PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herdan Pec (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerzy Trybus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Pec
vs
Trybus

220 cm
26
300 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

175 cm
19
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Herdan Pec!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerzy Trybus!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trybus lands a jab to the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Trybus throws a head punch that misses.
Pec drops down looking for an ankle pick but Trybus pulls his leg out and moves away.
A good leg kick by Trybus.
Pec has a takedown stuffed.

Pec fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Trybus to the ground. Pec is now in Trybus's guard.
Pec trying to control the position from guard on top but Trybus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pec loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pec controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pec throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Trybus works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Trybus keeping full guard, as Pec tries to pass.
Trybus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pec trying to control but Trybus is working from the bottom.
Trybus utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pec will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pec lands a couple of elbows.
Trybus keeping moving, preventing Pec from controlling successfully.
Trybus is trying to keep Pec in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pec distracts Trybus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pec keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Trybus's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pec wants to control from the top but Trybus keeps moving.
Trybus trying to keep a closed guard but Pec is proving a slippery customer.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jerzy Trybus wasn't active enough on the ground.
Pec takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pec on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pec walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Trybus moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pec tries to move into range but Trybus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pec fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Herdan Pec. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Pec gets the takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trybus is not content to let Pec control the position.
Trybus is trying to control Pec's posture but Pec avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pec creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Trybus is trying to control Pec's posture but Pec avoids it.
Pec lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Trybus down.
Pec tries to move to mount but Trybus blocks the move with his legs.
Pec postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Trybus dodges the ground and pound from Pec.
Pec tries to move to mount but Trybus blocks the move with his legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trybus taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pec cracks Trybus with a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Trybus with a nice cross.
Trybus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pec takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Trybus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pec shoots in but Trybus avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A shot to the liver by Trybus. Beautiful body shot.
Pec looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Trybus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jerzy Trybus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trybus stuffs the takedown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trybus throws a shot to the body.

Pec gets a double leg takedown into Trybus's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trybus seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trybus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Trybus working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pec doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pec manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pec is working Trybus over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pec loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pec trying to control but Trybus is working from the bottom.
Trybus wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pec keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Trybus's head.
Pec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pec has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pec throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Trybus avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pec with a nice head shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pec trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Trybus looking to control.
Pec sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Trybus's guard.
Pec thows a huge punch but Trybus dodges it nicely.
Trybus has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Trybus trying to control but Pec postures up.
Pec thows a huge punch but Trybus dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trybus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pec throwing shots but Trybus is blocking nicely.
Trybus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Pec.
Pec seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Trybus does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Trybus is concentrating on defense, preventing Pec from advancing position.
Pec trying to control the action but Trybus is working from the bottom.
Pec thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pec throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Pec there.
Pec is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Pec is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Pec not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pec throwing shots but Trybus is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pec lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Trybus wants to control but Pec is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herdan Pec dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Trybus works the jab nicely.
Trybus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pec shoots in for a takedown but Trybus shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pec moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Trybus tries to bum rush Pec with a series of wild strikes but Pec uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Pec darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Trybus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pec.
Pec drops an elbow to the side of Trybus's head.
Herdan Pec overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pec sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Trybus defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trybus wants to control but Pec is keeping busy.
Pec seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Trybus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pec.
Pec lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pec working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pec winds up and cracks Trybus with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pec slips a nice elbow through Trybus's hands, connecting with Trybus's forehead.
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!
Pec tries to pass to full mount but Trybus defends it.
Pec throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Trybus to regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pec got a little sloppy there for a moment and Trybus has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Pec has managed to get both his arms back between Trybus's legs - danger averted.
Trybus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pec lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pec is looking to work some ground and pound but Trybus has wrist control.
Pec cracks Trybus with a solid left hand.
Pec throws a big right hand that misses.

Pec avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Trybus utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pec advances position into side control!
Pec lands a nice forearm strike.
Jerzy Trybus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pec is working Trybus over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pec throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Pec throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Pec misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Pec content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Pec scoring with punches from side control.
Pec working the ground and pound from side control.
Pec in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pec working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pec looking to control but instead Trybus has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Pec missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Herdan Pec is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pec controlling the action here.
Pec's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Pec has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

And that's the end of the fight!
Herdan Pec showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pec, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herdan Pec!
A less than humble Herdan Pec misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.