch.
Florry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rich moves out of range of the strikes.
Florry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Rich fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Florry, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Rich.
Rich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Florry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Florry managing to block the knees to the body from Rich.
Florry lands a body shot.
Rich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rich lands a nice elbow.
Rich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Florry.
Rich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rich missing with knees to the body.
Rich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Florry takes a knee right on the jaw!
Florry is trying to break the clinch but Rich has him pressed against the cage.

Florry manages to break the clinch.
Rich shoots for a double leg takedown but Florry sprawls well. He's pushed Rich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rich wants to clinch.

Rich instigates a clinch.
Florry is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

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

Rich shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rich was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Rich is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Florry can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Demon Rich will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Demon Rich's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Rich pushes Florry up against the cage in a clinch.

Florry breaks from the clinch.
Rich misses with a takedown attempt - Florry sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Florry takes the fight into the clinch.
Rich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Florry lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Florry is leaning against Rich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Florry.
Rich trying to land knees to the body.
Rich tries to land knees in the clinch but Florry avoids the damage to the body.
Florry tries to stall but Rich uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Florry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Florry taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rich stalling against the cage.
Florry takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rich has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Florry is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Rich has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Florry is trying to keep an underhook but Rich manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Florry gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Florry trying to keep a closed guard but Rich is proving a slippery customer.
Rich is pushing down on Florry's leg trying to pass to half guard. Florry is fighting to maintain full guard but Rich has managed to sneak the leg through.
Florry trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Rich manages to pass to mount!

Rich swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Florry is now in Rich's guard. A big mistake from Rich there, giving up the dominant position!
Florry has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rich is proving hard to escape from.
Florry passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Florry sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Florry decides to stand and escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Florry instigates a clinch.
Florry is looking to break free of the clinch but Rich has double underhooks.
Florry has had enough of the clinch but Rich keeps him there for the moment.
Florry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Florry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Florry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Florry, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rich takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Florry fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rich on the side of the head.
Rich looks for a takedown but Florry sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demon Rich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Florry is looking to clinch.
Demon Rich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rich shoots in looking for a takedown. Florry tries to sprawl out of it but Rich keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Florry manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Florry as Rich shoots in.
Florry tries to clinch there but Rich circles away.
Rich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Demon Rich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Florry gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Florry is keeping the position for now.
Florry is trying to keep Rich in close.
Florry is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rich is pushing down on Florry's leg trying to pass to half guard. Florry is fighting to maintain full guard but Rich has managed to sneak the leg through.
Florry is trying to get back to full guard.
Florry is looking to escape.
Florry works his way to full guard. Good work.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rich is fighting to break Florry's control of his arms but Florry is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Florry is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Florry wants to get back to his feet but Rich is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rich wants to stand but Florry has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Florry is keeping the position for now.

Rich stands up from Florry's guard - Rich perhaps looking for a knockout.

Rich gets a takedown into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Demon Rich showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rich 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demon Rich!