PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck The Russian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Russian comes into the arena with Keep on blaring out of the sound system. Chuck The Russian has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

The Russian
vs
Saint

188 cm
22
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Acton Nutritional Company

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chuck The Russian!
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, Jensen Saint!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Russian connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Saint to the floor! The Russian dives in looking for the finish!

Saint is rocked!

It looks like Jensen Saint has been cut.

Saint is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but The Russian pulls his head out easily.
Saint is still in real trouble! Can The Russian finish him?
Saint is refusing to be controlled, as The Russian sits in half guard.
The Russian looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Saint seems to have recovered his senses.
The Russian is looking to take a break and control but Saint is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Saint is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The Russian stalling away here and it's allowed Saint to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
The Russian looking to pass the guard.
Saint has his hands on The Russian's head, controlling the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Saint doesn't manage to clinch there - The Russian circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saint looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Russian pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Saint takes the fight into the clinch.

The Russian breaks from the clinch.
Saint misses with a double jab.
Saint tries to clinch up.
Saint tries to clinch there but The Russian circles away.
Saint tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Russian swats away the attempt to clinch by Saint.
Jensen Saint seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saint fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Russian bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The Russian is looking to clinch but Saint is avoiding it.
The Russian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Saint gets the takedown into side control.
Saint looks gassed!
The Russian is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Saint's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The Russian is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Saint is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The Russian is trying to get back to full guard.
The Russian is not content to let Saint control the position.
The Russian trying to control here.
The Russian works his way to full guard. Good work.
The Russian wants to stand but Saint is controlling the position.

The Russian is looking for a triangle but Saint pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Russian is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Saint trying to control the position from guard on top but The Russian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saint looking to pass the guard.

The Russian looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

The Russian throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The Russian is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

The Russian looking for a guillotine here but Saint defends easily.

The Russian is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Saint slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The Russian can't do much from the bottom here.
The Russian is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck The Russian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jensen Saint's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Saint has managed to clinch.
The Russian is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The Russian can't break the clinch.
Saint throws a punch but it's blocked by The Russian.
The Russian gets underhooks to prevent Saint's takedown attempt.
Saint is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Russian is keeping busy.
The Russian stalling in the clinch but Saint improves position.

The Russian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Russian doesn't manage to clinch there - Saint circles away.
Saint circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saint has a takedown stuffed.
Saint misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Chuck The Russian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jensen Saint.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint is looking to clinch.
Saint is breathing heavily.

The Russian closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The Russian is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Russian is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Saint has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Saint!

The Russian is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The Russian can't keep his opponent in guard - Saint advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The Russian is trying to stand back up but Saint is controlling him
Saint prevents The Russian from improving his position.
Saint works his way into side control.
Saint tries to advance position but instead The Russian slips a leg back in to half guard.
The Russian moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Russian is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Saint wants to control from the top but The Russian keeps moving.

The Russian pushes Saint off and scrambles back to his feet.
Saint takes a kick to the side of the head.
The Russian tries to clinch but Saint is having none of it.
A punch lands to the side of Saint 's head but he takes it in his stride.The Russian closes this distance looking for a takedown but Saint circles away.
Saint takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Saint shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with The Russian but The Russian pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Saint tries to clinch
and The Russian counters with a thumping low kick.
Saint looks to clinch
and The Russian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Saint clinches up against the cage.
The Russian tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Saint smiles and moves away.
The Russian circles away from the clinch attempt
and The Russian counters with a head kick. That will keep Saint thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Saint shoots in and drives through. The Russian sprawls well.
Saint tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and The Russian counters with a head kick. That will keep Saint thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Saint stuffs the takedown.
Saint fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jab by The Russian.
The Russian fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saint throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Russian's waist but The Russian gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Saint off to one side.
Saint looks for a takedown but The Russian sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Russian lands a head kick that stumbles Saint and the fighters go to the mat.
The Russian wants to control from the top but Saint keeps moving.
The Russian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Saint is keeping the position for now.
The Russian throwing strikes but missing.
The Russian with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Russian missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Russian forces his way into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saint moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saint not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Saint keeping moving, preventing The Russian from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck The Russian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jensen Saint'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. This is the final round!

The Russian lands a nice shot to the body.
Saint tries to clinch but The Russian is having none of it.
The Russian will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Saint has a takedown stuffed.
A kick lands to the mid section there for The Russian.
The Russian fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Saint is looking to clinch but The Russian is avoiding it.
The Russian throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Russian scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Saint tries to clinch but fails miserably

and The Russian counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The Russian is thwarting Saint's attempts to control the position.
Saint gets back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saint pulls The Russian in to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint keeping moving, preventing The Russian from controlling successfully.
Saint avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The Russian wants to control from the top but Saint keeps moving.
The Russian wants to pass the guard but Saint is keeping the position.
Saint trying to keep a closed guard but The Russian is proving a slippery customer.
Saint wants to sweep but no luck.
Saint is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
The Russian lands with an uppercut that bounces Saint off the cage and back into rage.
Saint is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Russian pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Saint is looking to clinch.
Chuck The Russian is winning the standup battle so far.
The Russian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from The Russian.
The Russian swats away the attempt to clinch by Saint.
The Russian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Saint on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Russian connects with a high kick.

The Russian gets a takedown into half guard.

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

The Russian seems to be working for a kimura but Saint defends the submission attempt.
Saint won't allow The Russian to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint trying to control but The Russian postures up.
The Russian missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

The Russian seems to be looking for submissions.

The Russian is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Russian shoots in and drives through. Saint sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chuck The Russian. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Saint fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Russian, pushing him back against the cage.

The Russian drags the fight down to the ground.
Saint is stalling in the full guard.
Saint trying to control but The Russian is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint looking to pass the guard.
Jensen Saint has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The Russian had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Saint is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. The Russian Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Saint's back instead.
Saint controlling his opponent's hands, preventing the submission attempt.
Chuck The Russian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Saint covering up well under a series of strikes from The Russian.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oooh a big shot gets through from The Russian. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Saint has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Saint rolls, trying to escape but The Russian keeps control of the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck The Russian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Russian, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck The Russian!