PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Igor Potempkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thallis Whackis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whackis has chosen I Touch Myself as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Potempkin
vs
Whackis

189 cm
18
179 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Igor Potempkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thallis Whackis!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potempkin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Whackis.
Potempkin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Whackis shoots in looking for a takedown. Potempkin tries to sprawl out of it but Whackis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Potempkin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Whackis fails to land the takedown.
Igor Potempkin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thallis Whackis.
Potempkin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Potempkin tries a low kick but Whackis avoids it.
Whackis wants to clinch up but Potempkin keeps it at a distance.
Potempkin digs a good body shot into Whackis's ribs.
Whackis looks gassed!

Potempkin closes the distance and clinches.
Whackis wants a takedown but no success here.
Whackis is trying to drag Potempkin to the mat but Potempkin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Potempkin manages to break the clinch.

Potempkin shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Potempkin showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whackis is trying to maintain the position but Potempkin is very close to passing his half guard.
Potempkin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potempkin slows the pace down in half guard.

Potempkin wants to work for an arm triangle but Whackis is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Whackis tries to roll over but Potempkin keeps him under control.
Whackis is staying active underneath Potempkin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Potempkin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whackis is looking for a sweep. Potempkin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Potempkin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Whackis.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Potempkin.
Potempkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whackis manages to avoid it.

Whackis closes the distance and clinches.

Potempkin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whackis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Potempkin sprawls well. Potempkin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Whackis gets slowly back to his feet.
Potempkin throws a head kick that half lands.
Potempkin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Potempkin.
Potempkin throws the kick towards the body but Whackis avoids it.
Potempkin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Potempkin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Potempkin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Potempkin.
Potempkin tries a head kick but it misses.
Whackis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Potempkin connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potempkin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Potempkin lands a head kick. Whackis smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Potempkin digs a good hook to Whackis's body.
Potempkin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Whackis. That did some damage!
Whackis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Potempkin is looking to slow Whackis down with leg kicks.
Whackis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Potempkin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Potempkin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Whackis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Potempkin thumps Whackis with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Potempkin scores with a three punch combo!
Potempkin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Potempkin is looking to wear down Whackis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Potempkin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Whackis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Potempkin is fending him off so far but Whackis persists. Nope, Potempkin circles away and we're back to standing.
Whackis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Potempkin.
Potempkin scores with a head kick.
Potempkin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Potempkin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whackis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Potempkin as he avoids it easily.
Potempkin throws a wild body kick that Whackis sees coming a mile off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Potempkin, right into the meat.
Potempkin scoring well with a low kick there.
Potempkin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A combination from Potempkin does no damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Potempkin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Whackis.
Potempkin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Potempkin.
Whackis tries for a takedown but Potempkin circles away easily
and Potempkin finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Potempkin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Potempkin pushes Whackis away with a front kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whackis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Potempkin scores with a head kick.
Whackis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Whackis is trying desperately to land a takedown but Potempkin is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Whackis.
Potempkin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Whackis checks a leg kick nicely.
Potempkin lands a nice looking body kick.
Whackis wants to clinch.
Potempkin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Whackis can do to turn this around?
Whackis misses with a series of wild punches.
Whackis with a poor takedown
and Potempkin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Potempkin scores with a takedown into Whackis's guard.
Potempkin landing some decent shots from guard.
Potempkin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Potempkin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Whackis's guard.
Potempkin working Whackis over with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Potempkin passes to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potempkin trying to control the action but Whackis is working from the bottom.
Whackis is trying to improve his position.
Potempkin creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Potempkin is chipping away with strikes.
Whackis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Potempkin lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Whackis down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Potempkin scoring with punches and elbows.
Whackis tries to bench press Potempkin off him but Potempkin keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on Whackis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Potempkin passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Whackis!
Potempkin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Whackis is trying to escape the mount.
Potempkin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Whackis taking shots to the head.
Potempkin tries to control but Whackis wriggling away.
Potempkin is landing with some decent strikes but Whackis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whackis working to try and regain half guard.
Potempkin tries to control but Whackis wriggling away.
Whackis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Potempkin controlling the pace for now.
Potempkin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Potempkin cracks Whackis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Potempkin landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Potempkin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Potempkin controlling from mount.
Whackis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Potempkin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Whackis is looking to escape.
Whackis throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Potempkin landing punches.
Potempkin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Potempkin landing punches.
Potempkin looking to control but Whackis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Potempkin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Whackis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Igor Potempkin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whackis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Potempkin's waist but Potempkin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Whackis off to one side.
Whackis shoots for a double leg takedown but Potempkin sprawls well. He's pushed Whackis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Whackis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Whackis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Potempkin. Potempkin obviously looking to wear him down.
Potempkin throws a shot to the body.
A shot to de liver by Potempkin. Beautiful body shot.
Potempkin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Potempkin, right into the meat.
Potempkin digs a good hook to Whackis's body.
Whackis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Potempkin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Whackis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Potempkin pushes Whackis up against the cage in a clinch.
Whackis looking for a takedown.
Igor Potempkin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thallis Whackis.

Potempkin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Potempkin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Potempkin.
Good exchange - Potempkin coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potempkin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Potempkin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Whackis shoots and misses
and Potempkin counters with a low kick, right behind Whackis 's knee.

Potempkin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Potempkin lands in his opponent's guard.

Potempkin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Whackis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Potempkin trying to control the position from guard on top but Whackis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whackis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Whackis wants to stand up but Potempkin has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Whackis is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Whackis is looking for a kimura here.
Potempkin gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potempkin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Whackis's guard.
Whackis keeping moving, preventing Potempkin from controlling successfully.
Potempkin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Potempkin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Whackis's head.
Whackis working a defensive guard here.
Potempkin wants to control from the top but Whackis keeps moving.
Potempkin looking to pass the guard.

Whackis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Potempkin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Potempkin tries to free his leg and advance position but Whackis is retaining full guard.
Whackis trying to control the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Whackis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Potempkin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Whackis on the side of the head.
Potempkin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thallis Whackis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Potempkin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Potempkin.
Potempkin stuffs the takedown.
Potempkin scores with a one two! Whackis had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Potempkin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Whackis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whackis shoots in for a takedown but Potempkin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Potempkin throws a nice inside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Potempkin!
Igor Potempkin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice inside leg kick there by Potempkin. That's going to slow Whackis down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Potempkin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Potempkin 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:24
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:24
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Potempkin!