PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dwain Buck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Babis Valyras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Buck
vs
Valyras

159 cm
19
177 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dwain Buck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Babis Valyras!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Valyras moves into range and clinches up with Buck.
Valyras lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Valyras trying to stall but Buck improves his position.

Valyras pulls Buck into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Buck is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Valyras is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Buck is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Buck stopping the sweep attempt from Valyras.
Valyras is pulling down on Buck's head to control his posture.
Buck might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Buck throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buck looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Buck working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Valyras's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buck lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Buck slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Buck 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.
Buck really is a fat lump.

Valyras uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Valyras has managed to clinch.
Buck landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Buck crunches a lovely knee into Valyras's ribcage.
Buck misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Valyras.
Buck struggles to land a body shot inside as Valyras controls his hands.
Valyras wants to break the clinch but can't.
Buck slowing the pace effectively.
Valyras is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Buck is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valyras taking a breather.
Buck crunches a lovely knee into Valyras's ribcage.
Buck throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valyras has Buck pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Buck manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Buck missing with knees to the body.
Valyras working hard to break the clinch.
Buck controlling the action here for a moment.
Valyras tries to pull guard but Buck won't allow it.
Dwain Buck has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Babis Valyras.
Valyras is trying to push Buck away but Buck has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Buck drags the fight down to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valyras tries to stand but Buck is controlling from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valyras wants to control from the top but Buck keeps moving.
Buck looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Buck pushes Valyras off and scrambles back to his feet.

Valyras moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buck stalling the fight.
Buck missing with knees to the body.
Valyras takes an elbow to the temple.
Buck throws an elbow but it misses.
Buck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Valyras wants a takedown.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Buck takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Buck wants to stall.
Valyras being controlled against the cage.
Valyras creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Buck slowing the pace effectively.
A frustrated look appears on Valyras's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwain Buck dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Valyras is trying to drag Buck to the mat but Buck just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Valyras wants to get back to striking at distance but Buck won't allow it.
Valyras is looking for a takedown.
Buck stalling the fight.
Valyras is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Buck is defending well.
Dwain Buck has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Babis Valyras.
Buck misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Buck stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buck is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dwain Buck.
Valyras shoots in for a takedown but Buck shows good takedown defense.
Valyras lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Valyras gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Buck counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Valyras is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Buck stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Valyras with a lazy takedown attempt

and Buck counters with a shoot takedown. Valyras fights it but they end up in guard.
Buck postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Buck not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Valyras is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Buck defends well.
Buck stands up over Valyras, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Buck scoring with some ground and pound.
Buck cracks Valyras with a solid left hand.
Buck has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Valyras is proving hard to escape from.
Buck stays in close to Valyras's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buck landing with the ground and pound.
Valyras is pulling down on Buck's head. It's preventing any offense from Buck, at least for the moment.

Buck drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Buck jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Buck is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buck throwing strikes from guard but Valyras blocks nicely.
Buck is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valyras can do to turn this around?
Buck throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Valyras works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Valyras being controlled here, momentarily.
Dwain Buck overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Buck won't allow Valyras to sweep him here.
Buck stays in close to Valyras's body and controls the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Valyras gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Come on Buck - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Buck lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buck stalling in the clinch but Valyras improves position.
Valyras tries to pull guard but Buck holds him up against the cage and eventually Valyras drops back down to his feet.
Dwain Buck has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Valyras blocks a body shot from Buck.
The referee calls for Buck to work.
Valyras blocks an elbow strike from Buck.
Buck stalling against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Buck - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Valyras working hard to break the clinch.
Valyras on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Valyras looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwain Buck dominated that second round.
That's time! Buck's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Valyras has taken the fight to the clinch.
Valyras tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Buck smiles and moves away.
Valyras throws a head kick that misses.
Valyras looks for the body kick but Buck saw that one coming.
Buck slaps away a takedown attempt from Valyras, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Valyras has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buck misses with a punch on the inside.
Buck managing to block the knees to the body from Valyras.
Buck utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Valyras takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Valyras is trying to force a seperation but Buck has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buck tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Valyras avoids it.
Valyras blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buck tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Valyras smiles and moves away.
Buck defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Valyras.
Dwain Buck has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Babis Valyras.
Buck shoots in but Valyras avoids the takedown attempt easily.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Valyras enables Buck to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Valyras manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Buck is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Buck avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buck is stalling in the full guard.
Valyras controls Buck momentarily but Buck frees himself.
Buck connects with a couple of short punches.
Buck with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Buck chips away with some ground and pound.
Valyras throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Buck content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Buck postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valyras wants to stand but Buck is controlling the position.
Buck landing with the ground and pound.
Buck's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Buck makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Buck accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Buck preventing the sweep.
Buck postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Buck not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Buck working some strikes from top position.
Valyras pulls Buck in close to prevent any damage.
Buck slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Buck shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Valyras manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Buck content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Buck postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Buck stands up and waves to Valyras to follow him.
Buck moves in looking to clinch but Valyras pushes him off.
Despite the aggression on Valyras's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Buck clinches with his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Buck misses with some punches.
Buck misses with a punch to the body.
Babis Valyras has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dwain Buck is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Buck misses with a body punch.
Buck is struggling to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dwain Buck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Buck, 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dwain Buck!