PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grant Gaines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jiu Jiet Siet (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.

Gaines
vs
Jiet Siet

194 cm
20
228 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
242 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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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, Grant Gaines!
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, Jiu Jiet Siet!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gaines looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Gaines is working for a kimura but Siet is defending it quite comfortably.

Gaines is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gaines prevents Siet from standing back up.
Siet works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gaines wants to stand but Siet is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gaines works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Siet is pressing down on Gaines's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gaines chips away with some ground and pound.
Siet tries to strike from the bottom.
Gaines wanted to stand there but Siet had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gaines stands and steps away. Siet gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Siet scores with a takedown into Gaines's guard.
Gaines has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Siet has passed into side control.
Gaines is breathing heavily.

Siet tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Siet has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Siet wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gaines keeps working.
Siet connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gaines some visible discomfort.

Siet is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gaines is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Check out the look on Siet's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaines is not content to let Siet control the position.
Gaines is trying to improve his position.
Siet working away.
Gaines is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gaines is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gaines gets back to half guard.
Siet prevents Gaines from improving his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Gaines tries to clinch up.
Gaines fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gaines throws a sloppy head kick and Siet moves out of range easily.
Gaines with a poor takedown

and Siet decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gaines's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siet controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Gaines is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Gaines working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Siet doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Siet manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Gaines is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gaines is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Siet won't allow Gaines to sweep him here.
Siet slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Siet is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gaines is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gaines wants to sweep but no luck.

Gaines working for a triangle but Siet defends it easily.

Siet stands up and waves to Gaines to follow him.

Siet moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Siet breaks the clinch.

Siet shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Siet showed some decent athleticism there.
Gaines wants to control but Siet is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jiu Jiet Siet dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Siet gets the takedown into side control.
Siet scores with a couple of short elbows.
Gaines wants to control but Siet postures up.
Siet blocks the strikes from Gaines.
Gaines is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Siet has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Gaines trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Gaines is looking to reverse the position.
Siet scoring with punches and elbows.

Siet is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gaines knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Siet stands up.
Grant Gaines seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gaines misses with a combination

and Siet counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Gaines breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Siet closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Siet lands in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siet trying to control the position from guard on top but Gaines is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Siet forces his way into half guard.
Siet has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Siet is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Gaines can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Gaines is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gaines sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Gaines won't allow Siet to pass to mount.
Siet stops Gaines from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaines wants to get back to full guard.
Siet trying to mount his opponent but Gaines defends it.
Gaines is trying to control but can't.

Siet is working for a kimura but Gaines is defending it quite comfortably.
Gaines wants to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Siet lands with a shot to the body.
Gaines tries to clinch but Siet moves away

and Siet counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Gaines's guard now.
Gaines looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Siet trying to control the position from guard on top but Gaines is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gaines tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaines is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Siet controls from within his opponent's guard.
Siet postures up.
Siet trying to control but Gaines is working from the bottom.
Siet postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gaines stuffs the takedown.

Siet feints and as Gaines raises his hands in defense, Siet changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gaines not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Siet is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Siet passes into half guard.

Siet is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gaines doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Siet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaines is trying to stand back up but Siet is controlling him
Siet landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Siet thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gaines's head.
Gaines is looking to improve his position.
Gaines regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gaines is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Siet is controlling him.
Siet wants to control from the top but Gaines keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gaines trying to control the position.
Siet trying to control the position from guard on top but Gaines is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jiu Jiet Siet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gaines shoots and misses

and Siet counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Siet trying to control the action but Gaines is working from the bottom.
Siet wants to pass the guard but Gaines is defending well.
Gaines misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Siet controlling the action here.
Gaines makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gaines.

Siet avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Siet seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Siet passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaines manages to get to full guard.
Siet trying to control the position from guard on top but Gaines is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gaines is trying to control the position but Siet postures up.
Gaines lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Siet!

Gaines wants to finish this one by submission but Siet is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gaines.
Siet slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Siet is defending against the submission attempts here by Gaines.
Siet is refusing to be controlled, as Gaines sits in half guard.
Gaines prevents Siet from standing back up.

Gaines is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gaines blocks the strikes from Siet.
Gaines wants to stand but Siet has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Gaines wants to take a breather but Siet is having none of it.
Siet makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Siet.
Gaines tries to stand but Siet is controlling from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Gaines fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gaines with a poor takedown

and Siet counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Siet.

Siet thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Siet won't allow Gaines to sweep him here.
Siet is stalling in the full guard.
Gaines looking to hit a scissor sweep but Siet is one step ahead there.
Siet trying to control but Gaines is working from the bottom.
Siet must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Gaines manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Gaines fails with the takedown

and Siet counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Gaines's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grant Gaines. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gaines trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Gaines keeping moving, preventing Siet from controlling successfully.
Siet works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Siet tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gaines knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jiu Jiet Siet has got the better of the ground game so far.
Siet stops Gaines from getting back to his feet.
Gaines is trying to control but can't.

Siet stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Siet moves into range and clinches up with Gaines.
Siet drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gaines pulls his leg out and moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gaines closes the distance looking to clinch

and Siet counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Siet.
Grant Gaines has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Siet postures up and lands a big shot to Gaines's brow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jiu Jiet Siet comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Siet 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jiu Jiet Siet!