PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Prince Thalente Sfiso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Tumenov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Albert Tumenov enters the cage!

Thalente Sfiso
vs
Tumenov

180 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
193 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Prince Thalente Sfiso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Albert Tumenov!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Watson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sfiso lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tumenov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tumenov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sfiso keeps the fight on the outside.
Sfiso throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tumenov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tumenov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've been hearing reports that Sfiso has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Sfiso waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tumenov.
Tumenov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sfiso.
Sfiso tries to move into range but Tumenov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tumenov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sfiso half committed to a counter leg kick.
Tumenov lands with a nice body punch.
A punch combination from Tumenov misses.
Tumenov moves out of range of the strikes.

Sfiso moves into range and clinches up with Tumenov.

Sfiso wants the takedown. Tumenov is fighting it off but Sfiso persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Tumenov's guard against the cage.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Tumenov manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sfiso content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sfiso struggles to land a body shot inside as Tumenov controls his hands.
Tumenov blocks an uppercut.
Sfiso can't get the takedown.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sfiso just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tumenov's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sfiso pushes Tumenov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sfiso throws an elbow but it misses.
Tumenov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sfiso struggles to land a body shot inside as Tumenov controls his hands.
A short left from Tumenov.
Tumenov blocks the elbow strike.
Sfiso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tumenov dodges an elbow strike from Sfiso.
Tumenov lands a hook that snaps the head of Sfiso backwards.
Tumenov lands with a right to the head.
Sfiso lands a left hand.
Sfiso misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tumenov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sfiso can't find room to land a body shot as Tumenov controls the action.
Sfiso is working for takedown but Tumenov is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tumenov blocks an elbow strike from Sfiso.

Sfiso has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Tumenov regains guard immediately.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sfiso controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sfiso in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sfiso showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sfiso stands up over Tumenov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sfiso connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sfiso keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tumenov's head.
Sfiso is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sfiso throwing strikes from guard but Tumenov blocks nicely.
Tumenov is trying to control the position but Sfiso postures up.
Sfiso working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sfiso works over Tumenov with some ground and pound from guard.
Tumenov has momentary wrist control but Sfiso slips an elbow through the middle.
Sfiso 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.
Sfiso seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Sfiso throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sfiso keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tumenov's head.
Sfiso is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sfiso throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tumenov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Prince Thalente Sfiso dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tumenov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Prince Thalente Sfiso has been cut.
Tumenov misses with a straight left.
Sfiso takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sfiso walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tumenov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sfiso bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sfiso swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sfiso. Tumenov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tumenov throws a looping overhand right but Sfiso ducks down to avoid it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sfiso.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
An elbow from Sfiso crashes against the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sfiso is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Sfiso creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sfiso working the ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on Sfiso's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Prince Thalente Sfiso overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tumenov is trying to escape the position but Sfiso is controlling the position.
Sfiso creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tumenov sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sfiso working the head with strikes.
Tumenov takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tumenov is looking to reverse the position.
Sfiso landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso tries to advance to mount but can't.
Sfiso working the strikes but Tumenov uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Sfiso throwing shots but Tumenov is blocking nicely.
Sfiso winds up and cracks Tumenov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sfiso landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sfiso takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sfiso working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sfiso in particular looking to stall.
Sfiso thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tumenov's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso drops an elbow to the side of Tumenov's head.
Sfiso looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Tumenov is rocked!
Sfiso is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tumenov can do to turn this around?
Sfiso is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tumenov is still in real trouble! Can Sfiso finish him?

Sfiso is working for a kimura but Tumenov is defending it quite comfortably.
Sfiso slows the pace down in half guard.
Sfiso looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Tumenov seems to have recovered his senses.
Sfiso drops an elbow to the side of Tumenov's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso not doing much here.
Tumenov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sfiso working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sfiso lands strikes from half guard.
Tumenov won't allow Sfiso to pass to mount.
Sfiso scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sfiso is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tumenov trying to hold on to Sfiso's head to control him but Sfiso postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Prince Thalente Sfiso dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Prince Thalente Sfiso's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tumenov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sfiso connects with a body shot that sends Tumenov's belly button to the back.
Tumenov misses with a wild body shot.
Sfiso throws a hook but Tumenov blocks it.
Sfiso slips a jab from Tumenov.
Sfiso throws a leg kick but Tumenov moved away.
Sfiso walks into a jab.
Tumenov lands with an uppercut that bounces Sfiso off the cage and back into range.
Tumenov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sfiso shoots in for a takedown but Tumenov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tumenov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sfiso was well out of range. Poor timing from Tumenov.
Sfiso misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sfiso closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tumenov lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sfiso throws an elbow but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short body shot lands from Sfiso as the two fighters clinch.
Sfiso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Sfiso jumps into guard, dragging Tumenov to the mat.
Sfiso on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sfiso tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sfiso wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sfiso's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Tumenov stopping the sweep attempt from Sfiso.
Sfiso bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tumenov's guard.

Our spies down at at McElias (Russian Bears TM) inform us that Tumenov has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Tumenov has momentary wrist control but Sfiso slips an elbow through the middle.
Sfiso landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sfiso keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tumenov's head.
Sfiso is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sfiso lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sfiso lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sfiso content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tumenov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sfiso working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tumenov's head.
Sfiso makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sfiso is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sfiso stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tumenov swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tumenov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sfiso postures up and lands a big shot to Tumenov's brow.
Sfiso distracts Tumenov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sfiso scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sfiso throwing strikes but missing.
Sfiso throws an elbow that misses. Tumenov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sfiso's guard. Nice move by Tumenov!

Sfiso throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Albert Tumenov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sfiso looking for a sweep. Not yet Sfiso, not yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sfiso is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Prince Thalente Sfiso is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sfiso slows the pace down in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Prince Thalente Sfiso showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sfiso, 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Prince Thalente Sfiso!
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