PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frodo Begins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gugo Ograni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ograni is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ameno - Era . Frodo Begins is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Begins
vs
Ograni

175 cm
26
190 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

183 cm
39
195 lbs
27 - 13 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frodo Begins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gugo Ograni!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ograni displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ograni tries to bum rush Begins with a series of wild strikes but Begins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ograni!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Begins misses with a takedown attempt

and Ograni counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ograni.

Begins is rocked!
Ograni controls from within his opponent's guard.
Oh Begins is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ograni's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Begins seems to have got his legs back now.
Ograni passes Begins's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ograni passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ograni controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Begins wants to control but Ograni is having none of it.
Ograni landing punches.
Ograni tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begins working to try and regain half guard.
Ograni sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Gugo Ograni.
Ograni throws a right and a left that both miss.
Begins fails with the takedown
and Ograni counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ograni scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Begins misses with a takedown attempt
and Ograni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frodo Begins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Begins shoots in but no luck this time.
Sloppy strikes from Begins. Those never looked like landing.

Ograni drops Begins with a left and a right! Oh, Begins is hurt - Ograni dives into side control looking to finish!
Begins is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ograni taking a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Ograni 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.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Gugo Ograni wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ograni connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Begins to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Ograni!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gugo Ograni!
Our winner, Gugo Ograni, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.