PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Trevor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Bienvenueve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Trevor
vs
Bienvenueve

188 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
20
174 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Likes ground

S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Trevor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pierre Bienvenueve!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Trevor. No joy for Bienvenueve on that attempt.
Trevor looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Bienvenueve lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bienvenueve lands with a light punch inside.
Trevor is trying to break the clinch but Bienvenueve has him pressed against the cage.

Bienvenueve wants the takedown. Trevor is fighting it off but Bienvenueve persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Trevor's guard against the cage.
Bienvenueve lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Trevor keeping full guard, as Bienvenueve tries to pass.
Bienvenueve with a nice head shot there.
Bienvenueve passes Trevor's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Trevor is defending against the submission attempts here by Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bienvenueve looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bienvenueve thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bienvenueve scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trevor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bienvenueve seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bienvenueve drops an elbow to the side of Trevor's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bienvenueve drops an elbow to the side of Trevor's head.
Bienvenueve scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Trevor is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bienvenueve winds up and cracks Trevor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Bienvenueve.
Ground and pound from Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve wants to pass the guard but Trevor is defending well.
Bienvenueve frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bienvenueve working Trevor over with strikes here.
Trevor working to try and regain half guard.
Bienvenueve is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Trevor can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bienvenueve in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trevor in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bienvenueve punching from mount but Trevor doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bienvenueve connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bienvenueve misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Bienvenueve landing strikes, looking to finish!
Trevor is desperately trying to improve his position but Bienvenueve has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Bienvenueve.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bienvenueve cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Trevor is rocked!
Bienvenueve punishing his opponent with strikes.
Oh Trevor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bienvenueve putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bienvenueve with good strikes from the mount here!
Bienvenueve cracks Trevor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bienvenueve scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bienvenueve lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Trevor hang on?
Bienvenueve working the ground and pound effectively.
Bienvenueve lands with some strikes.
Bienvenueve is landing with some decent strikes but Trevor is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bienvenueve lands a heavy elbow.
Bienvenueve raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bienvenueve in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Trevor is in a horrible position here. Bienvenueve smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bienvenueve is landing with some decent strikes but Trevor is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Trevor wants to hold on but Bienvenueve pushes him away.
Bienvenueve looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bienvenueve cracks Trevor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bienvenueve landing strikes from the mount.
Bienvenueve raining down shots from the mount!
Trevor is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve lands a big elbow.
Trevor is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bienvenueve lands a big shot there that rocks Trevor but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Trevor wants to control but Bienvenueve is having none of it.
Bienvenueve lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bienvenueve looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Trevor seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bienvenueve cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bienvenueve has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Trevor's face.
Bienvenueve unloading with bombs!
Bienvenueve scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bienvenueve working Trevor over with strikes here.
Bienvenueve scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Trevor defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve with shots to the head and body - Trevor looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bienvenueve looking to finish Trevor with some ground and pound. This is bad for Trevor!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bienvenueve working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bienvenueve lands a heavy elbow.
Bienvenueve lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bienvenueve fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bienvenueve postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Trevor looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Bienvenueve dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bienvenueve tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bienvenueve tries to clinch but Trevor moves out of range.
Bienvenueve tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bienvenueve tries a head kick but it misses.
A combination from Bienvenueve does no damage.
Bienvenueve throws a right and a left that Trevor avoids nicely.
Mike Trevor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bienvenueve doesn't manage to clinch there - Trevor circles away.
Trevor blocks a head kick by Bienvenueve.
A combination from Bienvenueve does no damage.
Trevor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bienvenueve.
Trevor swats away the attempt to clinch by Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bienvenueve scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bienvenueve working the head with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bienvenueve working the ground and pound from side control.
Bienvenueve scoring with punches from side control.
Bienvenueve lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Trevor down.
Pierre Bienvenueve has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bienvenueve scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bienvenueve lands a few punches from side control.
Bienvenueve prevents Trevor from escaping the position.
Bienvenueve lands a nice forearm strike.
Bienvenueve works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bienvenueve looks up at the clock and then as Trevor takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bienvenueve smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Trevor wants to get back to his feet.
Bienvenueve working the head with strikes.
Bienvenueve prevents Trevor from escaping the position.
Bienvenueve has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Trevor is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bienvenueve connects with a decent elbow.
Trevor struggling a bit here.
Trevor pushes Bienvenueve away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Bienvenueve gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bienvenueve cracks Trevor with a big elbow.
Bienvenueve misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Bienvenueve in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bienvenueve sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Trevor is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Trevor tries to keep at a distance but Bienvenueve has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bienvenueve has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Trevor clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Trevor takes a big shot to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is taking a good look at Trevor as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Bienvenueve!
Bienvenueve has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Trevor.

Bienvenueve working for a choke but Trevor reverses nicely into Bienvenueve 's guard.
Bienvenueve throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bienvenueve bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Trevor's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trevor wants to stand up but Bienvenueve is controlling him.

Trevor working for a triangle but Bienvenueve defends it easily.
Bienvenueve postures up in Trevor's guard and throws a big left but Trevor blocks it.
Bienvenueve prevents Trevor from getting back to his feet.
Bienvenueve postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bienvenueve works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bienvenueve connects with a nice short shot to Trevor's temple.

Trevor looking for submissions off his back.
Bienvenueve uses his free foot to push down on Trevor's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Trevor.
Trevor really wants to buck Bienvenueve off and get back to his feet.
Bienvenueve cracks Trevor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve landing strikes from the mount.
Trevor wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Trevor working to try and regain half guard.
Bienvenueve landing strikes from the mount.
Trevor is trying to stand up.
A nice elbow there by Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve won't let Trevor get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Bienvenueve unloading with bombs!
Bienvenueve prevents Trevor from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bienvenueve throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Trevor regains half guard.
Bienvenueve working the head and body with strikes.

Bienvenueve is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Trevor has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bienvenueve working the head and body with strikes.
Trevor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bienvenueve prevents Trevor from standing back up.
Bienvenueve moves nicely into side control.
Trevor takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bienvenueve looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bienvenueve working the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bienvenueve working the ground and pound but Trevor is defending the strikes.
Bienvenueve in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Check out the look on Bienvenueve's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Bienvenueve 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!

Trevor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Trevor looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bienvenueve regains half guard.
Bienvenueve is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Trevor's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Trevor's back!
Trevor has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve missing with strikes from the back.
Trevor covers up after that shot from Bienvenueve.
Trevor has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Bienvenueve lands punches and elbows.
Trevor trying to get back to his feet but Bienvenueve is in full control for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bienvenueve scores with strikes from the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bienvenueve is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Trevor. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Trevor is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Bienvenueve lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Bienvenueve.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is taking a good look at Trevor as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Bienvenueve!
You can see the frustration on Trevor's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Trevor covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Bienvenueve loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Trevor hold on?

Bienvenueve is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Trevor defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Trevor has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Bienvenueve is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Trevor won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Bienvenueve off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Pierre Bienvenueve!