PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dobber Snodgrass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Pritchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Snodgrass
vs
Pritchard

184 cm
29
184 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

181 cm
20
173 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dobber Snodgrass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jimmy Pritchard!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pritchard will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jimmy Pritchard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pritchard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pritchard misses with a hook
and Snodgrass counters with a nice uppercut.
Pritchard walks into a jab.
Pritchard throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Snodgrass counter with a right hand.
Pritchard throws a jab but it's blocked by Snodgrass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Pritchard.
Snodgrass is looking to counter the offense by Pritchard and move into the clinch.
Pritchard misses with a hook
and Snodgrass makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've been told by Snodgrass's head coaches at WIGGLEBOTTOM'S that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Snodgrass staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snodgrass ducks under a wild hook from Pritchard.

Snodgrass drives through and clinches with Pritchard against the cage.
Snodgrass tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pritchard lands with a light punch inside.
Snodgrass misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pritchard pushes Snodgrass back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pritchard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pritchard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pritchard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Snodgrass backwards.
Pritchard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pritchard swings wildly with an uppercut but Snodgrass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pritchard utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Snodgrass tries to work over Pritchard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Snodgrass tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pritchard's elbow.
Pritchard scores with a shot to the side of Snodgrass's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Pritchard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snodgrass with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snodgrass tries a body shot but Pritchard blocks it.
Pritchard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pritchard lands with a left to the head.
Pritchard blocks an uppercut.
Pritchard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pritchard misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Snodgrass.
Pritchard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Snodgrass tries to work over Pritchard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Snodgrass stalls.
Snodgrass prevents a body shot from Pritchard.
Pritchard misses with an elbow over the top.
Pritchard lands with a light punch inside.
Pritchard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pritchard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pritchard can't find room to land a body shot as Snodgrass controls the action.
Pritchard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Snodgrass lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pritchard backwards.
Snodgrass misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pritchard gets through Snodgrass's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pritchard blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Snodgrass.
Pritchard struggles to land a body shot inside as Snodgrass controls his hands.
Pritchard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Pritchard.
Pritchard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pritchard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pritchard throws a punch but it's blocked by Snodgrass.
Snodgrass pushes Pritchard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pritchard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pritchard is leaning against Snodgrass and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pritchard blocking some punches.
Pritchard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pritchard swings wildly with an uppercut but Snodgrass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Snodgrass working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snodgrass avoiding damage as Pritchard throws knees to the body.
Snodgrass swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pritchard lands a body shot.
Snodgrass goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snodgrass managing to block the knees to the body from Pritchard.
A left hand lands to the body for Pritchard.
Pritchard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Snodgrass misses with the head strike.
Pritchard can't find room to land a body shot as Snodgrass controls the action.
Pritchard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pritchard swings wildly with an uppercut but Snodgrass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pritchard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pritchard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pritchard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pritchard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Snodgrass.
Snodgrass tries to work over Pritchard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pritchard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Snodgrass tries to throw a body punch but Pritchard avoids it by throwing Snodgrass back against the cage.
Snodgrass throws a head punch that misses.
Pritchard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Snodgrass backwards.
Snodgrass tries to throw a body punch but Pritchard avoids it by throwing Snodgrass back against the cage.
Pritchard misses with some punches.
Snodgrass lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pritchard digs a good body shot into Snodgrass's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pritchard. Snodgrass does a little dance to reset his feet.
Snodgrass was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pritchard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pritchard throws a shot to the body.
Pritchard looks to throw the jab but Snodgrass is out of range.
A quick step to the side and Snodgrass tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the body from Pritchard misses
and Snodgrass cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Pritchard.
Snodgrass doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pritchard throws a head kick that Snodgrass semi-blocks.
Pritchard misses with a body punch
and Pritchard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Pritchard. Those never looked like landing.
Snodgrass displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pritchard throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pritchard. Snodgrass does a little dance to reset his feet.
Snodgrass was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Snodgrass displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pritchard throws out the jab.
Snodgrass wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Pritchard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pritchard. Snodgrass does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Pritchard tries to get set, Snodgrass tries to push him back and clinch up but Pritchard manages to avoid the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snodgrass takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Snodgrass blocks a jab.
Pritchard slips under a jab.
Pritchard throws an off balance right hand
and Snodgrass counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Snodgrass takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pritchard misses with a double jab
and Snodgrass counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pritchard thinking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pritchard misses with a jab to the body
and Snodgrass counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snodgrass connects with a looping right hand.
Pritchard misses with a low kick as Snodgrass jumps back.

