PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Umbra Uxxarest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Voodoo Child kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Uxxarest
vs
Charles

170 cm
21
185 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Umbra Uxxarest!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Charles!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles throws a leg kick
and Uxxarest counters with a straight right hand.
Charles is looking to score with low kicks.
John Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Charles moves into the clinch.
Uxxarest goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Uxxarest changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Charles fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Uxxarest tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Charles does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Uxxarest gets caught napping as Charles dives in and scores a takedown. Uxxarest manages to retain guard.
Charles postures up.
Uxxarest wants to sweep but no luck.
Charles scoring with punches to the head and body.
Uxxarest working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Charles.
Charles postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Charles advances to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charles looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Uxxarest with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Uxxarest is refusing to be controlled, as Charles sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uxxarest keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Charles missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Charles is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Charles throwing shots but Uxxarest is blocking nicely.
Charles missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Charles lands with a punch from half guard.
Charles thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Uxxarest's head.

Uxxarest looking for submissions off his back.
Uxxarest keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Charles not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles wants to take a breather but Uxxarest is having none of it.
Charles throws a strike but Uxxarest avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Charles lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charles is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
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!
Charles is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Charles distracts Uxxarest with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Charles works over Uxxarest with some ground and pound from guard.
Charles working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Charles pushing down on Uxxarest's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Charles prevents Uxxarest from improving his position.
Uxxarest avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Charles.
Charles trying to control the action but Uxxarest is working from the bottom.
Charles has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Charles not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles wants to control but Uxxarest is keeping him busy.
Charles thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Uxxarest's head.
Ground and pound from Charles.
Uxxarest is staying active underneath Charles, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Charles wants to free his trapped foot but Uxxarest is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Charles is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Uxxarest trying to control but Charles postures up.
Nice strikes from Charles there.

Charles is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles trying to control the action but Uxxarest is working from the bottom.
Charles lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Charles scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Uxxarest is looking to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Uxxarest keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Charles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Uxxarest does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Charles is looking to advance position but Uxxarest won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Charles dominated that round.
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.

Uxxarest is trying hard to land a takedown here. Charles sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Charles thows a body shot but no joy.
Some bone on bone action there as Uxxarest checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Charles tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Uxxarest is able to avoid easily.
Uxxarest tries for a takedown but Charles sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Uxxarest. Those never looked like landing.
Uxxarest uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Charles.
Horrible takedown by Uxxarest or perhaps it was just good defense by Charles which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Umbra Uxxarest. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Uxxarest moves in looking to clinch but Charles pushes him off.
Charles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Uxxarest checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Charles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Uxxarest moves away.
Charles dives in and grabs Uxxarest's left leg, looking for a takedown. Uxxarest pushes down on Charles's head and hops out.
Charles is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Uxxarest.
Charles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Charles scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uxxarest takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Charles looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Uxxarest is avoiding damage well.
Charles in side control lands a decent elbow.
Charles trying to control the action but Uxxarest is working from the bottom.
Charles throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Charles scoring with punches from side control.
Charles is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Uxxarest's shoulder. That is not cool.
Charles wants to lay and pray for a moment but Uxxarest keeps working.
Charles lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Uxxarest down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uxxarest is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Charles is putting a hurting on Uxxarest here, landing some big shots from side control.
Charles is trying to ground and pound but Uxxarest uses the momentary lack of control by Charles to regain half guard.

Charles is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Charles not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Charles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Uxxarest is not content to let Charles control the position.
Uxxarest tries to get to full guard but Charles has control of the leg.
Uxxarest blocking the ground and pound attempt from Charles.
Charles looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Charles lands a nice short elbow.
Charles is nestled in close to Uxxarest, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Uxxarest keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Charles works his foot free and advances to mount.
Charles landing punches.
Uxxarest is desperately trying to improve his position but Charles has a good base and remains in mount.
Uxxarest tries to hold on but Charles pushes him away.

Charles goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Uxxarest turns into him and now he's in Charles's guard.
Uxxarest stopping the sweep attempt from Charles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uxxarest postures up.
Charles is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles trying to control the position.
Uxxarest wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charles looking for a sweep. Not yet Charles, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Charles 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Charles throws a leg kick
and Uxxarest counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Uxxarest lands a right hook to the body.
Charles shoots in for a takedown but Uxxarest shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Charles. Uxxarest does a little dance to reset his feet.

Charles 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.
Charles wants to control from the top but Uxxarest keeps moving.
Charles landing with the ground and pound.
Charles trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Uxxarest wants to sweep but no luck.
Charles throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Uxxarest works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Uxxarest is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Charles postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Charles's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Charles stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Uxxarest has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Charles manages to get his head free but now Uxxarest has transitioned to an armbar! Charles grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Uxxarest! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Umbra Uxxarest!