PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Butrovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neeyo Collin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collin has chosen Bagsakan - Collaboration as his entrance music. Neeyo Collin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Butrovic
vs
Collin

180 cm
28
168 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

165 cm
28
167 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Hannibal Butrovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Neeyo Collin!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butrovic shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Collin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Butrovic won't be happy with that.
The strikes coming from Collin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Butrovic is looking for a sweep.
Collin trying to control the position but Butrovic is working away.
Collin controls the position from side control.
Collin wants to control but Butrovic is keeping him busy.
Butrovic gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butrovic tries to get to full guard but Collin has control of the leg.
Collin passes to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Collin throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Butrovic taking a bit of punishment here - Collin scoring with strikes.
Butrovic is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collin misses with the ground and pound.
Collin misses with the ground and pound.
Collin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Collin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Butrovic can't do much from the bottom here.
Butrovic is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Collin scoring with punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Butrovic tries to bench press Collin off him but Collin keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on Butrovic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Butrovic is looking to regain half guard here but Collin keeps moving and retains side control.
Collin lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Collin wants to control for a moment but Butrovic uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butrovic has hold of Collin's hands but Collin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Butrovic is looking for a sweep. Collin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Butrovic is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Max Poppers, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Butrovic makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Butrovic.
Collin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Collin trying to control the position from guard on top but Butrovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Collin throwing strikes from guard but Butrovic blocks nicely.
Collin trying to control but Butrovic is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Butrovic swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Butrovic is looking for a triangle but Collin pushes his legs off easily.
Collin is in close to Butrovic's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Collin trying to control the position from guard on top but Butrovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Butrovic has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Collin has passed into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Butrovic manages to work his way to half guard, despite Collin's best efforts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neeyo Collin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Butrovic drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Collin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Collin is holding Butrovic down, trying to stall.
Butrovic sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Collin is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Butrovic misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Butrovic is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Collin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
You can see the frustration on Collin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Butrovic wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Collin, who protects the arm well.
Collin gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butrovic not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Butrovic lands a nice short elbow.
Butrovic throwing shots but Collin is blocking nicely.
The fighters are battling for position here. Collin manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Collin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Collin is controlling Butrovic's posture.
Butrovic stands up over Collin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Collin trying to control the position here.
Butrovic landing some decent shots from guard.
Collin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butrovic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Collin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Butrovic is aware though and is defending well.
Butrovic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Collin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Butrovic!
Collin cracks Butrovic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Collin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Butrovic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Butrovic can't escape the position.
Collin raining down shots from the mount!
Butrovic tries to hold on but Collin pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butrovic manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Butrovic is trying to control but Collin passes into side control!
Collin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Butrovic keeps working.
Butrovic is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Butrovic is looking for a sweep.
Collin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Butrovic is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Butrovic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collin misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Butrovic takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
A lull in the action here.
Collin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Butrovic wants to control but Collin postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Collin trying to control the action but Butrovic is working from the bottom.
Collin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neeyo Collin 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!

Collin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Collin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Butrovic tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Collin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Butrovic is looking for a sweep.
Butrovic struggling a bit here.
Collin is trying to ground and pound but Butrovic uses the momentary lack of control by Collin to regain half guard.
Collin throwing shots but Butrovic is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Collin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Collin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Butrovic is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Collin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Collin's back!
Collin is trying to break free.
Neeyo Collin has got the better of the ground game so far.

Butrovic is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Collin is defending well though. Butrovic let's go of the attempt for now.
Collin tries to escape the position.

Butrovic is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Collin defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Butrovic tightening his grip on Collin, looking for the choke.

Butrovic working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Collin breaks Butrovic's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Collin stopping the sweep attempt from Butrovic.
Collin wants to control from the top but Butrovic keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collin distracts Butrovic with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Butrovic lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Collin!
Butrovic looking to finish Collin with some ground and pound. This is bad for Collin!
Butrovic prevents Collin from getting the reversal.
Hannibal Butrovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Butrovic scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Collin tries to reverse the position but Butrovic maintains control.
Poor strikes thrown by Butrovic there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Butrovic cracks Collin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Butrovic dominating with strikes here.
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!
Collin is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collin taking shots to the head.
Butrovic working the ground and pound effectively.
Collin is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Butrovic cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Collin is rocked!
Butrovic postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Collin bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Butrovic and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hannibal Butrovic!
Hannibal Butrovic bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.