PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Przepiorka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Charleston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piotr Przepiorka looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Przepiorka
vs
Charleston

182 cm
27
181 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

187 cm
23
195 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Piotr Przepiorka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Charleston!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Charleston closes the distance and clinches.
Charleston throws a knee to the head but misses.

Charleston is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Przepiorka can't fight it off and eventually Charleston manages to take the fight to the floor. Przepiorka looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Charleston wants to control from the top but Przepiorka keeps moving.
Charleston distracts Przepiorka with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Przepiorka keeping moving, preventing Charleston from controlling successfully.
Charleston won't allow Przepiorka to sweep him here.

Przepiorka looking for a guillotine here but Charleston defends easily.
Charleston takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Charleston has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charleston in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Charleston stands up over Przepiorka, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Przepiorka is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charleston lands a couple of elbows.
Charleston is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Charleston with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Charleston throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Przepiorka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Charleston's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Charleston scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Charleston got a little sloppy there for a moment and Przepiorka has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Charleston has managed to get both his arms back between Przepiorka's legs - danger averted.
Charleston trying to control the position from guard on top but Przepiorka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Charleston works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Przepiorka is not content to let Charleston control the position.
Przepiorka is looking to improve his position.
Przepiorka throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charleston landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Charleston wants to work for an arm triangle but Przepiorka is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Charleston is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Charleston is trying to work for a kimura but Przepiorka is defending well.
Charleston thows a huge punch but Przepiorka dodges it nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Charleston lands a nice short elbow.
Charleston is looking to take a break and control but Przepiorka is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Przepiorka moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Przepiorka wants to sweep but no luck.
Charleston postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Charleston makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Charleston wants to control from the top but Przepiorka keeps moving.
Przepiorka wants to sweep but no luck.
Charleston connects with a couple of short punches.
Charleston sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Przepiorka's guard.
Charleston working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Charleston lands a nice short elbow.
Charleston working over Przepiorka with some ground and pound. Przepiorka looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Przepiorka wants to improve his position but Charleston is controlling well.
Przepiorka on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Przepiorka missing with punches from the bottom.
Charleston wants to control but Przepiorka is keeping him busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Charleston connects with a nice short shot to Przepiorka's temple.
Przepiorka is looking to improve his position.
Nice strikes from Charleston there.
Charleston working over Przepiorka with some ground and pound. Przepiorka looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Charleston looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Charleston is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Przepiorka is just riding it out for now. Charleston eventually gives up the hold.
Charleston is keen to just control but Przepiorka is a slippery customer.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Przepiorka keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Charleston 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.

Charleston wants to clinch up but Przepiorka keeps it at a distance.
Przepiorka is trying hard to land a takedown here. Charleston sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Charleston displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Przepiorka.
Nice takedown defense from Charleston. No joy for Przepiorka on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Piotr Przepiorka. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Charleston rushes Przepiorka and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Charleston breaks the clinch.
Charleston fails in his attempt to clinch.

Charleston changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Przepiorka looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Charleston lands an elbow.
Przepiorka takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Charleston wants to lay and pray for a moment but Przepiorka keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Przepiorka is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Przepiorka misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Przepiorka takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Przepiorka tries to bench press Charleston off him but Charleston keeps the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Charleston stands up.
Przepiorka shoots in but Charleston avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Despite the aggression on Charleston's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Charleston tries to close the distance and clinch but Przepiorka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Charleston lands a head kick!

Charleston clinches with his opponent.

Charleston's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Charleston feints and as Przepiorka raises his hands in defense, Charleston changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Charleston wants to stand but Przepiorka has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Przepiorka wants to sweep here but Charleston controlling him for the moment.
Przepiorka keeping moving, preventing Charleston from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charleston is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Charleston keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Przepiorka's head.
James Charleston has got the better of the ground game so far.
Charleston trying to control the position from guard on top but Przepiorka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Przepiorka on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Przepiorka tries to get out of the position.
Charleston postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Przepiorka keeping moving, preventing Charleston from controlling successfully.
Charleston is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Charleston with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Charleston stopping the sweep attempt from Przepiorka.
Charleston with a nice head shot there.
Charleston sitting in guard here, content to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Charleston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charleston moves to clinch but Przepiorka breaks away

and Przepiorka counters with a takedown into side control.
Charleston wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Przepiorka is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Charleston has escaped the position, nice work there.
Charleston tries to escape but Przepiorka is in control.
Przepiorka in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Przepiorka goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Charleston has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Przepiorka but great work by Charleston.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Przepiorka taking a bit of punishment here - Charleston scoring with strikes.
Charleston landing a few strikes.
Charleston is chipping away with strikes.
Przepiorka is trying to improve his position.
Przepiorka is working hard here to advance position.
Charleston lands some shots froms side control.
Charleston wants to control but Przepiorka is keeping him busy.
Charleston working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charleston landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Charleston landing strikes.
Charleston is putting a hurting on Przepiorka here, landing some big shots from side control.
Przepiorka trying to remain calm as Charleston controls from the top position.
Przepiorka prevents Charleston from moving into mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Charleston showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Charleston wants to clinch.

Charleston rushes Przepiorka and presses him up against the cage.
Charleston has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Przepiorka is looking to take this one to the mat.
Charleston wants to get back to striking at distance but Przepiorka won't allow it.
Charleston trying to stall but Przepiorka improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charleston looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Charleston looking to slow down the pace here.
Charleston tries to land a knee to the head but Przepiorka blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Charleston's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Charleston closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Przepiorka quickly recovers to half guard.
Przepiorka regains full guard. Nicely done.

Przepiorka has his feet on Charleston's thighs here. He's pushed Charleston off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Charleston screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Piotr Przepiorka!