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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valdemar Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Jebic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jebic has chosen hardcore vibes as his entrance music. Valdemar Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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186 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Valdemar Santos! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Jebic! The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jebic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jebic closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Jebic perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Santos is refusing to be controlled, as Jebic sits in half guard. Jebic winds up and cracks Santos with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Jebic stops Santos from getting back to his feet.
Santos wants to get back to full guard. Santos punching from the bottom.
Jebic thows a huge punch but Santos dodges it nicely.
Santos wants to improve his position but Jebic is controlling well.
Jebic trying to control the pace. Jebic scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Jebic is trying to control the action in half guard but Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Jebic scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jebic is putting a hurting on Santos here, landing some big shots from side control. Santos is looking to regain half guard here but Jebic keeps moving and retains side control. Jebic lands a decent elbow from side control. Santos is breathing heavily. Jebic in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Santos tries to escape but Jebic is in control. Santos trying to remain calm as Jebic controls from the top position. Jebic stands up and beckons Santos to his feet. Santos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Jebic keeping control of the position. Santos is looking to take a break and control but Jebic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jebic is doing well to control the position and prevent Santos from advancing to side control. Santos wants to stand up but Jebic has a hold of him and won't allow it. Jebic is controlling Santos's position as best he can from this difficult position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Jebic misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Jebic holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Jebic's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige. Santos is stalling here. Jebic is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Santos seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Jebic has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Santos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Check out the look on Jebic's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jebic lands some shots froms side control. Santos is trying to control Jebic's posture but Jebic avoids it. Jebic happy to just control the position for now. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
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. Jebic cracks Santos with an elbow. That is naaassty. Jebic lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. Santos is trying to get back to half guard. Jebic in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Jebic decides to stand back up. Jebic steps back and let's Santos get back to his feet. Santos tries for a takedown but Jebic circles away easily and Jebic counters with a nice double leg into side control. Santos won't be happy with that. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Jebic is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Jebic scores with punches from side control. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Jebic dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jebic lands a high kick!
Santos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and Jebic counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Jebic is keen to just control but Santos is a slippery customer. Jebic perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Santos trying to control from the bottom.
Jebic working the head and body with strikes. Santos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Jebic lands with a punch from half guard. Jebic landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Santos is looking for a sweep. Jebic is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Santos doesn't succeed with the takedown and Jebic counters with a nice double leg into half guard. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Santos wants to improve his position but Jebic is controlling well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santos looking for submissions off his back. Santos pushes Jebic off but Jebic dives into side control.
Jebic landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. Jebic tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jebic has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Jebic landing strikes. Jebic landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. Santos is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Jebic is working for a submission of some sort.
Ground and pound from Jebic. Santos is looking to escape. Santos has hold of Jebic's hands but Jebic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Jebic passes the guard and advances to mount! Santos is desperately trying to improve his position but Jebic has a good base and remains in mount. Jebic is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jebic cracks Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jebic scoring with strikes but Santos is staying in there. Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Jebic landing shots from mount. Jebic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Jebic landing punches. Santos working to try and regain half guard.
Jebic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
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. Santos is trying to get back to his feet but can't. BOOM! Jebic connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Jebic lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jebic putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Santos is looking to get to half guard. Jebic working the ground and pound effectively.
Santos gets back to half guard. Ground and pound from Jebic. Santos moves into full guard.
Jebic must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Jebic not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Jebic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Santos lands with a right hand. Santos closes the distance looking to clinch and Jebic decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Santos's guard. Jebic gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Jebic shoots in and bounces Santos off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Jebic trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jebic controls the pace. Jebic preventing the sweep. Jebic has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Santos wants to stand up but Jebic is controlling him. Santos looking for a sweep. Not yet Santos, not yet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Jebic scores with a takedown into Santos's guard. Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jebic is controlling him. Jebic working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Jebic won't allow Santos to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Jebic trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom. Jebic stands up from guard. Let's bang! The fight moves into the clinch position. Santos has had enough of the clinch but Jebic keeps him there for the moment. Jebic pulls guard. Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Jebic manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jebic is landing with some decent strikes but Santos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jebic in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jebic scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Santos?
Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jebic fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jebic trying to control but he's not successful this time. Santos bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Jebic managing to control the position. Santos with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four 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. Jebic has a closed guard, preventing Santos from standing up. Jebic scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Ivan Jebic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Santos wants to get up but he can't break Jebic's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. Santos trying to control but Jebic is working from the bottom. Santos wants to stand but Jebic has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
And that's the end of the fight! Ivan Jebic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Jebic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30 Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30 Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Jebic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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