PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rudolf Washington (ranked 3813 p4p, 3774 weight class) and Vlad Lukashenko (ranked 202 p4p, 200 weight class). Washington comes into the arena with King Crimson - Sleepless blaring out of the sound system. Rudolf Washington could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vlad Lukashenko's chin.

Washington
vs
Lukashenko

196 cm
18
265
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
300
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

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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 London, Rudolf Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Vlad Lukashenko!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Washington scores with a takedown into Lukashenko's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lukashenko striking off his back but it's not causing Washington any problems.
Washington slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lukashenko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lukashenko trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Washington is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Lukashenko thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Lukashenko throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Lukashenko trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Washington is in close to Lukashenko's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lukashenko doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Lukashenko has momentary wrist control but Washington slips an elbow through the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lukashenko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Washington landing some decent shots from guard.
Washington controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukashenko throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Washington with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Washington scoring with some ground and pound.
Lukashenko will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Washington is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lukashenko will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Lukashenko will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Washington sitting in guard here, content to control.
Washington content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Washington has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Washington connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Washington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lukashenko is keeping the position for now.
Lukashenko throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lukashenko striking off his back.
Lukashenko will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Washington keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lukashenko's head.
Lukashenko striking off his back but it's not causing Washington any problems.
Lukashenko tries to strike from the bottom.
Washington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lukashenko is keeping the position for now.
Lukashenko throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Washington sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Washington's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Lukashenko striking off his back but it's not causing Washington any problems.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Lukashenko striking off his back but it's not causing Washington any problems.
Lukashenko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lukashenko throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Decent striking displayed by Washington there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Washington moves into the clinch.

Washington has clasped his hands together around Lukashenko's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Lukashenko tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Lukashenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lukashenko taking punishment in the form of punches.
Washington scoring with punches and elbows.
Lukashenko manages to get back to half guard.
Washington is trying to control. Lukashenko wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Washington wants to pass the guard but Lukashenko is defending well.
Washington knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lukashenko on the ground.
Lukashenko moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Washington lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Washington's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lukashenko should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Lukashenko trying to strike off his back.
Washington is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Washington working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lukashenko's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lukashenko keeping moving, preventing Washington from controlling successfully.
Washington lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lukashenko striking off his back but it's not causing Washington any problems.
Washington lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Washington controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Washington postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lukashenko lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Lukashenko throws a big elbow that misses.
Lukashenko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Washington has Lukashenko pulled in close to control his posture.
Lukashenko throws a big elbow that misses.
Lukashenko throwing strikes but missing.
Washington looking for a sweep. Not yet Washington, not yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rudolf Washington dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Washington tries to close the distance and clinch but Lukashenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lukashenko with the counter takedown but Washington avoids it easily.

Lukashenko gets caught flat footed, as Washington shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Washington postures up and lands a big shot to Lukashenko's brow.
Washington looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Washington looking to pass the guard.
Washington trying to control the position from guard on top but Lukashenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lukashenko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Washington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lukashenko swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lukashenko trying to strike off his back.
Lukashenko with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Washington can't handle though.
Lukashenko throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Washington sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lukashenko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lukashenko trying to strike off his back.
Lukashenko manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Washington manages to get himself to full guard.

Washington trying to control the position here.
Lukashenko won't allow Washington to sweep him here.
Lukashenko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Washington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lukashenko.
Lukashenko throwing strikes but missing.
Lukashenko is looking to work some ground and pound but Washington has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lukashenko throws a big elbow that misses.
Lukashenko throws a big elbow that misses.
Lukashenko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lukashenko stopping the sweep attempt from Washington.
Lukashenko postures up.
Lukashenko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lukashenko is looking to work some ground and pound but Washington has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lukashenko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lukashenko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lukashenko throwing strikes from guard but Washington blocks nicely.
Lukashenko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lukashenko's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lukashenko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Washington works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Washington throwing short punches from the bottom.
Lukashenko in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lukashenko throws a big right hand that misses.
Lukashenko postures up in Washington's guard and throws a big left but Washington blocks it.
Rudolf Washington overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lukashenko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Washington works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lukashenko throws a big right hand that misses.
Lukashenko is breathing heavily.
Lukashenko in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Washington seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Washington gets a double leg takedown into Lukashenko's guard.
Washington scoring with some ground and pound.
Lukashenko trying to strike off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lukashenko throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Lukashenko wants to sweep here but Washington controlling him for the moment.
Washington connects with a couple of short punches.
Lukashenko throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lukashenko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Washington wants to control from the top but Lukashenko keeps moving.
Washington wants to pass the guard but Lukashenko is keeping the position.
Lukashenko throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lukashenko will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Lukashenko tries to strike from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lukashenko trying to strike off his back.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Lukashenko enables Washington to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lukashenko manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Lukashenko will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Washington trying to control the position from guard on top but Lukashenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rudolf Washington will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Washington shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Lukashenko tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Lukashenko misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Lukashenko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Washington scoring with punches to the head and body.
Washington slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lukashenko will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington looking to pass the guard.
Lukashenko keeping moving, preventing Washington from controlling successfully.
Washington is in close to Lukashenko's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington wants to pass the guard but Lukashenko is keeping the position.
Lukashenko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lukashenko doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Washington trying to control but Lukashenko is working from the bottom.
Washington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lukashenko is keeping the position for now.
Lukashenko throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Washington trying to control but Lukashenko is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Washington is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Lukashenko is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Washington throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Lukashenko tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Washington is in Lukashenko's guard.
Lukashenko trying to strike off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lukashenko throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Lukashenko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lukashenko tries to strike from the bottom.
Lukashenko tries to strike from the bottom.
Lukashenko trying to strike off his back.
Washington landing with the ground and pound.
Lukashenko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Washington slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Washington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lukashenko can do to turn this around?
Washington postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lukashenko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lukashenko throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Washington is working Lukashenko over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Washington cracks Lukashenko with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Washington wants to control from the top but Lukashenko keeps moving.
Lukashenko tries to strike from the bottom.
Lukashenko throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Washington rushes Lukashenko and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Washington has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Lukashenko regains guard immediately.
Washington looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lukashenko throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Lukashenko tries to strike from the bottom.
Lukashenko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Washington is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lukashenko striking off his back but it's not causing Washington any problems.
Washington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lukashenko is keeping the position for now.
Lukashenko tries to strike from the bottom.
Lukashenko thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Washington darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Washington controlling the action here.
Washington landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lukashenko punching from the bottom.
Vlad Lukashenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Lukashenko is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Washington pulls his head out easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rudolf Washington showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Washington has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight for Rudolf Washington!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Rudolf Washington!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Rudolf Washington!

Rudolf Washington wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Rudolf Washington thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.