PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jackie Soap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and All or Nothing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nothing has chosen Vegan Reich - The Way It Is as his entrance music. Jackie Soap could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to All or Nothing's chin.

Soap
vs
or Nothing

168 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
39
99 lbs
16 - 27 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jackie Soap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 27 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, All or Nothing!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Soap closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nothing to the mat! Nothing manages to get full guard.
Soap tries to free his leg and advance position but Nothing is retaining full guard.
Nothing not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nothing controlling the position.
Soap controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Soap trying to control but Nothing is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Soap swings widly with a right hand
and Nothing counters with a nice uppercut.
Jackie Soap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Soap manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Nothing on his heels. He'll look to pass Nothing's guard now, I'm sure.
Soap won't allow Nothing to sweep him here.
Nothing is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Soap stays in close to Nothing's body and controls the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soap looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soap is stalling in the full guard.
Soap trying to control but Nothing is working from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jackie Soap.

Soap drives through with a takedown into guard.
Soap wants to control from the top but Nothing keeps moving.
Soap throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soap wants to control from the top but Nothing keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soap stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nothing swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Soap is working hard here to advance position.
Soap has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nothing tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Soap is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jackie Soap wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Soap misses with an uppercut. Nothing saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nothing gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soap is stalling in the full guard.
Soap looking to sit in guard and control but Nothing gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Soap keeping moving, preventing Nothing from controlling successfully.
Soap looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Nothing puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soap tries to roll over but Nothing keeps him under control.
Soap is trying to control but can't.
Soap regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nothing wants to pass the guard but Soap is keeping the position.

Soap looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Nothing has picked Soap up and slammed him! Soap can't keep hold of the triangle and Nothing manages to pass to side control!
Soap is looking to regain half guard here but Nothing keeps moving and retains side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soap wants to control but Nothing postures up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nothing trying to control the action but Soap is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackie Soap dominated that 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.

Soap throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Nothing tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Soap is in Nothing's guard.
Nothing wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Nothing keeping moving, preventing Soap from controlling successfully.
Nothing preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soap is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jackie Soap.

Soap closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Nothing's guard.
Nothing pulls Soap in close to his closed guard and prevents Soap from doing any damage or advancing position.
Nothing keeping moving, preventing Soap from controlling successfully.
Soap pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nothing is keeping the position for now.
Soap wants to control from the top but Nothing keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nothing is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Soap misses with a straight right.

Soap looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nothing is pressing down on Soap's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Soap sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jackie Soap overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soap seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Nothing for as long as he can get away with.

Soap postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Nothing is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Soap, into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Soap is looking for a triangle here but Nothing uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Soap is not content to let Nothing control the position.
Soap is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soap trying to remain calm as Nothing controls from the top position.
Soap tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nothing wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Soap is not content to let Nothing control the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. All or Nothing wasn't active enough on the ground.

Soap looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Soap throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soap not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackie Soap dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Soap tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Soap shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Nothing is trying to defend but Soap finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Nothing regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nothing keeping moving, preventing Soap from controlling successfully.
Nothing can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Soap controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jackie Soap wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Soap pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Soap tries a head kick but it misses.

Soap scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Soap is looking to pass Nothing's guard but actually Nothing recovers to full guard.
Soap forces his way into half guard.
Nothing is looking for a sweep. Soap is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Soap seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soap is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Soap stalling away here and it's allowed Nothing to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Nothing keeping full guard, as Soap tries to pass.
Nothing tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Soap wants to control from the top but Nothing keeps moving.
Nothing looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soap stays in close to Nothing's body and controls the position.
Soap passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Soap trying to control the action but Nothing is working from the bottom.
Soap in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soap throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Soap slows the pace down.

Soap tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
All or Nothing has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nothing tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Soap wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jackie Soap showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Soap has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackie Soap!
After the fight, Jackie Soap was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.