PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Fesenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beast Rabban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergey Fesenko is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Fesenko
vs
Rabban

183 cm
20
154 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
18
135 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sergey Fesenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Beast Rabban!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fesenko throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Rabban darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fesenko is looking to escape.
Rabban trying to control the action but Fesenko is working from the bottom.
Fesenko wants to get back to his feet.
Fesenko really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fesenko won't allow Rabban to pass to mount.

Rabban is working for a kimura but Fesenko is defending it quite comfortably.

Fesenko makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Rabban misses with a takedown
and Fesenko counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rabban's knee momentarily.

Fesenko gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fesenko avoiding damage.
Fesenko misses with a knee to the head.
Fesenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rabban is trying to pull guard but Fesenko has him pressed against the cage.
Fesenko stalling.
Fesenko throws an elbow but it misses.
Fesenko taking a breather.
Fesenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rabban's defenses.

It looks like Beast Rabban has been cut.
Fesenko lands an elbow that stopped Rabban in his tracks for a moment.
Fesenko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabban is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sergey Fesenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Beast Rabban.
Rabban has Fesenko pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fesenko manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Fesenko tries to land a knee to the head but Rabban blocks with his arms.
Fesenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rabban's defenses.
Fesenko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fesenko tries to land a knee to the head but Rabban blocks with his arms.
Fesenko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rabban is looking for a takedown.
Fesenko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fesenko lands a nice elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fesenko is stalling here.
Fesenko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Fesenko.
Rabban avoiding damage as Fesenko throws knees to the body.
Fesenko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fesenko lands an elbow inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rabban tries to pull guard but Fesenko holds him up against the cage and eventually Rabban drops back down to his feet.
Fesenko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rabban up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabban avoids a wild elbow strike from Fesenko.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rabban as Fesenko tries to tie him up.
A bit of stalling here from Fesenko.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sergey Fesenko.
Fesenko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rabban pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Fesenko closes the distance and clinches.
Rabban being controlled against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Fesenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Beast Rabban's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Fesenko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fesenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fesenko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fesenko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fesenko plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fesenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Rabban swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fesenko throws a head kick but Rabban moves out of range.
Fesenko moves out of range of the body kick from Rabban.
Fesenko thumps Rabban with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabban tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fesenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rabban swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fesenko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fesenko tries a head kick but it misses.
Rabban thows a body shot but no joy.
Fesenko throws a head kick but Rabban moves out of range.
Rabban takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rabban takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fesenko lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rabban tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fesenko swivels and escapes.
Rabban blocks a head kick by Fesenko.
Rabban throws a push kick but Fesenko slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Fesenko.
Fesenko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rabban takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sergey Fesenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fesenko tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fesenko looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fesenko lands a head kick!
Rabban tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rabban with a lazy takedown attempt

and Fesenko counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fesenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fesenko is trying to stall.
Fesenko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabban tries to pull guard but Fesenko won't allow it.
Sergey Fesenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Beast Rabban.
Fesenko slows down the pace here.
Fesenko trying to stall but Rabban improves his position.
Rabban avoids the elbow strike from Fesenko, against the cage.
Fesenko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rabban is looking for a takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fesenko lands an elbow that stopped Rabban in his tracks for a moment.
Fesenko crunches a lovely knee into Rabban's ribcage.
Rabban is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fesenko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Fesenko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Beast Rabban's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fesenko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fesenko stuffs the takedown.

Fesenko rushes Rabban and presses him up against the cage.
Rabban is trying to pull guard but Fesenko has him pressed against the cage.
Fesenko lands an elbow inside.
Fesenko lands an elbow just above Rabban 's eye.

Rabban successfully pulls guard.
Fesenko has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rabban is proving hard to escape from.

Fesenko stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Fesenko clinches up with Rabban and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fesenko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rabban is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sergey Fesenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Beast Rabban.
Fesenko lands an elbow inside that Rabban shrugs off.
Fesenko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rabban goes for a takedown attempt but Fesenko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fesenko tries to clinch but Rabban is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fesenko throws a sloppy head kick and Rabban moves out of range easily.
Fesenko throws a head kick but Rabban moves out of range.
Fesenko lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rabban will feel that in the morning.
Fesenko misses with a head kick.
Rabban doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Fesenko counters with a nice leg kick.
Rabban takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fesenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rabban paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fesenko moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fesenko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rabban. That did some damage!
Fesenko throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fesenko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beast Rabban has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A solid leg kick lands there for Fesenko.
Sergey Fesenko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fesenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rabban keeps the fight on the outside.
Fesenko tries to clinch but Rabban moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fesenko lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fesenko stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fesenko wants it to stay on the feet.
Fesenko tries a head kick but it misses.
Fesenko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rabban can do to turn this around?
Rabban on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fesenko. That's going to slow Rabban down.
A head kick misses from Fesenko.
Sergey Fesenko is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fesenko blocks a head kick by Rabban.
Sergey Fesenko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rabban stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fesenko.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergey Fesenko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fesenko 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergey Fesenko!