PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eli Bathory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Whisky Dan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bathory might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Orchestra . Dan has chosen "I'm a man" by Black Strobe as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bathory
vs
Dan

190 cm
25
192 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

186 cm
23
197 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eli Bathory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Whisky Dan!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dan leaves Bathory with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dan stuffs the takedown attempt from Bathory. Bathory gets slowly back to his feet.

Bathory shoots in and bounces Dan off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bathory trying to control the position from guard on top but Dan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bathory slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bathory seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dan for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dan keeping moving, preventing Bathory from controlling successfully.
Bathory stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bathory wants to control from the top but Dan keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bathory.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eli Bathory. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dan misses the jab.

Bathory shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bathory showed some decent athleticism there.
Bathory takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory wants to control but Dan is keeping him busy.
Bathory with the ground and pound but Dan uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Dan wants to improve his position but instead Bathory has moved into half guard.
Dan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bathory is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bathory looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bathory slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dan is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bathory not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bathory throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bathory sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dan defending well though.
Dan gets back to full guard.
Dan looks gassed!
Bathory trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bathory trying to control but Dan is working from the bottom.
Bathory's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bathory pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dan is keeping the position for now.
Bathory wants to control from the top but Dan keeps moving.
Bathory throws a big right hand that misses.
Bathory trying to control the position from guard on top but Dan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bathory passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bathory.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Bathory dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Bathory scores with a takedown into Dan's guard.
Bathory wants to pass the guard but Dan is keeping the position.
Bathory slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bathory forces his way into half guard.
Dan is breathing heavily.
Nice strikes from Bathory there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bathory perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bathory thows a huge punch but Dan dodges it nicely.
Bathory takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bathory keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bathory seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bathory not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Still in half guard, Bathory seems content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bathory looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Dan wants to control but Bathory is keeping busy.
Dan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bathory scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bathory wants to take a breather but Dan is having none of it.
Bathory lands strikes from half guard.
Bathory looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bathory seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bathory with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bathory throwing shots but Dan is blocking nicely.
Bathory trying to control the action but Dan is working from the bottom.
Bathory controlling the pace.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Eli Bathory just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Bathory closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bathory scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dan to see if he's OK.
Bathory is looking to take a break and control but Dan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bathory has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Dan!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory lands with some strikes.
Bathory looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bathory cracks Dan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dan is in a horrible position here. Bathory smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Bathory dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Bathory shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dan as he jumps to the side.
Bathory shoots in but no luck this time.
Bathory closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dan circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eli Bathory. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bathory closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bathory wants to control but Dan is keeping him busy.
Bathory postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Bathory in side control, throwing shots but Dan defends.
Bathory postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dan tries to improve position but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bathory working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bathory working the head and body with strikes.
Dan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bathory wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dan keeps working.
Eli Bathory overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bathory working the ground and pound from side control.
Bathory throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Dan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bathory scores with punches from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Bathory.
Bathory is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dan can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory working the head with strikes.
Bathory scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dan to see if he's OK.

Bathory is trying to get an arm triangle but Dan is defending well.
Dan is trying to control Bathory's posture but Bathory avoids it.
Bathory is looking to take a break and control but Dan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bathory scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bathory in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Dan is not content to let Bathory control the position.
Bathory working the head and body with strikes.
Eli Bathory is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Bathory tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
An elbow from Bathory crashes against the mat.
Whisky Dan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Bathory is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Bathory working the head and body with strikes.
Bathory controls the position.
Bathory fails to land a wild elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eli Bathory showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bathory, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:26
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:26

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