PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Hendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Deal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hendo
vs
Deal

188 cm
19
187 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

191 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gerald Hendo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bobby Deal!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendo cracks a nice hook into Deal's ribs.

Hendo has Deal up against the cage in a clinch.

Hendo gets control of Deal's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hendo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Hendo pulls Deal in close to his closed guard and prevents Deal from doing any damage or advancing position.
Deal won't allow Hendo to get back to his feet.
Hendo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Deal is one step ahead there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo wants to stand and escape but Deal is having none of it.
Hendo is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Deal dives into side control.

Deal decides to stand back up.
Deal tries to bum rush Hendo with a series of wild strikes but Hendo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Hendo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Hendo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Deal wants to stand but Hendo is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo trying to control the position here.
Deal wants to stand and escape but instead Hendo has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Hendo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hendo stands and steps away. Deal gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Hendo pushes Deal up against the cage in a clinch.

Hendo breaks the clinch.
Hendo throws a right hand that Deal ducks under and follows up with a left that Deal also avoids with ease.
Deal tries to clinch up.
Hendo tries to bum rush Deal with a series of wild strikes but Deal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Deal lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Hendo rushes Deal and presses him up against the cage.

Hendo pulls guard.
Hendo keeping moving, preventing Deal from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hendo trying to control the position here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Deal won't allow Hendo to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Hendo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hendo tries to work over Deal's front leg with a kick but Deal checks it.
Hendo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hendo misses with a double jab.
Deal avoids a punch combination nicely.

Hendo has Deal up against the cage in a clinch.
Deal wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hendo has him pressed against the cage.

Hendo pulls Deal into guard.
Hendo wants to stand but Deal is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deal wants to stand but Hendo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hendo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Deal trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hendo's guard.
Hendo pulls Deal in close to prevent any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hendo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Hendo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hendo lands in his opponent's guard.
Hendo lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Hendo decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Hendo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Deal can do to turn this around?

Hendo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hendo performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Hendo stands up and beckons Deal to join him on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deal moves in looking to clinch but Hendo pushes him off.
Hendo is looking to score with low kicks.
Hendo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Deal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hendo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hendo duly obliges.
Deal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hendo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hendo attempts a counter takedown but Deal avoids it well and moves away.
Deal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendo half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A punch combination from Hendo misses.
Deal misses with the combination.
Hendo tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Deal manages to circle out of the way.
Deal is breathing heavily.
Deal tries to clinch up but Hendo circles away and keeps his distance.
Deal is looking to clinch.

Hendo forces Deal back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo keeps control of Deal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hendo managing to block the knees to the body from Deal.
Deal landing knees to the body.
Hendo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Deal misses with a body punch.
Deal blocks the elbow strike.
Deal tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Hendo pulls Deal into guard.
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!
Hendo wants to get back to his feet but Deal is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gerald Hendo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hendo pulls Deal in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Hendo 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!

Hendo dives in and scores a takedown into Deal's guard.
Hendo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Deal can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hendo controls the pace.
Deal has momentary wrist control but Hendo slips an elbow through the middle.

Hendo stands up and waves to Deal to follow him.

Hendo rushes Deal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Deal throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hendo is trying to pull guard but Deal has him pressed against the cage.

Hendo manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hendo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Deal sprawls well initially but Hendo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hendo trying to control the pace.

Hendo decides to stand up.
Deal takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Deal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Deal looks to clinch

and Hendo counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Deal is working an open guard so Hendo takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Hendo slaps away a takedown attempt from Deal, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Deal blocks a head kick by Hendo.

Hendo has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo keeps control of Deal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Deal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Deal working hard to break the clinch.
Hendo fails to pull guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hendo has Deal pushed against the cage.
Hendo tries to pull guard but Deal forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerald Hendo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Deal tries to break the clinch but Hendo is controlling the position.

Hendo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Deal tries to clinch but Hendo moves away

and Hendo counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Hendo gets to his feet. Deal looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gerald Hendo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hendo throws a right hand that Deal ducks under and follows up with a left that Deal also avoids with ease.
Hendo throws the kick towards the body but Deal avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendo throws a head kick but Deal moves out of range.
Deal throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Deal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Hendo takes the fight into the clinch.
Deal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Hendo pulls guard.
Deal won't allow Hendo to get back to his feet.
Hendo throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hendo wants to get back to his feet but Deal is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo is pulling down on Deal's head to control his posture.
Bobby Deal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hendo wants to sweep but no luck.
Hendo wants to get back to his feet but Deal is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Gerald Hendo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Hendo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gerald Hendo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hendo 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerald Hendo!