PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sasha Beliy (ranked 321 p4p, 36 weight class) and David Paddington (ranked 597 p4p, 71 weight class). Paddington has chosen Broken - Next time around as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Beliy
vs
Paddington

175 cm
27
160 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

167 cm
26
153 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sasha Beliy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Paddington!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beliy throws out a loose jab but Paddington uses good head movement to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Paddington.
Paddington lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Beliy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Paddington takes a swing at Beliy's ribcage but misses.
Beliy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Paddington.
Paddington takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Some bone on bone action there as Paddington checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Paddington tries to close the distance and clinch but Beliy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paddington loads up on a big right hand but Beliy slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paddington staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Paddington on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Beliy motions for Paddington to come forward. Beliy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beliy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Beliy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Paddington fails to land the takedown.
Sasha Beliy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paddington fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Paddington tries to bum rush Beliy with a series of wild strikes but Beliy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beliy looks to score with a jab to the body but Paddington is just out of range.
Beliy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Paddington.
Paddington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beliy misses with a left hand
and Paddington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Paddington misses with a body shot

and Beliy moves into the clinch.
Beliy has Paddington pushed against the cage.
Paddington doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Beliy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Paddington working aggressively here.
Beliy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Paddington backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paddington.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paddington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Beliy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paddington throws a head punch that misses.
Paddington misses with a hook to the ribs.
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!
Paddington prevents a body shot from Beliy.
Paddington misses with a punch to the body.
Paddington tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sasha Beliy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Paddington.
Paddington tries to pull guard but Beliy holds him up against the cage and eventually Paddington drops back down to his feet.

Beliy manages to break the clinch.
Paddington throws out a powerful jab.
Beliy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jab from Paddington.
Beliy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beliy misses with a hook to the body

and Paddington counters with a nice double leg into side control. Beliy won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paddington working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Paddington is trying to ground and pound but Beliy uses the momentary lack of control by Paddington to regain half guard.
Paddington has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Paddington is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Paddington content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Paddington not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paddington not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Beliy trying to control from the bottom.
Paddington not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Paddington is looking for a kimura here.

Paddington in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Beliy tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Paddington!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Paddington!
Our winner, David Paddington, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.