PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oleg Aschenbreaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikael Sadman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aschenbreaker's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Feuer Frei. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aschenbreaker
vs
Sadman

188 cm
24
212 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

182 cm
23
220 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oleg Aschenbreaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikael Sadman!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aschenbreaker swats away the attempt to clinch by Sadman.
Aschenbreaker throws a nice inside leg kick.
No luck for Aschenbreaker with that takedown attempt.
Aschenbreaker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sadman pinned against the cage. Sadman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sadman tries to clinch but Aschenbreaker is having none of it.
Sadman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aschenbreaker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aschenbreaker wants to clinch but Sadman slips to the side
and Sadman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Aschenbreaker forces Sadman back against the cage and clinches.
Aschenbreaker tries to work over Sadman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aschenbreaker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sadman is working Aschenbreaker over against the cage.
Aschenbreaker lands an uppercut.
Aschenbreaker wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oleg Aschenbreaker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aschenbreaker is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sadman pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Aschenbreaker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sadman scores with a hook to the body.
Sadman tries to land knees in the clinch but Aschenbreaker avoids the damage to the body.
Aschenbreaker avoiding damage as Sadman throws knees to the body.
Sadman cracks Aschenbreaker with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Sadman.
Aschenbreaker is breathing heavily.
Aschenbreaker takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aschenbreaker managing to block the knees to the body from Sadman.
Sadman landing knees to the body.
Aschenbreaker takes an elbow to the temple.
A short uppercut from Sadman.
A body shot lands from Sadman.
Sadman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aschenbreaker's defenses.
A hook to the body from Sadman.
Sadman avoiding damage as Aschenbreaker throws knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Sadman.
Sadman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Aschenbreaker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sadman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Aschenbreaker backwards.
Sadman prevents the takedown attempt.
Sadman tries to land knees in the clinch but Aschenbreaker avoids the damage to the body.
Aschenbreaker has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sadman avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Aschenbreaker managing to block the knees to the body from Sadman.
Sadman lands with a right to the head.
Sadman works on Aschenbreaker's body with a couple of short punches.
Sadman is leaning against Aschenbreaker and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sadman digs a right hand underneath Aschenbreaker's ribcage. Aschenbreaker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aschenbreaker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Sadman.
Aschenbreaker has Sadman pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sadman manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sadman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aschenbreaker.
Aschenbreaker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sadman lands a damaging elbow.

Aschenbreaker turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Aschenbreaker thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aschenbreaker goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sadman rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Aschenbreaker's guard! Nice work there by Sadman!

Aschenbreaker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Aschenbreaker throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Sadman escapes and throws Aschenbreaker's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Sadman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Aschenbreaker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee asks Sadman politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Sadman prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aschenbreaker tries to improve position but can't.
Aschenbreaker prevents Sadman from moving into mount.
Aschenbreaker tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sadman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Aschenbreaker doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Sadman to counter with a crisp jab.
Aschenbreaker has a takedown stuffed.
Left hook, right uppercut from Aschenbreaker.

It looks like Mikael Sadman has been cut.
A slow jab from Sadman misses its intended target.
Aschenbreaker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sadman throws out the jab.
Aschenbreaker with a jab.
Aschenbreaker shoots in for a double leg but Sadman sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aschenbreaker tries to clinch

and Sadman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sadman.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aschenbreaker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aschenbreaker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sadman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aschenbreaker.
A body shot lands from Sadman.
Aschenbreaker missing with knees to the body.
Aschenbreaker has had enough of the clinch but Sadman keeps him there for the moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Aschenbreaker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikael Sadman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mikael Sadman'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.

Aschenbreaker shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Aschenbreaker is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sadman defends it well.
Sadman is positioning himself well to prevent Aschenbreaker advancing to mount.
Sadman is trying to maintain the position but Aschenbreaker is very close to passing his half guard.
Sadman might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Aschenbreaker kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aschenbreaker is looking to advance position but Sadman won't allow it.
Aschenbreaker is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Aschenbreaker looking to isolate an arm here. Sadman doesn't see it coming and as Aschenbreaker extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Aschenbreaker!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Oleg Aschenbreaker!