PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Walid Seghir (ranked 3942 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradford Volkanovski (ranked 3106 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Seghir
vs
Volkanovski

180 cm
25
157 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

173 cm
25
157 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Walid Seghir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bradford Volkanovski!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seghir throws a big shot that misses.
Volkanovski wants to clinch.
Volkanovski is trying hard to land a takedown here. Seghir sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Volkanovski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Seghir pinned against the cage. Seghir gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A left and a right from Volkanovski both land. Nice combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Seghir rushes Volkanovski and presses him up against the cage.

Seghir has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Volkanovski regains guard immediately.

Volkanovski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seghir throwing strikes from guard but Volkanovski blocks nicely.
Seghir sitting in guard here, content to control.
Volkanovski wants to stand and escape but Seghir is having none of it.
Volkanovski trying to keep a closed guard but Seghir is proving a slippery customer.
Seghir controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

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.

Volkanovski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Seghir's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Seghir sitting in guard here, content to control.
Seghir stands up over Volkanovski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Seghir thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Seghir controls from within his opponent's guard.
Volkanovski is trying to control the position but Seghir postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seghir throws a leg kick but Volkanovski sees it coming and moves out of range.
Volkanovski lands a right hook to the body.
Volkanovski misses with a head kick.

Seghir gets a takedown into half guard.
Seghir missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Seghir seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Seghir seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Volkanovski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Seghir is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seghir is taking a breather. Volkanovski says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Volkanovski is trying to stand back up but Seghir is controlling him
Seghir looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Volkanovski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Volkanovski trying to control from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Seghir 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.
Seghir prevents Volkanovski from improving his position.

Seghir is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Volkanovski is just riding it out for now. Seghir eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walid Seghir dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Volkanovski darts in looking for a takedown but Seghir gets double underhooks and turns Volkanovski into the cage.
Seghir lands a jab to the head.

Seghir shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Seghir lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Volkanovski regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Seghir.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volkanovski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Seghir.
Volkanovski looking to hit a scissor sweep but Seghir is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Volkanovski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Seghir not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Walid Seghir overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Seghir stands up over Volkanovski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Seghir chips away with some ground and pound.
Seghir with a nice head shot there.
Seghir slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Seghir wants to stand but Volkanovski is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two 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.
Volkanovski keeping full guard, as Seghir tries to pass.
Seghir is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Seghir stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Volkanovski swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volkanovski being controlled here, momentarily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Seghir is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Volkanovski can do to turn this around?
Volkanovski fails with a takedown attempt.

Volkanovski tries to sprawl but Seghir drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Volkanovski is looking to get back to is feet but Seghir passes into side control.
Volkanovski wants to control but Seghir postures up.
Volkanovski is trying to escape the position but Seghir is controlling the position.
Volkanovski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seghir tries to advance to mount but Volkanovski denies him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seghir wants to stand but Volkanovski is controlling his arm.
Volkanovski avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Seghir.
Seghir wants to stand but Volkanovski has his arm trapped.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Volkanovski is pushing Seghir's head away, looking to escape. Seghir manages to hold on to the position though.
Volkanovski can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walid Seghir dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Volkanovski shoots in for a takedown but Seghir shows good takedown defense.
Volkanovski has his takedown stuffed

and Seghir counters by clinching up.
Volkanovski is trying to break free.

Seghir jumps guard.
Seghir wants to stand up but Volkanovski is controlling him.

Seghir throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Volkanovski trying to move into half guard but instead Seghir has managed to sweep!

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Seghir gets to his feet - Volkanovski follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seghir gets a takedown into half guard.
Volkanovski is looking to improve his position.
Volkanovski is trying to control but can't.
Seghir is looking to advance position but Volkanovski won't allow it.
Volkanovski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Seghir.
Seghir is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seghir working Volkanovski over with strikes.
Seghir is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Volkanovski has a hand on Seghir's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Seghir takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Seghir content just to control the position here.
Volkanovski is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seghir scoring with strikes but Volkanovski is staying in there.
Seghir with good strikes from the mount here!
Seghir tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Seghir is working for a guillotine from mount but Volkanovski frees his head quite easily.
Seghir takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Volkanovski wants to control but Seghir is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seghir controlling from mount.
Volkanovski wants to hold on but Seghir pushes him away.
Seghir takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Walid Seghir showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Seghir has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:26
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walid Seghir!