PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yosef Braulio (ranked 4181 p4p, 4169 weight class) and Alvaro Dimitri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Braulio
vs
Dimitri

185 cm
25
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Yosef Braulio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alvaro Dimitri!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Dimitri misses.
Dimitri takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dimitri misses with an uppercut.
Braulio is looking to counter punch.
Dimitri throws a lazy right hand but Braulio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Braulio just misses with a punch to the body.
Dimitri lands with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimitri lunges at Braulio with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Braulio's hand.
Dimitri takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Alvaro Dimitri has been cut.
Braulio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dimitri.
It looked like Braulio was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dimitri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braulio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dimitri.
Braulio appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dimitri swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Braulio.
Dimitri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Braulio.
Dimitri throws a body punch but Braulio moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Braulio tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Braulio takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Braulio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Braulio avoids the body shot from Dimitri.
Dimitri takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dimitri misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braulio takes one on the button.
Dimitri connects with a crisp jab.
Braulio avoids the body shot from Dimitri.
Dimitri throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Braulio works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braulio throws a sloppy body shot
and Dimitri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Braulio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dimitri.
Braulio appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dimitri misses with a hook
and Braulio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dimitri, as that shot connected.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dimitri darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dimitri is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Braulio had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Braulio cracks Dimitri with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dimitri stuns Braulio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Braulio has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dimitri finds it's way round the side to connect with Braulio's head.
Dimitri feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Braulios jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dimitri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Braulio takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Braulio's head.
Braulio needs to keep his hands up - Dimitri had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dimitri loads up on a big right hand but Braulio slips the punch.
Dimitri misses the shot to the body.
Braulio throws a poor cross that misses
letting Dimitri counter with a right hand.
Dimitri with a jab.
Braulio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dimitri.
Dimitri lands a jab to the head.
Dimitri uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Braulio has time to react.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alvaro Dimitri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alvaro Dimitri's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dimitri catches Braulio with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Alvaro Dimitri seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dimitri misses the jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Braulio might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The fighters circling - Dimitri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dimitri stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dimitri scores with a jab to the body.
Alvaro Dimitri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dimitri jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimitri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Braulio was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dimitri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dimitri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Braulio manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braulio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dimitri.
Dimitri misses with a hook. Braulio ducked under it nicely.
Dimitri loads up on a big right hand but Braulio slips the punch.
Braulio throwing a counter right hand but Dimitri manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Braulio misses its intended target.
Braulio loads up on a big right hand but Dimitri slips the punch.
Dimitri lands a nice shot to the body.
Dimitri throws a hook to the side of Braulio's head but Braulio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Braulio wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dimitri takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Braulio doesn't seem bothered though.
Dimitri scores with a nice strike.
Dimitri lands the left hand.
Braulio lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That has opened up Alvaro Dimitri's cut even more.
Dimitri dips to his left and cracks Braulio with an uppercut!
Braulio looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Braulio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dimitri sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Braulio misses with a body punch
and Dimitri counters with a nice uppercut.
Dimitri comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Dimitri lands.
Dimitri throws a lazy right hand but Braulio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dimitri misses with an uppercut. Braulio saw that one coming.
Dimitri connects with the punch.
Braulio closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dimitri fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Braulio on the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Dimitri.
Dimitri tests Braulio's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri loads up on a big right hand but Braulio slips the punch.
Braulio appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dimitri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Braulio manages to avoid it.
Donk. Dimitri catches Braulio right on the button with a cross.
Dimitri with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braulio takes one to the chin there.
Braulio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dimitri.
Braulio is looking to counter punch.
Dimitri misses the jab.
A shot to the liver by Dimitri. Beautiful body shot.
Dimitri jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Braulio is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alvaro Dimitri showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alvaro Dimitri's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Dimitri throws a jab but it's blocked by Braulio.
Braulio walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dimitri connects with a single shot there.
Dimitri ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dimitri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dimitri stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimitri scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Braulio doesn't seem bothered though.
Dimitri has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Braulio swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dimitri counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Dimitri does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimitri fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A lazy left from Dimitri finds it's target.
Dimitri throws a shot to the body.
Braulio walks into a straight right hand from Dimitri.
Braulio walks into a stiff left hand from Dimitri.
Dimitri stuns Braulio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dimitri connects with a right hand. Braulio shakes it off.
Braulio's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dimitri connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Braulio scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri lands a jab.
A big right from Braulio misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Braulio looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dimitri connects with the punch.
Braulio throws a body punch but Dimitri moves out of range.
Dimitri connects with a nice looking jab.
Dimitri looks to throw the jab but Braulio is out of range.
Dimitri lunges at Braulio with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Braulio's hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri tests Braulio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice shot lands for Dimitri.
Braulio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dimitri throws a looping overhand right but Braulio ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Braulio on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dimitri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dimitri throws a poor cross that misses
and Dimitri takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Braulio throws a hook to the side of Dimitri's head but Dimitri sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri lands a head shot.
Braulio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Braulio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dimitri with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dimitri throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Braulio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Braulio takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Decent striking displayed by Dimitri there.
Yosef Braulio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dimitri lands a really nice looking cross but Braulio seems unphased.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alvaro Dimitri comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dimitri has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 26:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alvaro Dimitri!
A less than humble Alvaro Dimitri misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.