PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Goran Schwarzeneg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and EL DANDY (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.

Schwarzeneg
vs
DANDY

187 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 6 - 1

210 cm
18
207 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Goran Schwarzeneg!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, EL DANDY!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwarzeneg tries to clinch but DANDY moves out of range.
Schwarzeneg keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Schwarzeneg lands a nice hook to DANDY's body. DANDY takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
DANDY looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
DANDY avoids a kick to the body.
DANDY looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Schwarzeneg is fending him off so far but DANDY persists. Nope, Schwarzeneg circles away and we're back to standing.
DANDY is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Schwarzeneg finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Schwarzeneg throws a half hearted mid kick.
Schwarzeneg tries to clinch but DANDY is having none of it.

Schwarzeneg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Schwarzeneg jumps guard and drags DANDY to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Schwarzeneg keeping full guard, as DANDY tries to pass.
Schwarzeneg controlling DANDY's posture.
Schwarzeneg trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DANDY preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

DANDY drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and DANDY jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Schwarzeneg looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Schwarzeneg is controlling DANDY's posture.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Schwarzeneg shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Schwarzeneg was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
DANDY is desperately trying to improve his position but Schwarzeneg has a good base and remains in mount.
DANDY looks gassed!
DANDY is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Schwarzeneg.
DANDY is trying to escape the mount.
Schwarzeneg has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of DANDY's face.
DANDY is working to get back to half guard.
Schwarzeneg content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg landing punches.
DANDY is wriggling around trying to escape.
Schwarzeneg controlling his opponent.
DANDY is in all sorts of trouble here.
DANDY is squirming around, avoiding Schwarzeneg's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
DANDY is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
DANDY really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
DANDY is squirming around, avoiding Schwarzeneg's attempts to control the action.
DANDY really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goran Schwarzeneg 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.

DANDY tries to keep at a distance but Schwarzeneg has taken the fight into the clinch.

DANDY has hold of one of Schwarzeneg's legs. Schwarzeneg is fighting the takedown attempt but DANDY gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
DANDY tries to free his leg and advance position but Schwarzeneg is retaining full guard.
Schwarzeneg controls DANDY momentarily but DANDY frees himself.
DANDY looking to pass the guard.

Schwarzeneg throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
DANDY looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg trying to control the position.
Schwarzeneg looking for a sweep. Not yet Schwarzeneg, not yet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
DANDY tries for a takedown but Schwarzeneg circles away easily

and Schwarzeneg counters with a shoot takedown. DANDY fights it but they end up in guard.
Schwarzeneg slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
DANDY bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Schwarzeneg's guard.
Schwarzeneg knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for DANDY on the ground.
DANDY pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Schwarzeneg is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

DANDY decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Schwarzeneg, up you get!
Schwarzeneg throws a good cross that connects.
Schwarzeneg tries to close the distance and clinch but DANDY swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
DANDY fails with the takedown

so Schwarzeneg counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Schwarzeneg has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schwarzeneg postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now DANDY is on top in guard.
DANDY passes easily into side control. Nice work.

DANDY looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Schwarzeneg's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

DANDY has hold of Schwarzeneg's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Schwarzeneg tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - DANDY cranks the arm and Schwarzeneg screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Schwarzeneg, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). EL DANDY!
EL DANDY is the new light heavyweight champion!