PCF 01 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robert Fallos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luc Louiselle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louiselle has chosen Closer as his entrance music. Robert Fallos has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Fallos
vs
Louiselle

176 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Full Mount Clothing
BC FightWear

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robert Fallos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luc Louiselle!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Fallos.
Fallos fails with a takedown attempt.
Fallos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Louiselle.
Fallos scores with a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Louiselle.
Fallos is breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Fallos.
Louiselle catches Fallos napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Fallos to the canvas!

It looks like Robert Fallos has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louiselle is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Louiselle stands and steps away. Fallos gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Louiselle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Louiselle ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Fallos out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Luc Louiselle!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manos de Piedra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fjodor Lomanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Piedra kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hecho en Mexico. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

de Piedra
vs
Lomanov

170 cm
23
165 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

178 cm
21
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manos de Piedra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fjodor Lomanov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lomanov misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lomanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lomanov misses with a double jab.
de Piedra throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lomanov's waist but Lomanov gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing de Piedra off to one side.
de Piedra misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice uppercut lands for Lomanov. That snapped de Piedra's head back.

de Piedra fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lomanov, pushing him back against the cage.
Lomanov presses de Piedra against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lomanov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of de Piedras head.
Lomanov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lomanov stalling the fight.
A body shot lands from Lomanov.
Lomanov lands a nice shot to the body.
de Piedra wants to get back to striking at distance but Lomanov won't allow it.
de Piedra is trying to drag Lomanov to the mat but Lomanov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manos de Piedra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lomanov lands a body punch.
de Piedra is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lomanov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lomanov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lomanov closes the distance and clinches.
Lomanov stalling against the cage.
Lomanov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
de Piedra wants to break free but Lomanov has control.
Lomanov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lomanov leaning against his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lomanov.
Lomanov lands with a right to the head.
de Piedra takes a shot to the head.
Lomanov lands a body punch.

Lomanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Lomanov darts in and clinches de Piedra up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Lomanov.
Lomanov is trying to break free.
Lomanov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lomanov lands a shot to the body.
Lomanov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lomanov stalling in the clinch.
Lomanov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down de Piedra.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Lomanov as the two fighters clinch.
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!
Lomanov has de Piedra pressed against the cage.
Lomanov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lomanov stalling.
Lomanov tries to break the clinch but de Piedra is controlling the position.
Lomanov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down de Piedra.
Nice body punch from Lomanov.
Lomanov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down de Piedra.
Lomanov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lomanov leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Lomanov.
Lomanov digs a right hand underneath de Piedra's ribcage. de Piedra let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lomanov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lomanov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Lomanov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lomanov lands a shoulder strike.
Lomanov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lomanov lands a left hand that snaps the head of de Piedra backwards.
Lomanov displaying some good clinch control by pressing de Piedra up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Lomanov.
A bit of stalling here from Lomanov.
Lomanov is working de Piedra over against the cage.
Lomanov digs a right hand underneath de Piedra's ribcage. de Piedra let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lomanov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
de Piedra tries to throw a body punch but Lomanov avoids it by throwing de Piedra back against the cage.

Lomanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
de Piedra shoots in but no luck this time.
Lomanov throws a combination. de Piedra tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lomanov tries to clinch there but de Piedra circles away.
de Piedra checks the leg kick.
de Piedra comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lomanov gets a clinch.
A hook to the body from Lomanov.
Lomanov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lomanov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lomanov prevents de Piedra from breaking the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Lomanov.
A short left from Lomanov.
Lomanov pushes de Piedra back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lomanov lands with a left to the head.
de Piedra being controlled against the cage.

Lomanov breaks the clinch.
Lomanov clinches but de Piedra breaks the clinch
and de Piedra counters with a good, hard body kick but Lomanov shrugs it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lomanov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lomanov tries to clinch there but de Piedra circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fjodor Lomanov dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lomanov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lomanov wants to clinch up but de Piedra keeps it at a distance.
Lomanov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lomanov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

de Piedra takes the fight into the clinch.
Lomanov is struggling to control the position.

de Piedra breaks the clinch.
Lomanov works the jab nicely.
de Piedra misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

de Piedra fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lomanov, pushing him back against the cage.

Lomanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de Piedra tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Piedra wants to clinch.
Lomanov looks to land a combination. de Piedra sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Lomanov falls off balance throwing a combination
and de Piedra counters with a nice leg kick.
de Piedra avoids the body shot from Lomanov.
Lomanov wants to clinch but de Piedra slips to the side

and de Piedra counters with a single leg into guard. Lomanov didn't expect that.

de Piedra decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lomanov, up you get!
Manos de Piedra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lomanov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as de Piedra backs up against the cage.

Lomanov closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Lomanov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lomanov lands a body punch.
Lomanov pushes de Piedra back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lomanov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down de Piedra.
Lomanov stalls.
de Piedra tries to pull guard but Lomanov won't allow it.
Fjodor Lomanov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Lomanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lomanov wants to clinch but de Piedra slips to the side

and de Piedra counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lomanov!

de Piedra looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lomanov tries to reverse the position but de Piedra maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Piedra trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lomanov throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

de Piedra has hold of Lomanov's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Lomanov manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Lomanov bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
de Piedra is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Piedra looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lomanov is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Manos de Piedra will probably get the nod.
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!

Lomanov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
de Piedra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lomanov.
de Piedra closes the distance and clinches up with Lomanov, looking for a takedown. de Piedra pushes Lomanov against the cage but Lomanov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
de Piedra takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Manos de Piedra has been cut.
Lomanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lomanov lands with an overhand left.
Lomanov connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt de Piedra! He's out on his feet! Lomanov rushes in and drops de Piedra with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Fjodor Lomanov!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jedward Rory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and pat sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rory comes to the cage accompanied by Duality - Slipknot. sanchez has chosen ARS MORIENDI as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rory
vs
sanchez

225 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
23
150 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jedward Rory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, pat sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
sanchez misses with the combination.
sanchez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
sanchez looks for a takedown but Rory sprawls well.
Rory misses with a double jab

and sanchez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by sanchez.
sanchez jumps guard but Rory stands there with sanchez around his waist. sanchez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Rory can't break the clinch.
Rory is pressed up against the cage. sanchez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rory down to the mat. Rory avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jedward Rory has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of pat sanchez.
Rory throws a combination that misses

and sanchez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Come on sanchez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
sanchez is working for takedown but Rory is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rory stops a takedown attempt from sanchez.

sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Rory.
Rory throws a hook to the side of sanchez's head but sanchez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rory really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
sanchez throws the kick towards the body but Rory avoids it.
Rory throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Rory throws a right and a left that both miss.
sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
sanchez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rory gets the underhooks and prevents it.

sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
sanchez throws a one two combo.
sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

sanchez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rory tries to break the clinch but sanchez is controlling the position.

sanchez manages to break the clinch.
sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Rory shows good takedown defense.
sanchez looks gassed!
Rory throws a left and a right that both miss
and sanchez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rory fails to land with a series of punches.
Rory throws a jab when sanchez was well out of range.
sanchez scores with a jab. Rory acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
No joy there for Rory, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
A punch combination from Rory misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sanchez defending well as Rory loads up on a big left hand.
Rory looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
sanchez tries for a takedown but Rory sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rory blocks a head kick by sanchez.
sanchez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rory throws out a loose jab but sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
sanchez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rory misses with a combination
and sanchez counters with a three punch combo that has Rory backing up. Rory nods at sanchez to acknowledge the strikes.
Rory misses with a two punch combination.

sanchez gets a clinch.
sanchez has Rory pressed against the cage.

