PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Scooter Trash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artyom Cheberyachko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trash's entrance music is Enae Volare Mezzo. A fine choice. Cheberyachko has chosen Percival - Sargon as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Trash
vs
Cheberyachko

177 cm
22
162 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
23
163 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Scooter Trash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Artyom Cheberyachko!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheberyachko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cheberyachko looks to throw the jab but Trash is out of range.
Cheberyachko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Trash.
Trash connects with a high kick.
Cheberyachko avoids a kick to the body.
Cheberyachko jabs Trash right on the nose. Trash blinks but takes it well.

Trash moves into the clinch.
Trash connects with a knee to the head.
Trash presses Cheberyachko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cheberyachko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Trash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cheberyachko blocks it with crossed arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trash softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cheberyachko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Trash pushes Cheberyachko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheberyachko.
Cheberyachko takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Artyom Cheberyachko has been cut.
Cheberyachko can't find room to land a body shot as Trash controls the action.
Cheberyachko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Trash with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trash missing with knees to the body.
Cheberyachko lands a body punch.
Trash misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trash cracks Cheberyachko with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trash.
Trash putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cheberyachko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Trash missing with knees to the body.
Trash blocks a body shot from Cheberyachko.
Trash blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trash looking to throw knees to the head but Cheberyachko is blocking nicely.
Trash goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trash trying to land knees to the body.
Cheberyachko misses with some punches.
Trash crunches a lovely knee into Cheberyachko's ribcage.
Cheberyachko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cheberyachko tries a body shot but Trash blocks it.
Cheberyachko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Cheberyachko.
Cheberyachko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cheberyachko throws a head punch that misses.
Cheberyachko is working Trash over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheberyachko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheberyachko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Trash trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trash.
Trash lands a nice knee to the body.
Cheberyachko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cheberyachko misses with a punch to the body.
Trash misses with a knee to the head.
Cheberyachko prevents a body shot from Trash.
Trash putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cheberyachko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cheberyachko looks winded!
Cheberyachko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trash tries to work over Cheberyachko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trash creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cheberyachko's defenses.
Cheberyachko is looking to break free of the clinch but Trash has double underhooks.
Trash misses with a knee strike.
Cheberyachko prevents a body shot from Trash.
Cheberyachko prevents a body shot from Trash.
Trash blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trash prevents a body shot from Cheberyachko.
Cheberyachko cracks Trash with a nice body shot.
Trash utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trash tries to work over Cheberyachko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cheberyachko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Cheberyachko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cheberyachko blocks it with crossed arms.
Trash tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cheberyachko's elbow.
Trash landing knees to the body.
Trash tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cheberyachko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trash lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Cheberyachko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trash tries a knee to the head but Cheberyachko blocks it.
Nice body punch from Trash.
Trash missing with knees to the body.
Trash throws a punch but it's blocked by Cheberyachko.
Cheberyachko has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Trash seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cheberyachko can turn it around.

Cheberyachko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cheberyachko looks to throw the jab but Trash is out of range.
Trash looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cheberyachko takes a swing at Trash's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cheberyachko. Trash does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Trash, right into the meat.
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!
Cheberyachko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Trash lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cheberyachko scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cheberyachko misses with a hook. Trash ducked under it nicely.
Cheberyachko misses with a wild body shot.
Trash lands a nice shot to the body.
Cheberyachko misses the shot to the body.
Trash lands a lovely overhand right.
Trash slips a straight right by Cheberyachko.
Trash wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Trash scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cheberyachko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cheberyachko swings for the body but Trash moves out of range.
Cheberyachko lands a body shot.
Trash uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cheberyachko.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheberyachko throws a body punch but Trash moves out of range.
Trash connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Trash gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Trash working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trash blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scooter Trash dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Artyom Cheberyachko's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Trash is looking to slow Cheberyachko down with leg kicks.
Cheberyachko scores with a shot to the body.
Trash is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cheberyachko can do to turn this around?
Cheberyachko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trash circles away quickly and effectively.

Trash darts in and clinches Cheberyachko up against the cage.
Cheberyachko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cheberyachko misses with a punch to the body.
Trash misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trash misses with a knee to the head.
Cheberyachko throws a punch but it's blocked by Trash.
Trash throws a head punch that misses.
Cheberyachko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cheberyachko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trash blocks a body shot from Cheberyachko.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cheberyachko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheberyachko blocks a body shot from Trash.
Trash lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Cheberyachko.
Cheberyachko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheberyachko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trash looking to throw knees to the head but Cheberyachko is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheberyachko misses with some punches.
Trash is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Trash misses with a punch on the inside.
Scooter Trash has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cheberyachko scores with a shot to the side of Trash's head.
Trash tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cheberyachko avoids it.
Trash lands a damaging elbow.
Trash misses with some punches.
Trash lands a nice knee to the body.
Cheberyachko tries to work over Trash's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cheberyachko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trash tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cheberyachko's elbow.
Cheberyachko lands a hook that snaps the head of Trash backwards.
Cheberyachko tries to throw a body punch but Trash avoids it by throwing Cheberyachko back against the cage.
Trash tries a knee to the head but Cheberyachko blocks it.
Trash lands an elbow inside.
Trash lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cheberyachko or not.
Cheberyachko scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trash lands a knee to the head.
Trash is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheberyachko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trash blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cheberyachko avoiding damage as Trash throws knees to the body.
Cheberyachko has a couple of punches blocked by Trash.
Trash looking to throw knees to the head but Cheberyachko is blocking nicely.
A short left from Trash.
Trash misses with a knee to the head.
Cheberyachko can't find room to land a body shot as Trash controls the action.
Cheberyachko misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Cheberyachko fails to land.
Cheberyachko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Trash lands a nice uppercut.
Cheberyachko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trash connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cheberyachko's face.
Nice body punch from Trash - that landed with a thud.
Trash takes a shot to the head.
Cheberyachko managing to block the knees to the body from Trash.
Cheberyachko wants to break free but Trash has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheberyachko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Trash lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cheberyachko.
Trash lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Cheberyachko is rocked!
Trash misses with an elbow over the top.
Cheberyachko is still on wobbly legs! Can Trash finish him?

