PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Delgado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxim Gorgy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorgy is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Nostalgia. Marcos Delgado has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Delgado
vs
Gorgy

183 cm
18
189 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcos Delgado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maxim Gorgy!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorgy fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Delgado.
Delgado is looking to clinch.
Delgado shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gorgy as he jumps to the side.
Gorgy looks to clinch
and Delgado counters with a left and a right that stings Gorgy.
Delgado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gorgy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Delgado swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Delgado looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Delgado scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gorgy is looking to clinch but Delgado is avoiding it.
Delgado fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Delgado. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Delgado is looking to clinch.

Gorgy gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorgy tries to throw a body punch but Delgado avoids it by throwing Gorgy back against the cage.
Come on Gorgy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Delgado throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gorgy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Delgado up against the cage.
Gorgy can't break the clinch.
Gorgy lands a nice knee to the body.
Gorgy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Delgado prevents a takedown attempt there.
Delgado wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gorgy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Delgado keeps control of Gorgy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Delgado has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gorgy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gorgy has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Delgado uses from the top position.

Gorgy looking for a guillotine here but Delgado defends easily.
Delgado trying to control but Gorgy is working from the bottom.
Gorgy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gorgy keeping moving, preventing Delgado from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorgy is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Gorgy looking for a sweep. Not yet Gorgy, not yet.
Gorgy is trying to control the position but Delgado postures up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Delgado has a takedown stuffed.
Delgado is breathing heavily.
Nice body kick from Delgado.
Gorgy tries to clinch but Delgado is having none of it.
Gorgy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Delgado.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorgy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Delgado misses with a head kick.
Delgado fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gorgy manages to avoid it.
Gorgy moves in looking to clinch but Delgado pushes him off.
Gorgy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Delgado wants to clinch but Gorgy slips to the side

and Gorgy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Delgado pulls guard successfully.
Gorgy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Delgado keeping full guard, as Gorgy tries to pass.
Gorgy trying to control but Delgado is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marcos Delgado will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A head kick by Gorgy misses

and Delgado counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Delgado.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Delgado keeps control of Gorgy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Delgado pushes off an throws an elbow but Gorgy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gorgy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gorgy is fighting off a takedown attempt but Delgado is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Gorgy to the mat. Gorgy regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Delgado controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gorgy wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gorgy is trying to control the position but Delgado postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorgy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gorgy is trying to control the position but Delgado postures up.
Delgado tries to free his leg and advance position but Gorgy is retaining full guard.
Gorgy throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Gorgy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gorgy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Delgado crunches a lovely knee into Gorgy's ribcage.
Gorgy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gorgy tries a knee to the head but Delgado blocks it.

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.
Delgado is looking to break free of the clinch but Gorgy has double underhooks.
Gorgy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Delgado smiles and moves away.
Delgado shoots and misses

and Gorgy counters by moving into the clinch.
Gorgy keeps control of Delgado as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Gorgy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Delgado moves out of range of the strikes.
Gorgy just misses with a punch to the body.

Gorgy shoots in and bounces Delgado off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gorgy landing with the ground and pound.
Gorgy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Delgado swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorgy won't allow Delgado to get back to his feet.
Gorgy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Delgado wants to stand up but Gorgy is controlling him.
Delgado trying to keep a closed guard but Gorgy is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gorgy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Delgado swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gorgy looks to land a left hand but Delgado moved out of range nicely.
Delgado tries to clinch but Gorgy moves away

and Gorgy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gorgy looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Gorgy manages to break the clinch.
Gorgy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Maxim Gorgy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Delgado misses with a series of wild punches.

Gorgy takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxim Gorgy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Gorgy throws a jab but it's blocked by Delgado.
Delgado looks to throw the jab but Gorgy is out of range.
Gorgy wants to clinch.
Delgado keeps the fight on the outside.

Gorgy pushes Delgado up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gorgy tries to land knees in the clinch but Delgado avoids the damage to the body.
Delgado being controlled against the cage.
Gorgy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gorgy missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorgy landing knees to the body.

Gorgy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gorgy misses with a combination
and Delgado counters with a thumping low kick.
Delgado scores with a spinning back kick!
Gorgy blocks the body kick.
Delgado with a lazy takedown attempt

and Gorgy counters with a single leg into guard. Delgado didn't expect that.
Gorgy looking to pass the guard.
Delgado trying to keep a closed guard but Gorgy is proving a slippery customer.
Gorgy stands and throws Delgado's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorgy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Delgado keeps working.
Gorgy working the ground and pound but Delgado is defending the strikes.
Delgado is trying to control Gorgy's posture but Gorgy avoids it.
Delgado tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Gorgy darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gorgy is trying to control. Delgado wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nice strikes from Gorgy there.
Gorgy performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gorgy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Delgado keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorgy throwing shots but Delgado is blocking nicely.

Gorgy is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Delgado defends it well.
Delgado wants to control but Gorgy is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Delgado stuffs the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maxim Gorgy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gorgy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maxim Gorgy!