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.
sanchez receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Rory is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rory prevents the takedown attempt.
Rory gets underhooks to prevent sanchez's takedown attempt.

sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rory lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
sanchez wants to clinch.
Rory misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

pat sanchez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rory moves away.
Rory fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rory misses with a looping left.
No joy there for sanchez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
sanchez closes the distance and clinches up with Rory, looking for a takedown. sanchez pushes Rory against the cage but Rory circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jedward Rory is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rory misses with a hook. sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Rory is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rory falls off balance throwing a combination
and sanchez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rory misses with a combination
and sanchez counters with a series of strikes. Rory will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rory throws a combination that misses
enabling sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sanchez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
sanchez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rory doesn't seem bothered though.
sanchez shoots for a double leg takedown but Rory sprawls well. He's pushed sanchez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rory but Rory pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jedward Rory has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of pat sanchez.
Rory falls off balance throwing a combination

and sanchez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rory backwards.
sanchez prevents Rory from breaking the clinch.
Rory prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rory wants to break the clinch but can't.

sanchez manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rory lunges at sanchez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by sanchez's hand.
Rory stuffs the takedown.
Rory misses with a double jab
and sanchez counters with a left and a right that stings Rory.
Rory cracks sanchez with a right hand to the side of the head.

sanchez clinches.
sanchez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rory gets the underhooks and prevents it.

sanchez breaks the clinch.
sanchez throws a hook but Rory blocks it.
sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
sanchez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rory's waist but Rory gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing sanchez off to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rory throws a series of punches but sanchez moves out of range.
Rory misses with a two punch combination.
sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Rory does no damage.

sanchez has closed the distance and engaged Rory in a clinch.

sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Rory does no damage.

sanchez moves into range and clinches up with Rory.
sanchez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rory avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
sanchez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rory pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
sanchez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rory walks away with a smile on his face. sanchez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rory.
sanchez throws a series of punches but Rory moves out of range.
Rory throws a left and a right that both miss
and sanchez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rory fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
sanchez dodges the punch combination from Rory.

sanchez clinches with his opponent.
Rory gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from sanchez.
sanchez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

pat sanchez 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!

No joy there for Rory, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rory walks into a jab.
Rory swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and sanchez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rory moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rory throws a combination that misses

and sanchez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by sanchez.
sanchez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
sanchez scoring with punches and elbows.
Rory throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Rory is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rory tries to get back to half guard but can't.
sanchez in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

sanchez stands up and beckons Rory to his feet.
Some wild striking there from sanchez.
A swing and a miss from sanchez.
Rory throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and sanchez counters with a one-two to the body.
No luck for sanchez with that takedown attempt.
No joy there for Rory, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

sanchez gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rory gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from sanchez.
sanchez tries for a takedown but Rory manages to get underhooks.
Jedward Rory has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of pat sanchez.

sanchez breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Rory misses.
A nice combination there by sanchez.
sanchez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

sanchez drives through and clinches with Rory against the cage.
Rory wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
sanchez fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sanchez tries for a takedown but Rory manages to get underhooks.
Rory is trying to break the clinch but sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
pat sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
sanchez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rory avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rory can't break the clinch.
sanchez goes for a takedown attempt but Rory pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Rory.
Rory throws a combination that misses
enabling sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rory pinned against the cage. Rory gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

sanchez rushes Rory and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
sanchez has Rory pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rory manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
sanchez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rory tries to break the clinch but sanchez is controlling the position.
Rory stops a takedown attempt from sanchez.
sanchez prevents Rory from breaking the clinch.

sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rory throws a combination that misses

and sanchez counters by moving into the clinch.
Jedward Rory has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rory throws a punch but it's blocked by sanchez.

sanchez jumps guard and drags Rory to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
pat sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well sanchez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... pat sanchez!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
43%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between BJ Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brute Force (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Force comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Here Comes The Pain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rua
vs
Force

182 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
175 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, BJ Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brute Force!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua shoots for a takedown but Force saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Force closes the distance and clinches.
Rua fails to pull guard.
Force manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Force has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Rua clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Force trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Force throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Force not allowing Rua to control his hands.
Rua tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Force working the ground and pound effectively.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua tries to improve his position but instead Force has taken his back!
Force controls the position.
Force really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rua. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Force is hanging on to Rua's back as he tries to escape.
Rua is breathing heavily.
Force controls the position.
Force's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rua prevents Force from getting a body triangle.
Force lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Force is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Rua is defending well though. Force let's go of the attempt for now.
Force is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Force is trying to stick to Rua's back but Rua is turning into Force. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Force's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Rua.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Force pulls Rua in to control the position.

