PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Supko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christoper Midura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Supko's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sup Gonna Give it To Ya'. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Supko
vs
Midura

185 cm
21
210 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

193 cm
19
205 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Slaughterhouse Nutrition

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ben Supko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Christoper Midura!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Midura bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Midura looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Supko is avoiding damage well.
Midura throwing strikes but Supko manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Midura prevents Supko from moving into mount.
Midura tries to buck Supko off but Supko is having none of it.
Midura gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Midura gets back to full guard.
Midura looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Supko has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Supko trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Supko is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Supko stopping the sweep attempt from Midura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Midura bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Supko's guard.
Midura throwing strikes from guard but Supko blocks nicely.
Midura postures up.
Midura throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Supko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Midura throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Midura throws and elbow that misses. Supko uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Midura's guard. Nice move by Supko!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Midura lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Supko!
Midura unloads with some shots from mount but Supko bucks and avoids them well.
Supko tries to reverse the position but Midura maintains control.
Midura throws some wild stikes that Supko manages to avoid easily.
Midura scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Supko?
Midura has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Midura thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Supko manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Supko regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Midura.
Midura with a flurry of punches that miss.
Midura chips away with some ground and pound.
Midura won't allow Supko to sweep him here.
Midura slips nicely into half guard.
Midura is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Midura throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Midura lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Midura works his way into full mount!
Midura prevents Supko from getting the reversal.
Midura lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Midura with good strikes from the mount here!
Midura landing shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Midura lands a big shot there that rocks Supko but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christoper Midura dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A cross from Midura lands.
Christoper Midura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Midura shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Supko as he avoids it easily.
Supko moves out of range as Midura strikes.
Midura fails with the takedown.
Midura avoids the head kick by Supko.
Midura misses with a looping left.
Supko misses with a head kick.
Supko tries to clinch there but Midura circles away.
Midura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Supko throws out the jab.
Supko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Midura.
Supko ducks under a wild hook from Midura.
Midura avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Midura lands with a straight right. Supko didn't see that one coming.
Midura's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Midura duly obliges.

It looks like Ben Supko has been cut.
Midura throws a series of punches but Supko moves out of range.
Supko moves out of range of the strikes.
Supko moves out of range as Midura strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Midura tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Supko swivels and escapes.
Ben Supko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christoper Midura.
Midura is breathing heavily.
Midura misses with a looping left.
Supko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Midura.
No joy there for Midura, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Midura takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Midura closes the distance and clinches up with Supko, looking for a takedown. Midura pushes Supko against the cage but Supko circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Supko closes the distance and clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Supko.
Midura looking to stall.
Supko lands an elbow inside that Midura shrugs off.
Supko taking a breather.
Supko with a knee to the head.
Midura is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Midura has had enough of the clinch but Supko keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Supko.
Supko controlling the action here for a moment.
Midura tries to break the clinch but Supko is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Midura is struggling to control the position.
Supko blocks an uppercut.
Supko lands an elbow that stopped Midura in his tracks for a moment.
Supko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Supko lands a knee to the head.
Supko connects with a knee to the head.
Midura wants to get back to striking at distance but Supko won't allow it.
Supko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Midura's face.
Midura is trying to break the clinch but Supko has him pressed against the cage.
Supko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Supko prevents Midura from breaking the clinch.
Supko is stalling here.
Midura wants to break free but Supko has control.
Supko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Midura blocks it with crossed arms.
Midura is trying to break the clinch but Supko has him pressed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Supko as Midura tries to tie him up.
Supko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Midura's defenses.
Supko tries a knee to the head but Midura blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Midura can't break the clinch.
Supko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Supko tries a knee to the head but Midura blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Supko misses with an elbow strike.
Midura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Midura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Supko.
Supko prevents Midura from breaking the clinch.
Supko lands a damaging elbow.
Midura has a couple of punches blocked by Supko.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Supko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Midura's brow.
Supko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Midura trying to control the position but instead, Supko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Midura into the cage.
Supko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Midura is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Supko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Midura tries to break the clinch but Supko is controlling the position.
Midura is looking to break free of the clinch but Supko has double underhooks.
Supko lands a knee to the head.
Midura is trying to break the clinch but Supko has him pressed against the cage.

