PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francis Begbie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has chosen Wai Khru ram muay as his entrance music. Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Begbie
vs
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich

193 cm
23
205 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
200 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francis Begbie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich rushes Begbie and presses him up against the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a hook that snaps the head of Begbie backwards.
Begbie can't break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Begbie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Begbie throws an elbow that misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Begbie backwards.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich wants to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow but misses.
Begbie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Begbie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Begbie is looking to control Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's arms but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich gets an underhook and turns him. Now Begbie has his back to the cage.

Begbie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moves into the clinch successfully.
Begbie is looking to break free of the clinch but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has double underhooks.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands with a short shot to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich missing with knees to the body.
Begbie tries to land a knee to the head but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a damaging elbow.

Begbie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Begbie delivers a nice body kick.
Begbie keeps the fight on the outside.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich closes the distance and pushes Begbie back into the cage.
Begbie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Begbie is trying to break the clinch but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has him pressed against the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Begbie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Begbie throws an elbow but it misses.

Begbie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Begbie lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That kick from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tenderised Begbie's leg. Begbie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Begbie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good leg kick by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Begbie checks the leg kick.
Begbie checks a leg kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Begbie. That did some damage!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pivots, looking for a leg kick but Begbie is out of range and Dmitrigorbachovovonovich settles back down.
Begbie misses with a head kick.
Begbie throws a leg kick that misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids a kick to the body.
Begbie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids a kick to the body.
Begbie throws a leg kick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moved away.
Begbie misses with a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich closes the distance and clinches.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Begbie.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a good knee to the midsection. Begbie won't want to take too many of those.
Begbie working hard to break the clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a knee to the head but Begbie blocks it.
Begbie tries to break the clinch but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Begbie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Begbie.
Begbie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Begbie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Begbie can't break the clinch.

Begbie manages to break the clinch.
Begbie takes a jab right on the kisser.
A head kick from Begbie lands but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes it in his stride.
Begbie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Begbie counters with a good, hard body kick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Begbie tries a head kick but it misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begbie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a head kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to clinch but Begbie is having none of it.
Begbie thows a leg kick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich checks it
and Dmitrigorbachovovonovich makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich cracks the inside of Begbie's front leg.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich checks the leg kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a sloppy head kick
and Begbie counters with an outside leg kick.
Begbie moves out of range of the leg kick from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Begbie checks a low kick from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
A low kick from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is predictable there
and Begbie counters with a nice body kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Begbie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Begbie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Begbie lands a head kick. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to clinch but Begbie is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Begbie throws a push kick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich slaps the foot to one side.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich digs a good hook to Begbie's body.
Begbie throws a sloppy head kick and Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moves out of range easily.
Begbie swats away the attempt to clinch by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has managed to clinch.
Begbie stalling in the clinch but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich improves position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Begbie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's brow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a knee to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich dodges an elbow strike from Begbie.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looking to stall.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow that misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich missing with knees to the body.
Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Begbie misses with an elbow over the top.
Knees to the body from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a nice uppercut.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich dodges an elbow strike from Begbie.
Begbie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Begbie obliges.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich trying to land knees to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Begbie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich prevents Begbie from breaking the clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands an uppercut.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich controlling the action here for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Begbie as Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Begbie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Begbie lands an elbow that stopped Dmitrigorbachovovonovich in his tracks for a moment.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Begbie.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a knee strike.
Begbie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Begbie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Begbie is trying to stall.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Begbie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Begbie blocks it with crossed arms.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich landing knees to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a knee to the head but Begbie blocks it.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks an elbow strike.
Begbie blocks a body shot from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Begbie pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Begbie tries to break free but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pushes him back against the cage.
Begbie takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Francis Begbie has been cut.
Begbie can't break the clinch.

Begbie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to clinch up.

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moves into the clinch.
Begbie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Nice elbow from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Begbie takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Begbie tries to land knees in the clinch but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids the damage to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with a knee to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is breathing heavily.
Begbie lands an elbow inside.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow that misses.
Begbie lands an elbow inside.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Begbie avoids it.
Begbie misses with an elbow over the top.
Begbie wants to stall.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Begbie as Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to tie him up.

Begbie breaks the clinch.
Begbie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a body shot.
Begbie throws a leg kick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich checks it.
That kick from Begbie tenderised Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's leg. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Begbie throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moves out of range of the leg kick from Begbie.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich wants to land a leg kick but Begbie is out of range.
Begbie throws a leg kick but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Francis Begbie's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to close the distance and clinch but Begbie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a leg kick but Begbie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a leg kick
and Begbie counters with an inside leg kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Begbie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Begbie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to clinch up.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich works the jab nicely.
Nice shot by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich darts in trying to clinch
and Begbie makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich really felt that one!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to score with a low kick but Begbie moves his leg out of the way.
Begbie checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Begbie is looking to land body kicks.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to clinch but Begbie moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Begbie throws an elbow but misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich trying to control the position but instead, Begbie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dmitrigorbachovovonovich into the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Begbie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's defenses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Begbie is keeping busy.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is leaning against Begbie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Begbie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begbie misses with an elbow strike.
Begbie tries to circle away but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has him pinned against the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Begbie avoids it.
Begbie pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Begbie dodges an elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looking to slow down the pace here.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Begbie working hard to break the clinch.
Begbie wants to get back to striking at distance but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich won't allow it.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich landing knees to the body.
Begbie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Begbie misses with an elbow over the top.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with the head strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Begbie.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is looking to control Begbie's arms but Begbie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has his back to the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Begbie avoiding damage as Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws knees to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an elbow that misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Begbie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Begbie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a knee strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Begbie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Begbie blocks it with crossed arms.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich wants to stall.
Begbie landing knees to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Begbie.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids the elbow strike from Begbie, against the cage.
Begbie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Begbie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begbie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Begbie.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a head kick but it misses.
Good work by Begbie as he checks the leg kick.
Begbie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Begbie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Francis Begbie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Begbie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Begbie throws a sloppy head kick and Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Dmitrigorbachovovonovich gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Begbie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Begbie.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Begbie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's brow.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
I've got Dmitrigorbachovovonovich 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich!