PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Redinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frodo Begins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Redinov
vs
Begins

187 cm
23
177 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
190 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Piotr Redinov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frodo Begins!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redinov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Begins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Begins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Redinov as he avoids it easily.
Begins tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Redinov defends well and Begins ends up having to push Redinov into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Redinov lands an elbow inside that Begins shrugs off.

It looks like Frodo Begins has been cut.
Begins drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Piotr Redinov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frodo Begins.
Nice elbow from Redinov.
Begins is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Redinov.
Redinov lands a nice elbow.
Redinov lands an elbow just above Begins 's eye.
Begins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Redinov stops a takedown attempt from Begins.
Redinov lands an elbow just above Begins 's eye.
Redinov lands an elbow just above Begins 's eye.
Redinov lands an elbow inside that Begins shrugs off.
Redinov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Redinov lands an elbow just above Begins 's eye.
Begins is looking for a takedown.
Begins has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Redinov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Begins is trying to pull guard but Redinov has him pressed against the cage.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Begins wants a takedown but no success here.
Begins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Redinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Redinov lands an elbow that stopped Begins in his tracks for a moment.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Begins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Redinov has him pressed against the cage.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.
Redinov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Begins takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Redinov.
Redinov lands an elbow inside that Begins shrugs off.
Redinov stops a takedown attempt from Begins.
Begins looks winded!
Nice elbow from Redinov.
Redinov lands an elbow that stopped Begins in his tracks for a moment.
Begins is trying to force a seperation but Redinov has the dominant position.
Begins takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redinov is defending well against a takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Redinov.
Redinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Redinov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Redinov.
Begins takes an elbow to the temple.
Redinov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Begins is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Begins has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Redinov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Begins takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Frodo Begins's cut even more.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Begins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Redinov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Redinov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Redinov lands an elbow that stopped Begins in his tracks for a moment.
Redinov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Begins's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Begins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Begins jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Redinov walks away with a smile on his face. Begins gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Begins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Redinov tries to clinch there but Begins circles away.
Redinov tries to clinch but Begins is having none of it.

Redinov moves into range and clinches up with Begins.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Redinov lands an elbow that stopped Begins in his tracks for a moment.
Redinov lands a damaging elbow.
Redinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.
Begins has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Redinov after a bit of a struggle.
Redinov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Redinov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Begins is working for takedown but Redinov is calmly controlling the position for now.
Begins changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Redinov fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Begins goes for a double leg but Redinov avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Redinov continues to drive forward.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Redinov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Begins's defenses.
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!
Redinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.

The cut above Frodo Begins's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Begins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Begins takes an elbow to the temple.
Redinov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Begins's defenses.
Redinov lands an elbow just above Begins 's eye.
Redinov gets underhooks to prevent Begins's takedown attempt.
Redinov lands an elbow just above Begins 's eye.
Redinov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Redinov lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Redinov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Begins tries for a takedown. No joy.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Redinov.
Redinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Redinov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frodo Begins's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Redinov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Begins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Begins swats away the attempt to clinch by Redinov.
Redinov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Begins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Redinov tries to close the distance and clinch but Begins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Redinov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Redinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Begins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Redinov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Redinov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Frodo Begins's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Redinov lands an elbow inside.
Redinov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Begins's defenses.
Begins takes an elbow to the temple.

Begins is rocked!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Piotr Redinov!
Piotr Redinov is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Piotr Redinov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.