PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Badaz (ranked 3930 p4p, 2982 weight class) and Pat Risher (ranked 351 p4p, 291 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Badaz
vs
Risher

178 cm
25
151
1 - 1 - 0

167 cm
25
135
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dmitry Badaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pat Risher!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badaz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Risher connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Badaz scrambles back to his feet.
Risher jabs Badaz right on the nose. Badaz blinks but takes it well.
Badaz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Risher throws the left hand but Badaz avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Badaz misses the target.
A jab from Risher misses.
A little feinted left hand from Badaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Risher throws the left hand but Badaz avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Badaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Badaz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Risher.
Risher throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Risher throws out a loose jab but Badaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Badaz throwing a counter right hand but Risher manages to avoid it.
Pat Risher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Risher clinches up with Badaz and pushes him back against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Badaz has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

Risher gets control of Badaz's arms and successfully pulls guard. Risher will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Risher looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Badaz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Risher's head.
Badaz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Risher looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Risher escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Badaz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Badaz slips nicely into half guard.
Badaz sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Badaz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Badaz lands a nice short elbow.

Risher is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Badaz pulls his head out easily.
Badaz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Badaz drops an elbow to the side of Risher's head.
Badaz is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Risher is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Badaz pulls his head out easily.

Risher looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Risher looking for submissions off his back.

Risher with the active half guard here but Badaz passes nicely into side control.
Risher looks winded!
Badaz lands some shots froms side control.
Risher really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Badaz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Badaz staying calm.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Badaz is chipping away with strikes.
Badaz slows the pace down.
Badaz seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Risher for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Risher is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Badaz off and has taken his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Badaz turns into Risher and is now in his guard.

Risher working for a triangle but Badaz defends it easily.
Badaz sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Badaz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Badaz is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Risher's shoulder. That is not cool.
Risher is looking for a sweep.
Badaz works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Badaz happy to just control the position for now.
Risher tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badaz creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Badaz grinds an elbow into Risher's temple.
Badaz landing strikes.
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!
Badaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Risher keeps working.
A lull in the action here.
Risher looks to move to half guard but instead Badaz has passed into mount! Damn!
Badaz scoring with strikes but Risher is staying in there.

Badaz is working for a guillotine from mount but Risher frees his head quite easily.
Risher is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitry Badaz dominated that round.
That's time! Badaz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Risher gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Risher has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Badaz uses from the top position.
Risher looking to hit a scissor sweep but Badaz is one step ahead there.
Badaz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Risher is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Badaz is aware though and is defending well.
Risher being controlled here, momentarily.
Badaz 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.
Badaz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badaz stays in close to Risher's body and controls the position.

Risher working for a triangle but Badaz defends it easily.
Badaz controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Risher looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Badaz showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Risher looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Risher is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Badaz defends well.
Badaz seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Risher escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Badaz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two 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.
Badaz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Badaz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Risher's guard.
Badaz content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Risher actively working from the bottom here.
Badaz working over Risher with some ground and pound. Risher looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Badaz stalling.

Risher looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badaz is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Badaz trying to mount his opponent but Risher defends it.
Badaz is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Badaz is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Badaz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Risher with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Badaz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Badaz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Badaz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Badaz has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Risher is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Risher sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Risher looking for submissions off his back.
Badaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Risher can do to turn this around?
Risher is breathing heavily.

Risher is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Badaz pulls his head out easily.
Badaz perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Risher looking for submissions off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Badaz lands a nice short elbow.

Badaz is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Risher doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Badaz.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitry Badaz dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Risher is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Risher moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Risher misses with a double jab.
Badaz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Risher misses with a hook. Badaz ducked under it nicely.

Risher has closed the distance and engaged Badaz in a clinch.
Badaz wants a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badaz blocks an uppercut.
Badaz jumps guard but Risher turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A right hand to the body from Risher.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Risher.
Risher scores with a shoulder strike.
Badaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dmitry Badaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

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

Risher is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Badaz defends well.
Badaz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Risher isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Badaz stacks Risher on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Badaz!
Dmitry Badaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Risher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Badaz passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Risher!
Risher is in all sorts of trouble here.
Badaz scoring with strikes but Risher is staying in there.
Badaz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Risher is trying to escape the mount.
Badaz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Badaz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Badaz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Risher is looking to escape.
Badaz prevents Risher from getting the reversal.
Badaz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Risher looks a forlorn figure.
Risher is looking to improve his position but Badaz isn't that keen on the idea.
Badaz breaks from Risher's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Risher is trying desperately to improve position.
Badaz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Badaz.
Risher is looking to get to half guard.
Badaz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Badaz landing shots from mount.
Badaz cracks Risher with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Risher keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badaz lands a heavy elbow.
Badaz working the ground and pound effectively.
Badaz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Risher gets back to half guard.
Pat Risher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Risher looking for submissions off his back.
Badaz controlling the action here.
Badaz works his way into side control.
Badaz creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
You can see the frustration on Risher's face as Badaz controls the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dmitry Badaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Badaz, 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dmitry Badaz!