Cheberyachko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trash tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cheberyachko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trash wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cheberyachko takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cheberyachko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trash sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cheberyachko seems to have recovered his senses.
Trash lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Trash takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheberyachko takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Trash lands with a kick to the ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Cheberyachko misses the target.
Cheberyachko is breathing heavily.
Trash throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trash's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cheberyachko connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Trash scrambles back to his feet.
Trash is looking to clinch.
Cheberyachko wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheberyachko just misses with a punch to the body.
Cheberyachko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cheberyachko sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Trash tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cheberyachko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trash throws an overhand right that lands on Cheberyachko's shoulder, as Cheberyachko tries to avoid the shot.
Trash lands a right hook to the body.
Cheberyachko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trash manages to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Trash there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Trash, right into the meat.
Trash connects with a leg kick. Cheberyachko looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Trash dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cheberyachko stuns Trash with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Trash misses with a looping right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheberyachko misses with a wild body shot.
Trash scores with a head kick.
Trash digs a good body shot into Cheberyachko's ribs.
Cheberyachko misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scooter Trash dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Artyom Cheberyachko'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Trash connects with a crisp jab.
Cheberyachko misses with a body shot.
Trash throws a quick counter head kick but Cheberyachko was just out of range.
Cheberyachko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Trash scores with a nice body kick.
Cheberyachko misses the shot to the body.
Cheberyachko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circling - Cheberyachko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Trash clinches up against the cage.
Cheberyachko lands with a light punch inside.
Trash lands a nice knee to the body.
Trash lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cheberyachko backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Cheberyachko fails to land.
Trash scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trash lands a knee to the head.
Cheberyachko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Trash comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cheberyachko takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Trash.
Trash using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cheberyachko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trash keeps control of Cheberyachko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Trash holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheberyachko.
Cheberyachko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Trash.
Cheberyachko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trashs head.
Cheberyachko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trash's elbow.
Trash scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trash doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Cheberyachko fails to land.
Trash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Cheberyachko manages to break the clinch.
Trash wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Trash misses with a head kick.
Cheberyachko is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Trash rather than just go for the knockout.
Trash throws a head kick but Cheberyachko moves out of range.
Cheberyachko blocks a head kick by Trash.
Cheberyachko scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Artyom Cheberyachko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Cheberyachko catches Trash right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left lands for Trash.
Trash fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cheberyachko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cheberyachko's corner calls for a 1-2. Cheberyachko obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Trash scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cheberyachko doesn't seem bothered though.
Cheberyachko lands a body shot.
Trash connects with a high kick.
Cheberyachko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Trash connects with a single shot there.
Trash feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cheberyachko's calf.
Cheberyachko throws a poor cross that misses
and Trash counters with a low kick, right behind Cheberyachko 's knee.
Trash throws a series of punches but Cheberyachko avoids them all with ease.
A big left from Cheberyachko misses.
Trash fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cheberyachko has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cheberyachko takes a swing at Trash's ribcage but misses.
It appears Trash was looking to counter with a kick there.
Trash steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cheberyachko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheberyachko takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Trash scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Scooter Trash is winning the standup battle so far.
Trash tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cheberyachko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Trash in his tracks.
Trash ducks right into an uppercut from Cheberyachko.
Trash tries a head kick but it misses.
Trash misses with a wild body shot.
Cheberyachko chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Trash can pounce on him.
Cheberyachko's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cheberyachko misses the shot to the body.
Cheberyachko moves out of range of the body kick.
Cheberyachko tries to bum rush Trash with a series of wild strikes but Trash uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cheberyachko misses with an uppercut. Trash saw that one coming.
Trash moves away from the strike by Cheberyachko.
Trash takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Scooter Trash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cheberyachko has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Trash.
Trash fails to land with a series of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trash connects with a single shot there.
Cheberyachko on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheberyachko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Trash scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cheberyachko scores with the left hand. Trash knows he should have avoided that one.
Trash lands with a nice body kick.
Cheberyachko throws a body punch but Trash moves out of range.
Trash throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cheberyachko's head.
Trash lands a head kick. Cheberyachko smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cheberyachko scores with a nice strike.
Trash takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Trash lands with a slapping head kick.
Trash takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Trash scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trash throws a nice head kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheberyachko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Trash thuds his shin into the meat of Cheberyachko's side.
Trash misses with a hook.
Cheberyachko throws a hook but Trash avoids it easily.
Trash fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cheberyachko just manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scooter Trash showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Trash has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scooter Trash!
Scooter Trash bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.