PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ilya Muromets (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Muromets
vs
Hart

182 cm
19
232 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
255 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Fighter Suplements

Crippler's Corner
Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ilya Muromets!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Hart!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muromets works Hart's body with a nice hook.
Hart looks to land a combination but Muromets avoids it well.

Hart feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hart prevents Muromets from getting back to his feet.
Muromets lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hart!
Hart avoids a series of strikes thrown by Muromets.
Muromets trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Muromets scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hart?
Hart tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hart in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hart takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BOOM! Muromets connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hart tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Muromets looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Muromets wants to control the pace but Hart is squirming around nicely.
Hart keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hart swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart working to try and regain half guard.
Muromets landing strikes from the mount and Hart is in trouble!
Muromets landing punches.
Muromets looking to control and managing it successfully.
Muromets fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Muromets working the ground and pound effectively.

Muromets looking to secure an arm triangle but Hart defends it well.
Hart tries to lock up and control but Muromets gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Muromets unloading with bombs!
Muromets with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hart is squirming around, avoiding Muromets's attempts to control the action.
Muromets landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muromets controlling from the full mount.
Hart is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Muromets looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hart regains half guard.
Muromets is taking a breather. Hart says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Muromets sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hart defending well though.

Hart is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Muromets pulls his head out easily.
Hart looks gassed!

Hart looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Muromets trying to mount his opponent but Hart defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart gets back to full guard.

Muromets drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Muromets jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hart doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Muromets throws a big right hand that misses.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Muromets lands with a nice body punch.
Muromets throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hart counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Muromets's guard now.
Muromets wants to sweep here but Hart controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hart accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Muromets manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muromets breaks from Hart's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Muromets is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hart can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Muromets sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Muromets postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hart looks a forlorn figure.
Muromets sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Muromets looking to finish Hart with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hart!
Muromets punishing his opponent with strikes.
Muromets pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hart is looking to improve his position but Muromets isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Muromets with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hart is desperately trying to improve his position but Muromets has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Muromets misses with a hook.
Ilya Muromets seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muromets throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hart missing with a left hand there. Muromets was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hart misses with a body shot.
Muromets fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hart manages to avoid it.
Hart fails to land the takedown.
Muromets swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hart counters with a nice body shot.
Hart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Muromets.
Hart throws a hook to the side of Muromets's head but Muromets sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hart thows a body shot but no joy.
Muromets thows a body shot but no joy.
Hart ducks under a wild hook from Muromets.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hart scores with a three punch combo!
Muromets misses with a combination
and Hart makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hart works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hart bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muromets throws a hook but Hart blocks it.
Muromets slips a jab and a cross from Hart.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Muromets throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muromets misses with a body punch

and Hart counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Muromets looks like he's trying to stand up.

Muromets is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Hart pulls his head out easily.

Hart is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Muromets is just riding it out for now. Hart eventually gives up the hold.
Hart trying to control the pace.
Muromets punching from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart works his foot free and advances to mount.

Hart looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Muromets is looking to get to half guard.
Muromets regains half guard.
Hart tries to pass the half guard into mount. Muromets knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Hart is working for a submission of some sort.
Muromets is trying to stand up here but Hart is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muromets works his way to full guard. Good work.

Muromets working for a triangle but Hart defends it easily.
Muromets keeping moving, preventing Hart from controlling successfully.
Hart advances position into side control!

Hart tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hart has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Muromets sneaks back into half guard.
Muromets slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muromets looking for a sweep. Not yet Muromets, not yet.

Hart is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Hart working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hart preventing the sweep.
Muromets is trying to hold Hart in close to prevent damage but Hart has managed to pass into half guard.

Hart seems to be looking for submissions.
Muromets wants to improve his position but Hart is controlling well.
Hart missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muromets.
Hart dodges the punch combination from Muromets.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Hart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Muromets misses with a hook.
Hart fails to land the takedown.
Hart uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Muromets.
Muromets throws a right and a left that both miss.
Muromets throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muromets walks into a stiff left hand from Hart.
Muromets throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hart defending well as Muromets loads up on a big left hand.
Muromets punishes Hart's body with a nice straight punch.
Muromets misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Hart counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Hart drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hart jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Muromets throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Muromets lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hart!
Muromets with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hart defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Muromets.
Muromets throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hart throwing hammer fists to the chest of Muromets. What's that going to do exactly?
Hart wants to hold on but Muromets pushes him away.
Hart is desperately trying to improve his position but Muromets has a good base and remains in mount.
Muromets lands a heavy elbow.
Muromets wants to control the pace but Hart is squirming around nicely.

Muromets working for a submission but Hart is keeping him at bay.
Hart regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart missing with punches from the bottom.
Ilya Muromets overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Muromets seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hart does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Hart looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Muromets wants to free his trapped foot but Hart is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hart is looking for a sweep. Muromets is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Hart is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Muromets pulls his head out easily.
Muromets trying to control from half guard but Hart is working away.

Hart looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hart moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muromets throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hart counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Muromets!
Muromets is trying to escape the mount.

Hart looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Muromets is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Muromets tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Muromets tries to hold on but Hart pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hart has hold of Muromets's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Muromets manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hart avoids the attempt from Muromets to control.
Hart trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Muromets can't escape the position.
Hart looking to control but Muromets is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Muromets can't escape the position.

Hart is working for a guillotine from mount but Muromets frees his head quite easily.
Hart thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Hart comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hart has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chad Hart!