PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Madnick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladik Fedotov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Madnick comes into the arena with Mad Man blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Madnick
vs
Fedotov

180 cm
27
180 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

184 cm
29
184 lbs
20 - 7 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcel Madnick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladik Fedotov!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Madnick clinches up with Fedotov and pushes him back against the cage.
Madnick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Madnick misses with the head strike.
Madnick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Madnick avoids the elbow strike from Fedotov, against the cage.
Madnick is trying to stall.
Madnick misses with a punch on the inside.
Madnick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fedotov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Madnick lands a hook that snaps the head of Fedotov backwards.
Fedotov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Madnick fails to land.
Madnick lands a nice uppercut.
Fedotov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fedotov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Madnick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Madnick tries to work over Fedotov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fedotov blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madnick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Madnick throws a punch but it's blocked by Fedotov.
Fedotov blocks a body shot from Madnick.
Madnick is looking to control Fedotov's arms but Fedotov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Madnick has his back to the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Madnick.
Fedotov blocks an uppercut.
Madnick misses with a body punch.
Madnick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fedotov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Madnick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Madnick takes an elbow to the temple.
Madnick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Madnick lands an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Madnick working aggressively here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fedotov obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madnick managing to block the knees to the body from Fedotov.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fedotov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Madnick's brow.
Fedotov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Madnick throws a punch but it's blocked by Fedotov.
Madnick lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Madnick blocks an elbow strike from Fedotov.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fedotov with a knee to the head.
Madnick scores with a shoulder strike.
Madnick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fedotov's elbow.
Fedotov throws an elbow that misses.
Fedotov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Madnick blocks an elbow strike from Fedotov.
Madnick lands a body punch.
Madnick throws a punch but it's blocked by Fedotov.
Madnick scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madnick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fedotov blocking some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fedotov obliges.
Fedotov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Madnick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Madnick struggles to land a body shot inside as Fedotov controls his hands.
Madnick trying to control the position but instead, Fedotov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Madnick into the cage.
Madnick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fedotov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Madnick gets through Fedotov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fedotov lands an elbow just above Madnick 's eye.
Nice body punch from Madnick.
Fedotov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fedotov working Madnick over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fedotov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fedotov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Madnick's face.
Fedotov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fedotov blocking some punches.
Madnick blocks an elbow strike from Fedotov.
Fedotov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Madnick avoids a wild elbow strike from Fedotov.
Fedotov landing knees to the body.
Madnick stalls.
Madnick misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Madnick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Madnick.
Madnick works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Madnick lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marcel Madnick will probably get the nod.
That's time! Madnick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Madnick takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Madnick misses with an uppercut
and Fedotov counters with an inside leg kick.
Madnick throws the left hand but Fedotov avoids the punch easily.

Madnick gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fedotov missing with knees to the body.
Fedotov lands an elbow just above Madnick 's eye.
Fedotov lands a damaging elbow.
Madnick looking to slow down the pace here.
Fedotov blocks an uppercut.
Madnick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fedotov takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Madnick.
Madnick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fedotov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fedotov tries to land knees in the clinch but Madnick avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madnick misses with a body punch.
Madnick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Madnick.
Madnick works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marcel Madnick has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Madnick struggles to land a body shot inside as Fedotov controls his hands.
Madnick takes an elbow to the temple.
Fedotov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Madnick tries to work over Fedotov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fedotov tries to land knees in the clinch but Madnick avoids the damage to the body.
Madnick throws a punch but it's blocked by Fedotov.
Fedotov crunches a lovely knee into Madnick's ribcage.
A short left from Madnick.
Madnick is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A knee to the head by Fedotov.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fedotov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madnick misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Madnick on the inside.
Madnick tries to throw a body punch but Fedotov avoids it by throwing Madnick back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fedotov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Madnick's face.

It looks like Marcel Madnick has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fedotov lands an elbow that stopped Madnick in his tracks for a moment.
Madnick looking to slow down the pace here.
Madnick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fedotov missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Fedotov.
A body shot lands from Madnick.
Fedotov trying to land knees to the body.
Fedotov trying to land knees to the body.
Madnick looking to slow down the pace here.
Fedotov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fedotov.
Madnick avoids a wild elbow strike from Fedotov.
Fedotov lands an elbow inside that Madnick shrugs off.
Madnick is leaning against Fedotov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Madnick can't find room to land a body shot as Fedotov controls the action.
Madnick takes a knee right on the jaw!
Madnick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Madnick tries a body shot but Fedotov blocks it.
Fedotov blocking some punches.
Fedotov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Madnick blocks it with crossed arms.
Madnick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Madnick lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fedotov.
Fedotov misses with an elbow strike.
Madnick misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madnick is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Madnick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fedotov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Madnick blocks it with crossed arms.
Madnick misses with a punch on the inside.
Madnick working aggressively here.
Fedotov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madnick working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Madnick takes an elbow to the temple.
Madnick tries to work over Fedotov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fedotov tries to land knees in the clinch but Madnick avoids the damage to the body.
Fedotov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Madnick throws a punch but it's blocked by Fedotov.
Madnick misses with some punches.
Madnick blocks an elbow strike from Fedotov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Madnick.
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 Marcel Madnick will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marcel Madnick'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!

Fedotov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Madnick.
Madnick misses with a looping right.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Madnick. Fedotov shrugs it off though.
An inside leg kick lands from Madnick.
Some wild striking there from Madnick.
Marcel Madnick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A shot to the liver by Madnick. Beautiful body shot.
Madnick throws a solid leg kick but Fedotov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Madnick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fedotov.
Fedotov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Madnick misses with a wild combination.
Fedotov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
An inside leg kick from Madnick misses.
Madnick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fedotov moves away.
Madnick shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedotov scores with a head kick. Madnick tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Marcel Madnick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Madnick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fedotov moves away.

Fedotov clinches up with Madnick and pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fedotov throws an elbow but misses.
Madnick tries to throw a body punch but Fedotov avoids it by throwing Madnick back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fedotov.
Madnick avoiding damage as Fedotov throws knees to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fedotov in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Madnick misses with a punch on the inside.
Fedotov tries a knee to the head but Madnick blocks it.
Fedotov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Madnick misses with a punch on the inside.
Madnick has a couple of punches blocked by Fedotov.
Fedotov scores a nice knee to the body.
Fedotov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fedotov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Madnick misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madnick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fedotov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fedotov lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Madnick misses with a hook to the ribs.
Madnick struggles to land a body shot inside as Fedotov controls his hands.
Madnick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Madnick is trying to stall.
Fedotov blocks an uppercut.
Madnick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fedotov lands an elbow just above Madnick 's eye.
Fedotov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Madnick lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vladik Fedotov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madnick lands a nice uppercut.
Madnick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fedotov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Madnick throws a head punch that misses.
Madnick struggles to land a body shot inside as Fedotov controls his hands.
Madnick trying to control the position but instead, Fedotov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Madnick into the cage.
Fedotov tries a knee to the head but Madnick blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fedotov pushes off an throws an elbow but Madnick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Madnick tries to work over Fedotov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fedotov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madnick is working Fedotov over against the cage.
Fedotov scores a nice knee to the body.
Madnick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Madnick fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fedotov.
Fedotov landing knees to the body.
Fedotov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Madnick can't find room to land a body shot as Fedotov controls the action.
Marcel Madnick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fedotov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Madnick is defending well for now.
Fedotov lands a knee to the body.
Fedotov lands an elbow just above Madnick 's eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fedotov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Madnick is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fedotov.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladik Fedotov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Madnick has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Vladik Fedotov!
A very excited looking Vladik Fedotov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.