PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between He Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santa Clause (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.

Man
vs
Clause

210 cm
19
270 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
24
275 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Demonic Drugs
5th Round

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, He Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Santa Clause!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Clause fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Man sprawls well initially but Clause persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Man is refusing to be controlled, as Clause sits in half guard.

Clause is trying to work for a kimura but Man is defending well.
Clause sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Man defending well though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Man tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Clause is working for a kimura but Man is defending it quite comfortably.
Clause wants to lay and pray for a moment but Man keeps working.
Man trying to hold on to Clause's head to control him but Clause postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Clause gets caught flat footed, as Man shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Man makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man stopping the sweep attempt from Clause.
Man has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Clause pushes Man off and scrambles back to his feet.
Man fails to land the takedown.
Clause fails with a takedown attempt.

Man instigates a clinch.

Man gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Man scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Man is keen to just control but Clause is a slippery customer.
Clause is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Man jumps into side control!
Man scores with punches from side control.
Man working the ground and pound.
Man will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Man working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clause tries to improve position but can't.
Clause looks gassed!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Clause sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clause is looking to improve his position.
Man wants to pass to mount but Clause is defending the position.
Man is nestled in close to Clause, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Man scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Man working Clause over with strikes.
Clause regains full guard. Nicely done.
Man with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Man pushing down on Clause's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Man landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Man passes to full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Clause hang on?

Clause is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Clause keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Man has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Clause's face.
Man with good strikes from the mount here!
Man lands a big shot there that rocks Clause but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Clause is still in real trouble! Can Man finish him?

Man looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
A nice elbow there by Man.
Man lands a heavy elbow.
Man unloading with bombs!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Clause scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Man land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Man stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). He Man!