PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iheb Aribiiiii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Rotten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aribiiiii
vs
Rotten

210 cm
23
280 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

188 cm
26
288 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iheb Aribiiiii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ray Rotten!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rotten is looking to clinch but Aribiiiii is avoiding it.
Rotten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rotten tries to clinch but Aribiiiii moves out of range.
Rotten fails in his attempt to clinch.

Rotten closes the distance and pushes Aribiiiii back into the cage.
Rotten scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Iheb Aribiiiii has been cut.

Aribiiiii breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rotten moves in looking to clinch but Aribiiiii pushes him off.
Rotten avoids the head kick by Aribiiiii.
Rotten defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Aribiiiii.
Aribiiiii fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rotten looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rotten tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Aribiiiii manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Rotten drives through and clinches with Aribiiiii against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Aribiiiii as the two fighters clinch.
Rotten misses with a knee to the head.
Rotten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aribiiiii blocks it with crossed arms.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aribiiiii goes for a takedown attempt but Rotten pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iheb Aribiiiii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rotten tries to close the distance and clinch but Aribiiiii swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aribiiiii looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rotten is fending him off so far but Aribiiiii persists. Nope, Rotten circles away and we're back to standing.
Aribiiiii swats away the attempt to clinch by Rotten.
Aribiiiii bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rotten closes the distance but Aribiiiii moves to the side
and Aribiiiii counters with a left and a right that stings Rotten.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotten wants to clinch but Aribiiiii slips to the side

and Aribiiiii holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Aribiiiii jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rotten walks away with a smile on his face. Aribiiiii gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Rotten has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rotten obliges.
Aribiiiii is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Rotten.
Rotten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but Aribiiiii blocks with his arms.
Rotten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Aribiiiii in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rotten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aribiiiii lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rotten landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rotten.
Rotten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aribiiiii's face.
Rotten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rotten landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rotten obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rotten with a knee to the head.
Rotten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aribiiiii blocks it with crossed arms.
Rotten lands a knee to the head.
Rotten lands a good knee to the midsection. Aribiiiii won't want to take too many of those.
Aribiiiii wants a takedown but no success here.
Rotten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aribiiiii's face.
Rotten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rotten connects with a knee to the head.
Rotten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aribiiiii.
Rotten misses with a knee to the head.

Aribiiiii breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rotten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rotten fails with an attempt to clinch.

Rotten moves into range and clinches up with Aribiiiii.
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aribiiiii takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rotten scores a nice knee to the body.
Rotten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rotten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rotten lands a good knee to the midsection. Aribiiiii won't want to take too many of those.
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rotten landing knees to the head.
Rotten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aribiiiii is defending well for now.
Rotten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aribiiiii blocks it with crossed arms.
Aribiiiii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Rotten dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iheb Aribiiiii's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Aribiiiii shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rotten defends it nicely.
Rotten wants to clinch up but Aribiiiii keeps it at a distance.
Rotten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rotten slaps away a takedown attempt from Aribiiiii, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Aribiiiii keeps the fight on the outside.
Rotten tries to clinch up but Aribiiiii circles away and keeps his distance.
Aribiiiii throws a series of punches but Rotten moves out of range.
Rotten tries to clinch but Aribiiiii is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rotten circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rotten gets a clinch.
Aribiiiii tries to break free but Rotten pushes him back against the cage.
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rotten lands a knee to the head.
Aribiiiii takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rotten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rotten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rotten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but Aribiiiii blocks it.
Rotten connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Rotten.
Rotten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aribiiiii's face.
Rotten lands a knee to the head.
Rotten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rotten with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotten tries to land knees in the clinch but Aribiiiii avoids the damage to the body.
Rotten misses with a knee to the head.
Aribiiiii wants to take the fight to the mat but Rotten manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iheb Aribiiiii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rotten blocks the elbow strike.
Rotten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rotten landing knees to the head.
Rotten lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Rotten.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but Aribiiiii blocks it.
Aribiiiii is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rotten to keep the fight standing.
Rotten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A knee to the head by Rotten.
Rotten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aribiiiii avoids it.
Ray Rotten seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aribiiiii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aribiiiii takes a knee right on the jaw!

Aribiiiii has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Rotten uses from the top position.
Rotten must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Rotten stands and steps away. Aribiiiii gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Aribiiiii has managed to clinch.
Rotten connects with a knee to the head.
Aribiiiii is trying to maintain a safe position but Rotten gets an underhook and turns Aribiiiii into the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rotten.
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rotten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aribiiiii is defending well for now.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but Aribiiiii blocks it.
Rotten missing with knees to the body.
Aribiiiii is looking to break free of the clinch but Rotten has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rotten missing with knees to the body.
Aribiiiii working hard to break the clinch.
Rotten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aribiiiii blocks it with crossed arms.
Rotten prevents Aribiiiii from breaking the clinch.
Rotten misses with a knee strike.
Rotten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aribiiiii blocks it with crossed arms.
Aribiiiii is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rotten to keep the fight standing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rotten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aribiiiii tries for a takedown but Rotten manages to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rotten looking to throw knees to the head but Aribiiiii is blocking nicely.
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rotten with a knee to the head.
Aribiiiii wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Rotten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Iheb Aribiiiii's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Rotten tries to clinch up.

Rotten moves into range and clinches up with Aribiiiii.
Rotten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aribiiiii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aribiiiii avoids it.
Rotten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Rotten.
Aribiiiii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aribiiiii is trying to pull guard but Rotten has him pressed against the cage.
Aribiiiii takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rotten working Aribiiiii over with knees to the body.
Rotten crunches a lovely knee into Aribiiiii's ribcage.
Rotten lands a knee to the body.
Rotten lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aribiiiii is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rotten landing knees to the head.
Aribiiiii tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rotten lands a knee to the head.
Rotten trying to land knees to the body.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but Aribiiiii blocks it.
Aribiiiii avoiding damage as Rotten throws knees to the body.
Rotten gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Aribiiiii.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iheb Aribiiiii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rotten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aribiiiii's face.
Aribiiiii tries to land knees in the clinch but Rotten avoids the damage to the body.
Aribiiiii misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rotten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aribiiiii takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rotten landing knees to the body.
Rotten looking to throw knees to the head but Aribiiiii is blocking nicely.
Rotten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aribiiiii is defending well for now.
Rotten misses with a knee to the head.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but Aribiiiii blocks with his arms.

Aribiiiii pulls Rotten into guard.
Aribiiiii is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aribiiiii looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Aribiiiii prevents Rotten from standing back up.
Aribiiiii sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rotten defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotten is trying to stand.
Aribiiiii looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rotten looks like he's trying to stand up.
Aribiiiii is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rotten pushes Aribiiiii off looking to stand but Aribiiiii dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aribiiiii works his way into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten is not content to let Aribiiiii control the position.
Rotten pushes Aribiiiii away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Aribiiiii gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Aribiiiii will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Aribiiiii goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Rotten rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Aribiiiii's guard! Nice work there by Rotten!
Aribiiiii is looking to stand back up but Rotten counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Aribiiiii.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Rotten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rotten winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Rotten!