PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jared Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grisha Pedrosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grisha Pedrosyan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hart
vs
Pedrosyan

225 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jared Hart!
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, Grisha Pedrosyan!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedrosyan tries to clinch up.
Hart walks forward, straight into a front kick from Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hart circles away.
Grisha Pedrosyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses.
Hart swinging wildly here.
Pedrosyan is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.
Hart throws a nice looking combination but Pedrosyan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pedrosyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pedrosyan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pedrosyan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedrosyan misses with a head kick.
Hart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pedrosyan.
Hart avoids the head kick by Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan tries to clinch up.
Pedrosyan wants to clinch.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick but Hart moves out of range.

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.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pedrosyan tries to close the distance and clinch but Hart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pedrosyan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pedrosyan is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.
Hart circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pedrosyan tries to clinch but Hart is having none of it.
Hart swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hart avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedrosyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hart really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pedrosyan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hart swats away the attempt to clinch by Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Hart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick misses from Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan looks gassed!
A head kick misses from Pedrosyan.

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.
Pedrosyan tries to clinch but Hart moves out of range.
Hart blocks a head kick by Pedrosyan.
Hart misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hart misses with a few strikes there.
Pedrosyan wants to clinch.
Pedrosyan is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hart misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grisha Pedrosyan dominated that round.
That's time! Hart's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

No joy there for Hart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pedrosyan tries to clinch up but Hart circles away and keeps his distance.
Pedrosyan tries to clinch but Hart moves out of range.
Hart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hart throws a right and a left that Pedrosyan avoids nicely.
Hart looks to land a combination but Pedrosyan avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hart circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jared Hart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pedrosyan tries to clinch up but Hart circles away and keeps his distance.
Pedrosyan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hart swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart avoids the head kick by Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan misses with a head kick.
Pedrosyan is breathing heavily.
Hart blocks a head kick by Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan tries to clinch there but Hart circles away.
Hart avoids the head kick by Pedrosyan.
Hart misses with a wild combination.
Pedrosyan lands with a nice body kick.
Pedrosyan tries to clinch there but Hart circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pedrosyan slips a jab and a cross from Hart.
Hart misses with the combination.
Hart looks to land a combination but Pedrosyan avoids it well.
Pedrosyan misses with a head kick.
Pedrosyan is looking to clinch.
Pedrosyan is looking to clinch.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart stalks Pedrosyan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pedrosyan's face. Pedrosyan staggers backwards, shaken.
Hart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pedrosyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pedrosyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No joy there for Hart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pedrosyan wants to clinch.
Hart misses with the combination.

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.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that half lands.
Hart tries to bum rush Pedrosyan with a series of wild strikes but Pedrosyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hart misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pedrosyan looks to land a body kick but Hart moved away.
Pedrosyan fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jared Hart will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A combination from Hart does no damage.
Pedrosyan throws a sloppy head kick and Hart moves out of range easily.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick but Hart moves out of range.
Hart misses with a series of wild punches.
Pedrosyan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hart misses with a double jab.
Pedrosyan thows a body kick. Hart tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hart misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pedrosyan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hart takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hart walks forward, straight into a front kick from Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pedrosyan wants to clinch up but Hart keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedrosyan is looking to clinch but Hart is avoiding it.
Hart misses with a few strikes there.
Pedrosyan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pedrosyan tries a head kick but it misses.
Hart will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick but Hart moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedrosyan wants to clinch.
Pedrosyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pedrosyan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hart blocks a head kick by Pedrosyan.

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.
Hart tries to bum rush Pedrosyan with a series of wild strikes but Pedrosyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hart misses with a double jab.
Pedrosyan tries to clinch but Hart is having none of it.
Pedrosyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hart looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hart misses with a wild combination.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grisha Pedrosyan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pedrosyan 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29

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