Midura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Midura missing with a left hand there. Supko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Midura throws a nice looking combination but Supko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Supko instigates a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Supko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Supko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Midura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Supko misses with an elbow over the top.
Midura wants to stall.
Midura wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Supko has him pressed against the cage.
Midura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Supko looking to throw knees to the head but Midura is blocking nicely.
Supko misses with a knee strike.
Supko looking to throw knees to the head but Midura is blocking nicely.
Midura wants to break free but Supko has control.
Midura wants to get back to striking at distance but Supko won't allow it.
Supko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Midura wants to break the clinch but can't.
Supko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Midura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Midura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Supko keeps control of Midura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Midura has had enough of the clinch but Supko keeps him there for the moment.
Supko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Supko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ben Supko's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Midura fails to land the takedown.
Supko tries to clinch up.
Supko tries to clinch there but Midura circles away.
Midura cracks Supko with an open hand slap.
Supko blocks a jab.
Midura fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Supko on the side of the head.
Midura avoids the head kick by Supko.
Supko scores with a jab. Midura acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A left lands for Midura.
Midura throws a nice looking combination but Supko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Midura misses.
Midura throws a series of strikes that have Supko backpedaling.

Supko clinches with his opponent.
Supko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Midura's defenses.
Supko keeps control of Midura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Midura is looking to break free of the clinch but Supko has double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Supko tries to land a knee to the head but Midura blocks with his arms.
Midura throws a punch but it's blocked by Supko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Supko wants to stall.
Midura swings wildly with an uppercut but Supko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Midura has had enough of the clinch but Supko keeps him there for the moment.
Midura wants to get back to striking at distance but Supko won't allow it.
Midura wants to break free but Supko has control.
Supko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Supko slows down the pace here.
Midura wants to break the clinch but can't.
Supko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Supko misses with a knee strike.
Midura tries to break the clinch but Supko is controlling the position.
Supko throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Midura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Supko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Midura can't break the clinch.
Supko prevents Midura from breaking the clinch.
Midura misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Midura is trying to break the clinch but Supko has him pressed against the cage.
Supko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Supko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Midura wants to break free but Supko has control.
Midura is trying to break the clinch but Supko has him pressed against the cage.
Midura is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Midura wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Supko has him pressed against the cage.
Midura wants to break free but Supko has control.
Supko lands a knee to the head.
Midura wants to get back to striking at distance but Supko won't allow it.
Midura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Supko pushes off an throws an elbow but Midura leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Midura can't break the clinch.
Supko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Midura blocks it with crossed arms.
Midura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Midura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Midura throws a series of punches but Supko avoids them all with ease.
Midura connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Supko momentarily.
Midura misses with a wild combination.
Supko lands with a kick to the temple. Midura shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midura moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Midura cracks Supko with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fighters circling - Midura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Supko throws a head kick but Midura moves out of range.
Midura throws a jab but it's blocked by Supko.
Midura thows a left - swing and a miss!
Supko needs to keep his hands up - Midura had a free shot at his head there.
Supko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Midura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Supko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Midura.
Midura throws a right hand that Supko ducks under and follows up with a left that Supko also avoids with ease.
Midura shoots in but Supko avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Supko darts in and clinches Midura up against the cage.
Midura is trying to break the clinch but Supko has him pressed against the cage.
Supko scores with a knee to the head.
Midura is trying to break the clinch but Supko has him pressed against the cage.
Supko lands an elbow inside that Midura shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Supko is pushing Midura up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Supko lands an elbow inside.
Supko lands an elbow that stopped Midura in his tracks for a moment.
Midura wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Supko has him pressed against the cage.
Midura wants to break the clinch but can't.
Supko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Supko tries to land a knee to the head but Midura blocks with his arms.
Midura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Supko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Midura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Supko tries to land a knee to the head but Midura blocks with his arms.
Midura is trying to break free.
Supko prevents Midura from breaking the clinch.
Midura dodges an elbow strike from Supko.
Midura is trying to break free.
Supko prevents Midura from breaking the clinch.
Supko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Midura wants to get back to striking at distance but Supko won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Midura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Midura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Supko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Supko misses with a knee strike.
Supko keeps control of Midura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Supko throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Christoper Midura.
I think Midura has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christoper Midura!