PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Broken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitry Tishun (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.

Broken
vs
Tishun

192 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Jim Broken!
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, Dmitry Tishun!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Tishun looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Broken tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tishun swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tishun.
Broken is looking to chop away at Tishun's legs.
Broken tries to clinch there but Tishun circles away.
Jim Broken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tishun is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Broken.

It looks like Dmitry Tishun has been cut.
Broken wants to clinch

and Tishun counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tishun is stalling in the full guard.
Tishun postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tishun forces his way into half guard.
Tishun not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tishun missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tishun prevents Broken from improving his position.
Tishun seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Broken pushes Tishun off looking to stand but Tishun dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Broken 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Horrible takedown by Broken or perhaps it was just good defense by Tishun which made him look bad.

Tishun clinches up with Broken and pushes him back against the cage.
Tishun tries to break free but Broken pushes him back against the cage.
Tishun wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Broken tries to land knees in the clinch but Tishun avoids the damage to the body.
Broken tries to circle away but Tishun has him pinned against the cage.
Broken tries to circle away but Tishun has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tishun wants to get back to striking at distance but Broken won't allow it.

Tishun escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tishun decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tishun looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Tishun seems to be looking for submissions.
Still in half guard, Tishun seems content to control.
Tishun wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tishun takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Dmitry Tishun has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Tishun stuffs the takedown attempt from Broken. Broken gets slowly back to his feet.
Broken walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tishun shoots for a double leg takedown but Broken sprawls well. He's pushed Tishun's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Broken tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tishun sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Broken somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jim Broken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Broken shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tishun but Tishun pushes him off and we're back to square one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitry Tishun dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dmitry Tishun's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tishun looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Broken!
Tishun tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tishun landing shots from mount.
Tishun thowing shots but they're missing.
Tishun connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Tishun connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Tishun looking for a guillotine from mount but Broken is having none of it.
Broken in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tishun is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Broken is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tishun takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tishun moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Broken has worked his arm free - good work by Broken!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tishun looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tishun in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Tishun tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Broken wants to control but Tishun postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Tishun decides to stand back up.
Broken looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tishun is fending him off so far but Broken persists. Nope, Tishun circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitry Tishun showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dmitry Tishun's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tishun circles away from the clinch attempt.

Tishun scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nice strikes from Tishun there.
Tishun is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Broken avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tishun.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tishun missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Tishun is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tishun not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Tishun is looking for a kimura here.
Tishun wants to pass to mount but Broken is defending the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tishun is working for a kimura but Broken is defending it quite comfortably.
Broken is looking for a sweep. Tishun is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Tishun is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Tishun wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tishun is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Broken won't allow Tishun to pass to mount.

Tishun wants to work for an arm triangle but Broken is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jim Broken has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dmitry Tishun is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Broken with the active half guard here but Tishun passes nicely into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dmitry Tishun comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tishun winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dmitry Tishun!