PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boris Gregorovitsj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Yossarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gregorovitsj kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Pink Panther Theme. Boris Gregorovitsj could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to John Yossarian's chin.

Gregorovitsj
vs
Yossarian

175 cm
31
164 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

175 cm
28
161 lbs
19 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear
Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Boris Gregorovitsj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, John Yossarian!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gregorovitsj comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gregorovitsj loads up on a big right hand but Yossarian slips the punch.
Gregorovitsj with a hook.
Gregorovitsj displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yossarian throws out the jab.
Yossarian checks a leg kick.
Yossarian changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Gregorovitsj misses with a straight left.
Yossarian throws out a leg kick but Gregorovitsj moves out of range and Yossarian only half commits.
Gregorovitsj takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yossarian looks to land a right hand but Gregorovitsj moved out of range.
Yossarian takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gregorovitsj misses with a low kick.
Nice shot by Gregorovitsj.
Yossarian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gregorovitsj misses the shot to the body.
Yossarian on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gregorovitsj misses with a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gregorovitsj fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yossarian throws a looping overhand right but Gregorovitsj ducks down to avoid it.
Gregorovitsj fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yossarian.
Gregorovitsj missing with a left hand there. Yossarian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yossarian drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Gregorovitsj defends it well.
Yossarian throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gregorovitsj throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yossarian takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yossarian is able to avoid easily.
Gregorovitsj misses with a body shot.
Gregorovitsj is looking to wear down Yossarian with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gregorovitsj feints and then cracks Yossarian's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yossarian down.
Yossarian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yossarian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gregorovitsj misses with the combination.
Gregorovitsj lands a nice hook to Yossarian's body. Yossarian takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yossarian, as that shot connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gregorovitsj misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yossarian.
Yossarian takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A jab from Yossarian finds it's way through Gregorovitsj's defenses.
Yossarian has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Yossarian's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gregorovitsj connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yossarian scrambles back to his feet.
Gregorovitsj blocks a leg kick.
Yossarian takes one to the chin there.
Gregorovitsj scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yossarian in his tracks.
Yossarian moves away from the strike by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj throws a chopping leg kick but Yossarian manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Boris Gregorovitsj seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Gregorovitsj there.
Yossarian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yossarian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian checks a leg kick.
Yossarian tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Gregorovitsj dodges the punch combination from Yossarian.
Yossarian attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gregorovitsj displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yossarian throws out the jab.
Gregorovitsj takes a swing at Yossarian's ribcage but misses.
Yossarian is trying to counter with his kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yossarian throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj lands with a nice combination. Yossarian backs away looking to recover.
Gregorovitsj wants to slow Yossarian down by chopping away at his legs.
Yossarian feints the counter takedown.
Gregorovitsj swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yossarian throws a leg kick which misses Gregorovitsj's front leg but catches the back leg as Gregorovitsj tries to avoid it.
Yossarian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gregorovitsj was well out of range. Poor timing from Yossarian.
Gregorovitsj buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Gregorovitsj checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gregorovitsj connects with a body shot that sends Yossarian's belly button to the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gregorovitsj. Yossarian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yossarian feints the counter takedown.
A swing and a miss from Gregorovitsj.
Yossarian showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj looks to throw the jab but Yossarian is out of range.
A solid body kick from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj connects with an inside leg kick.
Yossarian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gregorovitsj lands a jab to the nose.
Gregorovitsj buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gregorovitsj. Yossarian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gregorovitsj misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yossarian is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gregorovitsj with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Gregorovitsj 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.

A jab from Gregorovitsj misses.
Yossarian's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yossarian looks to score with a jab to the body but Gregorovitsj is just out of range.
A big right from Gregorovitsj misses.
Gregorovitsj ducks under a wild hook from Yossarian.
Gregorovitsj throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
John Yossarian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gregorovitsj instigates a clinch.
Yossarian has a couple of punches blocked by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj lands a left hand.
Gregorovitsj goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yossarian can do to turn this around?
Yossarian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gregorovitsjs head.
Yossarian blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yossarian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yossarian makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gregorovitsj's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gregorovitsj is stalling here.
Yossarian misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Yossarian - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yossarian misses with some punches.
Yossarian lands a body punch.
Yossarian blocks an uppercut.
Yossarian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gregorovitsj backwards.
Yossarian stalling.
Gregorovitsj lands a hook that snaps the head of Yossarian backwards.
Gregorovitsj with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yossarian blocks an elbow strike from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj tries to work over Yossarian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yossarian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yossarian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yossarian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yossarian lands a nice uppercut.
Gregorovitsj blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yossarian missing with knees to the body.
Gregorovitsj lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gregorovitsj.
Yossarian just leaning against Gregorovitsj, taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Yossarian fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Yossarian - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gregorovitsj tries to land knees in the clinch but Yossarian avoids the damage to the body.
Gregorovitsj controlling the action here for a moment.
Yossarian throws a head punch that misses.
I was talking to Gregorovitsj's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gregorovitsj lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yossarian backwards.
A short body shot lands from Gregorovitsj as the two fighters clinch.
A short left from Gregorovitsj.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Yossarian tries to land a knee to the head but Gregorovitsj blocks with his arms.
Yossarian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right from Gregorovitsj.
Yossarian throws a punch but it's blocked by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj blocks an uppercut.
Gregorovitsj softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yossarian creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian working Gregorovitsj over with knees to the body.
Gregorovitsj pushes Yossarian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gregorovitsj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Yossarian is rocked!
Yossarian looking to stall.
Yossarian is still on wobbly legs! Can Gregorovitsj finish him?
Gregorovitsj stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gregorovitsj just leaning against Yossarian, taking a breather.
Gregorovitsj seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Yossarian seems to have recovered his senses.
Yossarian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gregorovitsj has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Boris Gregorovitsj has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gregorovitsj makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gregorovitsj scores with a hook to the body.
Gregorovitsj looking to throw knees to the head but Yossarian is blocking nicely.
Yossarian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gregorovitsj blocks an uppercut.
Gregorovitsj is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gregorovitsj lands a nice shot to the body.
Yossarian is breathing heavily.
Yossarian swings wildly with an uppercut but Gregorovitsj uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yossarian backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Gregorovitsj.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yossarian.
Yossarian misses with an elbow strike.
Yossarian letting Gregorovitsj take a breather here.
Gregorovitsj throws a punch but it's blocked by Yossarian.
Yossarian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Yossarian.
Gregorovitsj tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gregorovitsj blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gregorovitsj lands a nice knee to the body.
Gregorovitsj lands a nice elbow.
Gregorovitsj scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yossarian has a couple of punches blocked by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yossarian pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gregorovitsj misses with some punches.
Yossarian is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gregorovitsj blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Gregorovitsj dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gregorovitsj misses with a hook to the body
and Yossarian counters with a straight right hand.
Gregorovitsj lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gregorovitsj fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yossarian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gregorovitsj moves out of range of the leg kick from Yossarian.
Gregorovitsj scores with a leg kick.
Gregorovitsj takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gregorovitsj throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gregorovitsj lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yossarian circles away quickly and effectively.
Gregorovitsj throws a low kick but Yossarian moves out of range easily.
Boris Gregorovitsj is winning the standup battle so far.
Yossarian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gregorovitsj.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yossarian checks a leg kick nicely.
Gregorovitsj lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gregorovitsj jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yossarian with the counter takedown but Gregorovitsj avoids it easily.
Gregorovitsj explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yossarian with a jab.
Gregorovitsj misses with a two punch combination.
Yossarian tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Yossarian throws out a leg kick but Gregorovitsj moves out of range and Yossarian only half commits.
Yossarian fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gregorovitsj throws a leg kick
and Yossarian counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Gregorovitsj closes the distance and clinches.
Yossarian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yossarian works on Gregorovitsj's body with a couple of short punches.
Gregorovitsj makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Yossarian scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yossarian digs a right hand underneath Gregorovitsj's ribcage. Gregorovitsj let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yossarian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gregorovitsj.
Yossarian lands with a short shot to the head.
Yossarian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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!
Yossarian throws a head punch that misses.
Gregorovitsj blocks the elbow strike.
John Yossarian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj pushes Yossarian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Yossarian.
Gregorovitsj swings wildly with an uppercut but Yossarian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yossarian tries to land a knee to the head but Gregorovitsj blocks with his arms.
Yossarian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yossarian.
Gregorovitsj blocking some punches.
Gregorovitsj looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gregorovitsj working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yossarian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yossarian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gregorovitsj has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gregorovitsj tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yossarian avoids it.
Yossarian throws an elbow that misses.
Yossarian lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gregorovitsj creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gregorovitsj tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yossarian avoids it.
Gregorovitsj stalls.
Gregorovitsj misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj throws an elbow but it misses.
Yossarian lands with a short shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yossarian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yossarian misses with a knee to the head.
Gregorovitsj avoiding damage as Yossarian throws knees to the body.
Gregorovitsj putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yossarian in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yossarian tries a knee to the head but Gregorovitsj blocks it.
Yossarian throws a head punch that misses.
Yossarian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gregorovitsj lands a body punch.
Gregorovitsj tries to land a knee to the head but Yossarian blocks with his arms.
Yossarian misses with a body punch.
Yossarian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yossarian misses with a punch on the inside.
Gregorovitsj is working Yossarian over against the cage.
Yossarian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yossarian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gregorovitsj lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yossarian trying to land knees to the body.
Gregorovitsj crunches a lovely knee into Yossarian's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gregorovitsj lands a hook that snaps the head of Yossarian backwards.
Gregorovitsj pushes Yossarian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yossarian tries to throw a body punch but Gregorovitsj avoids it by throwing Yossarian back against the cage.
Yossarian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gregorovitsj avoids it.
Gregorovitsj lands a right hand.
Yossarian tries to land knees in the clinch but Gregorovitsj avoids the damage to the body.
Yossarian has a couple of punches blocked by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj lands a nice uppercut.
Yossarian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gregorovitsj working Yossarian over with knees to the body.
Yossarian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yossarian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gregorovitsj lands an elbow just above Yossarian 's eye.
Yossarian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boris Gregorovitsj is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gregorovitsj scores with a nice hook to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boris Gregorovitsj showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gregorovitsj has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boris Gregorovitsj!
Boris Gregorovitsj thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, John Yossarian stepped up to the mic, saying 'Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?'.