PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fyodor Pending (ranked 7480 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kieran Mistry (ranked 17792 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Pending
vs
Mistry

150 cm
53
130 lbs
59 - 91 - 0

171 cm
33
144 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 59 - 91 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fyodor Pending!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kieran Mistry!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pending moves forwards but Mistry connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pending drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kieran Mistry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pending takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mistry lands with a shot to the body.
Mistry lands a nice shot to the body.

Mistry clinches with his opponent.
Mistry leaning his opponent against the cage.
Pending has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mistry avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pending drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mistry pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mistry connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mistry feints a jab promting Pending to slip. Mistry then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pending slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mistry ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mistry closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mistry catches Pending with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Left hook, right uppercut from Mistry.
Mistry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mistry lands a nice looking body shot.
Mistry throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mistry scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mistry scores with a hook.
Mistry is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nice uppercut lands for Mistry. That snapped Pending's head back.
Nice uppercut lands for Mistry. That snapped Pending's head back.

Mistry rushes Pending and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pending tries for a takedown but Mistry manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fyodor Pending. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mistry breaks the clinch.
Mistry digs a good hook to Pending's body.
Mistry lands a body shot.
Pending takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mistry has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mistry fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mistry thuds a left hand into Pending's body.

Mistry instigates a clinch.
Mistry stalls.
Mistry avoiding damage.
Mistry slowing the pace effectively.
A bit of stalling here from Mistry.
Mistry gets underhooks to prevent Pending's takedown attempt.
Pending is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Mistry scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mistry stalling against the cage.
Pending is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mistry has Pending pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kieran Mistry.
Mistry jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pending could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Mistry throws a combination. Pending tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mistry moves into the clinch.
Pending tries to score a body lock takedown but Mistry shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A body shot lands from Mistry.
Mistry displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pending up against the cage.
Pending has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mistry after a bit of a struggle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kieran Mistry 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.

Mistry clinches.

Mistry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kieran Mistry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mistry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mistry scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pending doesn't seem bothered though.
Mistry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mistry scores with a punch to the head.
Mistry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A jab from Mistry does it's job there.
Mistry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab by Mistry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mistry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mistry throws a one two combo.
Mistry cracks Pending with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mistry jabs at Pending's body.
Mistry cracks Pending with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pending takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mistry takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice straight punches there by Mistry. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mistry.
Pending takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danga de danga de dang - Mistry scores with a four punch combination!
Pending looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pending takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pending ducks right into an uppercut from Mistry.
Mistry lands a really nice looking cross but Pending seems unphased.
Pending walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pending takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Mistry pushes Pending up against the cage in a clinch.
Pending wants a takedown.
Mistry holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Mistry manages to break the clinch.
Mistry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pending looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mistry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mistry throws a good cross that connects.
Mistry with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pending takes one to the chin there.
Mistry listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mistry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pending walks into a jab.
Mistry moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mistry lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pending takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fyodor Pending is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mistry scores with a hook to the body. Pending takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mistry scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mistry looks to land a combination. Pending sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mistry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mistry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pending doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mistry lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mistry scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kieran Mistry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Mistry misses with a few strikes there.
Mistry throws a series of strikes that have Pending backpedaling.
Mistry digs a good body shot into Pending's ribs.
Mistry scores with a hook to the body. Pending takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mistry looks to land a combination but Pending avoids it well.
Pending tries to counter by clinching up but Mistry breaks away and moves out of range.
Mistry fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mistry tests Pending's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pending takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mistry lands with a nice combination. Pending backs away looking to recover.
Mistry throws a series of strikes that have Pending backpedaling.
Mistry lands with a good body shot.
Mistry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pending is looking to counter with head kicks.
Mistry scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pending doesn't seem bothered though.

Mistry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Mistry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mistry lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pending backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pending gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Mistry rushes Pending and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mistry will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pending up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pending is trying to pull guard but Mistry has him pressed against the cage.
A short left from Mistry.
Kieran Mistry seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pending is trying to pull guard but Mistry turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mistry has Pending pressed against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mistry.
Pending wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fyodor Pending. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mistry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pending is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mistry is defending well.
Pending tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pending has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mistry is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mistry just leaning against Pending, taking a breather.
Mistry prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mistry stalling.
Mistry manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mistry manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pending drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mistry gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mistry lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Pending has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mistry uses from the top position.
Mistry engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Mistry is posturing up here but Pending has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Mistry tries to roll out but it's too tight and Mistry has to tap! Slick submission there by Pending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fyodor Pending!