PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruubens Cartnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pentti Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Cartnell
vs
Ali

188 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

BioLuvoil
BioLuvoil

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruubens Cartnell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pentti Ali!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cartnell is breathing heavily.
Ali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cartnell takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ali fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ali takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Ali takes the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Ali.
A right handed body shot lands from Ali.
Ali lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cartnell as Ali tries to tie him up.
Ali presses Cartnell against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cartnell blocks a body shot from Ali.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ali lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ali.
Ali stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali is trying to break free.
Cartnell takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Ali.
Ali lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ali is trying to stall.
Ali trying to land knees to the body.
Ali scores with a shot to the side of Cartnell's head.
Ali working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ali lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ali lands an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ali takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ali lands an uppercut.
Ali pushes Cartnell back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ali.
Cartnell misses with a punch on the inside.
Ali working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cartnell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cartnell has a couple of punches blocked by Ali.
Ali is leaning against Cartnell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ali lands with a right to the head.
Ali is trying to force a seperation but Cartnell has the dominant position.
Ali pushes Cartnell back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ali wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cartnell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ali tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cartnell's elbow.
Ali stalling in the clinch but Cartnell improves position.
Ali wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ali working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cartnell backwards.
Ali throws a punch but it's blocked by Cartnell.
Ali misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cartnell throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alis head.
Ali working aggressively here.
Cartnell lands a left hand.
Cartnell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ali lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ali tries to break free but Cartnell pushes him back against the ropes.
Cartnell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ali misses with the head strike.
Cartnell prevents a body shot from Ali.
Cartnell is trying to stall.
Ali lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartnell has a couple of punches blocked by Ali.
Ali working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ali lands an uppercut.
Cartnell digs a right hand underneath Ali's ribcage. Ali let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cartnell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ali lands a nice uppercut.
Cartnell works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cartnell blocking some punches.
Ali should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cartnell throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alis head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ali tries to throw a body punch but Cartnell avoids it by throwing Ali back against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Cartnell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pentti Ali dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Ali fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A combination from Ali does no damage.
Decent striking displayed by Ali there.
Ali lands a nice hook to Cartnell's body. Cartnell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ali scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ali darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cartnell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cartnell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ali takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big left from Cartnell misses.
Cartnell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cartnell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cartnell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ali moves away.
Ali lands with a good body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cartnell tries to close the distance and clinch but Ali swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartnell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ali.
The fighters circling - Ali throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cartnell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cartnell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cartnell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cartnell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cartnell.
Cartnell wants to clinch up but Ali keeps it at a distance.

Cartnell clinches up with Ali and pushes him back against the ropes.
Cartnell lands a hook that snaps the head of Ali backwards.
Ali's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cartnell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cartnell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ali backwards.
Pentti Ali seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali.
Ali blocks an uppercut.
Cartnell is looking to control Ali's arms but Ali gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cartnell has his back to the ropes.
Ali working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cartnell.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cartnell as Ali tries to tie him up.
Cartnell stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ali tries to stall but Cartnell uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ali misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cartnell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ali works on Cartnell's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cartnell.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartnell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cartnell.
Cartnell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ali is keeping busy.
Ali lands an uppercut.
Cartnell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ali.
Ali blocks a body shot from Cartnell.
Ali throws a punch but it's blocked by Cartnell.
Ali stalling in the clinch but Cartnell improves position.
Ali digs a right hand underneath Cartnell's ribcage. Cartnell let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ali throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cartnells head.
Cartnell misses with the head strike.
Ali is trying to push Cartnell away but Cartnell has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ali lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ali creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cartnell prevents a body shot from Ali.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ali.
Ali throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cartnells head.
Ruubens Cartnell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cartnell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cartnell has a couple of punches blocked by Ali.
Cartnell takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Ali scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Cartnell.
Cartnell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ali's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali can't find room to land a body shot as Cartnell controls the action.
Ali wants to get back to striking at distance but Cartnell won't allow it.
Cartnell wants to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ali.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pentti Ali.
Well Ali 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Pentti Ali!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Pentti Ali!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Pentti Ali!

Pentti Ali wins by unanimous decision!
After the fight, Pentti Ali was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.