PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Hasselhoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Bathory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hasselhoff comes to the cage accompanied by Love Gun. Bathory is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Orchestra . Dirk Hasselhoff has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hasselhoff
vs
Bathory

188 cm
24
192 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
24
192 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dirk Hasselhoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eli Bathory!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bathory shoots in looking for a takedown. Hasselhoff tries to sprawl out of it but Bathory keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hasselhoff manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hasselhoff tries to clinch there but Bathory circles away.
Hasselhoff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bathory was well out of range. Poor timing from Hasselhoff.
Bathory closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hasselhoff circles away.
Hasselhoff throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bathory on the side of the head.
Dirk Hasselhoff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hasselhoff has his takedown stuffed

and Bathory counters with a takedown into side control.
A lull in the action here as Bathory stalls from top position.
Bathory lands a few punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bathory in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hasselhoff taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bathory working the head with strikes.
Bathory wants to control but Hasselhoff is keeping him busy.
Bathory lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bathory working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bathory lands an elbow.
Bathory in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hasselhoff tries to buck Bathory off but Bathory is having none of it.
Bathory is looking to take a break and control but Hasselhoff is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hasselhoff tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bathory grinds an elbow into Hasselhoff's temple.
Hasselhoff prevents Bathory from improving position.
Bathory scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hasselhoff is trying to get back to half guard.
Bathory remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Hasselhoff is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasselhoff is pushing Bathory's head away, looking to escape. Bathory manages to hold on to the position though.
Hasselhoff prevents Bathory from moving into mount.
Bathory cracks Hasselhoff with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bathory lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The referee asks Bathory politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Bathory prefers to stall for the moment though.
Bathory scores with punches from side control.
Bathory cracks Hasselhoff with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bathory is working Hasselhoff over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hasselhoff is breathing heavily.
Bathory moves into full mount!
Bathory trying to control but Hasselhoff is having none of it.
Bathory with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory looking to finish Hasselhoff with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hasselhoff!
Hasselhoff tries to reverse the position but Bathory maintains control.
Bathory lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bathory breaks from Hasselhoff's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bathory putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The referee warns Hasselhoff that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bathory fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bathory cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bathory scoring with strikes but Hasselhoff is staying in there.
Bathory is landing with some decent strikes but Hasselhoff is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bathory landing shots from mount.
Bathory scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Bathory dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hasselhoff tries a head kick but it misses.
Hasselhoff throws a nice head kick!
Hasselhoff is looking to score with low kicks.

Hasselhoff gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bathory to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bathory postures up and lands a big shot to Hasselhoff's brow.
Eli Bathory has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hasselhoff keeping moving, preventing Bathory from controlling successfully.
Bathory throwing strikes but missing.
Bathory is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasselhoff keeping moving, preventing Bathory from controlling successfully.
Bathory passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Bathory is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bathory scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bathory is looking to take a break and control but Hasselhoff is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bathory lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory lands with a punch from half guard.
Bathory passes to side control.
You can see the frustration on Hasselhoff's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bathory controlling from side mount.
Hasselhoff is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bathory connects with a decent elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bathory creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Bathory lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bathory wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hasselhoff keeps working.
Bathory cracks Hasselhoff with a big right hand but Hasselhoff just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bathory content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Bathory lands some shots froms side control.
Hasselhoff is not content to let Bathory control the position.
Hasselhoff gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bathory is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bathory is trying to control. Hasselhoff wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bathory lands a nice short elbow.
Hasselhoff is trying to maintain the position but Bathory is very close to passing his half guard.
Bathory is nestled in close to Hasselhoff, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bathory wants to take a breather but Hasselhoff is having none of it.
Bathory landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bathory working over Hasselhoff with some ground and pound. Hasselhoff looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bathory winds up and cracks Hasselhoff with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bathory throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bathory wants to control but Hasselhoff is keeping him busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bathory lands strikes from half guard.
Bathory thows a huge punch but Hasselhoff dodges it nicely.
Hasselhoff taking some punishment here, with Bathory in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Bathory showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bathory fails with the takedown

and Hasselhoff counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bathory won't be happy with that.
Sloppy strikes there by Hasselhoff.

Hasselhoff thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bathory struggling a bit here.
Hasselhoff trying to control the position but Bathory is working away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasselhoff is trying to ground and pound but Bathory uses the momentary lack of control by Hasselhoff to regain half guard.

Hasselhoff is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bathory has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bathory manages to get to full guard.
Bathory wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bathory looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hasselhoff is one step ahead there.
Bathory is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hasselhoff is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hasselhoff punching from the bottom.
Bathory working the head and body with strikes.
Bathory is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bathory is keen to just control but Hasselhoff is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bathory wants to free his trapped foot but Hasselhoff is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bathory scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bathory trying to control from half guard but Hasselhoff is working away.
Bathory drops an elbow to the side of Hasselhoff's head.

Hasselhoff looking for submissions off his back.
Bathory scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Eli Bathory is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bathory is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bathory lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bathory looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bathory is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bathory prevents Hasselhoff from improving his position.
Dirk Hasselhoff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bathory scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bathory perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eli Bathory comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bathory winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 26:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eli Bathory!