PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Makarov (ranked 945 p4p, 919 weight class) and James Pearson (ranked 111 p4p, 110 weight class). Sergey Makarov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Makarov
vs
Pearson

200 cm
25
250
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
34
261
24 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Makarov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Pearson!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makarov misses with a looping left.
Pearson throws a big counter head kick but Makarov avoids it with no problem.
Makarov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Makarov with a poor takedown
and Pearson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Sergey Makarov has been cut.
Pearson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Makarov tries for a takedown but Pearson circles away easily
and Pearson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Makarov with the inside leg kick.

Makarov rushes Pearson and presses him up against the cage.
Pearson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pearson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearson lands a nice uppercut.
Our sources have told us that Makarov has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Pearson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Makarov or not.
Pearson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pearson tries to throw a body punch but Makarov avoids it by throwing Pearson back against the cage.
Pearson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pearson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Makarov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pearson avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makarov tries to land knees in the clinch but Pearson avoids the damage to the body.
Pearson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Pearson.
Makarov is breathing heavily.
Pearson slows down the pace here.

Pearson breaks the clinch.
Pearson swings away with a body shot that misses

and Makarov counters with a takedown into side control.
Pearson controls the position for a moment.
Makarov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pearson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pearson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makarov is putting a hurting on Pearson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Check out the look on Makarov's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
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!
Pearson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Makarov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pearson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pearson tries to roll over but Makarov keeps him under control.
Makarov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Makarov is trying to control. Pearson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Makarov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pearson wants to control but Makarov is keeping busy.
Pearson is refusing to be controlled, as Makarov sits in half guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Pearson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Makarov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Makarov throwing shots but Pearson is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson is looking to improve his position.
Pearson is trying to control but can't.
Makarov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pearson is concentrating on defense, preventing Makarov from advancing position.
Makarov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Makarov winds up and cracks Pearson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pearson keeping hold of Makarov's head, controlling as best he can.
Makarov prevents Pearson from improving his position.
Pearson gets back to full guard.
Makarov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pearson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makarov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pearson looking for a sweep. Not yet Pearson, not yet.
Pearson keeping moving, preventing Makarov from controlling successfully.
Pearson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Makarov.
Makarov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Makarov passes Pearson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Makarov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pearson is trying to get back to full guard.
Pearson moves into full guard.
Makarov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Makarov scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sergey Makarov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sergey Makarov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Makarov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pearson moves away.
Makarov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pearson. Pearson obviously looking to wear him down.
Pearson keeps the fight on the outside.
Pearson stuffs the takedown attempt from Makarov. Makarov gets slowly back to his feet.
Makarov moves away from the strike by Pearson.
Makarov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pearson. That did some damage!
Makarov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pearson.
Makarov tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makarov scores with the left hand. Pearson knows he should have avoided that one.
Makarov shoots for a takedown but Pearson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pearson moves out of range of the leg kick from Makarov.
Pearson misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Makarov gets a clinch.
Pearson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Makarov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pearson avoids it.
Pearson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pearson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pearson blocks an elbow strike.

Pearson breaks from the clinch.
Pearson lands a nice shot to the body.
Pearson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pearson misses with a body shot.
Makarov scores with a jab.
Makarov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pearson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sergey Makarov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Makarov.
Makarov ducks under a wild hook from Pearson.
Makarov misses with a lunging right hand
and Pearson counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson missing with a left hand there. Makarov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Makarov misses with a takedown attempt
and Pearson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergey Makarov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Makarov connects with the punch.
A head kick misses from Makarov.
Pearson throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Makarov stumbling backwards into the cage! Makarov bounces back off the cage towards Pearson, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Pearson lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Pearson celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). James Pearson!
Our winner, James Pearson, 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.