PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Babis Valyras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Babis Valyras has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Mason's chin.

Mason
vs
Valyras

178 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Babis Valyras!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valyras stuffs the takedown.
Valyras looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Mason on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Valyras wants to clinch but Mason slips to the side

and Mason counters with a takedown into side control.

Valyras throws Mason to one side and escapes!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mason.

Valyras throws Mason to one side and escapes!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Mason scores with a takedown into Valyras's guard.
Mason throwing strikes but missing.
Mason postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mason lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Valyras avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mason scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mason postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason stands up over Valyras, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mason is working Valyras over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mason lands a couple of elbows.
Mason landing some decent shots from guard.
Mason landing some decent shots from guard.
Mason lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mason postures up in Valyras's guard and throws a big left but Valyras blocks it.
Mason distracts Valyras with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mason stands up over Valyras, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mason knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Valyras on the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mason's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mason lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mason loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mason lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mason stands up over Valyras, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valyras looking for a sweep. Not yet Valyras, not yet.
Mason keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Valyras's head.
Mason throws a big right hand that misses.
Valyras has momentary wrist control but Mason slips an elbow through the middle.
Valyras has momentary wrist control but Mason slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mason lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mason in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mason with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Valyras wants to sweep but no luck.
Mason with a nice head shot there.
Mason postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mason makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mason scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mason landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason postures up and lands a big shot to Valyras's brow.
Valyras looking to control.
Mason working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mason keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Valyras's head.
Mason lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mason content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mason is working Valyras over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mason is working Valyras over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mason landing some decent shots from guard.
Mason working some strikes from top position.
Mason landing with the ground and pound.
Mason cracks Valyras with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason scoring with some ground and pound.

Valyras is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Mason presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Valyras wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mason slows down the pace here.
Valyras prevents the takedown attempt.
Mason wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Mason. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valyras wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Mason dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Valyras tries to clinch up but Mason circles away and keeps his distance.
Mason tries to counter with a takedown but Valyras is quick to defend against it.

Mason shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Valyras is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mason is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mason chips away with some ground and pound.
Mason makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mason is working Valyras over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mason postures up and lands a big shot to Valyras's brow.
Mason is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mason works over Valyras with some ground and pound from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valyras avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mason is working Valyras over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mason is in close to Valyras's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Valyras is breathing heavily.
Mason working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Valyras's head.
Mason lands a couple of elbows.
Mason is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valyras can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mason working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mason is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mason cracks Valyras with a solid left hand.
Mason scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mason landing some decent shots from guard.
Mason lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mason's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mason scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mason connects with a couple of short punches.

Valyras is rocked!
Valyras has momentary wrist control but Mason slips an elbow through the middle.
Valyras is still in real trouble! Can Mason finish him?
Mason in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mike Mason overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mason's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mason with a flurry of punches that miss.
Valyras working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mason.
Mason scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mason scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mason stopping the sweep attempt from Valyras.
Mason postures up and lands a big shot to Valyras's brow.
Valyras is trying to control the position but Mason postures up.
Valyras seems to have recovered his senses.
Mason postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mason working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mason chips away with some ground and pound.
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!
Valyras is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mason lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason landing some decent shots from guard.
Mason landing with the ground and pound.
Mason cracks Valyras with a solid left hand.
Mason works over Valyras with some ground and pound from guard.
Mason lands a couple of elbows.
Mason working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mason is working Valyras over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Mason avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mason landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valyras trying to control the position.
Mason working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mason preventing the sweep.
Mason stands up over Valyras, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mason scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mason postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mason scoring with some ground and pound.
Mason connects with a couple of short punches.
Mason stands up over Valyras, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mason postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Valyras looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mason with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Mason 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!

Mason fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Valyras unleashes a big counter combination but Mason bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Valyras is looking to land body kicks.
Valyras defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mason.
Valyras wants to counter the offense by Mason and move into the clinch position.
Mason shoots for a double leg takedown but Valyras sprawls well. He's pushed Mason's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Mason. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valyras misses with a head kick.

Mason throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Valyras tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Mason is in Valyras's guard.
Mason lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mason working some strikes from top position.
Valyras wants to stand and escape but Mason is having none of it.
Valyras has momentary wrist control but Mason slips an elbow through the middle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mason keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Valyras's head.
Mason won't allow Valyras to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mason landing some decent shots from guard.
Mason is working Valyras over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mason working some strikes from top position.
Mason postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Valyras is trying to keep Mason in close.
Mason prevents Valyras from getting back to his feet.
Mason has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mason works over Valyras with some ground and pound from guard.
Mason postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Valyras has his hands on Mason's head, controlling the position.
Mason postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mason's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Valyras wants to stand but Mason is controlling the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mason's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Valyras trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Mason throwing strikes but missing.
Mason is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mason works over Valyras with some ground and pound from guard.
Mason postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Valyras preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mason is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason distracts Valyras with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mason won't allow Valyras to sweep him here.
Mason working some strikes from top position.
Mason content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mason throwing strikes but missing.
Mason postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Valyras manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mason manages to get himself to full guard.

Valyras controls from within his opponent's guard.

Mason looking for a guillotine here but Valyras defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mason has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Valyras is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Mason.
Mason is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The strikes coming from Valyras are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mason is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Valyras is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mason is trying to escape the mount.
Valyras trying to control but Mason is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Mason showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mason, 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:26
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Mason!
Mike Mason decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.