PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Humbert Humbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlad Putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Putin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. IAMX - Happiness kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Humbert
vs
Putin

170 cm
23
186 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

183 cm
26
175 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Humbert Humbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlad Putin!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Putin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Humbert is blocking nicely.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Humbert blocks it with crossed arms.
Humbert tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Putin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Putin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Putin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Putin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Humbert blocks an elbow strike from Putin.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Humbert avoids the damage to the body.
Humbert blocks an elbow strike from Putin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Putin lands an elbow that stopped Humbert in his tracks for a moment.
Putin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Humbert takes a knee right on the jaw!
Putin misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humbert wants a takedown but no success here.
Humbert can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Humbert Humbert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Putin lands an elbow that stopped Humbert in his tracks for a moment.
Putin crunches a lovely knee into Humbert's ribcage.
Putin scores a nice knee to the body.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Humbert blocks with his arms.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Humbert tries for a takedown but Putin manages to get underhooks.
Humbert takes a knee right on the jaw!
Putin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Humbert lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Putin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Humbert is breathing heavily.
Putin lands a nice knee to the body.
Putin lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humbert tries to pull guard but Putin holds him up against the cage and eventually Humbert drops back down to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Putin.
Humbert tries to pull guard but Putin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. Humbert won't want to take too many of those.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Humbert avoids it.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. Humbert won't want to take too many of those.
Humbert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Putin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Putin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Humbert is working for takedown but Putin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Putin working Humbert over with knees to the body.
Putin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Humbert avoids it.
Humbert avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Humbert has been working on his balance at CT + BJJ & Wrestling & Boxing & MT SPARRING GYM, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Putin.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Humbert has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Putin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Putin with a knee to the head.
Humbert blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Putin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Humbert blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Putin.
Humbert takes a knee right on the jaw!
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Humbert blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Humbert drags the fight down to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Humbert looking for a guillotine here but Putin defends easily.
Putin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Putin trying to stand up but can't free himself from Humbert's guard.

Putin stands and steps away. Humbert gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Putin drives through and clinches with Humbert against the cage.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Humbert avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Humbert tries to keep at a distance but Putin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Humbert managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Humbert avoids a wild elbow strike from Putin.
Humbert tries to pull guard but Putin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Humbert is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Putin to keep the fight standing.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Putin lands an elbow just above Humbert 's eye.
Knees to the body from Putin.
Putin landing knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Putin misses with an elbow over the top.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Putin scores with a knee to the head.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but Humbert is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin stops a takedown attempt from Humbert.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Humbert Humbert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Putin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vlad Putin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Humbert.
Putin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Putin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Humbert is defending well for now.
Putin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Humbert blocks it with crossed arms.
Putin lands an elbow inside that Humbert shrugs off.
Humbert avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Putin tries a knee to the head but Humbert blocks it.

Humbert has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Putin uses from the top position.
Humbert is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Humbert trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Putin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Vlad Putin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Putin has Humbert up against the cage in a clinch.
Putin lands a knee to the head.
Humbert managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Putin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. Humbert won't want to take too many of those.
Humbert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Humbert fails to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Humbert tries to pull guard but Putin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Humbert can't get the takedown.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Putin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Humbert avoids the elbow strike from Putin, against the cage.
Humbert dodges an elbow strike from Putin.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Humbert tries for a takedown. No joy.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Humbert avoids the damage to the body.
Putin throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Humbert.
Humbert blocks an elbow strike from Putin.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Humbert.
Humbert blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Putin is breathing heavily.
Putin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Putin trying to land knees to the body.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Putin throws an elbow but it misses.
Putin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Putin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Humbert has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Humbert tries to score a body lock takedown but Putin shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
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!
Putin with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Putin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but Humbert swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Humbert closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Putin throws an elbow but misses.
Humbert avoids the elbow strike from Putin, against the cage.
Humbert avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Humbert avoids it.
Putin misses with an elbow over the top.
Humbert avoids the elbow strike from Putin, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Putin obliges.
Putin tries to land a knee to the head but Humbert blocks with his arms.
Putin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Humbert successfully pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Humbert controls Putin momentarily but Putin frees himself.
Putin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Humbert is proving hard to escape from.
Humbert is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Humbert wants to take a breather but Putin is having none of it.
Putin looks like he's trying to stand up.
Humbert trying to control the action but Putin is working from the bottom.
Putin wants to get back to his feet.

That's two 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.
Putin is not content to let Humbert control the position.
Humbert slips a nice elbow through Putin's hands, connecting with Putin's forehead.

Humbert is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Putin has managed to free his arm - good work.

Putin has one foot on Humbert's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Vlad Putin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Putin moves into the clinch.
Humbert blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Humbert tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Humbert avoids a wild elbow strike from Putin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Putin.
Putin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Putin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Putin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Putin misses with an elbow over the top.
Humbert Humbert has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Humbert managing to block the knees to the body from Putin.
Putin misses with an elbow over the top.
Humbert blocks an elbow strike.

Humbert has Putin pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Humbert pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Putin tumbling to the mat - Humbert dives into Putin's guard.
Humbert stops Putin from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putin is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Humbert working some strikes from top position.
Humbert looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Humbert is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Putin wants to stand up but Humbert is controlling him.
Putin is wriggling around but Humbert manages to pass to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Putin is trying to stand back up but Humbert is controlling him

And that's the end of the fight!
Vlad Putin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Putin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 25:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 25:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vlad Putin!
Vlad Putin looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I am not surprised, motherf**ker!'.