PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Garik Harlamov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Breneman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harlamov
vs
Breneman

206 cm
44
275 lbs
43 - 27 - 1

195 cm
37
276 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 43 - 27 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Garik Harlamov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adam Breneman!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Breneman throws a left and a right that both miss

and Harlamov counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Harlamov.
Harlamov scoring with some ground and pound.
Harlamov is looking to work some ground and pound but Breneman has wrist control.

Breneman scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Breneman throws a left and a right that both miss

and Harlamov counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Breneman!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Breneman is trying to control Harlamov's posture but Harlamov avoids it.
Breneman sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Breneman makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Breneman.
Harlamov 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.
Breneman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harlamov.
Harlamov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harlamov distracts Breneman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Breneman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Harlamov's guard.

Harlamov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Harlamov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Breneman wants to control from the top but Harlamov keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Breneman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Harlamov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Breneman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Breneman scoring with some ground and pound.
Breneman lands a couple of digs.
Breneman is working Harlamov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Harlamov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Breneman defends well.
Harlamov keeping moving, preventing Breneman from controlling successfully.

Harlamov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Breneman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Breneman trying to control the position from guard on top but Harlamov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breneman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Breneman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Harlamov has momentary wrist control but Breneman slips an elbow through the middle.
Harlamov keeping moving, preventing Breneman from controlling successfully.

Harlamov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Breneman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Breneman got a little sloppy there for a moment and Harlamov has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Breneman has managed to get both his arms back between Harlamov's legs - danger averted.

Harlamov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Breneman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breneman trying to stand up but can't free himself from Harlamov's guard.

Harlamov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Breneman gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Harlamov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Harlamov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Breneman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's four 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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Breneman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Breneman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Breneman is working Harlamov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Harlamov had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Breneman defends it easily.
Breneman won't allow Harlamov to sweep him here.
Breneman wants to control from the top but Harlamov keeps moving.
Harlamov has momentary wrist control but Breneman slips an elbow through the middle.

Harlamov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Breneman gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Harlamov is trying to control the position but Breneman postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Breneman dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Breneman throws a shot from downtown. Harlamov moves away and avoids it.
Harlamov appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Breneman swinging wildly here.
Harlamov changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Breneman misses with a few strikes there.
Breneman slaps away a takedown attempt from Harlamov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Harlamov shoots in for a takedown but Breneman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Breneman throws a leg kick

and Harlamov counters with a takedown into side control.
Breneman is trying to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harlamov fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Breneman manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ground and pound from Breneman.
Harlamov is trying to control but can't.
Breneman takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Breneman wants to stand up but Harlamov is controlling the position.
Harlamov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Breneman content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Breneman gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Breneman lands a two punch combo.
Breneman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Garik Harlamov has been cut.
Harlamov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breneman misses with a series of wild punches.
Harlamov misses the jab.
Breneman misses the shot to the body.
Breneman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Breneman manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Harlamov on his heels. He'll look to pass Harlamov's guard now, I'm sure.
Breneman cracks Harlamov with a solid left hand.

Harlamov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Breneman is in close to Harlamov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Harlamov keeping moving, preventing Breneman from controlling successfully.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Harlamov looking for a guillotine here but Breneman defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breneman landing some decent shots from guard.
Breneman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Harlamov working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Breneman has passed into half guard!
Breneman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Breneman controlling the action here.

Breneman is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Breneman lands strikes from half guard.
Breneman working over Harlamov with some ground and pound. Harlamov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Breneman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Harlamov actively working from the bottom here.
Breneman is thwarting Harlamov's attempts to control the position.
Breneman is nestled in close to Harlamov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Harlamov is trying to control but can't.

Breneman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Breneman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Garik Harlamov's cut.
That's time! Harlamov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Breneman.
Harlamov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Breneman.
Harlamov changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Harlamov avoids a kick to the body.

Breneman drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Harlamov is trying to control Breneman's posture but Breneman avoids it.
Breneman trying to control the position but Harlamov is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harlamov is looking to reverse the position.
Adam Breneman has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Breneman advances to full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Breneman working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harlamov gets back to half guard.
Breneman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Breneman is keen to just control but Harlamov is a slippery customer.
Harlamov taking some punishment here, with Breneman in his half guard.
Breneman winds up and cracks Harlamov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Breneman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Harlamov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Breneman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Harlamov wants to control the action here but instead Breneman manages to pass to full mount!
Breneman raining down shots from the mount!
Breneman prevents Harlamov from getting the reversal.
Breneman softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Harlamov is out cold! Breneman jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Breneman!
A very excited looking Adam Breneman rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.