PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uosis Baltaragis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Gates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Baltaragis
vs
Gates

185 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Uosis Baltaragis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bill Gates!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gates gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Baltaragis can't break the clinch.
Baltaragis misses with a punch on the inside.
Gates taking a breather.
Gates misses with an elbow over the top.
Gates just leaning against Baltaragis, taking a breather.
Gates lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Baltaragis wants to get back to striking at distance but Gates won't allow it.
Gates gets underhooks to prevent Baltaragis's takedown attempt.
Gates putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baltaragis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Baltaragis wants to get back to striking at distance but Gates won't allow it.
Gates pushes Baltaragis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gates.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baltaragis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gates keeps control of Baltaragis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Baltaragis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baltaragis working hard to break the clinch.
Gates crunches a lovely knee into Baltaragis's ribcage.
Gates is pushing Baltaragis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baltaragis is looking to break free of the clinch but Gates has double underhooks.
Gates controlling the action here for a moment.
Gates working Baltaragis over with knees to the body.
Baltaragis is breathing heavily.
Gates lands a good knee to the midsection. Baltaragis won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gates obliges.
Baltaragis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knees to the body from Gates.
Gates is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gates scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Uosis Baltaragis has been cut.
Gates lands a body punch.
Gates's coach down at Tsar's Iron Addicts Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Gates's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Baltaragis takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gates landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gates has Baltaragis pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gates is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Gates.
Gates lands a knee to the body.
Gates landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Baltaragis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gates leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knees to the body from Gates.
Gates working Baltaragis over with knees to the body.
Gates landing knees to the body.
Gates is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short left from Gates.
Gates slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gates lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gates obliges.
Gates crunches a lovely knee into Baltaragis's ribcage.
Gates will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Baltaragis up against the cage.
Gates working Baltaragis over with knees to the body.
Gates lands a knee to the head.
Baltaragis wants to break free but Gates has control.
Gates pushes off an throws an elbow but Baltaragis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Gates.
Gates is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Baltaragis takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gates crunches a lovely knee into Baltaragis's ribcage.
Gates with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gates has Baltaragis pushed against the cage.
Gates lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baltaragis or not.
Gates's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gates works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gates is stalling here.
Gates is working Baltaragis over against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Baltaragis tries to break free but Gates pushes him back against the cage.
Gates pushes off an throws an elbow but Baltaragis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gates landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Gates dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uosis Baltaragis's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gates clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Gates.
Gates has Baltaragis pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gates.
Baltaragis working hard to break the clinch.
Gates lands a body punch.
Baltaragis wants to break free but Gates has control.
A short body shot lands from Gates as the two fighters clinch.
Gates throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gates crunches a lovely knee into Baltaragis's ribcage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gates using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A right hand to the body from Gates.
Gates landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gates has Baltaragis pressed against the cage.
Gates manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gates pushes Baltaragis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gates cracks Baltaragis with a nice body shot.
Baltaragis is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gates has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knees to the body from Gates.
Gates scores with a knee to the head.
Baltaragis being controlled against the cage.
Gates lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baltaragis.
Gates with a knee to the head.
Gates landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short body shot lands from Gates as the two fighters clinch.
Gates works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gates misses with an elbow over the top.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gates.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gates obliges.
Gates lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
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!
Gates pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gates taking a breather.
Baltaragis is trying to force a seperation but Gates has the dominant position.
Baltaragis can't break the clinch.
Gates pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gates with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gates with a knee to the head.
Baltaragis is looking to break free of the clinch but Gates has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gates unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baltaragis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gates lands a good knee to the midsection. Baltaragis won't want to take too many of those.
Baltaragis blocks an elbow strike from Gates.
Gates lands a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gates just misses with a elbow thrown towards Baltaragis's brow.
Gates lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gates pushes off an throws an elbow but Baltaragis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gates holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gates lands a nice knee to the body.
Gates landing knees to the head.
Gates unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Baltaragis avoids the elbow strike from Gates, against the cage.
Gates lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gates landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gates unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baltaragis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gates lands with a short shot to the head.
Gates stalling against the cage.
Good body shot from Gates.
Baltaragis is trying to break the clinch but Gates is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Baltaragis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Gates.
Gates stalling.
Gates just leaning against Baltaragis, taking a breather.
Gates putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baltaragis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gates lands a knee to the body.
Good body shot from Gates.
Gates stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Gates showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Uosis Baltaragis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gates bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Gates gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Baltaragis goes for a takedown attempt but Gates pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Gates takes the fight into the clinch.
Baltaragis working hard to break the clinch.
Come on Gates - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gates landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gates working Baltaragis over with knees to the body.
Gates using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gates landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gates working Baltaragis over with knees to the body.
Gates scores with a hook to the body.
Gates stalling the fight.
Gates misses with an elbow strike.
Gates looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Baltaragis avoids the elbow strike from Gates, against the cage.
Baltaragis trying to stall but Gates improves his position.
Gates lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gates.
Gates stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gates connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baltaragis's face.

Baltaragis is rocked!
A knee to the head by Gates.
Oh Baltaragis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gates lands an elbow that stopped Baltaragis in his tracks for a moment.
Gates has Baltaragis pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Baltaragis is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Gates - that's hurt Baltaragis badly! Oh, another knee lands and Baltaragis is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Baltaragis doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Bill Gates!