Snodgrass closes the distance and pushes Pritchard back into the cage.
Pritchard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Snodgrass or not.
Pritchard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Snodgrass tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Snodgrass lands a hook that snaps the head of Pritchard backwards.
Pritchard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Pritchard.
Pritchard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Snodgrass is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pritchard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jimmy Pritchard seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pritchard lands with a short shot to the head.
Pritchard swings wildly with an uppercut but Snodgrass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pritchard tries a body shot but Snodgrass blocks it.
Snodgrass lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Pritchard fails to land.
Pritchard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Snodgrass is defending well for now.
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!
Pritchard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Snodgrass.
Snodgrass working aggressively here.
Pritchard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Snodgrass.
Snodgrass swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pritchard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pritchard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pritchard blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Snodgrass fails to land.
Snodgrass blocks a body shot from Pritchard.
Snodgrass tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pritchard's elbow.
Snodgrass digs a right hand into Pritchard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pritchard's gas tank.
Pritchard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Snodgrass throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Pritchard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Pritchard just misses with a punch to the body.
Snodgrass was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Snodgrass uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pritchard.
A quick step to the side and Snodgrass tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Pritchard.
Snodgrass is looking to counter punch.
Pritchard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pritchard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Snodgrass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snodgrass is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pritchard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snodgrass uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pritchard.
A little feinted left hand from Snodgrass on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Snodgrass avoids the body shot from Pritchard.
Snodgrass throwing a counter right hand but Pritchard manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pritchard misses with a hook to the body

and Snodgrass moves into the clinch.
Snodgrass lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pritchard prevents a body shot from Snodgrass.
Snodgrass lands a body punch in the clinch.
Snodgrass tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pritchard's elbow.
Nice body punch from Pritchard.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Snodgrass on the inside.
Pritchard misses with the head strike.
Pritchard misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Pritchard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pritchard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Snodgrass backwards.
Pritchard has a couple of punches blocked by Snodgrass.
Snodgrass goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pritchard misses with a body punch.
Snodgrass misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pritchard lands with a left to the head.
Dobber Snodgrass has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimmy Pritchard is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Snodgrass fails to land.
Snodgrass blocks a body shot from Pritchard.
Snodgrass misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pritchard.
Pritchard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Snodgrass misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Snodgrass misses with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Snodgrass - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A right hand to the body from Snodgrass.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Snodgrass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pritchard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Snodgrass.
A head punch on the inside from Snodgrass fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Snodgrass misses with a knee strike.
Snodgrass misses with some punches.
Snodgrass with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Snodgrass misses with a punch to the body.
Snodgrass lands a nice uppercut.
Pritchard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Snodgrass.
Snodgrass has a couple of punches blocked by Pritchard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pritchard.
Pritchard misses with the head strike.
Snodgrass throws a punch but it's blocked by Pritchard.
Snodgrass misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard blocks an uppercut.
Pritchard prevents a body shot from Snodgrass.
Snodgrass misses with some punches.
Snodgrass controlling the action here for a moment.
Snodgrass misses with a punch on the inside.
Pritchard working aggressively here.
Snodgrass misses with some punches.
Snodgrass taking a breather.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pritchard can't find room to land a body shot as Snodgrass controls the action.
Snodgrass throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dobber Snodgrass showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pritchard has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Pritchard!
Dobber Snodgrass was interviewed post fight and said 'I never turn down a fight... That was brutal. Somebody will pay for this.'.