PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Borisavljevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwight Schrute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Borisavljevic
vs
Schrute

178 cm
22
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Borisavljevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dwight Schrute!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Borisavljevic gets the takedown into side control.
Borisavljevic scores with a couple of short elbows.
Borisavljevic lands a few punches from side control.
Schrute is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Schrute tries to get to full guard but Borisavljevic has control of the leg.
Schrute landing strikes from the bottom.
Well, if Borisavljevic 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.
Schrute is looking for a sweep. Borisavljevic is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Schrute missing with punches from the bottom.
Schrute is pressing down on Borisavljevic's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Borisavljevic is working Schrute over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Schrute preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Schrute bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Borisavljevic's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borisavljevic throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Schrute postures up and lands a big shot to Borisavljevic's brow.
Schrute passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borisavljevic tries to get to full guard but Schrute has control of the leg.
Borisavljevic lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Schrute prevents Borisavljevic from improving his position.
Borisavljevic trying to control but Schrute postures up.
Schrute prevents Borisavljevic from improving his position.
Schrute slips a nice elbow through Borisavljevic's hands, connecting with Borisavljevic's forehead.
Borisavljevic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Schrute on the ground.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Schrute connects with a nice short shot to Borisavljevic's temple.
Schrute working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Schrute is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Borisavljevic is just riding it out for now. Schrute eventually gives up the hold.

Schrute is looking for a kimura but Borisavljevic is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Schrute to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borisavljevic is trying to control but can't.
Schrute has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Schrute working the head and body with strikes.
Borisavljevic preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Borisavljevic wants to improve his position but Schrute is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borisavljevic is positioning himself well to prevent Schrute advancing to mount.
Schrute seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Borisavljevic flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Schrute is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Schrute is thwarting Borisavljevic's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borisavljevic is holding on to half guard well.
Schrute is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Borisavljevic trying to control but Schrute postures up.
Schrute is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Schrute is looking for a kimura here.
Borisavljevic throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Borisavljevic trying to control but Schrute postures up.

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.
Borisavljevic is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Schrute is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Borisavljevic misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Borisavljevic throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schrute is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Schrute tries to pass the half guard into mount. Borisavljevic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Schrute is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Borisavljevic is just riding it out for now. Schrute eventually gives up the hold.
Schrute looks gassed!
Borisavljevic won't allow Schrute to pass to mount.
Borisavljevic controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dwight Schrute will probably get the nod.
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.

Schrute tries to clinch there but Borisavljevic circles away.
Schrute is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Borisavljevic or perhaps it was just good defense by Schrute which made him look bad.
Schrute wants to clinch.

Borisavljevic scores with a takedown into Schrute's guard.
Schrute bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Borisavljevic's guard.
Schrute scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Borisavljevic throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schrute's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Schrute is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Schrute is breathing heavily.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Borisavljevic holds on and takes a little breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borisavljevic wants to hit a switch here but Schrute passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Borisavljevic there!
Schrute landing punches.
Borisavljevic wants to hold on but Schrute pushes him away.
Schrute landing shots from mount.
Borisavljevic wants to control but Schrute is having none of it.
Borisavljevic is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Borisavljevic swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

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.
Borisavljevic tries to hold on but Schrute pushes him away.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Nikolai Borisavljevic just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Schrute.

Schrute is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Borisavljevic has escaped the position, nice work there.

Schrute is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Borisavljevic knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Schrute is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Borisavljevic is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borisavljevic is trying to control Schrute's posture but Schrute avoids it.
Schrute working the ground and pound.
Borisavljevic is trying to control Schrute's posture but Schrute avoids it.
Borisavljevic sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Borisavljevic trying to control but Schrute postures up.

Borisavljevic is defending against the submission attempts here by Schrute.
Borisavljevic is controlling Schrute's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Borisavljevic is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Schrute's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Schrute's back!
The referee is taking a good look at Schrute as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Borisavljevic!
Borisavljevic lands strikes to the head.
Schrute rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Borisavljevic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Schrute is pressing down on Borisavljevic's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Borisavljevic preventing the sweep.
Borisavljevic trying to control the position from guard on top but Schrute is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Borisavljevic won't allow Schrute to sweep him here.
Borisavljevic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Schrute looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Borisavljevic is defending well. Schrute quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Borisavljevic has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Schrute celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dwight Schrute!