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Babushka 3 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Berik Yawoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gideon Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Yawoka might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to keep running up that hill. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Berik Yawoka!
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, Gideon Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Yawoka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Berik Yawoka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yawoka looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Yawoka moves nicely into side control.
Yawoka scores with punches from side control.
The referee asks Yawoka politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Yawoka prefers to stall for the moment though.
Yawoka in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The referee asks Yawoka politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Yawoka prefers to stall for the moment though.
Yawoka has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Gonzalez!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yawoka tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yawoka throws some wild stikes that Gonzalez manages to avoid easily.
Yawoka thowing shots but they're missing.
Yawoka throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gonzalez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Yawoka thowing shots but they're missing.
Gonzalez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yawoka working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
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.
Yawoka sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yawoka has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's four 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.
Yawoka seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Gonzalez for as long as he can get away with.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Berik Yawoka.
Gonzalez shoots and misses
and Yawoka counters with a single leg into guard. Gonzalez didn't expect that.
Yawoka passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Yawoka happy to just control the position for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Berik Yawoka dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gonzalez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yawoka's sensitive parts.
Yawoka avoids the head kick by Gonzalez.
Berik Yawoka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A low kick from Yawoka is predictable there
and Gonzalez counters with a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yawoka is out of range.
Gonzalez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yawoka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gonzalez.
Yawoka shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Yawoka throwing shots but Gonzalez is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yawoka is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Yawoka is looking to take a break and control but Gonzalez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yawoka wants to pass the guard but Gonzalez is defending well.
Yawoka is working hard here to advance position.
That's two 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.
Yawoka is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Yawoka content to control rather than advance.
Yawoka thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yawoka tries to pass to full mount but Gonzalez defends it.
Yawoka controlling the action here.
Yawoka is looking for a kimura here.
Yawoka is looking for a kimura here.
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.
Gonzalez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Well, if Yawoka is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Yawoka is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Berik Yawoka dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Yawoka shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gonzalez as he avoids it easily.
Gonzalez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yawoka shoots in and bounces Gonzalez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Yawoka trying to control but Gonzalez is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yawoka is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yawoka throws a strike but Gonzalez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gonzalez postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Yawoka is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Gonzalez, into his guard.
Yawoka sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gideon Gonzalez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Berik Yawoka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yawoka pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gonzalez is keeping the position for now.
Yawoka sitting in guard, not really doing much.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Gonzalez keeping moving, preventing Yawoka from controlling successfully.
Berik Yawoka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berik Yawoka has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Yawoka is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gonzalez's half guard.
Yawoka wants to pass to mount but Gonzalez is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yawoka controlling the action here.
Yawoka throws a strike but Gonzalez avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Yawoka forces his way into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yawoka content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Berik Yawoka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Yawoka, 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Berik Yawoka!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edmund Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Everon Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Everon Teixeira has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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160 lbs
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169 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Solid chin |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edmund Hammer!
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, Everon Teixeira!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer has his takedown stuffed
and Teixeira counters with a single leg into guard. Hammer didn't expect that.
Teixeira throws and elbow that misses. Hammer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Teixeira's guard. Nice move by Hammer!
Hammer wants to control from the top but Teixeira keeps moving.
Teixeira pushes Hammer off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Teixeira scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Teixeira lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Teixeira takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Teixeira wants to pass the guard but Hammer is defending well.
Hammer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Teixeira on the ground.
Teixeira stops Hammer from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Teixeira not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Teixeira lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Teixeira is looking to take a break and control but Hammer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Teixeira throwing shots but Hammer is blocking nicely.
Teixeira sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hammer defending well though.
Teixeira not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hammer is in trouble now - Teixeira has advanced to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Teixeira can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hammer is looking to escape.
Hammer taking shots to the head.
Hammer avoids a series of strikes thrown by Teixeira.
Teixeira breaks from Hammer's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hammer is breathing heavily.
