PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonnhy Four (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Inferno Pandaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonnhy Four has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Four
vs
Pandaa

188 cm
25
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonnhy Four!
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, Inferno Pandaa!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Four throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pandaa tries to clinch
and Four counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheers as Four lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pandaa doesn't seem phased though.

It looks like Inferno Pandaa has been cut.
Four connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Four throws a hook to the side of Pandaa's head but Pandaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Four misses with a looping right.
Four circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pandaa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Four swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Four feints a jab promting Pandaa to slip. Four then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pandaa slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Pandaa tries to clinch but Four moves out of range.
Pandaa wants to clinch.
Pandaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Four backs off Pandaa throws a huge counter combo but Four manages to avoid it all.
Four throws a series of strikes that have Pandaa backpedaling.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pandaa tries to clinch there but Four circles away.
Pandaa tries to clinch there but Four circles away.
Pandaa tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandaa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Four keeps the fight on the outside.
A little feinted left hand from Four on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pandaa moves in looking to clinch but Four pushes him off.
Pandaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Four swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pandaa wants to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Four on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Four misses with a straight right.
Pandaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Four circles away from the clinch attempt.
Four throws an overhand right that lands on Pandaa's shoulder, as Pandaa tries to avoid the shot.
Four avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Four cracks Pandaa with a good jab.
Four throws the left hand but Pandaa avoids the punch easily.
Four lands with a nice body punch.

Pandaa clinches up with Four and pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Four.
Pandaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Four avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Four managing to block the knees to the body from Pandaa.
Four looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Four throws a punch but it's blocked by Pandaa.
Pandaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Jonnhy Four has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Four swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Four on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Four lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pandaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Four is trying to force a seperation but Pandaa has the dominant position.

Four's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pandaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Four.
Four misses the shot to the body.
Four fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pandaa on the side of the head.
Four sizes up Pandaa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pandaa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Four keeps the fight on the outside.
Four swats away the attempt to clinch by Pandaa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Four throws an overhand right that lands on Pandaa's shoulder, as Pandaa tries to avoid the shot.
Pandaa tries to clinch up but Four circles away and keeps his distance.
Four circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pandaa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pandaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That has opened up Inferno Pandaa's cut even more.
A telegraphed right hand from Four misses the target.
Pandaa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Pandaa tries to clinch but Four moves out of range.
Four is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pandaa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Four swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good exchange - Four coming out on top.
Pandaa tries to clinch up but Four circles away and keeps his distance.
Pandaa is looking to clinch but Four is avoiding it.
Pandaa is looking to clinch.
Pandaa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Four was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Four throws a body punch but Pandaa moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandaa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Four avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Four misses with a looping left.
Four scores with the left hand. Pandaa knows he should have avoided that one.
Good standup being displayed there by Four as he connects with a hook.
Four avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Four was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by Four.
Pandaa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Four swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Four fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pandaa tries to clinch there but Four circles away.

