PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Izya Haimovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coleman has chosen CLICK CLICK BOOM! by Saliva as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Brock Coleman acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Haimovich
vs
Coleman

197 cm
27
258 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

195 cm
20
248 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Izya Haimovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Coleman!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coleman with a lazy takedown attempt

and Haimovich counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Haimovich not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Haimovich has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Haimovich looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Haimovich throwing shots but Coleman is blocking nicely.
Coleman wants to get back to full guard.
Haimovich is looking to advance position but Coleman won't allow it.
Coleman wants to improve his position but Haimovich is controlling well.
Coleman is controlling Haimovich's trapped leg to prevent Haimovich from advancing to side control.
Coleman trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman is trying to get back to full guard.
Coleman is controlling Haimovich's trapped leg to prevent Haimovich from advancing to side control.
Haimovich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Haimovich wants to take a breather but Coleman is having none of it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Coleman shoots in and drives through. Haimovich sprawls well.
Coleman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haimovich.
Coleman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Izya Haimovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Coleman.
Coleman shoots in looking for a takedown. Haimovich tries to sprawl out of it but Coleman keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Haimovich manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Horrible takedown by Coleman or perhaps it was just good defense by Haimovich which made him look bad.
Coleman shoots for a takedown but Haimovich saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman avoids a punch combination nicely.

Coleman closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Haimovich did well to prevent Coleman getting side control.
Haimovich is refusing to be controlled, as Coleman sits in half guard.
Coleman is thwarting Haimovich's attempts to control the position.
Haimovich is in trouble now - Coleman has advanced to mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coleman working Haimovich over with strikes here.
Haimovich on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Haimovich tries to get out of the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Coleman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Coleman with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haimovich is in a horrible position here. Coleman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Haimovich regains half guard.
Coleman lands strikes from half guard.
Coleman throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Haimovich to regain full guard.
Coleman postures up in Haimovich's guard and throws a big left but Haimovich blocks it.
Coleman wants to control from the top but Haimovich keeps moving.
Haimovich is trying to control the position but Coleman postures up.
Coleman lands a couple of digs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coleman passes Haimovich's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Coleman working Haimovich over with strikes.
Haimovich taking some punishment here, with Coleman in his half guard.
Coleman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Haimovich tries to roll over but Coleman keeps him under control.
Haimovich regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Coleman.
Coleman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coleman throwing strikes but missing.
Coleman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Coleman dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

No luck for Coleman with that takedown attempt.

Coleman 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.
Coleman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Haimovich's head.
Coleman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Haimovich working a defensive guard here.
Coleman is in close to Haimovich's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Coleman sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Haimovich's guard.
Haimovich tries to get to full guard but Coleman has control of the leg.
Haimovich is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Coleman scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coleman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Coleman prevents Haimovich from improving his position.
Coleman lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coleman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Coleman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Coleman.
Coleman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Coleman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Coleman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Coleman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haimovich is looking to improve his position.
Haimovich keeping hold of Coleman's head, controlling as best he can.
Coleman lands with a punch from half guard.
Coleman wants to take a breather but Haimovich is having none of it.
Coleman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Coleman is looking to advance position but Haimovich won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman drops an elbow to the side of Haimovich's head.
Coleman trying to mount his opponent but Haimovich defends it.
Coleman working over Haimovich with some ground and pound. Haimovich looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Coleman tries to pass the half guard into mount. Haimovich knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Brock Coleman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Haimovich slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Coleman trying to control but Haimovich is working from the bottom.
Haimovich tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haimovich manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Coleman manages to get himself to full guard.
Haimovich preventing the sweep.
Coleman is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Haimovich throws a big elbow that misses.
Haimovich trying to control but Coleman is working from the bottom.
Coleman managing to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coleman wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Coleman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Haimovich looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Coleman gets the takedown into side control.
Haimovich is trying to improve his position.
Coleman looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Haimovich is avoiding damage well.
Coleman works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Coleman tries to move into full mount but can't pass Haimovich's legs.
Coleman cracks Haimovich with a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haimovich dodges the ground and pound from Coleman.
Coleman tries to move into full mount but can't pass Haimovich's legs.
Coleman throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Haimovich works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Haimovich does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Coleman moves nicely into side control.
Coleman looks up at the clock and then as Haimovich takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Coleman smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Coleman laying and praying for a moment but Haimovich takes advantage and regains half guard.
Coleman trying to control from half guard but Haimovich is working away.
Coleman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Izya Haimovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brock Coleman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Let's hope that Coleman has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Haimovich has his hands clasped together around Coleman's back. He's all about the action.
Coleman perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brock Coleman was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Coleman drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coleman 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 Haimovich's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Brock Coleman hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Coleman shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Coleman showed some decent athleticism there.
Haimovich tries to get to full guard but Coleman has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman controlling the action here.
Coleman trying to pass the guard but Haimovich defending well.
Haimovich wants to get back to full guard.
Coleman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brock Coleman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Coleman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brock Coleman!
A very excited looking Brock Coleman made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.