PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Mobst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viacheslav Dacik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Viacheslav Dacik will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Mobst
vs
Dacik

178 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

220 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Mobst!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viacheslav Dacik!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mobst tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dacik looks to clinch

and Mobst counters with a takedown into side control.
Mobst is putting a hurting on Dacik here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mobst prevents Dacik from escaping the position.
Mobst could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Mobst decides to stand back up. Mobst steps back and let's Dacik get back to his feet.
Dacik tries to clinch there but Mobst circles away.

Dacik rushes Mobst and presses him up against the cage.
Mobst wants a takedown.
Dacik is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Mobst manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dacik is looking to stand up but Mobst won't let him.
Dacik is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dacik is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Dacik wants to stand and escape but instead Mobst has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Mobst 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.
Mobst stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dacik swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mobst won't allow Dacik to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dacik looks gassed!
Mobst postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dacik wants to stand up but Mobst is controlling him.
Mobst controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Dacik wants to stand and escape but Mobst is having none of it.
Mobst is working Dacik over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mobst is stalling in the full guard.
Mobst working some strikes from top position.
Mobst sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dacik's guard.
Mobst stops Dacik from getting back to his feet.
Dacik is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mobst scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mobst scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dacik looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mobst lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dacik pushes Mobst off but Mobst dives into side control.
Mobst lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dacik down.
Dacik bucks up and tries to throw Mobst off but instead Mobst has got his back!
What can Dacik do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Dacik wants to get back to his feet.
Mobst trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Dacik doesn't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mobst connects with a big shot to the side of Dacik's head.
Dacik is trying to get back to his feet but Mobst has full control of the position and if anything, Dacik has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Dacik really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mobst. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mobst biding his time, looking for the opening.
Dacik trying to get back to his feet but Mobst is in full control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mobst scores with strikes from the back.
Mobst biding his time, controlling Dacik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dacik looks to clinch

and Mobst counters with a takedown into side control.
Mobst controlling the position from side mount.
Dacik wants to get back to his feet but Mobst drags him back down.
Dacik tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Dacik tries to buck Mobst off but he can't manage it.
Mobst lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dacik squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mobst dominating with strikes here.
Dacik is trying to stand.
Mobst with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Dacik that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mobst is landing with some decent strikes but Dacik is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dacik really wants to buck Mobst off and get back to his feet.
Mobst controlling from mount.
Dacik wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mobst in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dacik tries to buck Mobst off but he can't manage it.
Mobst working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dacik tries to buck Mobst off but he can't manage it.
Mobst controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Mobst.
Mobst fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mobst lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dacik hang on?
Mobst landing strikes from the mount and Dacik is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dacik is trying to stand.
Dacik is in a horrible position here. Mobst smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Mobst postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dacik looks a forlorn figure.
Dacik really wants to buck Mobst off and get back to his feet.
Mobst controlling from the full mount.
You get the feeling that Dacik really doesn't like being in this position too much.

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.
Mobst controlling the position easily from mount.
Mobst lands a big elbow.
Mobst tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dacik is trying to stand.
Mobst controlling from mount.
Mobst landing punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mobst controlling the position easily from mount.
Dacik is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Mobst 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!

Mobst keeps the fight on the outside.
Dacik tries to clinch but Mobst moves away

and Mobst counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mobst.

Dacik pushes Mobst off and scrambles back to his feet.

Mobst shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jack Mobst overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mobst content just to control the position here.
Mobst'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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dacik wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mobst scoring with strikes but Dacik is staying in there.
Mobst controlling from mount.
Mobst looking to finish Dacik with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dacik!
Mobst looking to control and managing it successfully.
Mobst unloading with bombs!
Viacheslav Dacik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A nice elbow there by Mobst.
A nice elbow there by Mobst.
Dacik wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Mobst breaks from Dacik's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dacik is trying to stand up.
Dacik flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
A nice elbow there by Mobst.
Mobst controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mobst scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dacik?
Mobst is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mobst is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dacik can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dacik is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Dacik flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dacik throwing hammer fists to the chest of Mobst. What's that going to do exactly?
Dacik is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Mobst controlling the position easily from mount.
Dacik's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

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.
Mobst lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dacik is trying to stand.
BOOM! Mobst connects with a massive shot to the dome!
You get the feeling that Dacik really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Mobst lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dacik is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Mobst blocks Dacik's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Mobst swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jack Mobst!