Despite being in the dominant position, Brute Force just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Force misses with a two punch combination.

Force shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rua's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rua keeping moving, preventing Force from controlling successfully.

Rua had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Force is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Rua Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Force's back instead.
Rua is hanging on to Force's back as he tries to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua avoiding Force 's attempts to control his hands.

Rua looking for the RNC.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Rua's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Force trying to control the position but Rua manages to sink in the hooks.
Rua throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brute Force dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Force has Rua up against the cage in a clinch.
Rua is stalling here.

Rua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
BJ Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Force clinches with his opponent.
Rua wants to break free but Force has control.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Force prevents the takedown attempt.
Force looking to throw knees to the head but Rua is blocking nicely.

Force has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Rua is trying to keep an underhook but Force manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Rua tries to roll over but Force keeps him under control.

Force is working for a kimura but Rua is defending it quite comfortably.
Force trying to pass the guard but Rua defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Force is thwarting Rua's attempts to control the position.
Force lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Force looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rua wants to control but Force is keeping busy.
Rua tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Force has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Force controlling the pace for now.
Force can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rua is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Force dominating with strikes here.
Rua is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Force blocks Rua's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Force trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Force working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A nice elbow there by Force.
Force tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Force wants to control the pace but Rua is squirming around nicely.
Force looking to finish Rua with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rua!
Force working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Force fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brute Force 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!

Rua misses with a takedown attempt

and Force counters by moving into the clinch.
Rua jumps guard but Force stands there with Rua around his waist. Rua gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Force manages to pull guard.
Rua preventing the sweep.
Force is controlling Rua's posture.
Rua looking to pass the guard.
Rua stopping the sweep attempt from Force.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rua missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Force is keeping the position for now.
Force trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Force lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rua!
Rua in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Force putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Force controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Force landing shots from mount.
Rua really wants to buck Force off and get back to his feet.
Force can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rua is looking to escape.
Force lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua is trying to reverse the position but instead Force has taken his back - oops!
Force really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Rua.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Force's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Rua is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Force.
Force avoiding Rua 's attempts to control his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Force is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Rua is defending well though. Force let's go of the attempt for now.
Force controls the position.
Rua trying to control but not successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
I would not like to be Rua right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brute Force comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Force has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brute Force!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
26%

Undercard bout

Co-main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ro Nin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nahuel Megadagik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Nin
vs
Megadagik

175 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ro Nin!
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, Nahuel Megadagik!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nin slips under a jab.

Nin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Nin lands in his opponent's guard.
Nin trying to control the position from guard on top but Megadagik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Megadagik can do anything to dispel that myth.
Megadagik pushes Nin off looking to stand but Nin dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Nin wants to work for an arm triangle but Megadagik is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Nin trying to mount his opponent but Megadagik defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Megadagik preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Nin is pressing down on Megadagik's thigh, looking to free his foot. Megadagik is holding on for now.
Megadagik looks like he's trying to stand up.
Megadagik really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nin is looking to advance position but Megadagik won't allow it.
Megadagik wants to get back to his feet.

That's two 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Megadagik throws out a loose jab but Nin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Megadagik waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Nin.
Nin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Megadagik's waist but Megadagik gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nin off to one side.
Nin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Megadagik to score with a decent uppercut.
Nin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Megadagik tries to avoid it but Nin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Megadagik to the ground. Megadagik escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Megadagik scores with the left hand. Nin knows he should have avoided that one.

It looks like Ro Nin has been cut.
Nahuel Megadagik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Megadagik. That one must have hurt.
Nin is breathing heavily.
Megadagik connects with a stiff jab that staggers Nin - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Nahuel Megadagik!