PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benito Hurley (ranked 22968 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diman Aseev (ranked 5476 p4p, 0 weight class). Diman Aseev has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Hurley
vs
Aseev

191 cm
19
278 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

198 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benito Hurley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diman Aseev!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aseev misses with a takedown
and Hurley counters with a left and a right that stings Aseev.
Aseev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It looked like Hurley was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Aseev scores with a jab.

It looks like Benito Hurley has been cut.

Aseev moves into the clinch successfully.

Hurley jumps guard and drags Aseev to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Aseev wants to get up but he can't break Hurley's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Aseev looking to sit in guard and control but Hurley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Hurley postures up.
Hurley stays in close to Aseev's body and controls the position.
Hurley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aseev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hurley won't allow Aseev to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hurley stands up from Aseev's guard - Hurley perhaps looking for a knockout.

Aseev drives through and clinches with Hurley against the cage.

Hurley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aseev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aseev throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Aseev closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Hurley drags the fight down to the ground.
Aseev in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hurley is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Aseev wants to control from the top but Hurley keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurley is pulling down on Aseev's head to control his posture.
Aseev stopping the sweep attempt from Hurley.
Hurley has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hurley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

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

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hurley pulls guard successfully.
Hurley controlling the position.
Hurley could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hurley punching to the body, from the bottom.
Aseev postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aseev trying to control but Hurley is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hurley has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Aseev.
Aseev changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hurley tries to avoid it but Aseev manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hurley to the ground. Hurley escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Benito Hurley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diman Aseev.
Aseev looks winded!
Aseev circles away from the clinch attempt.

Aseev tries to keep at a distance but Hurley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Aseev tries to break the clinch but Hurley is controlling the position.
Aseev is trying to break the clinch but Hurley is controlling him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Hurley is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Aseev can't fight it off and eventually Hurley manages to take the fight to the floor. Aseev looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hurley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benito Hurley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benito Hurley's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hurley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aseev swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aseev shoots in but no luck this time.
Aseev throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Aseev moves into the clinch successfully.
Aseev working hard to break the clinch.

Hurley turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hurley manages to end up in side control.
Hurley is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Aseev will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hurley decides to stand back up. Hurley steps back and let's Aseev get back to his feet.
Hurley moves away from the strike by Aseev.
Aseev pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Hurley moves into range and clinches up with Aseev.
Aseev is breathing heavily.

Aseev manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurley tries to close the distance and clinch but Aseev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Hurley closes the distance and clinches.
Hurley wants to stall.

Hurley manages to pull guard.
Aseev must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Aseev looking to pass the guard.
Hurley is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hurley throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Aseev looking to sit in guard and control but Hurley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Aseev not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurley is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Aseev is working an open guard so Hurley takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A punch combination from Hurley misses.
Hurley wants to clinch up but Aseev keeps it at a distance.
Aseev ducks right into an uppercut from Hurley.
Diman Aseev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hurley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Aseev, pushing him back against the cage.

Hurley pulls guard effortlessly.

Aseev decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Hurley drives through and clinches with Aseev against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hurley jumps guard.
Hurley manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Aseev manages to get himself to full guard.

Hurley engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Hurley stands and steps away. Aseev gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Hurley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Aseev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Aseev moves into range and clinches up with Hurley.

Hurley breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hurley clinches up with Aseev and pushes him back against the cage.
Aseev lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hurley or not.

Hurley successfully pulls guard.
Aseev trying to control but Hurley is working from the bottom.
Hurley pulls Aseev in close to prevent any damage.
Aseev wants to stand but Hurley has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Aseev scoring with some ground and pound.
Hurley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Aseev is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benito Hurley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Benito Hurley's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Hurley tries to keep at a distance but Aseev has taken the fight into the clinch.

Aseev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Aseev moves into the clinch.

Hurley pulls guard.
Aseev lands a couple of digs.
Hurley is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Aseev stopping the sweep attempt from Hurley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aseev wanted to stand there but Hurley had control of the position.
Aseev looking to sit in guard and control but Hurley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurley is stalling in the full guard.
Aseev is pulling down on Hurley's head. It's preventing any offense from Hurley, at least for the moment.
Aseev not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Hurley stands up from Aseev's guard - Hurley perhaps looking for a knockout.

Aseev fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hurley, pushing him back against the cage.
Diman Aseev seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Aseev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

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.

Hurley breaks the clinch.

Aseev tries to keep at a distance but Hurley has taken the fight into the clinch.

Hurley turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Aseev is looking for a sweep.
Hurley in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hurley controls the position.
Aseev tries to improve position but can't.
Hurley happy to just control the position for now.
Hurley works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hurley decides to stand up, so the ref orders Aseev to his feet.

Aseev gets tackled into the cage by Hurley. Hurley maintains the clinch.
Hurley takes an elbow to the forehead.

Hurley breaks from the clinch.
Benito Hurley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Aseev has managed to clinch.

Aseev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aseev has a takedown stuffed.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hurley breaks from the clinch.
Hurley wants to clinch up but Aseev keeps it at a distance.

Hurley clinches with his opponent.

Hurley is trying to trip Aseev. He has hold of a leg but Aseev is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Hurley persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hurley is stalling in the full guard.

Hurley stands up and waves to Aseev to follow him.

Hurley takes the fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Benito Hurley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hurley, 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benito Hurley!