PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tigra Lexus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Serious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Lexus
vs
Serious

200 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the 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, Tigra Lexus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Serious!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lexus clinches up with Serious and pushes him back against the cage.
Serious is trying to force a seperation but Lexus has the dominant position.

Lexus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Serious throws a good cross that connects.
Serious throws a combination that misses

and Lexus counters with a nice double leg into side control. Serious won't be happy with that.

Lexus stands up and beckons Serious to his feet.
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!
Serious looks to land a combination but Lexus avoids it well.
Lexus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Serious counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Lexus feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Serious utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lexus connects with a couple of short punches.
Lexus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Serious looking to control.
Lexus looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lexus sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Serious's guard.

Serious looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Lexus is working for a submission of some sort.
Serious wants to control but Lexus is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serious might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Lexus kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Lexus is looking for a kimura here.
Lexus working over Serious with some ground and pound. Serious looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Lexus looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Lexus is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Serious really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lexus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serious tries to get to full guard but Lexus has control of the leg.
Serious trying to control from the bottom.
Lexus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lexus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serious pushes Lexus off looking to stand but Lexus dives back in and keeps control.
Lexus trying to control the pace.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Lexus wants to pass to mount but Serious is defending the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lexus keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Tigra Lexus has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Lexus fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Serious avoids it really well and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tigra Lexus dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Serious scores with a three punch combo!
Serious lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lexus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Serious displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
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!
Lexus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Serious connects with the punch.
Danga de danga de dang - Serious scores with a four punch combination!
Serious misses with a two punch combination.
Serious jabs at Lexus's body.
Lexus is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Serious.

Lexus looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Serious!
Lexus controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lexus with good strikes from the mount here!
Serious is desperately trying to improve his position but Lexus has a good base and remains in mount.
Lexus controlling the pace for now.
Lexus lands a heavy elbow.
Lexus controlling from the full mount.
Lexus lands a big elbow.

It looks like Sam Serious has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Serious is trying desperately to improve position.
Serious is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lexus controlling his opponent.
Lexus raining down hammerfists from mount.

That has opened up Sam Serious's cut even more.
Lexus tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lexus with shots to the head and body - Serious looks very uncomfortable down there.

The cut above Sam Serious's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Lexus content just to control the position here.
Lexus lands with some strikes.

Serious is rocked!

Sam Serious's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sam Serious's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tigra Lexus!
Tigra Lexus was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.