PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renato Crashing Mashin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lumpiot Paskaks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Crashing Mashin
vs
Paskaks

196 cm
24
259 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Renato Crashing Mashin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lumpiot Paskaks!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paskaks throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crashing Mashin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paskaks.
Paskaks misses with a head kick.
Paskaks connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Renato Crashing Mashin has been cut.
Paskaks fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Crashing Mashin avoids it really well and circles away.
Crashing Mashin slaps away a takedown attempt from Paskaks, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Crashing Mashin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Paskaks looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Crashing Mashin working the ground and pound but Paskaks is defending the strikes.
Crashing Mashin creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Crashing Mashin looks up at the clock and then as Paskaks takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Crashing Mashin smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Paskaks parries the strikes from Crashing Mashin easily there. Crashing Mashin is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Paskaks to escape.
Paskaks is trying to control Crashing Mashin's posture but Crashing Mashin avoids it.
Crashing Mashin tries to score with some ground and pound. Paskaks controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Crashing Mashin working the strikes but Paskaks uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Crashing Mashin throws a strike but Paskaks avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paskaks preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Paskaks seems keen to control Crashing Mashin's posture.
Paskaks wants to sweep but no luck.
Crashing Mashin throws a strike but Paskaks rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Paskaks is pushing down on Crashing Mashin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Crashing Mashin is fighting to maintain full guard but Paskaks has managed to sneak the leg through.

Paskaks is working for a submission of some sort.

Crashing Mashin makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Paskaks closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Crashing Mashin did well to prevent Paskaks getting side control.
Paskaks looks gassed!
Crashing Mashin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Crashing Mashin.
Crashing Mashin wants to sweep but no luck.
Paskaks trying to control the position from guard on top but Crashing Mashin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paskaks throws and elbow that misses. Crashing Mashin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Paskaks's guard. Nice move by Crashing Mashin!
Crashing Mashin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Crashing Mashin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Crashing Mashin scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crashing Mashin passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Crashing Mashin seems to be looking for submissions.
Paskaks is trying to stand up here but Crashing Mashin is controlling him well.
Crashing Mashin wants to advance to full mount but Paskaks doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crashing Mashin stands up over Paskaks, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Crashing Mashin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Crashing Mashin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Crashing Mashin postures up in Paskaks's guard and throws a big left but Paskaks blocks it.
Crashing Mashin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Paskaks's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crashing Mashin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paskaks has momentary wrist control but Crashing Mashin slips an elbow through the middle.
Crashing Mashin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Crashing Mashin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Crashing Mashin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Paskaks's head.
Crashing Mashin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Paskaks swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Paskaks looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Crashing Mashin looking to pass the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crashing Mashin trying to control the position from guard on top but Paskaks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renato Crashing Mashin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renato Crashing Mashin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Crashing Mashin feints and as Paskaks raises his hands in defense, Crashing Mashin changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Paskaks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Crashing Mashin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Crashing Mashin prevents Paskaks from getting back to his feet.
Crashing Mashin looking to pass the guard.
Crashing Mashin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Paskaks wants to stand but Crashing Mashin is controlling the position.
Paskaks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Crashing Mashin.
Paskaks is breathing heavily.
Paskaks has momentary wrist control but Crashing Mashin slips an elbow through the middle.
Crashing Mashin throws a strike but Paskaks rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paskaks prevents Crashing Mashin from getting back to his feet.

Crashing Mashin pushes Paskaks off and scrambles back to his feet.
Paskaks displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Crashing Mashin.
Paskaks scores with a three punch combo!
Crashing Mashin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Paskaks on the side of the head.
Paskaks looks for the body kick but Crashing Mashin saw that one coming.
Crashing Mashin fails with the takedown

so Paskaks counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Paskaks trying to control but Crashing Mashin is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crashing Mashin wants to stand but Paskaks is controlling the position.
Renato Crashing Mashin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paskaks trying to control but Crashing Mashin is working from the bottom.
Paskaks has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Crashing Mashin is proving hard to escape from.
Crashing Mashin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Paskaks!
Paskaks really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crashing Mashin landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Paskaks that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Paskaks takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Crashing Mashin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Crashing Mashin punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crashing Mashin cracks Paskaks with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Crashing Mashin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Paskaks can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Crashing Mashin avoids the attempt from Paskaks to control.
Crashing Mashin scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Crashing Mashin working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crashing Mashin prevents Paskaks from getting the reversal.
Crashing Mashin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Paskaks hang on?
Paskaks is looking to get to half guard.
Crashing Mashin landing strikes from the mount and Paskaks is in trouble!

Crashing Mashin goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Paskaks turns into him and now he's in Crashing Mashin's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paskaks tries to free his leg and advance position but Crashing Mashin is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renato Crashing Mashin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Renato Crashing Mashin's cut.
That's time! Crashing Mashin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Crashing Mashin gets a takedown into half guard.
Paskaks is trying to control but can't.
Crashing Mashin throwing shots but Paskaks is blocking nicely.
Crashing Mashin is nestled in close to Paskaks, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Paskaks has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Crashing Mashin is working away from the top position though.
Crashing Mashin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Crashing Mashin is working for a kimura but Paskaks is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paskaks wants to improve his position but Crashing Mashin is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crashing Mashin is trying to control the action in half guard but Paskaks is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Crashing Mashin is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Paskaks has managed to free his arm - good work.
Paskaks is looking to improve his position.
Crashing Mashin lands with a punch from half guard.
Crashing Mashin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Crashing Mashin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Paskaks regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Crashing Mashin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crashing Mashin stopping the sweep attempt from Paskaks.
Crashing Mashin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Crashing Mashin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Paskaks is staying active underneath Crashing Mashin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Paskaks is defending against the submission attempts here by Crashing Mashin.
Crashing Mashin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paskaks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Crashing Mashin.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Crashing Mashin lands a nice short elbow.
Lumpiot Paskaks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paskaks is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Crashing Mashin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Paskaks is trying to get back to full guard.
Crashing Mashin passes to side control.
Crashing Mashin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Crashing Mashin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Crashing Mashin avoids the strikes from the bottom by Paskaks.
Crashing Mashin is looking to take a break and control but Paskaks is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Crashing Mashin scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paskaks taking a bit of punishment here - Crashing Mashin scoring with strikes.
Crashing Mashin tries to score with some ground and pound. Paskaks controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Paskaks taking punishment in the form of punches.
Crashing Mashin working the ground and pound.
Crashing Mashin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Crashing Mashin working the ground and pound.
Paskaks is looking for a sweep.
Paskaks can't do much from the bottom here.
Renato Crashing Mashin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crashing Mashin is looking to take a break and control but Paskaks is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Crashing Mashin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Crashing Mashin, 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renato Crashing Mashin!