Pandaa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pandaa prevents a body shot from Four.
Still in the clinch, Four scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Four scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pandaa misses with a knee strike.
Pandaa tries a knee to the head but Four blocks it.
Pandaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonnhy Four dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pandaa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Four swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Four appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pandaa tries to clinch up but Four circles away and keeps his distance.
Four connects with a crisp jab.
Four paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pandaa tries to clinch there but Four circles away.
Four throws a hook but Pandaa blocks it.
Four throws a lazy right hand but Pandaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Four is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Four tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pandaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Four.
Jonnhy Four is winning the standup battle so far.
Pandaa moves to clinch but Four breaks away
and Four counters with a nice uppercut.
Four misses with a looping left.
Pandaa throws a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pandaa tries to clinch but Four is having none of it.
Four misses with an uppercut.
Four backing away here, and Pandaa unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Pandaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Four is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pandaa tries to clinch but Four moves out of range.
Pandaa moves in looking to clinch but Four pushes him off.
Inferno Pandaa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pandaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Four swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pandaa moves out of range as Four strikes.
Four swats away the attempt to clinch by Pandaa.
Four swats away the attempt to clinch by Pandaa.
Four looks to score with a jab to the body but Pandaa is just out of range.
Four tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pandaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Four.
Pandaa tries to clinch but Four moves away
and Four counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Four misses the target.
Four throws a shot from downtown. Pandaa moves away and avoids it.
Pandaa is looking for the big counter here.
Pandaa wants to clinch.
Pandaa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pandaa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Four misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pandaa.
Pandaa wants to clinch but Four slips to the side
letting Four counter with a right hand.
Four throws a combination. Pandaa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Four loads up on a big right hand but Pandaa slips the punch.
Pandaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Four appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Pandaa has closed the distance and engaged Four in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Four lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pandaa backwards.
Pandaa tries to land a knee to the head but Four blocks with his arms.
Pandaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Four has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pandaa blocks an uppercut.
Pandaa tries a knee to the head but Four blocks it.
Pandaa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pandaa keeps control of Four as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Four goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Four trying to control the position but instead, Pandaa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Four into the cage.
Four takes a knee right on the jaw!
Four is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pandaa can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandaa crunches a lovely knee into Four's ribcage.
A head punch on the inside from Four fails to land.
Four misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Pandaa.
Pandaa looking to throw knees to the head but Four is blocking nicely.
Pandaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pandaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pandaa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pandaa lands a nice knee to the body.
Pandaa misses with a knee strike.
Four misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pandaa misses with a knee to the head.
Pandaa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pandaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Four has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pandaa misses with a knee to the head.
Four managing to block the knees to the body from Pandaa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Four managing to block the knees to the body from Pandaa.
Four tries to throw a body punch but Pandaa avoids it by throwing Four back against the cage.
Four lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pandaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pandaa trying to land knees to the body.
Four is looking to control Pandaa's arms but Pandaa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Four has his back to the cage.
Pandaa misses with a knee strike.
Pandaa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Four avoiding damage as Pandaa throws knees to the body.
Four works on Pandaa's body with a couple of short punches.
Pandaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Four has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pandaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Four blocks it with crossed arms.
Pandaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Four on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Four blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jonnhy Four will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Pandaa moves in looking to clinch but Four pushes him off.
Four moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Four keeps the fight on the outside.
Pandaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Four throws a big shot that misses.
Four swats away the attempt to clinch by Pandaa.
Four appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pandaa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pandaa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pandaa moves in looking to clinch but Four pushes him off.
A little feinted left hand from Four on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Four swats away the attempt to clinch by Pandaa.
Pandaa wants to clinch up but Four keeps it at a distance.
Four appears to be looking for a big counter.
Pandaa doesn't manage to clinch there - Four circles away.
Four appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Four keeps the fight on the outside.
A swing and a miss from Four.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Four connects with a body shot that sends Pandaa's belly button to the back.
Pandaa wants to clinch up but Four keeps it at a distance.
Four is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pandaa.
Pandaa is looking to clinch.
Pandaa closes the distance looking to clinch
and Four counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Four lands with a hook. Pandaa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pandaa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Four swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pandaa moves in looking to clinch but Four pushes him off.
Pandaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pandaa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Four manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Four keeps the fight on the outside.
Pandaa tries to clinch there but Four circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pandaa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Four keeps the fight on the outside.
Pandaa tries to clinch but Four is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pandaa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Four swats away the attempt to clinch by Pandaa.
Pandaa moves in looking to clinch but Four pushes him off.
It looked like Four wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Four bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pandaa is looking to clinch.
Four throws a series of punches but Pandaa moves out of range.

Pandaa gets a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Four lands a hook that snaps the head of Pandaa backwards.
A shot in the inside from Four.
Four avoiding damage as Pandaa throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Four throws a punch but it's blocked by Pandaa.
Pandaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Four.
Four throws a head punch that misses.
Pandaa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Four avoids it.
Pandaa tries to land a knee to the head but Four blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Four.
Four swings wildly with an uppercut but Pandaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jonnhy Four is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Four swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pandaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Four is defending well for now.
Pandaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Four is defending well for now.
Pandaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pandaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Four's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Four blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pandaa tries to land a knee to the head but Four blocks with his arms.
Pandaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pandaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Four is defending well for now.
Pandaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Four blocks it with crossed arms.
Pandaa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Four avoids it.
Pandaa looking to throw knees to the head but Four is blocking nicely.

Four breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Four keeps the fight on the outside.
Four swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Inferno Pandaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Four connects with a single shot there.
Pandaa looks for the body kick but Four saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Four on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonnhy Four showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Four, 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonnhy Four!