PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Barton David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Draco Undistra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Draco Undistra will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

David
vs
Undistra

150 cm
22
177 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

183 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Barton David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Draco Undistra!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Undistra moves in looking to clinch but David pushes him off.

Undistra shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in David's guard.
David is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Undistra distracts David with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
David really is a fat lump.
Undistra stands and throws David's legs to the side, diving into side control.
David is not content to let Undistra control the position.
David is letting Undistra control him for a moment.
Undistra wants to lay and pray for a moment but David keeps working.
David struggling a bit here.
David knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Undistra on the ground.
Undistra trying to control the position but David is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Draco Undistra was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Undistra misses with an attempted mid kick.

Undistra closes the distance and pushes David back into the cage.
Undistra wants to get back to striking at distance but David won't allow it.
David jumps guard but Undistra turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Undistra breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Undistra shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Undistra is keen to just control but David is a slippery customer.
David trying to control but Undistra postures up.
David is controlling Undistra's trapped leg to prevent Undistra from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David tries to get to full guard but Undistra has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Undistra wants to control but David is keeping him busy.
Undistra looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Draco Undistra has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Undistra scores with a takedown into David's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Undistra 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.
David looking to control.
David looking for a sweep. Not yet David, not yet.
David is pulling down on Undistra's head. It's preventing any offense from Undistra, at least for the moment.
Undistra is pushing down on David's leg trying to pass to half guard. David is fighting to maintain full guard but Undistra has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David makes his way to full guard. A much better position for David.
Undistra slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Undistra stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. David swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Undistra is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Undistra wants to pass the guard but David is keeping the position.
David is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Undistra actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. David lands a nice short elbow.
Undistra is trying to control but can't.
David lands strikes from half guard.

Undistra is defending against the submission attempts here by David.

David is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Undistra doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time David.
David seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Draco Undistra dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Undistra steps to the side to avoid the strikes from David.

Undistra looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
David keeping control of the position.
David wants to control but Undistra is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Undistra is trying to control the action in half guard but David is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
David is trying to stand back up but Undistra is controlling him
David trying to control here.

Undistra is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Undistra tries to pass the half guard into mount. David knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Draco Undistra has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Undistra prevents David from improving his position.
Undistra keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Undistra gets a takedown into half guard.
David is trying to control but can't.
Undistra prevents David from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
David is working hard here to advance position.
David controlling the position well.
David pushes Undistra off looking to stand but Undistra dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Undistra trying to control the action but David is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Undistra is on the wrong end of a nice combination from David.

Undistra has taken the fight to the clinch.
Undistra looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Undistra wants to break the clinch but can't.

Undistra breaks from the clinch.
Barton David is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Undistra shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. David manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Undistra won't allow David to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Undistra controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Undistra won't allow David to sweep him here.

Undistra drops back looking for a leg! David is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and David manages to kick Undistra off! Undistra jumps back into David's guard.
Undistra is breathing heavily.
David wants to get back to his feet but Undistra is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Undistra postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Undistra thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Undistra passes easily into side control. Nice work.
David prevents Undistra from improving position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
David regains half guard.
David wants to control but Undistra is keeping busy and won't allow it.
David might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Undistra wants to pass to mount but David is defending the position.
David is trying to stand.
Undistra is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Undistra scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish David?
David is squirming around, avoiding Undistra's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Draco Undistra 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! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

David is looking to clinch but Undistra is avoiding it.

Undistra changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. David looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Undistra working the ground and pound.
Undistra wants to control but David is keeping him busy.
Undistra has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Undistra wants to control the pace but David is squirming around nicely.
Undistra raining down hammerfists from mount.
David tries to hold on but Undistra pushes him away.
David tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Undistra avoids the attempt from David to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Undistra looking to secure an arm triangle but David defends it well.
David is in all sorts of trouble here.
Undistra controlling from the full mount.
Undistra prevents David from getting the reversal.
Undistra looking to ground and pound but David is blocking nicely.
Undistra can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as David is looking to escape.
Undistra looking to finish with strikes here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David tries to hold on but Undistra postures up.
David is in all sorts of trouble here.
David wants to hold on but Undistra pushes him away.
David is squirming around, avoiding Undistra's attempts to control the action.
Undistra looking to ground and pound but David is blocking nicely.

Undistra working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Undistra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
David is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Undistra throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Undistra looking to secure an arm triangle but David defends it well.
David wants to hold on but Undistra pushes him away.
David really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Undistra avoids the attempt from David to control.
David is squirming around, avoiding Undistra's attempts to control the action.
David keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Undistra trying to control but David is having none of it.
Undistra prevents David from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Undistra throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Undistra takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Undistra looking for a guillotine from mount but David is having none of it.
Undistra misses with a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Undistra tries to push David's head away but David is holding on tight.
Undistra pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Draco Undistra comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Undistra 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Draco Undistra!