PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dragon Warfist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Cerien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cerien is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: House of the rising sun. Dragon Warfist has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Warfist
vs
Cerien

198 cm
20
216 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
218 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Good kicks
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dragon Warfist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean Cerien!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cerien manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Warfist on his heels. He'll look to pass Warfist's guard now, I'm sure.

Cerien drops back looking for a leg! Warfist is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Warfist manages to kick Cerien off! Cerien jumps back into Warfist's guard.
Warfist wants to stand up but Cerien is controlling him.

Cerien drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Warfist dives on top into guard.

Warfist gets to his feet. Cerien looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Cerien tries to clinch but Warfist moves out of range.

Cerien closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Warfist quickly recovers to half guard.
Cerien throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cerien is trying to control. Warfist wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerien working the head and body with strikes.
Warfist controlling the position well.
Cerien not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Warfist is defending against the submission attempts here by Cerien.
Warfist is looking to escape.
Cerien has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cerien sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Warfist defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerien thows a huge punch but Warfist dodges it nicely.
Cerien thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Warfist's head.
Cerien wants to control but Warfist is keeping him busy.
Cerien thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Warfist's head.
Cerien prevents Warfist from standing back up.

Cerien wants to work for an arm triangle but Warfist is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cerien not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cerien thows a huge punch but Warfist dodges it nicely.
Warfist blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cerien.
Cerien thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cerien thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Warfist's head.

Cerien is working for a submission of some sort.

Cerien is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Cerien is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cerien uses his free foot to push down on Warfist's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Warfist.
Warfist knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cerien on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cerien misses with a head shot.
Cerien looking to control but Warfist is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Warfist is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Cerien tries to control but Warfist wriggling away.
Cerien lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cerien looking to ground and pound but Warfist is blocking nicely.
Cerien wants to control the pace but Warfist is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Cerien dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Warfist paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Jean Cerien has been cut.
A good leg kick by Cerien.
Warfist is looking to score with low kicks.
Cerien stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Warfist.
Cerien clobbers Warfist with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cerien misses with a takedown attempt - Warfist sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A head kick misses from Warfist.
Warfist throws a sloppy head kick
and Cerien counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Warfist.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cerien fails with the takedown
and Warfist counters with a good low kick that Cerien was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerien tries to clinch there but Warfist circles away.
Cerien takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Warfist circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cerien on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cerien tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Warfist is able to avoid easily.
Cerien throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cerien takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cerien is breathing heavily.
Warfist throws a leg kick which misses Cerien's front leg but catches the back leg as Cerien tries to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Warfist lands a left and a right that send Cerien crashing to the mat, dazed. Warfist thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Cerien is rocked!
Cerien gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Warfist gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dragon Warfist!
Dragon Warfist thanked the fans post fight for their support.