PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucky Pembrook (ranked 4074 p4p, 3961 weight class) and Matias Virtanen (ranked 180 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucky Pembrook could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matias Virtanen's chin.

Pembrook
vs
Virtanen

191 cm
24
270
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
270
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lucky Pembrook!
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, Matias Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pembrook shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Virtanen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pembrook waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Virtanen.

Pembrook looking to score a takedown here. Virtanen is defending well but Pembrook drives through and ends up in Virtanen's guard.
Pembrook is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Pembrook working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pembrook looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pembrook tries to free his leg and advance position but Virtanen is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pembrook passes Virtanen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Pembrook sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Virtanen wants to control but Pembrook is keeping busy.
Virtanen tries to roll over but Pembrook keeps him under control.
Pembrook moves into full mount! Virtanen won't be happy about that!
Virtanen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pembrook. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pembrook controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pembrook is working for a guillotine from mount but Virtanen frees his head quite easily.
Pembrook sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pembrook unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pembrook has control of Virtanen's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Virtanen regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Pembrook looking to control and managing it successfully.

Pembrook wants to finish this one by submission but Virtanen is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Pembrook.
Pembrook sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pembrook thowing shots but they're missing.

That's four 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.
Pembrook throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pembrook looking to finish with strikes here!
Pembrook looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pembrook misses with a head shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pembrook lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pembrook scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Pembrook takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Pembrook stands up out of the half guard.

Pembrook decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Pembrook is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Virtanen has managed to free his arm - good work.

Pembrook is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Virtanen sees it coming and defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pembrook is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pembrook stalling.

Pembrook is trying to work for a kimura but Virtanen is defending well.
Pembrook wants to free his trapped foot but Virtanen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pembrook missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two 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.
Pembrook is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Pembrook has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Virtanen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pembrook.
Pembrook throwing shots but Virtanen is blocking nicely.
Pembrook has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Pembrook content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pembrook has control of Virtanen's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Virtanen regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Pembrook controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pembrook throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Virtanen because Pembrook loaded up on that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lucky Pembrook dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Virtanen swats away the attempt to clinch by Pembrook.
A little jabbing left from Virtanen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pembrook misses with a body kick.
Virtanen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Virtanen wants it to stay on the feet.
Lucky Pembrook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown attempt by Pembrook or perhaps it was just good defense by Virtanen, which made it look bad.
It seemed like Virtanen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pembrook gets a clinch.
Pembrook can't find room to land a body shot as Virtanen controls the action.

Pembrook manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pembrook pushes Virtanen off and gets back to his feet.
Pembrook fails with the takedown
and Virtanen counters with a three punch combo that has Pembrook backing up. Pembrook nods at Virtanen to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucky Pembrook. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Pembrook instigates a clinch.
Pembrook is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Virtanen can do to turn this around?
Virtanen misses with some punches.
Virtanen working aggressively here.

Pembrook pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Pembrook closes the distance and clinches.
Pembrook blocks an uppercut.
Pembrook wants a takedown.
Virtanen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matias Virtanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pembrook turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Pembrook manages to end up in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A control attempt from Virtanen but he's now mounted!
Pembrook sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Pembrook is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Virtanen is surviving well by controlling Pembrook's body position as best he can.
Pembrook punishing his opponent with strikes.
Virtanen blocking the ground and pound.
Pembrook unloading with bombs!
Pembrook putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pembrook takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pembrook with good strikes from the mount here!
Pembrook lands with some strikes.
Pembrook lands a big shot to the head and Virtanen winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Lucky Pembrook!