PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Dillian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Serious Business (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Dillian
vs
Business

180 cm
21
204 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bob Dillian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Serious Business!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dillian smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Business is defended easily by Dillian.
Business fails with a takedown attempt.

Dillian feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dillian trying to control the position from guard on top but Business is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dillian has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Business throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dillian trying to control the position from guard on top but Business is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Business keeping full guard, as Dillian tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dillian postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Business is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dillian, into his guard.
Business trying to control but Dillian is working from the bottom.
Dillian could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Dillian avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Business controls from within his opponent's guard.
Business throwing strikes but missing.
Business with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Business working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dillian doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dillian manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Business avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dillian pushes down on Business's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dillian is pressing down on Business's thigh, looking to free his foot. Business is holding on for now.

Dillian wants to work for an arm triangle but Business is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Business wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillian wants to control but Business is keeping him busy.
Business trying to control from the bottom.
Business slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dillian passes Business's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dillian trying to control from Business's half guard. Business has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Business controls Dillian momentarily but Dillian frees himself.
Business manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Business trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Business with good strikes from the mount here!
Dillian keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Business pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Business is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Dillian can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Business postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dillian looks a forlorn figure.
Business takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Business has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Business looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Business in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Serious Business dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Business dodges the punch combination from Dillian.
Bob Dillian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Business avoids the head kick by Dillian.
Business blocks a head kick by Dillian.
Business misses with a takedown attempt - Dillian sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dillian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Business manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Business fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dillian avoids it really well and circles away.
Dillian defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Business.
Bob Dillian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Serious Business.

Business gets tackled into the cage by Dillian. Dillian maintains the clinch.
Dillian gets underhooks to prevent Business's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillian looking for a takedown.
Business tries for a takedown but Dillian manages to get underhooks.
Dillian is working Business over against the cage.
Dillian digs a right hand underneath Business's ribcage. Business let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Dillian pulls guard effortlessly.
Dillian keeping moving, preventing Business from controlling successfully.
Dillian trying to keep a closed guard but Business is proving a slippery customer.
Business lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

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

Business looking for a guillotine here but Dillian defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dillian trying to control but Business is working from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dillian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Business is keeping the position for now.

Business had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dillian defends it easily.
Dillian won't allow Business to sweep him here.
Business trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Business looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Business wants to sweep but no luck.
Dillian forces his way into half guard.
Business is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dillian's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dillian's back!
Dillian holding both Business 's hands and preventing any damage.

Dillian preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Business.

Dillian defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Business's arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dillian fending off the submission attempt from Business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Business is not going to allow Dillian to sit and survive in this position.

Business patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dillian looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

Business working for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Serious Business showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Dillian lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Business backs up against the cage.
Dillian shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Business pinned against the cage. Business gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dillian throws a sloppy head kick and Business moves out of range easily.

Business closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dillian did well to prevent Business getting side control.
Dillian avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Business.
Dillian trying to control here.
Dillian is staying active underneath Business, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dillian on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Business wants to control but Dillian is keeping him busy.
Dillian is looking to control Business's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dillian avoid being mounted?
Dillian is not content to let Business control the position.

Business is working for a kimura but Dillian is defending it quite comfortably.
Business working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Business is trying to work for a kimura but Dillian is defending well.
Dillian is in trouble now - Business has advanced to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Business scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dillian?
Business pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Business is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Dillian has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Dillian!
Business wants to stand up but Dillian is controlling him.
Business looking for a sweep. Not yet Business, not yet.
Business preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Business looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dillian accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Business wriggles free and stands up.
Dillian turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Dillian decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Dillian prevents Business from improving his position.
Dillian wants to free his trapped foot but Business is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Business looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dillian is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Business defends it well.
Business is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Business makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Business.
Dillian won't allow Business to get back to his feet.
Dillian trying to control but Business is working from the bottom.
Bob Dillian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dillian trying to move into half guard but instead Business has managed to sweep!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Business is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Serious Business has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Business is in close to Dillian's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Dillian looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Serious Business is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Business got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dillian has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Business has managed to get both his arms back between Dillian's legs - danger averted.

And that's the end of the fight!
Serious Business comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Business winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Serious Business!