PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Karmin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mac Cheese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karmin comes to the cage accompanied by Eyes of the World. Victor Karmin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mac Cheese's chin.

Karmin
vs
Cheese

190 cm
22
225 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

193 cm
20
248 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Karmin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mac Cheese!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheese goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Karmin tries to clinch there but Cheese circles away.

Cheese gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cheese is trying to stall.

Karmin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot by Cheese.
Karmin swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheese.
Cheese looks to land a combination but Karmin avoids it well.
Karmin shoots in and drives through. Cheese sprawls well.
Cheese tries to clinch but Karmin moves out of range.
Cheese wants to clinch but Karmin slips to the side

and Karmin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Karmin.
Cheese trying to control the position.
Karmin slips nicely into half guard.

Karmin seems to be looking for submissions.

Karmin is trying to work for a kimura but Cheese is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karmin wants to control but Cheese is keeping him busy.
Karmin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cheese is looking to control Karmin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cheese avoid being mounted?
Karmin frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Karmin is breathing heavily.
Cheese is desperately trying to improve his position but Karmin has a good base and remains in mount.

Karmin goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Cheese turns into him and now he's in Karmin's guard.
Cheese tries to free his leg and advance position but Karmin is retaining full 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.
Cheese stopping the sweep attempt from Karmin.
Karmin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Karmin is looking for a triangle but Cheese pushes his legs off easily.
Cheese landing with the ground and pound.
Karmin has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Cheese has passed into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karmin is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Karmin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cheese closes the distance looking to clinch

and Karmin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cheese doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cheese is looking to control Karmin's arms but Karmin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cheese has his back to the cage.
Karmin pushes Cheese back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Cheese fails to land.
Karmin looking to slow down the pace here.
A right hook to the body lands for Karmin.
Karmin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Cheese gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Karmin has hold of one of Cheese's legs. Cheese is fighting the takedown attempt but Karmin gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Karmin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Karmin wants to clinch.

Karmin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cheese manages to pull guard.

Karmin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Karmin is looking to work some ground and pound but Cheese has wrist control.
Karmin trying to control the position from guard on top but Cheese is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cheese tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Karmin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cheese's guard.
Cheese is trying to control but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheese tries to roll over but Karmin keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Karmin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cheese connects with a body shot.

Cheese rushes Karmin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Karmin has Cheese pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Cheese manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Cheese decides to pull guard.
Cheese has a closed guard, preventing Karmin from standing up.
Cheese is controlling Karmin's posture.
Cheese is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cheese looking for a sweep. Not yet Cheese, not yet.
Cheese looking to control.
Cheese manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cheese putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese blocks Karmin's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Cheese can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Karmin is looking to escape.
Cheese controlling from mount.
Karmin tries to reverse the position but Cheese maintains control.

That's two 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.
Cheese takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Karmin working to try and regain half guard.
Cheese trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Karmin is looking to get to half guard.
Karmin wants to get back to his feet.
Karmin sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Cheese tries to pass to full mount but Karmin defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Karmin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Karmin misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Karmin punching from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Cheese prevents Karmin from standing back up.
Karmin wants to improve his position but Cheese is controlling well.
Cheese is keen to just control but Karmin is a slippery customer.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Karmin darts in trying to clinch

and Cheese counters by moving into the clinch.

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.

Cheese manages to break the clinch.

Karmin closes the distance and clinches.
Cheese looking to stall.

Karmin is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Cheese can't fight it off and eventually Karmin manages to take the fight to the floor. Cheese looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Victor Karmin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Karmin decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cheese, up you get!
Karmin tries a head kick but it misses.
Cheese closes the distance but Karmin moves to the side

and Karmin counters with a shoot takedown. Cheese fights it but they end up in guard.
Cheese is pulling down on Karmin's head. It's preventing any offense from Karmin, at least for the moment.
Karmin trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cheese's guard.
Cheese is trying to control the position from the bottom.
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 Victor Karmin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cheese misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Karmin throws a nice looking combination but Cheese bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cheese is looking to clinch but Karmin is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown by Cheese or perhaps it was just good defense by Karmin which made him look bad.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cheese!
Mac Cheese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch but Karmin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cheese looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Cheese rushes Karmin and presses him up against the cage.
Karmin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karmin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karmin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cheese avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cheese is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Karmin tries for a takedown but Cheese manages to get underhooks.
Karmin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cheese is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Karmin is keeping busy.
Karmin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cheese.
Cheese takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karmin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cheese up against the cage.
Karmin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cheese backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cheese scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Karmin turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Karmin manages to end up in side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Cheese manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Karmin is looking to advance position but Cheese won't allow it.
Karmin throwing shots but Cheese is blocking nicely.
Karmin trying to control the action but Cheese is working from the bottom.

Karmin decides to return to a standing position.

Karmin clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karmin landing knees to the head.

It looks like Mac Cheese has been cut.
Cheese takes an elbow to the temple.
Cheese is trying to maintain a safe position but Karmin gets an underhook and turns Cheese into the cage.
Karmin has a couple of punches blocked by Cheese.
Karmin looking to stall.
Karmin digs a right hand into Cheese's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cheese's gas tank.
Cheese lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cheese lands a hook that snaps the head of Karmin backwards.
Karmin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cheese just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Karmin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cheese breaks the clinch.

Cheese clinches with his opponent.
Cheese drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karmin tries to stall but Cheese uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The referee calls for Karmin to work.
Cheese is trying to break the clinch but Karmin has him pressed against the cage.
Karmin fails to pull guard.

Cheese has hold of one of Karmin's legs. Karmin is fighting the takedown attempt but Cheese gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Karmin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cheese trying to control the position from guard on top but Karmin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cheese trying to control but Karmin is working from the bottom.
Cheese is in close to Karmin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cheese trying to control the position from guard on top but Karmin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cheese sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cheese must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cheese wants to control from the top but Karmin keeps moving.

Karmin looking for a guillotine here but Cheese defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cheese wants to control from the top but Karmin keeps moving.
Karmin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cheese's guard.
Karmin preventing the sweep.
Mac Cheese has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karmin advances to half guard.
Cheese manages to get to full guard.
Karmin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cheese escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Karmin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mac Cheese.
I think Karmin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Karmin!