PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grisha Pedrosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Long Dong Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Pedrosyan
vs
Dong Silver

183 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Grisha Pedrosyan!
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, Long Dong Silver!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silver shoots in but Pedrosyan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silver closes the distance and clinches up with Pedrosyan, looking for a takedown. Silver pushes Pedrosyan against the cage but Pedrosyan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silver shoots in and drives through. Pedrosyan sprawls well.
Grisha Pedrosyan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Dong Silver.
Silver tries a head kick but it misses.
Silver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver closes the distance and clinches up with Pedrosyan, looking for a takedown. Silver pushes Pedrosyan against the cage but Pedrosyan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silver shoots in but no luck this time.
Long Dong Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Pedrosyan pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Pedrosyan rushes Silver and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silver is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silver wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silver jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pedrosyan walks away with a smile on his face. Silver gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pedrosyan is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Pedrosyan stuffs the takedown attempt from Silver. Silver gets slowly back to his feet.
Silver looks gassed!
Silver throws a series of punches but Pedrosyan avoids them all with ease.
Pedrosyan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silver tries to clinch but Pedrosyan moves away
and Pedrosyan counters with a head kick.
Silver shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pedrosyan sprawls well. Pedrosyan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silver gets slowly back to his feet.
Pedrosyan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silver's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Pedrosyan.
Grisha Pedrosyan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedrosyan stuffs the takedown attempt from Silver. Silver gets slowly back to his feet.
Silver wants to clinch
and Pedrosyan counters with a nice leg kick.
Silver takes a kick to the side of the head.
Pedrosyan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silver.
Pedrosyan misses with a head kick.
Silver blocks a head kick by Pedrosyan.
Silver avoids the head kick by Pedrosyan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedrosyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick from Pedrosyan lands but Silver takes it in his stride.
Pedrosyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silver wants to clinch
and Pedrosyan counters with a head kick.
Silver tries to clinch up

and Pedrosyan moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grisha Pedrosyan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pedrosyan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silver moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pedrosyan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silver is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Silver shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silver darts in trying to clinch
and Pedrosyan counters with a head kick.
Silver is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pedrosyan counters with a head kick. That will keep Silver thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Grisha Pedrosyan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Dong Silver.
Pedrosyan misses with a head kick.
Pedrosyan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silver.
Pedrosyan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silver's head.
Silver looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pedrosyan is fending him off so far but Silver persists. Nope, Pedrosyan circles away and we're back to standing.

Pedrosyan closes the distance and pushes Silver back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedrosyan wants to break free but Silver has control.

Pedrosyan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Pedrosyan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Pedrosyan.

Pedrosyan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pedrosyan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pedrosyan counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses.
Silver circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silver has his takedown stuffed
and Pedrosyan counters with a head kick. That will keep Silver thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Pedrosyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silver shoots in but no luck this time.
Pedrosyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.

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.
Silver blocks a head kick by Pedrosyan.
Grisha Pedrosyan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silver.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick but Silver moves out of range.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Silver blocks a head kick by Pedrosyan.
Silver throws a lazy head kick
and Pedrosyan makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Silver really felt that one!
Grisha Pedrosyan is winning the standup battle so far.
Silver takes a kick to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grisha Pedrosyan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silver.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
Silver tries for a takedown but Pedrosyan circles away easily
and Pedrosyan counters with a solid body kick.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick but Silver moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver throws a leg kick
and Pedrosyan counters with a nice body kick.
Pedrosyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedrosyan scores with a leg kick.
Silver avoids the head kick by Pedrosyan.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silver.
Grisha Pedrosyan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Dong Silver.

Pedrosyan rushes Silver and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silver fails to pull guard.
Pedrosyan is trying to break the clinch but Silver is controlling him.
Silver avoiding damage as Pedrosyan throws knees to the body.
Pedrosyan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A frustrated look appears on Silver's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silver is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pedrosyan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pedrosyan tries to break the clinch but Silver is controlling the position.

Pedrosyan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pedrosyan lands with a nice body kick.

Pedrosyan closes the distance and clinches.
Silver is trying to break free.
Pedrosyan just leaning against Silver, taking a breather.
Silver jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pedrosyan walks away with a smile on his face. Silver gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedrosyan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silver takes a step back to recover.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses.
Silver throws a lazy head kick

and Pedrosyan moves into the clinch.
Silver looking for a takedown.
Pedrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.

Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Pedrosyan pushes him off.
Pedrosyan throws a sloppy head kick and Silver moves out of range easily.

That's four 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.
Nice sprawl there from Pedrosyan as Silver shoots in.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A low kick from Silver is predictable there
and Pedrosyan counters with an outside leg kick.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver is looking to clinch but Pedrosyan is avoiding it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pedrosyan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Long Dong Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silver tries to clinch there but Pedrosyan circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grisha Pedrosyan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pedrosyan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grisha Pedrosyan!