PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anton Egorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sarge Dela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dela comes into a darkened arena with his song building. BLUNT- The Iron Maiden kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Egorov
vs
Dela

191 cm
28
187 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

190 cm
27
200 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anton Egorov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sarge Dela!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egorov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Egorov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dela.
Dela fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dela misses the shot to the body.
Egorov misses with a looping left.
Dela throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Egorov moves into the clinch.
Egorov controlling the action here for a moment.
Egorov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Dela lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Egorov wants to control but Dela is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dela wants to free his trapped foot but Egorov is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Egorov gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Egorov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dela gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dela tries to free his leg and advance position but Egorov is retaining full guard.
Dela trying to control but Egorov is working from the bottom.
Dela in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Egorov looking for a sweep. Not yet Egorov, not yet.
Dela thows a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela wants to pass the guard but Egorov is keeping the position.
Dela throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dela wants to pass the guard but Egorov is keeping the position.
Egorov working a defensive guard but Dela manages to pass into side control anyway.
Egorov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dela looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Dela looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Egorov is avoiding damage well.
Dela tries to advance to mount but can't.
Egorov manages to get back to half guard.
Dela throwing shots but Egorov is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dela is taking a breather. Egorov says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Dela looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dela is looking to take a break and control but Egorov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dela tries to pass the half guard into mount. Egorov knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egorov wants to control but Dela is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dela throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sarge Dela dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Egorov wants to clinch up but Dela keeps it at a distance.
Egorov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Egorov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Egorov takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Anton Egorov has been cut.
Sarge Dela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dela throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dela misses with a wild combination.
Dela has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Egorov.
Dela takes a swing at Egorov's ribcage but misses.
Dela throws a leg kick but Egorov moved away.
Dela lands with a nice body punch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Egorov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dela digs a good body shot into Egorov's ribs.
Egorov looks to land a right hand but Dela moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egorov takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Dela looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dela is breathing heavily.

Egorov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dela is working for a kimura but Egorov is defending it quite comfortably.
Egorov is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Egorov's thigh. Egorov counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Dela wants to control from the top but Egorov keeps moving.
Dela looking to pass the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Egorov is on top in guard.
Egorov chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egorov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Egorov wants to control from the top but Dela keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dela is on top in guard.
Egorov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dela's guard.
Dela controlling the position.
Egorov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Egorov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Egorov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Egorov won't allow Dela to sweep him here.
Egorov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dela is keeping the position for now.
Dela looking for a sweep. Not yet Dela, not yet.

Egorov 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.
Egorov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egorov throws a big right hand that misses.
Dela looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Egorov postures up in Dela's guard and throws a big left but Dela blocks it.
Egorov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sarge Dela has got the better of the ground game so far.
Egorov postures up in Dela's guard and throws a big left but Dela blocks it.
Dela looking for a sweep. Not yet Dela, not yet.
Egorov scoring with some ground and pound.
Egorov trying to control the position from guard on top but Dela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Egorov preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dela is on top in guard.
Egorov looking to control.
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 Anton Egorov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anton Egorov's cut.
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!

Dela thows a body shot but no joy.
Dela slips a straight right by Egorov.
Dela lands a jab to Egorov's midsection.
A slapping leg kick lands for Egorov.
Dela looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Dela closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Egorov dodges the ground and pound from Dela.
Dela is trying to ground and pound but Egorov uses the momentary lack of control by Dela to regain half guard.
Egorov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dela is looking to take a break and control but Egorov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela controlling the pace.
Dela missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dela uses his free foot to push down on Egorov's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Egorov.
Dela throwing strikes here but Egorov is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Egorov slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Dela wants to lay and pray for a moment but Egorov keeps working.
Egorov trying to control but Dela postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egorov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dela passes to side control.
Dela is looking to take a break and control but Egorov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Egorov can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela prevents Egorov from escaping the position.
Egorov stops Dela from passing to mount.
Dela lands a decent elbow from side control.
Egorov defending against the ground and pound.
Egorov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dela 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dela tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Dela is trying to ground and pound but Egorov uses the momentary lack of control by Dela to regain half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dela is stalling here. Egorov is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Dela seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Egorov has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sarge Dela comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dela has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sarge Dela!
After the big win, Sarge Dela made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Australian Xtreme - New Product 159 Video Proof. and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.