Hammer holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Teixeira tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Teixeira cracks Hammer with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira with shots to the head and body - Hammer looks very uncomfortable down there.
Teixeira thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Teixeira throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Teixeira landing strikes from the mount and Hammer is in trouble!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Teixeira lands a big shot there that rocks Hammer but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Teixeira with the ground and pound from mount.
Teixeira misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Teixeira scoring with strikes but Hammer is staying in there.
Hammer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Teixeira lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Teixeira working away from the top, dropping strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teixeira with shots to the head and body - Hammer looks very uncomfortable down there.
Teixeira pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Teixeira fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Teixeira raining down shots from the mount!
Teixeira with shots to the head and body - Hammer looks very uncomfortable down there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Teixeira looking to control and managing it successfully.
Teixeira lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Everon Teixeira dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Teixeira shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hammer napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Teixeira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Teixeira creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Hammer sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Teixeira misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Teixeira sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hammer is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Teixeira scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hammer to see if he's OK.
Teixeira tries to advance to mount but Hammer denies him.
Hammer is working to avoid the ground and pound but Teixeira connects with a decent elbow.
The strikes coming from Teixeira are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Teixeira is chipping away with strikes.
Teixeira working the ground and pound but Hammer is defending the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira with the ground and pound but Hammer regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Teixeira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Teixeira winds up and cracks Hammer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Teixeira works his foot free and advances to mount.
Teixeira content just to control the position here.
Teixeira with good strikes from the mount here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Teixeira raining down hammerfists from mount.
Teixeira scoring with strikes but Hammer is staying in there.
Teixeira working the ground and pound effectively.
Teixeira lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Teixeira lands a heavy elbow.
Teixeira lands a big shot there that rocks Hammer but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hammer is bucking up trying to escape but Teixeira cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Teixeira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Teixeira is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Teixeira putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Teixeira is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Teixeira punishing his opponent with strikes.
Teixeira lands a big elbow.
Teixeira wants to control the pace but Hammer is squirming around nicely.
The referee warns Hammer that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira controlling from the full mount.
Teixeira scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hammer?
Teixeira with shots to the head and body - Hammer looks very uncomfortable down there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teixeira looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Teixeira landing strikes from the mount and Hammer is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Everon Teixeira 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! This is the final round!
Teixeira shoots in for a takedown but Hammer shows good takedown defense.
Hammer gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Teixeira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Teixeira wants to control from the top but Hammer keeps moving.
Teixeira postures up in Hammer's guard and throws a big left but Hammer blocks it.
Teixeira throwing strikes but missing.
Teixeira is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Teixeira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Teixeira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Teixeira chips away with some ground and pound.
Teixeira is looking to work some ground and pound but Hammer has wrist control.
Teixeira trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Teixeira thows a big elbow that misses.
Teixeira wants to control from the top but Hammer keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hammer keeping full guard, as Teixeira tries to pass.
Teixeira throws a big right hand that misses.
Teixeira passes Hammer's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Teixeira thows a huge punch but Hammer dodges it nicely.
Teixeira seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hammer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ground and pound from Teixeira.
Teixeira content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hammer is not content to let Teixeira control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira is taking a breather. Hammer 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.
Teixeira sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hammer defending well though.
Teixeira slips a nice elbow through Hammer's hands, connecting with Hammer's forehead.
Teixeira missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Teixeira not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Teixeira lands a nice short elbow.
Teixeira controlling the action here.
Hammer is refusing to be controlled, as Teixeira sits in half guard.
Teixeira trying to control the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Teixeira seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that's the end of the fight!
Everon Teixeira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Teixeira winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 25:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 25:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Everon Teixeira!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ishmael Boorg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Super Test (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Super Test has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ishmael Boorg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Super Test!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Test shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Test is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Test pushing down on Boorg's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Test should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Test sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Test maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Boorg could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Test has cracked it and Boorg is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Test!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Super Test!
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